Magento .htaccess File Optimized for Speed, Security and SEO
By default, Magento comes with a .htaccess file that you can use for your installation. However, this .htaccess file is not optimized and misses a lot of things that can help your site. Therefor, we...
View ArticleRemove the Magento Wishlist Feature
A lot of store owners are not amused by Magento’s Wishlist feature. They think it’s a useless feature and want to have it removed from their stores to smoothen up their product pages and to get rid of...
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Exception printing is disabled by default for security reasons
One of the most popular Magento errors is the “Exception printing is disabled by default for security reasons.” error. It looks something like this: There has been an error processing your request...
View ArticleFix: Magento Admin Login Problem
Last week we had a very strange problem with the admin login of a Magento client of ours. When we tried to login we would get a session id in the url and everything seemed to work, but we were...
View ArticleGet Magento Attribute Name and Value
All products in Magento have attributes assigned to them. The default attributes consist of but are not limited to the sku, price, description, url key and so forth. You can also create custom...
View ArticleHow to show Products on Homepage in Magento 1.9
One of the first things you will notice when upgrading your Magento store to the recent 1.9.x versions is that products you had in static blocks on your homepage will be gone. You will likely get the...
View ArticleThe Perfect Magento Development Environment
Whether configuring and theming a new Magento site or developing new functionality to package as an extension, your development environment has a big impact on how much you can get done. You may be...
View ArticleWhat You Need to Know to Develop in Magento
Before we dive into the gritty details of working with Magento, let’s set some expectations for what skills you need. You’ll need more skills to work with Magento than with most other eCommerce...
View ArticleHow to Install a Magento Security Patch
With all these security patches Magento has been releasing lately, we thought it would be a good time to write a tutorial that shows you how you can quickly and easily install Magento security patches....
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Top 5 Reliable Magento Hosting
Finding the best Magento hosting is a task that can be very daunting, especially for new store owners who don’t have a clue about hosting and what makes a hosting environment good for hosting a Magento...
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Magento Security Patch SUPEE-6788 Installation Guide
Magento has just released Security Patch SUPEE-6788 for Community and Enterprise customers. This patch fixes over 10 security issues in Magento including remote code execution and information leak...
View ArticleMagento Extensions that will break with SUPEE-6788
This is a list of extensions that will break your Magento installations when applying security patch SUPEE-6788 or when updating to/installing Magento 1.9.2.2. This is because these extensions use the...
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Magento 2 Advanced Product Feeds
Shopping engines are becoming more popular each day, and can be a great source of revenue for Magento 2 store owners. However, setting up, maintaining and updating the feeds is an absolute pain, and...
View ArticleMagento Security Patch SUPEE-7405 Installation Guide
Magento has just released the newest security patch for Magento 1.x and 2.x called SUPEE-7405. The patch is mandatory for every Magento installation, and it is recommended to install the patch as soon...
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Magento 2 Blog Extension
Adding a blog to your Magento 2 store is one of the best ways to spread news about your site, inform your customers about your products and to inform visitors with tutorials. Unfortunately, a blog is...
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How to Enable PHP Extension intl
One of the most frequent server errors you can get while installing Magento 2 or any other script/CMS is that PHP Extension intl is not enabled on your server or Xampp. The error notice looks like...
View ArticleEnable Error Reporting in Magento 2
When you are developing in Magento 2, you often come across errors that you can’t “spot” easily. The error log in Magento 2 helps you enormously in finding errors in the code. Unfortunately, in Magento...
View ArticleHow to get the Magento 2 Base URL
When programming in Magento 2, we at Codingbasics.net often come across the issue of getting the base url of the current store. This was very easy to do in Magento 1, but in the second version of the...
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Magento 2 Reindexing error: One or more indexes are Invalid
A frequent reindex error in Magento 2 is the following one: “One or more indexers are invalid. Make sure your Magento cron job is running”. When you see this system message you instantly want to fix...
View ArticleRemove Block from Layout in Magento 2
When you are creating your own Magento 2 extension, you often have to remove a block. This was very easy in Magento 1. In M2 it’s very easy as well, but it’s just done a bit differently. Below is what...
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