Some developers went to Spain to combine work and holiday recently and got back with an outstanding cool software package, ready to use for OXID eShop but in general usable for any PHP project: the open source module installer “ioly”. Learn more about it in this blog post.
Scaling down large images with imagemagick
Linux and imagemagick make it easy to batch-manipulate image files without the need of a resource-hungry GUI. Learn in this blog post how to scale down many images with the help of imagemagick with just one command.
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Why OXID decided for using Symfony2
OXID decided to go for Symfony instead of using some other frameworks. Read why in this blog post.
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Parental leave in July and August
I’ll be on parental leave from 26th June until 25th August. You can scarcely reach me via email, telephone or any other channel. Will be back to business by the end of August and will answer any requests.
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The Very First European Community Leadership Summit
The very first European Community Leadership Summit will take place during LinuxTag in Berlin, on May 9th. Community Managers will meet to share their experience, speakers and sponsors still wanted. Please read on for more information visit this website: http://www.cls-europe.com
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Updating the translation platform for OXID eShop
Over the last weekend, me and Daniel did an update of the oTranCe software as well as of the language keys for the latest OXID eShop version in the translation center. This is more or less a note to myself to describe the update steps and the new features for the translator community.
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Setting up OXID eShop on a LAMP system on LinuxMint
Installing Apache, MySql and PHP on LinuxMint as a LAMP service is slightly different to Ubuntu. In this blog post I documented what I did to get it running in order to install OXID eShop on it.
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A Concert for Holger Hempel, Fighting on Cancer
A good mate of mine, Holger, has been suffering from cancer quite recently. In a spectacular campaign on Facebook, his friends are presently about to organize a concert with a twist into a kind of Woodstock festival, as the bands have that vibe. Please help to spread the word!
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Distributed Installations with Different URLs for Languages
This blog post points out some specific technical and SEO related issues that you might face when internationalizing and localizing online business using OXID eShop as your preferred system for distributed online shop installations.
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How to Write a Module for OXID eShop: Round the Price on Product Details Page to a Fiver
Learn how to write a very simple module for OXID eShop: round up the price on the product details page to five cent. Simply copy an existing method and overwrite it with your additions.
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