August 15th, 2009
In this post we will be exploring the integration of Interapptive's ShipWorks with Magento.
ShipWorks is a Windows-only desktop application that integrates a number of different shopping
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August 2nd, 2009
Magento has a little-publicized feature called the "Global Record Search", located at the top right of every admin page. It allows you to quickly search for Products, Customers, and Orders in the system. If you need to quickly find
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July 31st, 2009
I recently came across an answer on a LinkedIn question, and I wanted to share it with you all. Roy Rubin, CEO of Varien, the company that designed and built Magento, the open-source e-commerce platform
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July 11th, 2009
Our Objective
If you need to make adjustments to the adminhtml theme files (template, layout, or skin), you have two options for accomplishing this.
Here's an example of what we would want to accomplish:
Files in
/app/design/adminhtml/default/custom_admin_theme/
need to override files in:
/app/design/adminhtml/default/default/
Likewise, files
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July 10th, 2009
Anyone that has developed a theme in Magento knows how helpful template/block hints are. They help quickly identify which files are being loaded for a specific page.
Magento's admin panel uses the exact same design pattern as the frontend (layouts
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