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How To Add Custom Links To The Modern Template Header

March 18, 2009

This is super easy. It took me some time to figure it out, but now that I know how, it’s easy to do and easy to show you how.
All you have to do is modify the code on one file. That file just happens to be links.phtml.
You can find this file here:
public_html/app/design/frontend/default/modern/template/page/template/links.phtml.
Find and download links.phtml. [...]

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“As Low As” Pricing Leave Me Alone! How To Fix As Low As Pricing On My Magento Store

March 18, 2009

My Magento store would always slip into “As Low As” pricing on all of my promotional items. We had a discount of 35% off all games in a particular category and about once (sometimes multiple times) per day the prices would disappear and would be replace with an “as low as” price. This was terribly [...]

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Get SimpleHelix To Host Your Magento Store!

March 18, 2009

I use it, my business colleagues use it, why shouldn’t you?
Simplehelix has a:
Standard Plan for $20.00 a month.
Professional Plan for $50.00 a month.
Click here to sign up for the best Magento hosting company!
This is also home of the 1 click Magento install.

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Need Your Magento Store Installed? No Problem.

March 18, 2009

If you’re looking for a full-featured e-commerce website solution to host your products, manage customers and more, look no further. Magento is your solution, and I’m your best candidate to get it rolling for you. I can provide hosting and domain registration for $160.00 annually and a full install of the Magento system. Hourly [...]

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How To Rotate Random Products On Your Page – Based On Category

March 18, 2009

This is a very cool thing I just figured out (all credit to Magento and the programmers/community there). I thought I would share with you how to easily rotate random products based on a category on your Magento store. I’m working on a project right now that requires the random product rotation and what I [...]

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Shipping Options Don’t Display Next To Price – Solved 1.1.6

March 18, 2009

So I was working on my Magento store today and I made some change (not sure what caused it) but for some reason, the shipping options stopped showing up next to the shipping price.
For instance:
United Parcel Service
$9.00
$12.95
$15.00
$25.00
So all of the options would show up, it just wouldn’t display the name. I did some searching on [...]

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How To Set The Time Zone For My Magento Store

March 18, 2009

This is very simple as well.
Follow these steps:
Login to your admin -> System -> Click “General” under the “General” column on the right side. -> Click “Locale Options” -> Set your Time Zone as you wish.

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Magento Restructures Support Pricing – Still Unaffordable.

March 18, 2009

I just got this email the other day. I’m glad to see Magento is hearing it’s customers and trying to restructure to make their support more affordable for all. That being said, it’s still a bit more than I would like to pay. You can go ahead and pay for their support packages (with a [...]

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How To Install SSL On Your Store If You Are Hosted On SimpleHelix

March 18, 2009

It is highly recommended that you get an SSL certificate for your Magento store to ensure the security and privacy of your users. That being said, much credit to Magento and SimpleHelix for making this such an easy process.
First step: Purchase your SSL Cert from SimpleHelix (only $69.00 Annually for 256-bit SSL + Dedicated IP).
Second [...]

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A Reminder: The Best Magento Host

March 18, 2009

I have several Magento stores hosted on SimpleHelix servers and I’m glad to say I couldn’t be any happier. The speed of the customer service is nearly as quick as the hosting speeds. They are great about responding to any questions, and they’re really helpful and skilled in the art of the Magento install. If [...]

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