Tag Archives: Magento

Simple Magento Extension generator

Simple Magento Extension generator

Writing Magento modules on a everyday basis can become extremely boring job when it comes to the part where you define your module directories, config file, model, block, helper, etc. What I am trying to say is that there is significant amount of repetitive work being done each time you start new module development. To compensate for this a little bit, I created this little Magento module that helps you create other modules. Hope it does not sound to much confusing. Read more

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Magento and Google Services Integration – All-In-One Guide

Magento and Google Services Integration – All-In-One Guide

There are tutorials all around the web as well as at the Inchoo website that guide you through various Google services integration with Magento eCommerce platform. I wanted to unite all of these resources on one place and also bring something new to the table. Read more

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Programmatically create order in Magento

Programmatically create order in Magento

Surprisingly one of the trickiest parts of “under the hood” Magento is how to create order programmatically. At least for me, this was/is the most complex area of Magento development. Reason why it is so difficult is that the order creation process is all but not straightforward. You cannot simply instantiate order model, set some data and call upon the save() method. If you ask me, this is how it should be done. Read more

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Facebook implementation – XFBML and META tags

Facebook implementation – XFBML and META tags

Hi everyone! In this article, I’ll be explaining some of new and “modern” tags and their attributes that emerged together with Facebook API. Read more

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Magento custom model with custom validation rules

Magento custom model with custom validation rules

Creating your own Magento module usually goes along with creating your own models within the module. Either you write one or multiple models per module, its a good idea to implement model validation method which you might/should call prior to model save. Good example of Magento’s model that use validation are Mage_Customer_Model_Customer and Mage_Customer_Model_Address_Abstract models. Quick look into the “public function validate()” methods of those two models reveal the simplicity of validation process. Read more

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Magento Project Stratus

Magento Project Stratus

Guido Jansen recently broke the news of the new landing page at Magento’s official website that promotes so far unannounced service under the name of “Project Stratus“. This appears to be Magento in the cloud. Read more

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Custom typography in Magento – @font-face

Custom typography in Magento – @font-face

If you want to add some juice to your e-commerce website, and be different from the others, you could add some custom fonts for you headings, product titles or prices.

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Listing products by attribute

Listing products by attribute

This is step by step tutorial for the beginners that will show you how to list products by attribute.
I will start with functions that Magento already has built-in: New products and Promotional products. Read more

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Goodbye Mallorca, time to get back to work

Goodbye Mallorca, time to get back to work

Well, all good things come to an end. We had some great time here on Mallorca, attending Magento Developers Paradise conference. It was really nice meeting all those people and hearing their Magento stories.

Most of the presentations were pretty interesting. I cannot speak for mine :) -While at it, here is a link to my Clone Yourself presentation if some of you find it interesting.

Seems like interesting things are coming in Magento 2.0, so fasten your seat belts :) .

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We do wireframes for more smooth and creative processes

We do wireframes for more smooth and creative processes

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Hi everyone,

For my first collaboration in here, I am going to talk about the very beginning of our Magento Design phase – the wireframe. Read more

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