A quick how-to if you want to copy or move Magento to another database instance, e.g. to create a test site, or move test to live.
(1) Backup Magento using the built in backup tool. Download and uncompress the resulting SQL script. If changing the server or domain, search and replace “old.mysite.com” with “new.yoursite.com” Execute it [...]
Something searching for a use.
http://www.fliptextgenerator.com/
Uses apparently little-known character codes to invert most text (struggles with capitals).
Well done Fontis for integrating reCAPTCHA into Magento to prevent SPAM through the contact form and “social” pages. About time!
Well though-out and integrated beautifully into admin.
Keys are required from reCAPTCHA andthe extension can be installed through Magento Connect using the extention key on the Magento Extention page.
This site has some super Google Map tools – including Meeting Centre Of Gravity by Postcode and Map Tunnelling.
http://www.freemaptools.com
Since I last looked (around 9 months ago, I think) the Magento web store project seems to have shaped up nicely. It is certainly prettier than OSCommerce, but more importantly they have kept the code and the presentation separate using – of course – CSS.
It is written in PHP, and has a growing collection of [...]
Not sure why I haven’t come across this before, but a great source of free fonts;
dafont.com
PayPal have more or less admitted that there are problems for some users logging in to complete payments, either direct or using the eBay flow. There are many threads on the eBay forums about this problem, for example;
Can’t login to PayPal
(Remember, PayPal, Skype and eBay are the same beast.)
It is faintly amusing that every time [...]
If you are running Skype v3 or later, there is a registry change (provided by Skype for Universities etc.) that reportedly prevents your PC becoming a supernode. I say reportedly, because whilst I have been a guinea pig for the last week I haven’t noticed being a supernode, but of course Skype may not have [...]
A list of laptop processors, ranked by performance.