Magento TinyMCE Config
Magento TinyMCE Config A new, small, Magento module (authored by me) that makes adding additional TinyMCE configuration items easy. Built to work around Magento’s stripping of certain HTML5 tag attributes.
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Magento Password Reset (vs. sending plaintext password) Email Template No idea why this isn’t the default. (That’s a lie. I have some idea)
astormOroCRM and the Symfony App Console
Last time we walked you through creating a bundle in Symfony and adding it to the OroCRM application. Whenever you're starting with a new software framework it's always important to do this sort of step-by-step breakdown so you understand how something works. However, once
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The Oro Business Application Platform (or OroBAP) is the new framework from OroCRM. OroBAP is the programming framework they're using to build their new CRM application, as well as the framework we all hope will bring some modernity to the crufty world of business
astormPeoplesometimesask Whyidon’t CamelCase Allthewords Inmymagentoclasses
Peoplesometimesask Whyidon’t CamelCase Allthewords Inmymagentoclasses
astormAdding 1.13 Security Fixes to 1.7 CE
Adding 1.13 Security Fixes to 1.7 CE David Alger has gone above and beyond the call of duty to track down some recent EE/CE disparity and provide security patches for non-enterprise customers.
astormN98-magerun: Writing Tests
Test driven development is all the rage in certain PHP circles (while rage inducing code is all the rage in other PHP circles). Today we’re going to cover using the PHPUnit testing tools that ship with n98-magerun, as well as cover some programatic testing basics. Creating a test in n98-magerun is simple. First, make sure [...]
astormMageSend Magento Email
MageSend Magento Email MageSend is a new Magento extension from community mainstay Ashley Schroder that routes all Magento’s emails through Amazon SES. Given how difficult vanilla SMTP deliverability has become this sounds like a no brainer win for any system administrator
astormTar Archive to Magento Connect
I've been doing a bit of cleanup and archiving, and realized I'd never written a proper article for the Magento Tar to Connect project.
astormOSL 3.0 Explained
OSL 3.0 Explained I am still not your, or anyone’s, lawyer, but this is a great breakdown of the motives and intent of the OSL software license. (tip fo the hat to hakre)
astormSerializable Fields in Magento Collections
Serializable Fields in Magento Collections The behavior of model objects in a model context vs. a collection context is one of those problems most classic OOP (i.e. Java) style language/frameworks often miss on. Needing to learn the rules of what gets loaded when means more mental overhead is added when you’re coding, and the goal [...]
astormN98-magerun: Attribute Migration Script
I’m happy to report n98-magerun have incorporated and improved my old attribute migration generator script into a new dev:setup:script:attribute command. $ n98-magerun list dev:setup:script ... Available commands for the "dev:setup:script" namespace: dev:setup:script:attribute Creates attribute script for a given attribute code If [...]
astormN98-magerun: Understanding PHAR Files
Throughout this series we’ve skirted around one important issue. Namely, the opaque nature of PHP’s phar format. Many groups claim the term “open source” in someway or another. There’s open source the license, which dictates how and where code can be used and shared. Then there’s open source “you [...]
astormMarkdown for Hosted WordPress
While my personal domain has, and always will be, powered by a self hosted semi-custom CMS system, part of my job is staying up-to-date on what's happening in the CMS/blog-management world. While I don't take on much CMS work these days, I do interact
astormPulse Storm GitHub Migration
I've been writing about Magento for almost four years now. Whenever I've had a bit of code to share, I've dropped it in a single GitHub repository. This is how most of the software companies I've worked at ran things, and how I was
astormChanging Router Object Order via local.xml
Changing Router Object Order via local.xml Clever bit of configuration from Ben Marks to sneak the CMS Router in before the Admin and Standard routers.
astormOro, Symfony, Logging, and Debugging
PHP developers used to var_dump debugging will be slightly disappointed by the early pre-alpha release of OroCRM. Oro's CRM application uses an ajax-with-history style navigation that requests chunks of HTML directly from the server. The javascript code seems to require well formed HTML with
astormMagento Inc. Decides EE 1.13 is not Ready for Production
Magento Inc. Decides EE 1.13 is not Ready for Production On one hand it’s good to see a company candidly admit a mistake to its customers. On the other hand this isn’t the first time a version’s been rushed out the door so there’s something to talk about at Magento Imagine. The next year or two is going to be [...]
astormInstalling OroCRM on Mac OS X
This week OroCRM released an early version of their new open source business application framework and CRM suite. This article is extensibly about solving the symfony/icu v1.2.0-RC1 requires lib-icu >=4.4 problem some Mac based developers ran into when installing this
astormProduct with Empty Name Causes Home Page 404
Product with Empty Name Causes Home Page 404 Check the answer comments for more details. This is/was an EE 1.13 problem.
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