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How to add new custom category attribute in Magento

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Sometimes you need to extend functionality of Magento categories. There is several ways to do that, I will show you how it can be done.
You can do that by modifying and adding data into some of tables directly, but it can be waste of time if you don’t know what you are doing.
This post will describe how you can add new custom category attribute in your Magento store via sql_setup script.

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Google Rich Snippets in Magento

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Probably most of the store owners would like to have their products to be highlighted among other search results in search engines.
Google’s Rich snippets can help you to get desired results. All you need is to integrate them in your Magento store.
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Magento boilerplate

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Starting a Magento project the right way is a win for the developer, win for the client and if it’s past/present/future compatible then it’s a win for the whole community. Magento Boilerplate is a pet project of mine with HTML5 Boilerplate, CSS3PIE and selctivizr.js inside.

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There’s no “EMPTY CART” on Magento’s cart page

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Or at least, hasn’t been there yet. Recently I had to do one too many cart tests, and one of most annoying things was when I had to empty it, As anyone – I had to click it one by one. Today I’m going to explain how can you avoid this by simply creating one simple extension, and enabling “Empty cart” link functionality.
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Magento PayPal Standard – How to pay with currency other than base one and do it in your language

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Let’s assume that you have a task to implement multiple currency feature in some Magento based project.
What will happen if your client choses PayPal standard as payment method?!
Well, you might be a little dissapointed to see that there is no way to pay in chosen currency. :(
Magento tells you that order was placed using chosen currency, but is it true? Read more

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Are Recurring Payments PCI Compliant?

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For many customers and / or online store owners this is a great question. Main concern for customers is if they subscribe to something, that means that someone holds their credit card information (potential risk), and this is important question for store owners as well since they can be fined if they’re not compliant. This article is intended for store customers, store owners and mainly for store developers, as if they know that, others can be informed. Read on!
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How to modify existing extension without fear?

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Today I’m going to give you an real life example on how to modify commercial extension in painless manner. If you know how to modify it – great, but is your approach best one? I’ve added functionality and modified behaviour of OSC’s OneStepCheckout extension without any fear of what will happen if client decides to upgrade it to newer version. And finally – here’s how!
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Magento Conflict Checker

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There are may extensions out there but this one should possibly enlisted before any other. Checking for extension compatibility can be tiresome but this one eases the pain a little bit. Read more

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MagentoGO screenshot tour

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MagentoGO has been released few days ago. To be more precise on 28th of February 2011. For those interested here are few screenshots from its Admin panel. Read more

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Teraflex’s Magento Design featured on the CSS Design Awards

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For those who are still not aware; at Inchoo we handle your store front design with the same care we do your development and transform your online store into an online success. Teraflex is a good example, last Friday we were advised that Teraflex’s storefront design had been nominated for the CSS Design Awards.
Just like when inchoo.net was nominated for the prize; we need your support, vote for Terraflex.biz on cssdesignawards.com

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