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Create Custom Category Attributes with phpMyAdmin (Tutorial)

Category: Categories, Database – Posted Friday, June 19th, 2009.

The following is a brief tutorial for creating a custom category attribute. This has only been tested by creating a textfield-type attribute in Magento’s version 1.3.2. However, to the best of my current knowledge, it should work in any versions 1.2+ and for ...

./pear: Permission denied

Category: Extensions, Upgrading – Posted Friday, June 12th, 2009.

If your’re getting a permission denied error when trying to either upgrade or install an extension, chances are the permissions are off on your pear file. No worries – it’s a simple fix. SSH into the root directory of your Magento installation and ...

Cleaning (Refreshing) Cache

Category: Cache – Posted Wednesday, June 10th, 2009.

The Magento Admin panel calls it refreshing (Refresh) the cache, while within the code it’s refered to as “cleaning” the cache. If you want to Refresh your cache within the admin panel, simply go to System > Cache Management.  Drop the box ...

Adding extentions from the command line

Category: Extensions, Upgrading – Posted Wednesday, June 10th, 2009.

I’ve found it’s sometimes easier to either make upgrades or install extensions via the command line rather than using Magento Connect. To do this, all you need is the extension key. For this example I’ll use Magento’s default upgrade key: ...

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