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[28 Feb 2009 | No Comment | 1,826 views]

Using Magento’s Paypal Standard Payment Method, I was having problem checking out my payments. I am having this error:

One reason maybe that Paypal does not allow you (buyer) to ship to country that is different from the country you specify when you open your Paypal account.
The solution is to edit the  address_override variable in this file:
app/code/core/Mage/Paypal/Model/Standard.php on line 158
which says ‘address_override’ => 1, .  Comment it out (using // in front)  save it and try out your paypal standard checkout.
It should be working but the customer data …

Magento »

[25 Feb 2009 | 3 Comments | 3,534 views]

OK, This is to change the default logo that you see on in your Magento PDF Invoices or Magento Invoice Printouts.

In your Admin Console. Go to Configuration -> Sales -> Invoice and Packing Slip Design
Delete the Logo by checking the Delete Image box, or simple upload your own logo. It seems that the logo extension has to be *.jpg. And your logo should be 200 x 50 px, otherwise the pdf generator would scale whatever image you give it to 200 x 50 px.
Save Config.

Done. And You got it.

Headline, Tech Tips »

[19 Feb 2009 | No Comment | 3,919 views]

Guys,
My Kaspersky Internet Suite caught this. And I’ll go straight to the point:
It uses  port 445
Common approach is to disable the firewall port 445 to prevent such attacks, and can check the event log for the hybrid threats
It is a Critical vulnerability in Microsoft S Server Service has only been patched by Microsoft (MS08-067), and a worm called Gimmiv.A has found to be exploiting it.
Once executed, the worm will drop 3 files: winbase.dll, basesvc.dll and syicon.dll into the directory %System%Wbembasesvc.dll.
It will then install and start up a new service called …

Headline, Tech Tips »

[12 Feb 2009 | No Comment | 311 views]

How to associate a file type to a desired program in your Windows System. In my part, this is for Windows XP.

Go to your:  Control Panel -> Folder Options Menu.

Under the File Types tab, you will see all the Registered file types and their corresponding programs. Select the file type that you want to change or assign a program with, and click change.

It will display a “Open With” window, choose the desired program and hit OK. If the program is not on the list, then you will have to add …

javascript »

[4 Feb 2009 | 3 Comments | 2,342 views]

Redirection in Javascript is quite easy.
By setting window.location equal to a new URL, it will redirect you to the specified URL.  Though, if you just want to use redirection that works similarly to a simple HTML hyperlink, I would advice  using hyperlink instead.
Basic Example  of writing this is:

window.location=’http://www.redirect_to_this_page.com’