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Welcome to our Articles section, we try and update this section at least twice weekly, so check back regularly for the most up to date info. Our sections include Future of Computing, Internet Tools, Tea Break and Web Development.

Apr 08 2011

Coupon Code in Order Confirmation Email - Magento

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A very simple, non-technical way of including your coupon code in your order confirmation emails.

Magento has changed a lot over various different releases, when something worked in one version it suddenly didn’t in a new release, so this may or may not be applicable to your current version, but if you are experiencing coupon codes not showing and want a super easy way to do it, without touching any code then read on.

Apr 05 2011

CSR contains a key size that is less than 2048 bits

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Most SSL providers are now issuing requirements of 2048 bit CSR’s, but some control panels have issues with providing more than 1024 bits without some modification.

Mar 22 2011

Make ‘Ship to This Address’ Default in Magento Checkout

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This code will allow you to preselect the ’ship to address’ during your Magento checkout. Most often customers will not require shipping to multiple addresses therefore the preselected option should be automatically set to ‘Ship to this Address’.

This really should be setup as core, or at least an option in the admin section, but for the time being here’s how to make the change.

Mar 21 2011

Display mail log in CentOS Linux

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Simple and quick way of showing the active mail log from SSH in Linux CentOS.

Specifically using Exim Mail.

Mar 14 2011

Turn off page titles globally in Joomla

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In Joomla! 1.5.*, many Article parameters, such as Show Title, Show Author, and so on, can be set in three places:

1. the individual article (the Article:[Edit] screen)
2. the menu item (Menu Item:[Edit] screen)
3. global parameters (Article Manager / Parameters)

Feb 28 2011

Joomla permissions

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Simple and easy way to check Joomla folder permissions from your admin account. This will usually be setup during installation, however if you are migrating your joomla to another server or rebuilding the install, it’s especially useful to check these settings.

Feb 25 2011

Delete failed: *.php Joomla!

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If you are receiving a delete failed message when editing or adding new menu / articles / plugins etc. from your Joomla! administration panel, then this is 99% of the time down to permissions.