Google Analytics Scan

This is post is now quite old and the the information it contains may be out of date or innacurate.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 Just used this system to scan a site for correct Analytics setup. It’s a decent enough service. You have to sign up your email address to get the report. Read On →

Magento 500 Error + Solution

On a recent clean installation on a 1and1 Linux server for a client, the site was getting 500 errors on every page other than the home page. The fix for this was to add the following line to the .htaccess file in the document root: RewriteBase / Hope this helps someone else out ############################################ ## you can put here your magento root folder ## path relative to web root #RewriteBase Read On →

Great Desktop Wallpaper Collection

This is post is now quite old and the the information it contains may be out of date or innacurate.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 I always use this site for my desktop wallpaper.. I love having a nice landscape shot of somewhere beautiful in the background. http://interfacelift.com/wallpaper_beta/downloads/date/any/ It’s great because not only are the pictures really nice, but they are all available in all of the usual desktop resolutions eg 1680x1050.

Magento Install Problem + Solution 'sales_flat_quote' already exists

Trying to do a clean install of Magento 1.2.1.2 I kept hitting this SQL error. Base table or view already exists: 1050 Table ‘sales_flat_quote’ already exists In the end I opted to manually edit the related install file and add DELETE IF EXISTS statements before each CREATE TABLE statement. The file in question is located here: /app/code/core/Mage/Sales/sql/sales_setup and the problem file is mysql4-install-0.9.0.php The solution is to edit the file and add DROP TABLE IF EXISTS statements before each CREATE TABLE statement eg DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `{$installer->getTable('sales_flat_quote')}`; CREATE TABLE `{$installer->getTable('sales_flat_quote')}` (..... Read On →

Neat Lightweight Javascript Table Sorter

This is post is now quite old and the the information it contains may be out of date or innacurate.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 Just came across this link via Twitter - TinyTable A nice simple solution to display table data.

Zend Framework Template Renamer Script

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 Bit hard to describe this one, but if you use Zend Framework along with the MVC functionality, and you also use base classes for your controllers, models etc, you may find that for each controller, model etc the files are pretty much the same apart from the names of the files and the classes. Read On →