Upgrade to PHP 5.6 on Debian 7 “Wheezy”

Php tips & tricks

Official Debian packages contain PHP 5.4 at the moment. If you need higher version, you need to use 3rd-party repositories such as dotdeb. Generally it is recommended to use the official packages. However, sometimes there are reasons to use third party repositories. And this is one of them. Process of upgrade to PHP 5.6 on […]

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How to Install Magento Connect Extensions

Magento Tips & Tricks

Magento Connect is a marketplace that allows Magento community members and partners to share their open source or commercial contributions for Magento with the community. It contain both free and commercial extensions. Free extensions are uploaded to Magento and available for direct download from Magento Connect. Install Magento Connect Extensions Navigate to the Extension Profile […]

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Magento 2 Release Date

Magento 2 Developement

Magento 2 release date was announced in Imagine 2015. Magento Merchant GA should be released in Q4 of 2015. Here is the complete list of magento 2 roadmap milestones. Current available release is Magento 2 Merchant Beta. As it is stated on magento blog – this release is pretty close to Magento 2 GA. GA […]

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Magento 1.9.2.0 Static blocks issues

Magento Tips & Tricks

Recently we have updated our demo site to 1.9.2 and notice strange behaviour of static blocks. Magento was showing wrong static blocks. After some research it turns out that it is known issue and moreover, there is an open bug for this magentocommerce.com/bug-tracking/issue/index/id/870. This happens due to the following code being added to the constructor […]

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