Tag Archives: Web Development

Learning from the Magento core…

Posted on August 10, 2010

Learning any framework is complex. Learning one as labyrinthine as used by Magento e-Commerce is positively painful. So why not learn from the people who programmed the system? When you are in the Administration interface, note down the url path … Continue reading →

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Exporting data from Magento

Posted on August 9, 2010

Often when using web applications it’s quicker to export any required data directly from the database using SQL queries. Magento e-Commerce is a very different beast, due to the fact that much of the important data is stored using the … Continue reading →

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Finally – the death of PHP4…

Posted on August 6, 2010

Wordpress 3.2 will only be supported on servers running PHP 5.2 What does this mean for the evolution of PHP as a language? Continue reading →

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SEO basics – choosing good urls for higher Google position

Posted on July 27, 2010

Search engines use incredibly complex algorithms to calculate what pages should be returned when you search for a given term. The exact algorithms are closing guarded secrets, but search engine optimisation experts have been able to infer some basics rules … Continue reading →

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Using code hints in Magento e-Commerce templates…

Posted on July 21, 2010

When you’re using a complex web application like Magento or WordPress it’s a real struggle to remember all the functions, classes and methods that are available to you in the template files. And this means endless trips back to the … Continue reading →

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Enforced discipline when creating Magento Themes

Posted on July 20, 2010

Magento is a beast of an eCommerce platform. It has a rigid set of conventions for the location and name of your theme files. And your theme should never overwrite any of the base installation that Magento creates. So how … Continue reading →

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So what is a WordPress “Theme”?

Posted on July 19, 2010

You’ve probably heard of CMSes and Blogging software and you’ve probably heard that it’s free to download and use on your website. So why does your designer of developer want to charge you for creating a website using Wordpress? Continue reading →

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How long before Google will see changes to my site?

Posted on July 9, 2010

People often assume that changes they make to their website will instantly be picked up by Google. This isn’t the case. It can take anything up to a few months before Google indexes new content on your site, although this … Continue reading →

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Maintaining search engine position after a web site redesign

Posted on July 7, 2010

You’ve worked hard to get high up in the search engine results for your targeted keywords, you’ve got inbound links to your website coming out of your ears and your customers have bookmarked pages on your site. And now you … Continue reading →

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Website redesign complete (at last)…

Posted on July 3, 2010

After using the same design for 5 years, we’ve finally got round to redesigning our website. The old site served us very well, generated a nice steady stream of traffic through organic listings on Google and was well liked; but … Continue reading →

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