Fontis Ecommerce Blog: Commerce Advice and Insights

Magento

API product IDs vs SKUs

· Peter Spiller

The Magento web services API is quite flexible - a lot of the time, it can either take an ID (like a product ID) or a more human-readable identifier (like a …

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Magento

Web services API filter operators

· Peter Spiller

Many of the Magento web services API methods facilitate listing certain types of data - customers, products, orders, etc. However, when using these methods we …

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Magento

Preventing PO box customer addresses

· Denis Margetic

It's often undesirable to mail items to customers who provide post office boxes or locked bags for their delivery address when placing an order on a Magento …

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Magento

Custom controllers

· Peter Spiller

Here are a few notes on creating your own controllers and actions in Magento modules. This example shows how to create a controller called 'subscriber' for a …

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Announcements

Fontis M2M Sync released

· Chris Norton

We are pleased to announce the immediate availability of Fontis M2M Sync for synchronising customers, products and orders between Magento and MYOB. Using our …

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Magento

Drop-down admin config arrays

· Peter Spiller

I recently needed to create custom 'arrays' within Magento's admin panel to support drop-down lists rather than just text fields. This can be a much more …

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Magento

Sort products by rating

· Chris Norton

If your Magento site supports reviews and ratings for products, as many do, then adding a way to sort by product rating is a feature that your customers may …

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