Category Archives: Magento

Upgrading Magento 1.5.0.1 to 1.6.2.0

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Dennis Thompson

Upgrading Magento is always scary – kind of like flashing your BIOS on a PC. It is always important to backup your entire file system and magento database prior to upgrading to the most recent version to avoid catastrophic results. … Continue reading →

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Setting up Magento in XAMPP

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Dennis Thompson

Some of you may be banging your head against a wall trying to figure out how to setup Magento in your local XAMPP installation. Fret not aggravated peoples, we have found the answer!
As you may know, Magento is a popular … Continue reading →

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Fixing T_PAAMAYIM_NEKUDOTAYIM with Clever CMS in Magento 1.6

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Dennis Thompson

After a recent upgrade to Magento 1.6.2.0 and using Clever CMS, we realized there was an issue on our frontend! We saw a weird error we had never seen before with an older version of Clever CMS.
1Parse error: syntax error, … Continue reading →

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“How did you hear about us?” in Magento 1.5

Posted on June 23, 2011 by Dennis Thompson

One of our most recent projects required us to get a grip on the Magento e-commerce platform. The client was request a “How did you hear about us” feature on the Magento onepage checkout form. Rather than spend the time … Continue reading →

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