Archive for May, 2008

Magento Tutorial – Get Products To Show On Home Page

Tuesday, May 27th, 2008

Finally, the exact steps you need to follow to get products showing up on your home page in Magento. Picture Tutorial Watch The Tutorial In HD Advanced Tutorial This tutorial really needs pictures to be easily understood, so there is no advanced tutorial. Social BookmarkingDid you enjoy this post? Please subscribe to my RSS feed. [...]

Magento Development – Disabling System Cache

Monday, May 26th, 2008

While developing your store, you’re going to want to be able to see the changes you make each time you load the page. Unfortunately, for development purposes, the default cache settings can cause old elements to remain on your pages. The solution is to disable the cache anytime you are doing site development. Here’s the [...]

Magento Tutorial – Turning On Template Path Hints

Monday, May 26th, 2008

One of the most frustrating challenges I had learning to develop for Magneto was trying to figure out where the heck the blocks were defined and where they are referenced. This tutorial shows you how to turn on template path hints which will show you exactly where the blocks live. From there you can search [...]

Identity Theft – How To Protect Your Myspace Profile

Monday, May 19th, 2008

Myspace.com, probably the most well known social networking site, and most popular among children and teens, has attracted scam artists, hackers, and identity thieves. From malicious worms that hijack your computer and expose your personal files, to profile hackers who use your profile to bulletin spam, Myspace is ripe with opportunities for hackers to take [...]

Identity Theft – Protecting Your Identity On Facebook

Sunday, May 18th, 2008

Social Networks Expose Too Much Personal Information By Default… Protecting yourself from fraud and identity theft doesn’t have to be monotonous. It simply takes active thought about protecting sensitive information from falling into the wrong hands. With the ever growing popularity of social networking websites like Facebook, LinkedIn, MySpace, and even file sharing sites such [...]