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Just Checking In; Google App Engine, Hosting Reviews, but no actual Magento

December 4, 2010 in Magento, Web Development with 0 Comments

Wow, where did November go? It’s been over a month since my last post and I thought I should probably just drop a quick note here to let you know what’s been going on, and what’s coming up. There’s no Magento tips or advice here though I’m afraid – but there is a little sneak peek at a project I have been tinkering around with – I’d really love some feedback on it.

What’s new

Firstly, if I haven’t been making Magento extensions or writing Magento articles for a month, what have I been doing?!
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Magento Product Audit Extension – Monitor and Record Changes to your Products

October 30, 2010 in Magento with 5 Comments

I wrote up an article over on MageBase this weekend expanding on a tip I got from the Magento Developers Paradise. In the process of writing it, I went through a worked example and as usual with articles you want to make sure the code actually runs too, so I installed it on my local test Magento. Having done all of this, it occurred to me that the only missing part of what I had done to make it into a usable extension was an implementation of this function:

class Aschroder_ProductAudit_Model_Entity_Attribute_Backend_Audit extends Mage_Eav_Model_Entity_Attribute_Backend_Abstract {
 
    protected function _afterSave() {
		// This is where we would perform the audit (or any other logic we wanted)
		// We could email the changes to a store admin, for example
    }
}

So I went ahead an put a simple little implementation in the custom backend model. The result is Magento Product Audit, a trivial little extension that will let you know when your products change, and who changed them.
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Magento Developers Paradise By The Numbers

October 24, 2010 in Magento with 1 Comment

Having just got back from the Magento Developers Paradise in Mallorca, I thought I’d try for a creative summary, here we go.

1

The number of blog contributors I enjoyed meeting in person.

2

The number of wing mirrors involved in my first motor vehicle incident in Mallorca, < 15 minutes after renting the car.

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Shipwire Tracking API – Mapping API carrier codes in Tracking updates within Magento

September 30, 2010 in Magento, Web Development with 6 Comments

This is just a quick note that might save someone some time/effort. I’ve been working with the Shipwire Tracking API and Magento lately and although I think their API is good, it’s lacking in certain areas. Namely utility for customer facing applications.

The Shipwire tracking API returns short codes for carrier and service, which doesn’t really make it very useful for customer facing communication, nobody wants to know their parcel shipped on “RM FCLR“, instead of Royal Mail First Class Large Letter – Recorded Signed For. I contacted Shipwire support about it and they provided the comprehensive list of carriers and codes (thanks Gene!).
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New Version of Magento Cloud Backup Available: bug fixes, stability and self testing.

September 30, 2010 in Cloud Backup, Magento with 11 Comments

Big mistake, big face palm

-			// TESTING
-			$files = array("js", "media");

Please get the latest version on Magento Connect as soon as you can…

And sign up to be notified of future bug fixes/features – I’ll aim for more of the latter and fewer of the former.

PS: Big Thanks Oren for bringing this to my attention.

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