One of the many aspects to good module development is packaging everything up in such a way that the module is as standalone as possible. The goal is to provide a third-party with a single package that can take care of itself. Many modules will make use of custom database tables and/or Magento storage mechanisms. [...]
I wanted to use the json_server module in conjunction with Drupal’s services module to enable JSON communications instead of just XMLRPC. I ran into a couple of issues however: first, the JSON packet wasn’t being encoded correctly and second, the ‘#’ in the array keys was causing issues with the array lookups. I ended up [...]
With the latest release of Magento admins now have the ability to create custom “widgets” that can be dropped anywhere on the site to provide additional functionality. The most common type of widget that I come across is a simple frontend presentation widget. Basically the developer is asked to display some sort of data in [...]
Here is, I think, a comprehensive list of tags (directives) available for use within the Magento CMS. You can use these either in static blocks or CMS pages. Magento: Enterprise ver 1.6.0.0 block Description Outputs a virgin block or loads a defined block. Parameters type : Type of block to be created. id : Id [...]
The Problem: You want to encode video for playback on a PS3 using FFmpeg. The Solution: I’ve got a working command line option for you right here. This is a solution, not the only solution. My Setup: Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic) libx264 (for encoding H264) libfaac (for encoding AAC) mkvtoolnix ffmpeg fuppes I’m also going to [...]
