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Enabling Compression on a Magento Site on OpenSuse 0

January 26th, 2010

If you’re running Magento on OpenSuse (or any platform for that matter), you can really benefit from turning on http compression, especially to remote areas or from hosts that have limited bandwidth.

There are a lot of references out there on this, but you have to sort of pull it all together on your own for this particular combination.

Verify that mod_deflate has been installed in Apache:

1. Open /etc/sysconfig/apache2.

2. Find the line that starts:

APACHE_MODULES=…

3. Verify that “deflate” is one of the modules listed (may not be in alphabetical order).

Now, enable compression in the virtual host file for your site:

1. Open /etc/apache2/vhosts.d/.conf.

2. Add the following lines inside the tag:


    <IfModule mod_deflate.c>
	DeflateBufferSize 32768
	DeflateCompressionLevel 5

	<Location />
		SetOutputFilter DEFLATE
		BrowserMatch ^Mozilla/4 gzip-only-text/html
		BrowserMatch ^Mozilla/4\.0[678] no-gzip
		BrowserMatch \bMSIE !no-gzip !gzip-only-text/html
		SetEnvIfNoCase Request_URI \.(?:gif|jpe?g|png|tiff)$ no-gzip dont-vary
		# Header append Vary User-Agent env=!dont-vary
	</Location>
    </IfModule>

Now restart Apache using:

sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

and you should be in business!

Validate that compression is working

A great, handy online site that you can use to validate that compression is working is http://www.gidnetwork.com/tools/gzip-test.php.

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Posted by Andy in Development, Magento, Uncategorized / Tags: , , , ,

jQuery, Magento and Ajax Add to Cart Redux 9

October 15th, 2009

My previous post on adding to the cart with ajax in Magento has generated enough interest – and pointed out enough flaws in my overly complex code – that I’ve decided to put together a simplified version, so here goes:

ajaxAddToCart.zip

Step 1: Create the server side script.
My sample script is called “addToCartTest.php” and I put it in a /scripts folder in the root of my Magento installation.


< ?php
include_once '../app/Mage.php';
Mage::app();

try{
     // usage /scripts/addToCartTest.php?product_id=838&amp;amp;amp;qty=1
     $product_id = '';

     // get query string
     if (!isset($_GET['product_id'])) { $product_id = ''; } else { $product_id = $_GET['product_id']; }
     if (!isset($_GET['qty'])) { $qty = '1'; } else { $qty = $_GET['qty']; }

     $product = Mage::getModel('catalog/product')->load($product_id);

     $session = Mage::getSingleton('core/session', array('name'=>'frontend'));
     $cart = Mage::helper('checkout/cart')->getCart();

     $cart->addProduct($product, $qty);

     $session->setLastAddedProductId($product->getId());
     $session->setCartWasUpdated(true);

     $cart->save();

     $result = "{'result':'success'}";
     echo $result;

} catch (Exception $e) {
     $result = "{'result':'error'";
     $result .= ", 'message': '".$e->getMessage()."'}";
     echo $result;
}

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Posted by Andy in Development, Magento / Tags: , , , ,

Tools I can’t live without 0

September 17th, 2009

Updated: 10/14/2009

Over the years I’ve collected together a list of the tools I use all the time. I know there are lots of other lists like this out there, but, well, they’re not mine!!

I’m going to try to keep adding to this list on a regular basis as I find new tools, or decide to move on from others.

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Posted by Andy in Development / Tags: , , ,

iFuel Standardizes on Magento Commerce 0

September 10th, 2009

After using many many commerce packages – and WRITING many many commerce packages from scratch, we’ve standardized on Magento Commerce for all new e-commerce sites.  It’s an awesome platform, with huge potential for customization and extension.  The list of existing modules (plug-ins basically) is very large and growing all the time.  This is the way to put up new e-commerce sites, no question about it!

We’ll be posting lots and lots of Magento information in the weeks and months to come as we continue on our journey with this great tool!

Posted by Andy in Development, Magento / Tags: ,

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