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Magento Sitemap Displaying Inactive and Empty Categories

November 5, 2013 By Ed Reckers Leave a comment

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

Magento Upgrade 1.5.1.0 to 1.6.1.0

August 12, 2012 By Ed Reckers Leave a comment

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

Upgrade Magento from 1.5.1.0 to 1.6.1.0

July 21, 2012 By Ed Reckers Leave a comment

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

Ways to Insert Static Blocks Into Magento Templates

March 4, 2011 By Ed Reckers Leave a comment

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 /* * Insert into template.phtml */ <?php echo $this->getLayout()->createBlock(’cms/block’)->setBlockId(’BLOCKNAMEHERE’)->toHtml() ; ?>     /* … Read More

Add Custom Note or Attribute to Magento Grid View

June 21, 2009 By Ed Reckers 14 Comments

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

Payment Transaction Failed after Magento Upgrade

June 7, 2009 By Ed Reckers 4 Comments

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

How to Create a Magento Staging Site

February 16, 2009 By Ed Reckers 7 Comments

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

Cannot Login to Frontend with Explorer on Magento Store

February 4, 2009 By Ed Reckers 6 Comments

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 Default Products Sort Order Newest

January 14, 2009 By Ed Reckers 23 Comments

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

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