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If you use the Magento event / observer system for extending Magento (if you don't you should) then you will find this little script handy for parsing out all of the events in the latest (eg Magento 1.4) version of Magento.
This is a Linux shell script so either use it on your server or if [...]

If you have any issues with the default Flash based image uploader for the Magento admin, check out this extension which replaces it with a much slicker, faster and less - well flash - image uploader.
http://www.magentocommerce.com/extension/1756/no-flash-uploader
nice
More Reading:Magento Events Cheat Sheet Grep – Works for Any VersionGet Table Name in Magento (eg with Table [...]

If you use table prefixes (you should) but you need to get the name of a table without having to hardcode in the table prefix, use this little snippet:
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PHP:

$tableName = Mage::getSingleton('core/resource')->getTableName('catalog_product_option');

More Reading:Magento Events Cheat Sheet Grep – Works for Any VersionMagento Image Upload from Admin – No FlashMagento 1.4 Fatal Error Stack Frame [...]

If your shiny new Magento 1.4 is displaying this error message at the bottom of the page then you might want to apply this fix.
Fatal error: Exception thrown without a stack frame in Unknown on line 0
The solution is to comment out a small section of code in
app/code/core/Mage/Core/Model/Cache.php
line 180
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PHP:

/*try {

        [...]

The latest and greatest version of Magneto has just been released (last Friday).
This release includes some great new features like WYSIWYG editors on the admin side, performance improvements and loads more.
Here's what has been added:

Implemented 3D Secure credit card validation (Visa and Mastercard)

Full reimplementation of PayPal modules, includes lot of new functionality and numerous bugfixes

Full [...]

If you have any Magento related questions and are struggling to get help on the main forums, or you just fancy somewhere a bit quieter and possibly more UK focussed to ask your magento related questions, then check out this UK Magento Forum.
We have been heavily involved in it from the outset and are currently [...]

Over at Magentocommerce.com they have just posted a blog story detailing the top ten most popular Magento extensions of the moment.
There are some great Magento extensions out right now and the selection is growing all the time.
Just another reason to use the most promising ecommerce package available today.
If you are looking for a Magento Developer [...]

Every Magento based site I seem to look at is still using the default Magento favicon.
Whilst its cool to advertise that you are using Magento, perhaps you should be advertising your own business!
Its actually very easy to do - here's a step by step guide:
1. Create your Favicon.
First create a roughly square image with your [...]

If your Magento front end looks a little untidy with Add to Cart buttons not lining up on the x axis, this little bit of extra CSS might sort you out:
add a min-height to the '.catalog-listing h5' CSS rule
for IE6 you can use:
height: auto !important; height: 60px
I haven't tried this but a friend who knows [...]

Edmonds Commerce have been specialising in Magento for a while now. We have been involved in numerous Magento sites doing things ranging from setting up entire stores (including multi store) through to developing custom Magento modules for specific client requirements.
If you are looking for a Magento Developer based in the UK, particularly the Leeds / [...]