Archive: custom

If you want to serve up text files for download (perhaps product feeds etc) then you might like this little snippet. Not only will it force the file to be downloaded but it allows you to specify a custom filename that it should be saved as. PLAIN TEXT PHP: if(isset($_GET['download_file'])){     header("Content-type: application/octet-stream");   [...]

If you have created a new product type and need to enable it to be included with configurable products you need to let Magento know that it should allow your product type to work with configurable products. To do this open your config xml and add the following xml. PLAIN TEXT XML: <config>     [...]

If you use Linux on a regular basis, you'll probably know just how useful a symlink is. This makes things extremely annoying when a program refuses to work with them - treats them as a file or just refuses to work. Enter: mount --bind mount --bind is a special type of mount that will mount [...]

If you want to include a custom stylesheet for a particular category you can do this very cleanly by specifying custom layout xml in the category admin. Simply find the category you want to apply this to and then hit the [Display Settings] tab Then in the custom layout update box, paste something like this: [...]

Magento Upgrade with Custom Modules Rewrite The aim of this project was to upgrade a store from 1.3 to 1.5, without losing the functionality of the site. The old version had had its core files modified, requiring a forensic examination of them in order to find and extract what had been changed. Love My Frames [...]

Single Page Magento Store With Affiliate Program and PayPal Link The aim of this project was to condense a Magento store into a single page, offering both product information and payment options. The system is to integrate with PayPal and a custom affiliate system. Golfer Within Run by Roseanna Leaton, one of the leading practitioners [...]

Grass Seed Store – Migration from OSCommerce with Custom Functionality The Grass Seeds Store wants to migrate away from OSCommerce to Magento in order to improve stock management. They also need to maintain DEFRA compliance and have custom reports generated to do so. The custom reporting was based on the sales of seeds. The Grass [...]

Magento Free Sample Request Custom Module Blind Express required that their customers be able to easily request free samples of their products. This required that a custom extension be created and integrated with the existing system. Blind Express Blind Express specialise in supplying made to measure and custom window blinds. This project was a good [...]

Bespoke Object-Oriented PHP Automated Scraping System The aim of this project is to put together an automated price retrial system, capable of running on its own. The system will collect general information for general products as well as more detailed information for named products. Discs Like New Discs Like New offer a professional, effective and [...]

We are now working on developing a new Magento based e-commerce site for a UK based company called Dressnimpress. Our client specialises in designer clothing for both male and female and will be targeting a world wide marketplace for selling designer clothes covering all the latests and famous brands. The site will be developed from [...]