Magento encrypts the sensitive information that it stores in the database. That’s great for security, but it means if you need information that only exists as encrypted in the database,… Read more »
Like all software, Magento 1 likes to log a lot of actions. That is usually useful information and not a problem, but it can make for a larger database that… Read more »
Log cleaning in Magento is great, and they even provide a shell script for cleaning log tables. But sometimes I just want to do it the fast way through the… Read more »
I spend a lot of time in magento development now a days, and because of that, I am constantly finding new extensions to help with my clients needs. I cam… Read more »
It doesn’t happen often, but sometimes I need to wipe all products from a magento database during development. Either an import was written slightly off, or it was just full… Read more »
I often need to add cms pages to the top links section of magento’s cms. The best way I’ve found to do this is in the page.xml document for your… Read more »
So you want to run a few stores from one master admin in magento. Luckily, they make it easy to do. First thing’s first, secure the urls you need for… Read more »
Magento follows a pretty straight-forward templating structure. Well, it’s straight forward once you get to know it. It can be a little confusing at first to a html designer or… Read more »
Google Adwords conversion tracking can be a useful tool. Some of the data can be found and or linked in from Google Analytics, but it’s not always as reliable or… Read more »
Sometimes you need/want a better dropdown for magento sorting. Here’s an example of how to make one. Try using this code for template/catalog/product/list/toolbar.phtml [code language=”php”] <fieldset class="sort-by"> <label><?php echo $this->__(‘Sort… Read more »