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Headline, Magento »
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 …
Headline, Tech Tips »
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
Headline, Magento »
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
Headline, PHP »
We want to post HTML codes on our posts for code examples, but this would create problems because the browser converts the HTML codes to tags.This is where the Online HTML escape tool comes in. this tool converts HTML tags with the correct HTML entities escape characters so that it will be displayed as is.
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC “-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN” “http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd”>
<html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xml:lang=”en” lang=”en”>
<head>
<meta http-equiv=”content-type” content=”text/html; charset=iso-8859-1″ />
<meta name=”author” content=”raven” />
<title>My Page</title>
</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>
Headline, IT News »
Companies outsource mainly to cut cost. There is an imbalanced supply and demand of IT talent in top IT countries like the United States and it is driving many corporations to rely on offshore outsourcing as the solution. This cost-effective and quality pool of IT talent from offshore outsourcing services provides a much better value in terms of flexibility and scalability.
With dozens of areas around the world that are trying to grab a slice of the outsourcing business. Iloilo City, Philippines is popularly considered a Hot Spot for Outsourcing Companies. …
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Have you ever played mybrute? an online flash game, where you can let your brute fight with other brutes. Though the fights are done automatically, all you can do is watch how your brute battles in your arena. Even the level bonuses are done randomly. But the flash battle animations are great. Each battle is based on the brute’s attributes, weapons and skills.
The Game:
There are 4 different types of bonuses you can collect in during the game in My Brute. Everytime you level up in the game, you have a …
Headline, Magento »
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 …
Headline, Tech Tips »
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 »
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 …
Headline, Magento »
Guys,
You want to show several bestseller products in the sidebar of your Magento Homepage. Then there is a better way to make this happen without coding. Magento has a Bestseller Module.
Installing this is quite simple.
Log-in to your Magento Connect Manager in you admin page. Under the Extension tab, Paste the extension key as “magento-community/Luxe_Bestsellers“. and click Install. (be sure that Preferred State is set to “Stable” in the settings tab). After installation, I’ve assumed you’ve refreshed the page.
Add the “bestsellers/list” block to the home page. You can do it at …
