Magento Development

Bugfixes: Product images not showing in Magento

Sometimes in Magento, even if you successfully uploaded product image in back-end, Magento do not show the image in customer front-end. There are several possible reasons for such behavior, here is the short checklist for this problem.

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Magento performance: Configuring APC cache for Magento

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APC (Alternative PHP cache) is a free opcode cache for PHP, which optimize PHP intermediate code. APC engine cache the compiled bytecode of PHP scripts to avoid the overhead of parsing and compiling source code on each request.

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Magento development: Show minicart/sidebar with totals on checkout

One of the great features available in default Magento is one page checkout. However, the bad point is that you can see your actual cart totals only on last step of checkout (order confirmation).

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Magento development: How to create a custom form in Magento admin interface

Magento have excellent feature which allow a developer to create the admin forms without coding any HTML. It is easy to create any form with any data. This article will guide you how to create such form.

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Must-have extensions for all Magento stores

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Magento Ecosystem is large. There are more than 5000 modules for Magento in MagentoConnect. But anyway sometimes it is difficult to find good Magento module, created according to all Magento standards and best practices.
Here our list of the best free and commercial Magento extensions. These modules will help Magento store owners to increase sales and make store more user friendly.

We always recommend these extensions to our clients.


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Bugfixes: Product category position lost during import

There is a strange bug in Magento version 1.6. It happened when you define products order within category and then re-import the products. After that defined positions are reverted to 1.

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Magento Tips: Disable Magento compiler from Linux command shell

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Sometimes it is needed to urgently disable and clear Magento compiler, e.g. after installation or some 3rd party Magento module.

If you have active Magento compiler, it is always recommended to disable it before any module installation. You can easy to do it in Magento administrator panel, but what if you installed module by mistake, when compiler was active? Most likely your Magento admin panel will be not accessible.

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Magento Showcase Stores: Winter 2012 Portfolio Highlight

We are happy to announce the launch of several websites based on Magento platform. All these websites were launched in the beginning of this year and already added to our public Magento portfolio. Check our latest Magento showcase stores.

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