For some reason Magento displays a category in the human readable sitemap even if the category is empty or set inactive. I am currently at CE 1.7.1 and the sitemap still displays inactive and empty categories. To be sure, this … Read More
The following post are simple notes I took during the process of upgrading Magento from version 1.5.1.0 to 1.6.1.0. Please feel free to send in a comment if you have any questions. It’s been a while, but if I can … Read More
Always gotta love that time when you have to face a Magento upgrade. I’m documenting here my experiences and notes during my recent upgrade from Magento version 1.5.1.0 to 1.6.1.0. It must be noted that I use what’s basically the … Read More
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I recently needed to allow for a custom note to be shown in Magento’s Grid and List views. My client asked that they be able to add to any product a customized note (text snippet) to announce such things as … Read More
I recently upgraded an installation of Magento from version 1.1.6 to 1.3.2.1 which lead to a couple issues with the payment system. The first issue was that I had to reset Base URL under Secure in the Configuration. The SSL … Read More
I needed to create a Magento Staging Area for both common development tasks and testing the latest upgrades. In order to create the staging area for my Magento store I’m going to create a mirror of it at a subdomain. … Read More
I recently had a problem with users of Explorer and login problems on the frontend of a Magento store. They were able to login using Firefox, but when using Explorer they couldn’t login as a customer. The backend was fine. … Read More
Magento currently does not sort category products and any product listing for that matter by Newest (highest entity_id). Since my store works best when showing fresh products we felt it necessary to have our Magento installation sort by newest product … Read More