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Studying to become a Magento Certified Developer
I have been considering studying to become a Magento Certified Developer.
When I look at the study guide I see a lot of questions that I can answer, however, the problem is I don't really know what ...
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To use or not to use the ObjectManager directly?
Ok, so yesterday we had a big talk with other people from the Magento community regarding the direct use of the ObjectManager in classes/templates.
I'm already aware of the reasons why we shouldn't ...
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How to write a custom extension?
Because I had a lot of issues lately with free and commercial extension I've decided to ask this question and answer it with the steps I usually follow when writing an extension. Feel free to edit the ...
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Magento 2: Replacement for Mage::log method?
In Magento 1, if you wanted to send a message to the logs, you'd use a static method on the global Mage class.
Mage::log($message, Zend_Log::DEBUG, "my-log-file.log");
Is there an ...
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Security Patch SUPEE-7405 - Possible Problems?
It's time for another patch day, SUPEE-7405 for Magento 1.x is out and the list of fixes is long: https://magento.com/security/patches/supee-7405
After the experience with the last patches, I have to ...
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What is the Best Magento 1 Server Setup?
We are currently working with a requirement that first response from the web server must come in under 200ms in the UK. Currently under 2 dedicated web servers under load balancer and 1 db server, we ...
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How to test or style the order success page?
If I reload the checkout/onepage/success page, I am directed to the cart.
So, when debugging or styling the order success page, I always have to make a new order.
How can I do this more efficiently?
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Magento core_url_rewrite table excessively large
I've noticed a large amount of reports that this table itself can become extremely cluttered, I'm running a site with ~5000 SKUs and ~250 categories (single-store) and a resultant core_url_rewrite ...
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When Should We Use a Repository and Factory in Magento 2?
I have gone through a couple of tutorials in Magento 2, and this confuses me a little. I can see there are basically two ways by which we can read/write business entities:
Retrieve Data
Using A ...
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Security Patch SUPEE-8788 - Possible Problems?
The latest Magento 1 security patch SUPEE-8788 contains 17 APPSEC updates, so it is very important to apply it as soon as possible. On the other hand, there are many potential backward compatibility ...
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Security Patch SUPEE-9767 - Possible issues?
A new security patch is out for Magento 1, addressing 16 APPSEC issues: https://magento.com/security/patches/supee-9767
Seven of the vulnerabilities score 8.0 or higher for CVSSv3 Severity, and they ...
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Explanation of UI Component Grid in Magento 2
Is there a good explaination and/or sample of the bare minimum configuration needed to create a UI Component Grid in Magento 2?
I know there are myriad core components, such as
./vendor/magento/...
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How can I bootstrap Magento 2 in a test.php script?
In magento 1 I could create a file where I only needed to instantiate the Mage_Core_Model_App class and then I could add my "dirty" code for test purposes.
Something like this test.php:
<?php
//...
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New order email confirmation not being sent
I have upgraded my website to 1.9.1 and now my customers are not receiving order confirmation email.
I tried sending through the admin panel but nothing happens, also no update email is being ...
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Magento 1.9 Can’t login to admin panel!
I have installed Magento 1.9. It was working well for a week. Suddenly yesterday, when I tried to log in to the Magento admin panel and I typed username and password, clicked the Login button and ...
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