DSS no longer compiles and runs new Ubuntu versions. If you want to use Darwin Streaming Server run it as a docker container using my DSS image. If you want…Continue reading
Magento 1.6.0.0 development server installation
MagentoCommerce made the first stable release of Magento 1.6.0.0 Community Edition available to download on the 18th of August 2011. I like to have various versions of Magento installed on…Continue reading
Magento – How to remove Quantity input box and Delete button for Free cart items
For Magento 1.4.x + BuyXGetYFree items are added and removed automatically by the extension cartcontroller code. To prevent customers from manually deleting free products from the cart we can change…Continue reading
Use a Magento Coupon for a Free Gift – Coupon X Get Y Free
My BuyXGetYFree Magento extension has been updated with the ability to use any Magento coupon code to qualify for a free gift. Simply configure a coupon as usual in Magento,…Continue reading
The Marketing Power of Facebook & Lady Gaga
The marketing power of Facebook is very interesting, take the Lady they call Gaga, she is the most popular female music artist on Facebook having accumulated so far almost 40…Continue reading
Google Plus One button for Magento Products
Google launched their Plus (+) range of products this week, Google + integrates existing products from Google along with some new social products into a new “social networking” service. Obviously…Continue reading
Automatic jQuery Translator for Magento
GOOGLE API DEPRECATED Google announced on the 26th of May 2011 (the day I blogged about this solution!) that the translation API used by the jQuery plugin is now deprecated and will…Continue reading
FREE Magento Extension – Monitor /var/report Error files
I recently experienced an interesting problem with a Magento web store that went unnoticed because although the store appeared to be functioning perfectly well I was not aware of error…Continue reading
Magento and Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) Compatability Workaround
Microsoft released Internet Explorer 9 this week, dubbing it the “best browser for Windows”. If that is true or not is a matter of opinion and it certainly will not…Continue reading
Magento Master Password Module
A Magento module to implement a Magento Master Password to allow you to login to any valid customer account with one master password. Created from the code in my Magento…Continue reading