Tag Archives: magento help
Debugging tips & tricks with Magento Commerce

If you are new to Magento then the vast amount of code to digest can be quite overwhelming. However, here are some tips I’ve learned about over the past on some means to tear down Magento and figure out whats making it work. Zend_Debug::dump First off use Zend_Debug::dump($foo); instead of using var_dump($foo); or print_r($foo); it
Magento quickly edit a product from the front end tip
I’ve always wanted a quick way to edit a product from the front end after noticing something I wanted to edit, particularly you need to just edit something quickly. Quickest way to get the product id on the front end is mouse over the view link to see the id associated. If your logged into
Magento Video – Configurable Products (Custom Import)
For more details on the custom import see: This Magento Wiki Entry I can make the CSV file and the PHP file available, as some minor tweaks mentioned in the forum topic of wiki in order for this to function in 1.4.x of Magento CE, however all the information is outlined in the wiki entry
Magento Video – Quick Create Configurable Products
Put this together for those wanting to create configurable products quickly but don’t know how. I’ve also got a “Magento” Youtube favorites going on that new end users may find interesting: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=119EF6A1CB31871B Possibly Related Posts: Magento vs X-Cart Magento version 2.0 (X.Commerce) and eBay Magento Supercharged Development Tools and Links Book Review: Magento 1.4 Themes
Magento v1.3.0: Option validation failed to add product to cart
After upgrading a clients Magento site from 1.2.1.2 to version 1.3.0, they reported an issue not being able to add products with required selectable options, as it would always return “Option validation failed to add product to cart” Message even though all requirements are met. The issue I’ve found to be is in a newly









