If you want to redirect your Magento site from a non-www, ex. http://yoursite.com to http://www.yoursite.com. There is a trick there.

Enable Url rewriting (Admin Panel → System → Configuration → Web → Url Options → Use Web Server Rewrites → Yes).
Now go to your .htaccess file on your Magento folder, (you might need to back up your .htaccess before making your changes.)

below the line # 123 code:
#RewriteBase /magento/
Add these codes, to make it:

#RewriteBase /magento/
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.yoursite\.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.yoursite.com/$1 [L,R=301]

Replace yoursite.com with your own domain. Then, save your changes on your …

Hey Guys,
Ever wonder if you can fix those scratches on your laptop screens?
Laptop Scratches
The notebook screen shown above has one deep scratch and several smaller ones.
Remedy is to gently rub toothpaste in a circular motion over the scratches for a few seconds, then wipe the screen clean with a soft cloth. After this treatment, the smaller scratches are gone, and while the larger one remains, it’s less noticeable than before.
source: pcworld.com

I have found a Magento extension (or module if some might call it) that allows you to delete orders and it is totally free.
The catch? This module/extension only orders that are without Invoice, Shippment or Creditmemo could be deleted. You can only delete Cancelled Orders. So~ you still have to cancel the order before deleting it or it will prompt an error “Please cancel your order before delete it“. Why only Cancelled Orders? Because deleting a complete order breaks links with invoices and shipments and could create problems along the …

I think most of you are not surprise when I say that Magento does have a built-in export module.

I’ve locked myself trying to find a way to export my orders for my Magento 1.1.1 set up. And then I found it, szotyi from the Magento Forums posted this great solution to export orders for Magento.

Features includes:

A simple interface on the Sales -> Order page, Orders are exported in XML files, You can export all or only selected orders, Configurable/Customizable XML output

We want to change the status of an order without going thru the process of Shipping and Invoicing. There are instances that Magento will lock the status of an order to pending until the order finishes its shipment.
This hack will activate all the order status on all states. What I mean is the Status dropdown in the Comment History, by choosing the desired status and Submitting the Comment. We can change the status of the order to Complete or Closed or any available status for that matter.
All we have to …