Blog: A Magento Developer's Life
In my blog posts, I often describe things I observe in my day-to-day life as a Magento freelancer or little hacks that work well for me.
The Web Developer’s SEO Cheat Sheet 2.0
Magento Mobile Theme Overview
It has been really quiet about the official Magento Mobile App so I have done a research for one of my customers that is in need of a solid, cost-efficient mobile solution that does not require building up a new site from ground (i.e. the mobile site should exist in addition to the current webpage – not replace it).
Overview of Zend Framework versions in Magento CE
How to get current URL in Magento CMS Block or Page?
With the following code you can retrieve the current page url in your Magento CMS block or page:
Adventskalender Türchen 05: Magento und seine Bestellstatus – ein Überblick
Für den bekannten Webguys-Adventskalender habe ich einen Artikel geschrieben, in dem es um die Magento Order Status/State-Logiken geht und in dem ich erkläre, wie man ungewollte und falsche Status/State-Kombinationen (z.B. hervorgerufen durch Extensions) verhindert:
Using PHPUnit 3.6/3.7 with Zend Framework 1 applications
Checkout experiences in real life
A very funny demonstration of common checkout issues in real life..
My first look at Sellvana – the new ecommerce open source platform
Custom Menu ACL is not shown in Magento Role Resources
If you are currently developing a Magento extension with a custom menu for the Magento backend and you are having the problem that the menu is not showing up, this tiny little hint is for you.
A totally different recommendation engine for Magento
How to Improve Magento Performance
Awesome Magento 1 Extensions
Customer feedback is priceless
Today I got a really nice present from one of my Magento Extension customers:
Magento 1.9: Downloadable Products cannot be created
In Magento 1.9 there is a JavaScript error on the product page in the backend that prohibits adding links to downloadable products when using the default German localization that ships with this Magento version.
Reduce spam sent via Magento contact form without Captchas
The Magento totals sort order hell
Yesterday I had an interesting problem in a Magento community installation of one of my clients:
A collection of my daily RSS feeds
In this blog post I want to share with you a short list of my daily RSS feeds that I find very useful to stay up-to-date in different categories:
Available Magento Code Sniffer rulesets
Basically I recommend following the PSR-2 standard for Coding Style Guidelines in Magento projects. Verifying your coding styles makes sense in any case – whether you are working in a large team of developers or as a freelancer for several clients. Agreeing to one common coding standard and following the rules improves readability and comparability.