Loading a Rewrite Rule Outside of Request Routing
Loading a Rewrite Rule Outside of Request Routing Another place where the assumption of a store object makes working with the “raw” Magento PHP APIs tricky.
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How to Fix an Exploded Compiler
How to Fix an Exploded Compiler Compilation mode (which appears to be going away in Magento 2) can occasionally explode a Magento site if the new class files aren’t written out to disk correctly. Fix it quick with the advice in this link.
astormSome Magento History on Parent/Child Product Relationships
Some Magento History on Parent/Child Product Relationships
astormDebugging Resource Path is Not Callable Faults in Magento
Debugging Resource Path is Not Callable Faults in Magento
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Whenever I’m about to tackle a Magento project and/or feature that requires deep knowledge of a new-to-me subsystem, I spend a half-day to a day writing up something like the information below. Sort of an anti-UML, it’s a high level narrative of the relationships between particular objects and systems in Magento. Beyond [...]
astormAutomatically Assigning a Parent Block via. Layout XML
So here’s something I didn’t know about until 15 minutes ago. When you’re creating a Layout Update XML block, you can automatically assign a block you’ve created as a child of another block with a parent attribute in your block tag. That means this <block type="foo/bar" parent="block_name_in_layout" ... /> [...]
astormShort URLs for Magento CE Versions
Short URLs for Magento CE Versions One of those things I wish I’d thought of. bit.ly/mage1610 bit.ly/mage1510 bit.ly/mage1420 bit.ly/mage1411
astormList of Magento’s Javascript Validation Methods
List of Magento’s Javascript Validation Methods Good sum up of Magento’s Javascript input validation methods.
astormMagento 2: File Structure Changes
Magento 2: File Structure Changes No one document could cover ALL the changes in Magento 2, but this one does a good job of pointing out file structure changes, which in turn hint at much of the restructuring going on.
astormMagento 2: Factory Pattern and Class Rewrites
If you've been paying attention, you know that Magento 2 is slated for a Q4, 2012 release. While that's an entire year away, and there's also the whole Mayan End of Time thing to worry about, it's never too early to start looking at
astormMagento’s Global Variable Design Patterns
One of the earliest things you'll learn in any programming class is that
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