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Magento Commerce Error Reporting Tip

B00MER — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 08:29:51 +0000

Whoops, our bad…
The page you requested was not found, and we have a fine guess why.
If you typed the URL directly, please make sure the spelling is correct.
If you clicked on a link to get here, the link is outdated.

What can you do?

Well, you can start by looking in /var/report/ and view the file that corresponds with the error ID on the web address.

This is just a merely nice page to display to end users as not to display any nasty php errors to them. However looking at these reports can lead useful if your needing to find out more details on whats causing the issues.

Didn’t realize this until tonight, I must be slow… but thought I would share.

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Eclipse + ZendStudio + ZendServer + Android SDK = Awesome IDE

B00MER — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 11:08:48 +0000

Recently installed the Zend Studio for Eclipse and took it upon myself to get Android Development setup as well. I also found Magento works best with ZendServer, although it does require a few work arounds to get Magento to work with ZendServer.

However with that being said I’m pretty much happy to have one IDE that I can do both Web Development, and Android Development in one IDE!

Now if only I can setup C# development, and Eclipse not be such a resource/memory hog.

ZendServer Community Edition
http://www.zend.com/en/products/server-ce/index

Zend Studio for Eclipse
http://www.zend.com/community/pdt

Installing Android SDK
http://developer.android.com/sdk/installing.html

Setting up Android SDK in Eclipse
http://developer.android.com/sdk/eclipse-adt.html

If anyone desires I can write up a more detailed step by step guide, however at this point I think its pretty easy to figure out, with the links I provided.

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Magento: Paypal Standard IPN Double Totals Bug 1.3.2.3 + fix

B00MER — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:59:03 +0000

This fix didn’t work for me after further testing on 1.3.2.4 another recommended fix has however worked.

Does the above look familiar for Paypal Standard Orders, Note the Grand Total and Total Paid…

Running into this issue myself I thought I would post it up to let everyone else know the issue with the Standard Paypal IPN and Magento version 1.3.2.3. It appears double Order totals are showing up under “Total Paid” and can cause a lot of customer confusion.

Here is the quick temporary fix:

NOTE: This modifies the base code of Magento and recommended you save a backup of the original file, as it may cause issues upgrading later on.

app/code/core/Mage/Paypal/Model/Standard.php as follows:

- $invoice->register()->capture();
+ $invoice->register()->pay();

The above modification fixed IPN problems but now the Total Paid amount is wrong.

Also the above modification introduced another bug: paid orders are shown as COMPLETE instead of PROCESSING. This can be fixed by changing app/code/core/Mage/Paypal/Model/Standard.php as follows:

- Mage_Sales_Model_Order::STATE_COMPLETE, true,
+ Mage_Sales_Model_Order::STATE_PROCESSING, $newOrderStatus,

This change will fix the status problem so that paid orers now appear as PROCESSING.

This fix was not mine and I would like to thank those whom are responsible for finding the bug and providing a fix! Kudos to them.

Magento – Issue List – eCommerce Software for Growth.

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iPhone Magento theme compatible with Android

B00MER — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 08:52:12 +0000

After installing the iPhone Theme for Magento via Magento Connect do the following:

Simply configure the exceptions under “System”->”Configuration”->”Design”

Expand “Themes” see the screenshot and use the values “Mobile Safari|iPhone|iPod” for Matched expression, and “iphone” for value. Since both iPhone and Android use WebKit they will both return the user agent as “Mobile Safari”. Be sure and realize it IS case sensitive for all values.

However after some further testing with some iPhones won’t return “Mobile Safari” so the condition for iPhone or iPod needs to be added as well.

Cheers!

Update: More details about Which Browser is used in Android

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Magento Tutorial Video: Display Product Images in Blocks and Pages

B00MER — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:59:39 +0000

Thanks to Yireo for creating a video based off my posting: Magento: Display a product image within Static Pages and Blocks. Being a visual person myself, this should really help people understand how to do such with ease. Kudos to Yireo!

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Magento: Phoning home to Big Brother/Varien?

B00MER — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 07:23:19 +0000

It appears some have claimed there Magento installation has been making calls back to IP’s owned by Varien/Magento, The thread is initially a year old, and more recent discussions have claimed they haven’t found anything of such nature. I know X-Cart used to use a javascript blank 1×1 gif image to track installations of X-Cart but it was only on the backend/admin side, and not the front end. Has anyone else run into similar instances? Also this may not pertain to 3rd party modules installed as that may a whole other can of worms you could be opening up your store up to, most modules are free, but nothing is really free in this world. Here is the original thread: Magento Phone Home?

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Magento: Display a product image within Static Pages and Blocks

B00MER — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:50:25 +0000

In this particular instance I needed to add product thumbnails for reference on a front page.

First create a new .phtml file with the following under catalog/product/view/your_new_page.phtml

^?View Code PHP


$productId = $this->getProduct_id(); 
$_product = Mage::getModel('catalog/product')->load($productId); //load the product
?>
<img src="init($_product, 'thumbnail')->resize(75, 75); ?>" alt="$this->htmlEscape($_product['name']); ?>" border="0" width="75" />

Now simply add the following to your CMS Page or Block and adjust the product ID to the product Image you wish to view:

^?View Code PHP

1	{{block type="catalog/product_new" product_id="1" template="catalog/product/view/your_new_page.phtml"}}

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Magento: CMS Blocks in Static Pages

B00MER — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:43:17 +0000

Just to follow up on my post: Magento: CMS Blocks in Templates, here is how you can call a CMS Block within a Static Page:

^?View Code PHP

1	{{block type="cms/block" block_id="your_block_id_here" template="cms/content.phtml"}}

Happy Magento’ing!

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Magento Version 1.3.2.4 Security Update XSS fix on registration page

B00MER — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 02:27:00 +0000

If you are running a lower version than 1.3.2.4 of Magento, I’d highly recommend upgrading for security purposes as in the change log, a Cross Site Scripting attack was found in the customer registration page.

Magento – Blog – Magento Version 1.3.2.4 Security Update – eCommerce Software for Growth.

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Magento: CMS Blocks in Templates

B00MER — Mon, 18 May 2009 07:42:10 +0000

The more I use this code snippet the more I keep having to dig this back up, so I’m posting it here for reference for others as well… Here’s the quick and easy way to insert CMS Blocks into template (.phtml) files without any layout modifications:

^?View Code PHP

1	echo $this->getLayout()->createBlock('cms/block')->setBlockId('your_cms_block_identifier')->toHtml() ?>

Enjoy!

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