Recently we updated Magento Slider Revolution to Version 5. This version have totally improved interface to increase usability and give you all the tools for converting your inspiration into eye candy awesome sliders. Your clients can’t wait to see slider masterpieces you can create for your Magento store with this tool. Come on and let’s […]
read moreUpgrade to PHP 5.6 on Debian 7 “Wheezy”
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 […]
read moreMerry Christmas from NWDthemes Team
Greetings from NWDthemes team. We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! More awesome Magento Extension products was released this year. To help making purchase process smooth and shine for you customers we’ve created Ajax Cart Magento Extension. And to add awesomeness to presentation of your products and increase your sales PowerBanners […]
read moreStore Scopes in Magento
One of the most exciting features of Magento for many merchants is the ability to run multiple front end websites with a single administration area. For those of you who have managed multiple separate installations of a cart system to power many websites, perhaps selling the same products, then this on its own can make […]
read moreHow to Install Magento Connect Extensions
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 […]
read moreMagento 2 Release Date
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 […]
read moreHow to Dynamically Replace Slide Images in Slider Revolution
In some cases you will need to dynamically replace slide images in Slider Revolution. For example if you want to change image depending on browser size. Or after some user actions. This is quite easy with use of Slider Revolution API and Custom Javascript. Lets for example add feature that changes second slides image to […]
read moreMagento 1.9.2.0 Static blocks issues
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 […]
read moreTabs with Product sliders on your magento home page
If you check popular ecommerce sites, you can often see such marketing element as tabs with product sliders. It can be Bestsellers, Recently Added, New Products or products from certain categories. Today we are going to implement this element using two magento extensions from NWDthemes – Responsive Magento Product Slider and Ultratabs. Ultratabs has CMS […]
read moreMagento two modules extend same class problem solution for Slider Revolution extension
Extending modules instead of modifying them is a good practice in Magento development. But what will happen if in Magento two modules extend same class? This can occur when two extensions extend same class for own needs. In this case only the last one will get benefit from extending it. And the first one will […]
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