Magento September 5, 2012

Analysis of PHP OpenSources

Analysis of PHP OpenSources PHP Open Sources has reduced our development time but of course grip looses on automatic procedures. We have advantages and disadvantages of every thing. Here I am going to share   a small analysis about PHP Open Sources. WordPress Advantages Easy to setup a website Available a lot of themes, install by …

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Self Management August 30, 2012

Requirement Gathering Tips

Requirement Gathering Tips Without understanding the requirements, you can not complete project 100%. Need to follow few tips to get maximum and full requirements: Read again and again the provided description of project Write down all points which are in your mind or you want to ask to your client Try to set a meeting …

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Web Development August 29, 2012

WordPress Plug-in(s)

WordPress Plug-in(s) Every WordPress website needs following plug-in(s) to be successful and good website. Contact Form 7 Just another contact form plugin. Simple but flexible. SEO Rank Reporter Track your Google rankings every 3 days and view a report in an easy-to-read graph. Vizualize your traffic spikes and drops in relation to your rankings and …

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Self Management August 25, 2012

How to make an Excellent Project

How to make an Excellent Project Most of the time, project starts but never completed 100% with in the given time and budget. There could be few reasons: Client do not know what he/she want to get developed Business dept (who communicates with client) also do not know much about functionality and development Developer allocation without any …

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Magento August 23, 2012

How to set a custom group of users

How to set a custom group of users You can add a new group from the Magento admin area > Customers > Customer Groups > Add New Customer Group. Once a customer registers, you can change the group he/she belongs to from the Magento admin area > Customers > Manage Customers. Click on the Edit …

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Magento August 23, 2012

Magento “Access denied” issue

Magento “Access denied” issue As a solution to the “Access denied” issue, you should log out from the Magento admin area and then log in again. If the above does not help, you should reset the admin privileges. This can be done through the Magento admin area > System > Permissions > Roles > Administrators. …

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Magento August 23, 2012

How to add a Contact Us form in Magento

How to add a Contact Us form in Magento Magento includes contact form functionality by default. A link to a contact form can usually be found in the footer of your Magento installation. Of course, you can add a contact form on any page. All you need to do is: Log in to the administrator …

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Magento August 23, 2012

How to set up a blog in Magento

How to set up a blog in Magento It is not difficult to set up a blog in Magento. However, note that this functionality is not included by default and you will have to use a custom extension to add it. You can search Magento Connect for an extension that will fully suit your needs. …

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Magento August 23, 2012

How to disable the Compare products functionality

How to disable the Compare products functionality You can disable the Compare products functionality in Magento by following these steps: Edit app/code/core/Mage/Catalog/Helper/Product/Compare.php and change the following code:  public function getAddUrl($product) { return $this->_getUrl(’catalog/product_compare/add’, $this->_getUrlParams($product)); } to public function getAddUrl($product) { //return $this->_getUrl(’catalog/product_compare/add’, $this->_getUrlParams($product)); return false; } Edit ./app/design/frontend/base/default/layout/catalog.xml (if you are using a different Magento …

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Magento August 23, 2012

How to redirect Magento to open through www

How to redirect Magento to open through www For SEO and usability purposes you may want to redirect your visitors to open your site only through www (http://www.yourdomain.com). To do this in Magento, you should open the .htaccess file in the folder where your Magento is installed. In it locate the RewriteEngine on line and …

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Magento August 23, 2012

How to speed up Magento

How to speed up Magento Many Magento issues are caused by slow performance. The recommended way to speed up Magento’s performance is to enable its Compilation function.  The performance increase is between 25%-50% on page loads. You can enable Magento Compilation from your Magento admin panel > System > Tools > Compilation.

Magento August 23, 2012

How to enable Search Engine Friendly URLs in Magento

How to enable Search Engine Friendly URLs in Magento To enable Search Engine Friendly URLs in Magento, you have to log in to the Magento administration area and click on the Configuration button. Under the System navigation menu, switch to Web page from the sub-navigation panel on the left. When the page loads, you will …

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