Finding invalid EANs (simply) With MySQL

This is post is now quite old and the the information it contains may be out of date or innacurate. If you find any errors or have any suggestions to update the information please let us know or create a pull request on GitHub Check out this little query for checking for obviously invalid EANs. Note this is not checking the check digit for validity, it is purely looking for data that is in no way possibly an EAN number. Read On →

Magento Admin Javascript Paths Wrong on 1.4 + Solution

If you upgrade to Magento version 1.4 and find that your admin totally stops working then this might be for you. If you view source and notice that your javascript paths are totally wrong then it could be that Merge JavaScript Files is causing it. The answer is: go to System -> Configuration -> Developer Settings -> Javascript Settings -> Merge JavaScript Files (beta) and set it to “no”. It is realy a beta :D However - you can’t because your admin it totally not working.. Read On →

Magento Enterprise 1.8 Features Solr

Very interesting to read about the latest Magento Enterprise version release. Among other things, they have implemented Solr for searching. Solr is what can only be called a “proper search engine” and is the alternative to searching a database which is the usual way the Magento search works. By using a proper search engine, the site will be able to display better, more relevant results a lot faster than is possible with the database driven method. Read On →

Prestashop Developer UK

This is post is now quite old and the the information it contains may be out of date or innacurate. If you find any errors or have any suggestions to update the information please let us know or create a pull request on GitHub Edmonds Commerce are a UK based e-commerce development specialist and along with osCommerce and Magento development, we also do work on Prestashop. Prestashop is a nice modern open source ecommerce platform that uses a lot of jQuery to get some nice user interface effects. Read On →

OSX External Hard Drive Spinning Down All The Time?

This is post is now quite old and the the information it contains may be out of date or innacurate. If you find any errors or have any suggestions to update the information please let us know or create a pull request on GitHub If you use an external drive on your Mac and find yourself looking at the spinning colour wheel all the time waiting for the drive to spin up again, then this tip is for you. Read On →

Firefox Duplicate Tab

This is post is now quite old and the the information it contains may be out of date or innacurate. If you find any errors or have any suggestions to update the information please let us know or create a pull request on GitHub Firefox used to have an addon called duplicate tab. It was great, did exactly what it said on the tin. However it is no longer developed and so we are stuck without any duplicate tab functionality - damn. Read On →