You don’t always have to use genuine plastic to test your shopping solution. Check out Paypal’s list of test credit card numbers here. And if you check here the Visa… Continue reading Test credit card numbers
Month: March 2010
Install Magento via SSH (the easy way)
I just spent one too many times waiting while Magento uploaded to my server via FTP. And as it happens much of the time it failed. Rather than dealing with… Continue reading Install Magento via SSH (the easy way)
Get the current category name with Magento
Wish there were some friendly template tags don’t ya? Yeah you aren’t in WordPress-land anymore. Need to show the category name anywhere? Here you go: $categoryobject = Mage::registry(‘current_category’); $category=$categoryobject->getName(); I… Continue reading Get the current category name with Magento
Changing your hosting plan on GoDaddy via your Account Center
This is an odd one but something worth sharing. GoDaddy’s “Economy” Windows plan doesn’t support a component needed to install WordPress, well or use MySQL at all for that matter… Continue reading Changing your hosting plan on GoDaddy via your Account Center