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Adding Image rotator PHP code to Magento

Written by Paul Whipp
Friday, 18 June 2010 03:04
If you want to display something relating to products or files that is not covered by an existing Magento block, you may need to write some PHP to do it. In my case I needed an image rotator to cycle through some images. There are plenty of examples of rotators on the web and a few hints on doing it with Magento but I wanted control and I wanted to understand it so... Read More Add Comment (4) Hits: 239
Last Updated on Friday, 18 June 2010 03:08

Sorting Magento Categories Alphabetically with MySQL

Written by Paul Whipp
Thursday, 25 March 2010 01:08
Magento (1.4.01) uses an EAV model which makes its database potentially confusing. EAV is very efficient for sparse matrix applications but is probably a case of the Magento developers being too smart for their own good when it comes to an ecommerce solution. Magento's EAV solution is also somewhat of a half way house, probably because not all of their developers saw things the same way. This can make things doubly confusing. Read More Add Comment (7) Hits: 822
Last Updated on Friday, 23 April 2010 04:46

Using copies of Joomla sites to safely make and test content changes

Written by Paul Whipp
Tuesday, 02 March 2010 00:25
When we need to make significant interdependent changes to content on a live Joomla site, working on a copy is the only safe option. If you do not use a copy then the work in progress or any mistakes could break the live site. Read More Add Comment (0) Hits: 958
Last Updated on Wednesday, 03 March 2010 01:17

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