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Correct out dated pear version while installing magento 1.4.2 ( 1.7.1 / 1.9.1 )
1Another version of magneto and another installation method. This one seems to be causing some bother. If you are using the pear installer to download the latest version of Magento there are quite a few people running into the following:
pear/Console_Getopt requires PEAR Installer (version >= 1.9.1), installed version is 1.7.1
Is the error message states the 1.4.2 requires a new version of pear then the one included in the download package.. go figure. In order to force an update of pear do the following via ssh
1. Initialise PEAR registry…
./pear mage-setup
2.
./pear channel-update pear.php.net ./pear upgrade --force PEAR
repeat again if you get any errors.
Then run the upgrade (via ssh or the online installer)
./pear install magento-core/Mage_All_Latest-stable
How to put your magento site into maintainance mode for everyone but you
5Occasionally you may need to lock customers out of your site. This may be so you can work on a new UI or because something has gone wrong and you need to fix it before someone sees it. However, it would be good if you can still see the site so that you can check your own progress.
Magento : How fast is fast? Best bang per buck UK hosting.
0Magento is a powerful e-commerce platform with a fantastic range of features. With the community editions anyone who wants to can setup, maintain and manage an online business for less than 50p per day. However, these features come at a cost. Magento is notorious for is performance issues. What your customers need is a site in front of them the moment the click your site or your products. At dx3webs we believe we offer a great price / performance for our hosting with the additional benefit of unlimited technical support.
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How to create a Random Featured Product list on home page in Magento
38It seems some what amazing that such a simple request can be so tricky to track down. The scenario is simple. You want to display a set of products on your home page from a hidden category to be randomly displayed.
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5 Extremely useful free Magento Extensions
4Magento is great out of the box but… there are always things that it does not quite do. This is where the vibrant community of extension builders comes in. There is fantastic, growing number of extensions in the Magento Connect collection and many of the most useful are free. That is not to say that a commercial extension will not be what you are looking for but free is good.
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Magento error: Invalid method Mage_Catalog_Block_Product_List_Toolbar::isLastPage
3This is an interesting bug that seems to affect some custom templates that have not been fully adapted to 4.1x. This causes some categories with a set number of products to throw the following error:
Invalid method Mage_Catalog_Block_Product_List_Toolbar::isLastPage(Array ( ) ) Trace: #0 [internal function]: Varien_Object->__call(\'isLastPage\', Array)
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10 Open Source e-commerce solutions reviewed
0You can of course spend tens of thousands of pounds on a e-commerce platform. Perhaps you will get your investment back and perhaps it will offer a few features that no one else has. However, open source solutions are fast in development and anyone who wants to help out can. Before spending a penny on a commercial solution you should take a long hard look at the free alternative. Web distortion have reviewed 10 of the most active and promising e-commerce platforms.
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Smashing Magazine releases free Magento theme
0Smashing Magazine has been an excellent source of design inspiration, advice and guidance for years. Occasionally they release free content and this time that content is a new theme for Magento.
Smashing Magazine releases free Magento theme : Sigyn SM
0Smashing Magazine has been an excellent source of design inspiration, advice and guidance for years. Occasionally they release free content and this time that content is a new theme for Magento.
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