Magento image not loading when using cron, only getting placeholder
I have a module which sends out an email via Mailchimp with a scheduled task for Magento’s internal cron and in doing so looks up the product image. Mage::helper('catalog/image')->init($product,...
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The end for website designers and developers?
The end for web design, not quite Update: Again I was notified by a friend “have you checked this out” a new product PageCloud read more at the end of this post Recently a friend notified me to...
View ArticleCalculating selling price from the cost price
Recently in my price matching system I had to calculate the selling price of a product in a way that also calculates a transaction fee percentage on the final selling price without knowing the selling...
View ArticleFull Stack Frontend catchup & workflow
I have come to the realisation recently I’m more of a full stack developer. Taking some time recently to run through the recent developments in frontend if you haven’t explored this area for a while...
View ArticleMagento collection filtered
Here’s a simple setup for a product collection with the following filters used in most of my modules, ideal for things like product feeds etc. It has the following filters – By Store – Must have price...
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Optimising WordPress for PageSpeed Insights
Recently I was commissioned to optimise a WordPress site on behalf of an SEO agency. This usually consists of reports from Google’s pagespeed insights and there’s a number of things you can do to...
View ArticleMagento getFinalPrice by customer group
If you use group pricing you will find that getFinalPrice does not return the correct price. This is easy to correct by adding $product->setCustomerGroupId(0); Before calling getFinalPrice(); 0...
View ArticleModule_Helper_Data not found any module magento
If you receive the Helper_Data.. not found message when trying to install a new module either manually or through the Downloader and get this message it’s simply a case of disabling Compilation mode...
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Adding website/store filter to category product grid in Magento
It appears the Magento developers didn’t think this one through enitrely as this to me is something that should be there by standard. Not everyone has a multi-website set up and products that span two...
View ArticleChild products from parent ID by store
Child products from a parent ID by store $storeId = Mage::app()->getStore()->getStoreId(); $coreResource = Mage::getSingleton('core/resource'); $conn =...
View ArticleMagento vs in-house solution
I recently came across a business who decided to move away from Magento to using their own in-house solution, albeit without the features of Magento, but something they are willing to invest the time...
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Frontend Development in CQ5
I’m new to using CQ5 in this instance version 5.5, as a frontend developer I found the software a little confusing at first, mainly in working in a VM development environment like below: As CQ5 is...
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Enhancing Magento Security – Best practices
After watching the recent panorama documentary on the recent TalkTalk hack, it made me wonder how vulnerable many of the Magento sites where and what can be done to tighten Magento’s security. Many...
View ArticleCq5 formatting string to a number with decimal places
How to format from a string to a number, the date coming from a request param. The only thing not covered here is to catch exceptions if the parameter passed was not a number. In all other cases falls...
View ArticleSetting different meta title,description per social network
The only way to get different title,meta responses per social media channel is to have the response set on the backend, in this case when Facebook, Pinterest and Google Plus hit the page check the user...
View ArticleUpgrading to Magento 2
Having had the opportunity to work on a new build using Magento 2 the architecture of the application has changed significantly, to me it has definitely increased the difficulty of getting a Magento...
View ArticleReset npm/bower permissions
Useful snippet for resetting bower/npm permissions if you get errors like this Error: EACCES: permission denied, open '/Users/jdavey/.config/configstore/bower-github.json' You don't have access to this...
View ArticleRemoving large amount of files (argument list too long)
3 useful commands when you have a large amount of files to delete in case you’ve reached the inode limit or just want to remove them. view inode usage df -i how many files? ls -U1 | wc -l Remove a...
View ArticleHiding metabox from backend in WordPress
In my case hiding themify and yoast seo metabox from the backend for pages (this only works for pages, you will need to change that to whatever type of post it is see here for more) , use below...
View ArticleMigrating Angular1.x to 2 with TypeScript
Whichever release candidate your using, or the final release. This a quick heads up guide on how to port over some simple tasks, something the Hero example app doesn’t show in full. Upgrade path I...
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