Tag Archives: Magento

Layered navigation, but not quite

Layered navigation, but not quite

Recently I got a chance to rewrite Magento’s layered navigation standard functionality. The request was very specific as the client wanted to keep all of the “filters” visible all the time. For example if  you wish to filter your results by Color (let’s say you have yellow, green, red, blue and magenta) products are filtered but the layered navigation displays all filters. This way a costumer can re-filter the products in current category without the need to return to the category view.

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Google Rich Snippets in Magento

Google Rich Snippets in Magento

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

Magento boilerplate

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

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

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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Are Recurring Payments PCI Compliant?

Are Recurring Payments PCI Compliant?

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?

How to modify existing extension without fear?

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

Magento Conflict Checker

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

MagentoGO screenshot tour

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

Teraflex’s Magento Design featured on the CSS Design Awards

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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Add “increment field” functionality to Magento’s quantity fields

Add “increment field” functionality to Magento’s quantity fields

You’ve maybe noticed that Magento’s quantity inputs are just plain input fields, and if you wish to change it’s value, you have to erase value manually and enter new one on your numpad. Today I’ll show you how to add plus and minus signs by each input for quantity by implementing my colleague’s unobtrusive approach. If interested, read on!
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