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Magento

How to solve the ever-growing core_url_rewrite table in Magento

Got an ever-growing core_url_rewrite  table in Magento? Don’t know what’s going on? I encountered this problem today: when I re-indexed my catalog URL’s, for some reason Magento added some extra rows. And it would keep on doing this each time I re-indexed it, when no product were even added, deleted or even modified. This was 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 ...

Fixing Magento’s slow backend when using AheadWorks plugins

First of: this isn’t a rant for AheadWorks: they offer great plugins which save us lots and lots of time. However: there is something to mention here. When I was using the Blog and the Advanced Reports modules, I noticed a serious drop in performance in the backend. All of a sudden it took 10 read further ...

Find and replace the domain name in Magento

When migrating your Magento installation between development and production environment, chances are you need to change the domain name in your configuration. For example: When you push your site from your development environment to a production environment, Or vice versa: when you need to update your local environment with the data from the production environment. read further ...

The most basic way to programatically send e-mails in Magento

Looking for the most basic way to programatically send e-mails in Magento? Here’s how: That’s it! This little snippet does the trick. Or are you looking for a more advanced example including e-mail templates and such?read further ...

How to keep your Magento themes organized

When is the last time you heard someone say: “Geez! Magento templates are really the bomb!”? If you’re still letting that question sink in, don’t worry, you’re not the only one. Magento templates are known for their overwhelming complexity and ugliness. Once you get the grasp of how the templating system with the local.xml  and the many, read further ...

How to get Turpentine right for Magento

If you got a Magento shop and you’ve boosted the performance of it by using Turpentine (the Varnish plugin for Magento) you’ve already experienced the massive speed and power it provides. However… If you’re Turpentine configuration in your local.xml  file is misconfigured, chances are that under heavy load, with many concurrent visitors, you’re Magento site may read further ...

How to setup the profiler in Magento

Magento comes with a small built-in profiling tool. Although it’s not much, it could aid you when you’re trying to find the bottlenecks in your code. To enable the profiler, navigate to the system configuration > advanced > developer, and set ‘Profiler’ to ‘Yes’ in the debug section: The second thing you need to do, 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 ...

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