http://www.codestash.com A blog with a different twist Thu, 15 Oct 2009 04:49:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://www.codestash.com/2009/10/redirect-magento-from-non-www-to-www/ Hey Guys, Ever wonder if you can fix those scratches on your laptop screens? [caption id="attachment_333" align="aligncenter" width="575" caption="Laptop Scratches"][/caption] 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 ... http://www.codestash.com/2009/09/fix-laptop-scratched-laptop-screen/ 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 ... http://www.codestash.com/2009/07/magento-delete-orders-extension/ I think most of you are not surprise when I say that Magento doesn't have a built-in export module. ("Gimme a break~.." -"No it's true.") 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 ... http://www.codestash.com/2009/07/export-order-hack-for-magento/ 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 ... http://www.codestash.com/2009/06/magento-hack-to-manually-change-order-status-in-admin-panel/ 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 ... http://www.codestash.com/2009/06/convert-html-code-to-post-as-blog-examples/ There are a few thoughts we have to take note about Javascript Associative Arrays: Arrays (which act as hash tables) have nothing to do with the built-in Array object. They simply rely on the fact that object.property is the same as object["property"]. This means that the length property is not used, ... http://www.codestash.com/2009/05/initialize-javascript-associative-array/ Got this from the Magento Forum. Here are the downsides for this method 1. These modifications WILL be overwritten if you try to upgrade. 2. This is a pain to do-- and a bit mathy. 3 files in question to customize the invoice PDF are: /app/code/core/Mage/Sales/Model/Order/Pdf/Invoice.php /app/code/core/Mage/Sales/Model/Order/Pdf/Abstract.php /app/code/core/Mage/Sales/Model/Order/Pdf/Items/Abstract.php If ALL you want to do is change the ... http://www.codestash.com/2009/05/edit-pdf-invoice-printout/ By default, Magento doesn't allow you to delete Orders on the backend.  Well, there is no option in the admin for now.  But guess what? there is a work around (yeah~ I know you've already expected this.).  Boutik Circus created this "Delete Orders" extension which allows you to delete cancelled ... http://www.codestash.com/2009/05/delete-order-magento-admin-panel/ 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 ... http://www.codestash.com/2009/05/iloilo-city-an-outsourcing-hotspot/