branko ajzele, senior developer / project manager

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Magento SID issue

Sometimes, Magento will add a SID parameter to your url like http://myshop.net/customer/?SID=96408b4e5b7c426e76b6a0e29292dca7. This can break up your code and make certain pages render as non existing depending on how you outputted your form action urls. In case you need a quick fix, all you need is to open the...

How to resolve and debug “Failed to parse response” errors in Magento API

Today I was working on my Mapy project/extension. In one moment I accidentally pasted my method two times into the same class. In most of the cases, error like this would manifest itself like “Cannot redeclare…” on the output. However, API stuff is abstracted trough several layers/classes. One way of debugging this is to open the...

Magento, please change the extension directory structure

After over a two years of everyday development with Magento I have developed a strong feelings about the way that Magento directory structure is composed. It might sound strange or silly, but I guaranty you that Magento folder structure adds certain amount of unnecessary time to development process. What bothers me the most is the way you are forced to develop...

My “July & August of 2010″ overview and future directions

Last few weeks have been extremely joyful for me. I would say more in a personal life then in business but I probably should not complaint while things are moving in positive direction. Certainly the biggest thing that changed my life is the recent news that I will become a father in just a little less than 9 months from now. Got me thinking to what true values...

Photoshop to Android – Gradient quality issue

For the last few days I have been spending my free time working on a Magento – Android application, that will hopefully soon seen the light of day. Visual part of application is essential to its success. With that in mind I am/was determined to give my best to style the app best to my skills (although pro developer now, few years ago I was doing graphical...