Author: magemaster

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Magento 2 – debug collection filter

Sometimes it is quite complicated to debug collection filters. You may have the correct code, but it doesn’t return data. Hours later you find out, that there are no data available for this filter....

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Magento 1 or Magento 2?

One important question before a new Magento shop project is: Magento 1 or Magento 2. Since one year, we discover this essential question very often and there is no clear answer to it. I...

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Magento 2 update

In this tutorial I show you how to update Magento 2 to a newer version. I had to do this recently because of some needed bugfixes. Updating Magento 2 was less complicated as expected....

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Clear APC Cache

In this tutorial I show you how to clear APC cache. Sometimes Magento shops are hosted on web servers with running APC for caching. I think this is not as usual as FPC caches,...

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Data Feed Manager problem

There is an open Data Feed Manager problem issue open, which may confuses Magento 2 developers. I solved this issue by a small change (or bugfix) in Magento Core, which should be in one for...

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Why Magento?

A common question of customers is: “Which shop system should I use?”. Sometimes a customer has already a better question like: “Why Magento?”. In this post you learn why you should base your e-Commerce...

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Magento 1 – set order of collection

In this tutorial I show you how to set order of collection. It is sometimes quite frustrating to set order, because there are two possible methods. Depending on your collection and column you want...

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Magento 2 – template path hints

An often used help in Magento development is backend option template path hints. You may already know this from Magento 1, you can find the same in Magento 2 and I show you where...

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Secure adminhtml with directory protection

In this tutorial I show how to secure adminhtml with directory protection. This is a very simple task to enhance security. Most Magento shops are under attack and a shop owner or a developer...

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Magento 2 Logging

In this tutorial about Magento 2 logging, I show you how to create log messages. One of the main differences for new Magento 2 developers is, that you can’t log messages by a singleton...