In: Magento
3 Jul 2009Every now and then a new “something” turns up in Magento that makes me bash my head against the wall :). Yesterday I had to scenraio where I moved one of my dev installations from one PC to another MAC computer. Anyhow… I kept getting this “duplicate key” errors thrown on Magento page. Although the database export was done properly (with disabled foreign key check and so on…) and my virtual hosts were setup exactly the same was still getting database related error. Here are few more important steps to take if you experience issues while moving Magetno across servers. Read the rest of this entry »
In: Oxid
28 Jun 2009I was playing with Oxid shop - Community Edition, version 4.1.3_19918, this morning. Got stuck on installation step for about 10 minutes. Installation screen kept showing me that I have no Apache mod rewrite, although I was sure I do. Read the rest of this entry »
For all those poking around Drupal and Zend Framework, I wrote a little module that auto-loads Zend Framework. This module works with new Zend_Loader_Autoloader introduced in version 1.8. Therefore this Drupal module requires new 1.8 or higher version of Zend Framework library. Read the rest of this entry »
In: Magento
12 Jun 2009Building your own Magento modules (extensions) can be a tedious task. Unlike WordPress, Magento requires a lot more knowledge and dedication to get things right. I must say I hate my self more and more every time I mention WordPress and Magento in the same context. I am well aware that those two are completely different systems. Anyhow, the point is that Magento has bunch of “built in mechanism” that you should conform your development to in order for your module to be built in the “right Magento way”. The problem is that the Magento developer documentation is so freaking poor (or better yet, nonexistent) that average developer needs to spend countless hours to achieve the basic functionality. Read the rest of this entry »
In: General
12 Jun 2009Official announcement:
Five years ago, Packt published its first book, Mastering phpMyAdmin for Effective MySQL Management. In the years that followed, Packt has published over 200 books on many different subjects and technologies.
We think it’s important to take the time to celebrate and thank the people who have made this possible. Therefore as our way of saying thank you for your support over the last five years, we have decided that over the next few weeks, Packt will be offering new and existing customers’ five exclusive offers.
The PEAR Installer Manifesto is one of the eBooks that we are offering to our readers. This book shows users the power of this code management and deployment system to revolutionize their PHP application development.
To download a free PDF copy of this book, simply visit http://www.packtpub.com/account and login to your account, or create one if you don’t already have one, and scroll down to your download area. Here you will see a link to the eBook, which you can download as many times as you like. In addition to this book, you can also download other eBooks on various technologies for free.
You can find more information on this offer by visiting http://www.packtpub.com/article/celebrate-with-us-as-packt-turns-5