Posted by admin on January 3, 2009 under News | 
This version includes numerous issue resolutions for Magento version 1.1.x and some highly requested new features such as:
* Support for Downloadable/Digital Products. (to see this new product type in action visit the Magento Demo Store. We added an example of an MP3 product and an eBook )
* Added Layered Navigation to site search result page, with control on the attribute level to include or exclude attributes used on the search results page.
* Improved site search to utilize MySQL fulltext search
* Added support for fixed-taxes on product level for such taxes as “State Environmental Fee” in the USA and “WEEE/DEEE” in the EU.
* Upgraded Zend Framework to the latest stable version 1.7.2
* Added a Layered Navigation Cache for improved performance of large catalogs (currently in beta and is NOT recommended for production use).
Note: We do NOT recommend upgrading a production installation of Magento directly. Please backup database and all files before upgrading. Please make sure to check file permission before trying to upgrade through your Magento Connect Manager. This version includes an upgrade to the Magento Connect Manager and as such includes index.php and .htaccess files. If these files were modified you must create backups of your index.php and .htaccess files before upgrading as they will be overwritten. Once the upgrade is complete just overwrite these files with your original files (these files do not include any updates but must be distributed with the MCM).
Upgrading an Existing Magento Version
Upgrade your existing Magento installation to 1.2.0 through the Magento Connect Manager:
- Do NOT use your live or production site. We suggest making a copy of your site and upgrading that copy first.
- Backup your index.php and .htaccess files (if modified)
- Log into your Magento Connect Manager.
- Select the ‘Setting’ tab.
- Change the Preferred State to ‘Stable’, and save settings.
- For the Mage_All_Latest package select upgrade.
- Click on the ‘Commit Changes’ button. The upgrade should start.
- After upgrade is complete click on the ‘Refresh’ button.
- Copy your original index.php and .htaccess files back (if needed)
- Log into your admin and rebuild search index
- You should now have Magento 1.2.0 installed.
Posted by admin on December 12, 2008 under Problems & Solutions |
Merry xmas, guys!
Problem & Solution:
I am at the installer page but it is telling me that i am missing a specific php extension.
Example message: PHP Extension “mcrypt” must be loaded
The above message tells us that your PHP do not have “mcrypt” compiled with it. You have to get your web host to re-compile PHP with “mcrypt”.
Another example:
PHP Extension “PDO_mySQL” must be loaded
This tells us that we are missing “PDO_mysql” extension for PHP on the server. Once again, you have to get your web host to re-compile PHP to include this extension.
PHP extensions that are required to run Magento:
There a few PHP extensions that are needed in order to run magento properly. Read more of this article »
Posted by admin on December 3, 2008 under Problems & Solutions |
I have notice that more and more people are setting up magento-powered stores but keep running into road blocks. For those who manage to install magento successfully, i believe you may run into one of these problems mentioned in this post.
Here are two common problems i have seen and this simple solution will probably fix 90% of these problems.
Problem #1:
I’ve managed to install Magento. I’ve created a test catagory and a test product but they don’t appear on the home page. What am i doing wrong?
Problem #2:
When i click on one of my product link, it return a 404 page not error.
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Posted by admin on December 1, 2008 under News |
Hey guys, we have rename our domain name from “magentohub.com” to a new domain name called “mtomto.com”. The reason for the change is due to the word “magento” been used in our domain name. This had caused a trademark issue with varien. 
What does “MTOMTO” stand for?
Well, i came out of this name within a short span of time right after i have received an email from rico at varien last night. (*wink* to rico if you see this :P) . MTO is a short-form stand for Magento. I must say i love the new name. It’s Short & sweet!
Posted by admin on under Guide |
Do you want to get more traffic for your store? If yes, make sure your magento shopping store is search engine friendly! To do this, make sure your web hosting provider’s server had Mod_Rewrite enabled. For my case, my web hosting provider’s server had Mod_Rewrite enabled which mean my store is ready to be index by major searcn engines companies anytime soon.
In this post, we will do a simple Mod_Rewrite test to check whether it is enabled on your web hosting provider’s server.
What is the advantage of having a search engine friendly store?
Major search engine companies like Google, Yahoo!, MSN and others can index all your products pages more easily. When a visitor search on these search engine, your magento store had a higher chance of showing up during the search result. Imagine 1/4 of the search engine users found your store? You will be rich! Read more of this article »
Posted by admin on under News |
Well, I never expect magento to release another version so quick… i think within a week? I guess it fixed some very nasty bugs.
Here are the release notes for v1.1.8:
- Fixed #8684: js error on configurable product view page in blank theme
- Fixed generating URL for googleoptimizer export controller
- Fixed shipping tablerates for regions with the same code
- Fixed product information on review page
- Fixed #8720: CMS Blocks not recognized on Newsletter Templates
- Fixed #8729: Security warning in IE in admin under https on category management page
- Fixed #8743: Security warning in MSIE 6 on checkout page in modern theme
- Fixed #8722: Google Base API - Store URL incorrect
- Fixed #8753: Add Store Code to Urls to Yes breaking Google Base (due to duplicate admin/admin in path)
- Fixed #8727: mismatches in role resources list
- Fixed checkout as guest on single page checkout
- Fixed #8890: Fatal error on shipping estimate if session expired
- Fixed js error in Google API configuration section
- Fixed #8719: Google Base API - make destination country selectable (USA,DE,GB,…)
- Fixed #8731: Wrong country sent to Google Base
- Fixed #8772: configurable products are not editable
- Fixed editing custom options in Safari
- Fixed #8889: Flash 9 unable to upload image on MAC
Upgrade your magento today! If you need help with the upgrade, contact us. Sometimes, we can do for free.. (if we are in good mood. ^_^ ):)
Posted by admin on November 21, 2008 under News |
New Release: Magento Version 1.1.7
This version includes over 350 issue resolutions for Magento 1.1.x that are listed in the release notes section, and new functionality that includes:
* Google Website Optimizer integration
* Google Base integration
* Scheduled DB logs cleaning option
Our comment:
The team finally fix the “Google Sitemap will not generate” bug.
Posted by admin on November 12, 2008 under Problems & Solutions |
Question:
I have upload all magento files and all the files’ permission are set correctly. However, i still run into “500 Internal Server Error” problem.
Solution:
If you are on cpanel server, check the “error_log” file for clue on what is causing the internal error. Most of Read more of this article »
Posted by admin on November 6, 2008 under Guide |
First of all, make sure your web hosting provider meet the requirement before you install magento.
Two reasons why you should use this guide:
1. Your account do not come with SSH access and upload files via FTP is taking so long( it took me > 20minutes just to upload entire magento files via FTP)
2. OR you do not know how to install magento using SSH.
This guide is for you.
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Here is a quick way to upload all magento files using cpanel file manager:
( You can always check for newest release from http://www.magentocommerce.com/download/noregister )
Upload magento
1. Upload your magento-x.x.x.zip file to public_html/ via FTP. This gonna take sometime since the zip file alone is about 15mb big.
Read more of this article »
Posted by admin on under Guide |
Magento is a fantastic open source ecommerce shopping cart. However, the software will require a few important modules to be install on your web hosting provider’s server in order to get it working properly.
Requirement Check:
Upload this Script to check whether your server support magento:
http://www.magentocommerce.com/_media/magento-check.zip
Most webhosts should be running apache, php5,mysql 5 by now. However, do check that PHP include the specific extensions like PDO_MySQL while mySQL support innoDB engine.
Here are the basic requirement:
Web server: Apache 1.x, 2.x
PHP5.2.x and above
* Required extensions:
o PDO_MySQL
o simplexml
o mcrypt
o hash
o GD
o DOM
o iconv
o SOAP (if Webservices API is to be used)
- Safe_mode off
- Memory_limit 32M or more
MySQL:
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