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Import images in Magento 2 – the right way
There are various articles about how to programmatically import images in Magento 2. This method relies solely on service contracts and is in my opinion the “Magento Way” to do it: Note that we don’t copy our image whatsoever, but make use of an ImageContent object. This is a new layer of abstraction in read further ...How to programmatically create URL Rewrites in Magento Community
I already covered this topic before for Magento Enterprise, but of course: there are cases you need to import 301 redirects into Magento Community at some point. Here’s how to do this:read further ...Best practices when it comes to importing CSV files
I often have situations where I – as a web developer – have to link together two different applications. In many cases, this link is created by simply exchanging CSV-documents with an third party. Now when it comes to importing and exporting in PHP (or any other language for that matter) it’s important that you have read further ...How to programmatically create URL Rewrites in Magento Enterprise
So today I had to import a bunch of 301 redirects in Magento Enterprise. Needless to say, I’m saving this one for myself, but also for you: my fellow readers…read further ...Import customers in Magento blazing fast
Recently I had the challenge to import customers from an existing OsCommerce installation into a new Magento setup. Initially, I tried it the Magento way, but very soon I stumbled upon a little problem: the amount of customers was over the 160.000, and importing it with Magento models would take 4 or 5 days! And then read further ...Bulk import coupon codes in Magento
When migrating from another shop or when you have a client who hands you a list of coupon codes, you want to be able to bulk import coupon codes in Magento. Now, there are some existing solutions out there, and I stumbled into this one from Marius Strajeru. This script does generate bulk coupon codes, but read further ...