[Solved]:Magento 1.5 Admin – categories tree for product does not expand to show sub-categories

4 Oct

Today i got very strange problem in my client’s Magento set up… When i have open products in edit mode in Magento 1.5 Admin then categories tree for product does not expand to show product sub-categories… Only Root categories were visible… I couldn’t find proper solution for this problem… But i did patch which worked [...]

Mac and Windows Safari Black Image issue…

4 Oct

Hello many of you will have faced issue of image which gets black with either windows or mac’s safari browser.. You can see demo below… windows and mac safari black image problem   By trying and making some research i found its because safari has problem with CMYK image type.. If you convert image to [...]

Magento Exploded Top Menu for 1.4,1.5

30 Sep

Many magento clients and developers has requested us to code exploded menu for top navigation. I am happy to announce that pollence team has come up with Easy Exploded Menu extension free of cost through magento connect. Here’s easy exploded Menu download link . http://www.magentocommerce.com/magento-connect/pollence/extension/8140/easy_exploded_menu#overview   Please review the same and let us know your [...]

[SOLVED] :SQLSTATE[42S22]: Column not found: 1054 Unknown column ‘synonym_for’ in ‘field list’ +Magento

16 Sep

Many times when you upgrade magento from 1.3.x to 1.4.x or 1.5.x,you come across strange error while logging in Magento admin panel dashboard… It’s something Column not found: 1054 Unknown column ’synonym_for’ in ’field list’ .. Below is some portion of error.. SQLSTATE[42S22]: Column not found: 1054 Unknown column ’synonym_for’ in ’field list’ Trace: #0 ../lib/Zend/Db/Statement.php(300): Zend_Db_Statement_Pdo->_execute(Array) #1 ../lib/Zend/Db/Adapter/Abstract.php(468): Zend_Db_Statement->execute(Array) #2 ../lib/Zend/Db/Adapter/Pdo/Abstract.php(238): Zend_Db_Adapter_Abstract->query(‘SELECT DISTINCT…’, Array) #3 ../lib/Varien/Db/Adapter/Pdo/Mysql.php(333): Zend_Db_Adapter_Pdo_Abstract->query(‘SELECT DISTINCT…’, Array) #4 ../lib/Zend/Db/Adapter/Abstract.php(706): Varien_Db_Adapter_Pdo_Mysql->query(Object(Varien_Db_Select), Array) #5 ../lib/Varien/Data/Collection/Db.php(713): Zend_Db_Adapter_Abstract->fetchAll(Object(Varien_Db_Select), Array) #6 ../lib/Varien/Data/Collection/Db.php(626): Varien_Data_Collection_Db->_fetchAll(Object(Varien_Db_Select)) #7 ../lib/Varien/Data/Collection/Db.php(596): Varien_Data_Collection_Db->getData() #8 ../app/code/core/Mage/Adminhtml/Block/Widget/Grid.php(484): Varien_Data_Collection_Db->load() #9 ../app/code/core/Mage/Adminhtml/Block/Dashboard/Searches/Top.php(65): Mage_Adminhtml_Block_Widget_Grid->_prepareCollection() ….   This is because field name has been changed in new [...]

Fixing Page Shift Problem While Page Loads

7 Sep

Many of us will be facing problem of Page Shift. When you move from one page to other page… your whole Page HTML Shifts either left side or right side… I had this problem too… There are many reasons for this.. I found its solution. According to this author the problem is because of Scroll bar… [...]

Ubuntu Linux Fix: Target Filesystem doesn’t have /sbin/init

29 Aug

Hello one day i had problems in booting my Ubuntu System.. I got error on Boot.. “Target Filesystem doesn’t have /sbin/init”. When you boot, you may end up with following error. Target filesystem doesn’t have /sbin/init No init found try passing init = bootarg You need Ubuntu Live CD in order to fix this issue.. [...]

How to set up the PHP Mail Function on a Ubuntu Linux LAMP Server?

29 Aug

Hello, Below i am giving simple configuration guide in order to set up PHP Mail() function in Ubuntu. This can be used for any flavor of Linux by modifying command a little bit. 1) First of all you need to install PEAR if you don’t have it installed on your system sudo apt-get install php-pear 2) [...]

How To Make Ship To This Address Default in Magento Checkout

9 Aug

There are lots of coding solution to achieve Ship to this address Default in Checkout process in magento… I will show you simple database tweak to make ship to this address default in onepage checkout of magento. Here are steps to this magento tweak . 1)  Go to your database for Magento and open sales_flat_quote_address [...]

Linux Error : Application tried to create a window, but no driver could be loaded

16 Jul

Hello, When you try to access executable files using wine(tool through which you can run Microsoft executable programs in Linux systems.) through command then you might get following error remotely. This error might occur when you try to access GUI based program remotely through SSH in Ubuntu machine. Error can be something like this: Application [...]

What is Jailbreaking?

13 Jul

Jailbreaking allow users to gain access to the entire Unix filesystem. In Unix terms, this refers to changing the root of the directory tree to /. More Clear Definition : jailbreaking is the process of removing the limitations imposed by Apple on apple devices such devices include iPhone,iPad,iPod Touch and Apple TV . Once you [...]