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Magento cookies
Cookies in Magento are easy to work with. There may be a need to use cookies to pass data to or from Magento whether it is to identify users, track users or some other case. The Magento core has a … Continue reading
Manual database calls
Connect and query Magento data Recently we had a need to incorporate a third party app into a Magento system. That got us thinking about using data between Magento and the app. To start, you should include the path to … Continue reading
List all payment methods in Magento
How to get a list with all available payment methods in Magento. If for any reason you need to a get a list with all payment methods in Magento, you can do it easily by using the payment config class … Continue reading
Bypass cart and go to checkout
Sometimes there is a need to bypass the Magento shopping cart and go straight to checkout. Maybe your products (or services) are such that most customers only buy one product so why not speed up checkout by bypassing the cart. … Continue reading
MCorner Full Cache
Give Magento a boost with MCorner Full Cache extension. With the MCorner Full Cache extension, benefits on a magento ecommerce store are between 25% – 40%. Our full cache extension minimizes server requests and memory usage to decrease server loads. Increased … Continue reading
Magento APC cache
Many times we have heard how Magento is slow and bulky. Page load times are high. This in turn puts off customers and affects SEO values. By default Magento uses its file system to save cache. This can become restrictive … Continue reading
Magento development and cache
Magento can be setup to use the various cache methods. These include sqlite, memcached, apc, eaccelerator, database and file types. The Magento cache can be found through the Mage_Core_Model_Cache model. Let’s access the cache. $cached = Mage::app()->getCache(); The methods available to … Continue reading
Automatically add coupon in add to cart
You want to offer a product with a coupon discount but would like this done in one step. What you do not want is the customer having to click on a link to add the product to the cart and … Continue reading
Magento Category and Product Order
Magento offers simple category and product ordering although this may not be obvious at first. I thought I might share this simple information. Category ordering To change the order of categories, from within the Admin, go to Catalog -> Manage … Continue reading