A little while back I had to automate product importing from external CSV source for a client of ours. We used Magmi to do so. Magmi is awesome and you can do so much with it. However, there was one thing I needed to write my own plugin for. In our case the clients catalog […]
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How to use TigerMin with multiple Magento attributesets
Great news! We finally support multiple Magento attributesets with TigerMin. Let me explain (or jump directly to how it works); Let`s say I would be a seller of clothes. I`d sell my t-shirts with certain information, like Size, Long-sleeved or not, etc. But, my trousers I would sell with different information. For example, I would […]
Extract tar file on server using PHP script
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Create tar files archive of files on server using PHP script
In this article we will share a nice little script we made to easily achive all files and folders (or certain directories) into a single compressed .tar file. This is ideal for moving your site between servers or to backup your complete server contents into a single file. It works fast and neat using PHP`s […]
How to use RichText / WYSIWYG editor on product view / edit overview
In this tutorial we will explain how to edit fields on the product overview form with an WYSIWYG (what-you-see-is-what-you-get) / RichText texteditor. Previously it was only possible to edit in a simple textarea but you can now open the field in a nice texteditor to markup your text as HTML, add images, etc. It works […]
How to use with multistore (websites) and multistoreview (multilingual)
Since we received really lot requests to improve / add functionality for multistore websites, we dedicated our TigerMin 1.4.2. release to adding all kind of features to use TigerMin with multistore environments. In this article, we will explain how to use TigerMin with multistore. Click on one of the topics for specific help or scroll […]
Fast, faster, fastest!
Good news! Today we released Tigermin v1.4.1.1. So what`s new? As usual a bunch minor modifications are made. But this time we have put special focus on the performance of TigerMin. The whole idea is to manage your Magento catalog fast, real fast. This has always been our focus but since this release we have included […]
How to import products into Magento from CSV or Excel using TigerMin
Since TigerMin 1.4.0 we support form population from a CSV datasource. So, you can import a CSV file and we will create all the product records for you with the values populated from CSV. You can instantly edit values or just press ‘Submit products to store’ to have the entire CSV submitted to your webstore. […]
TigerMin v1.4.0: what`s new?
Great news! TigerMin v1.4.0 is launched. As usual we have fixed a few minor issues and bugs. But what`s really new is the CSV import functionality which was requested for a lot!. Read all about it here.
Magento slow backend?
We often get questions like To answer this: Yes we can. Or better: Yes you can! Let me give you a few tips which might be of help. Search for these tips individually on Google to find out more. For example, if you want to speed up your Magento frontend I could suggest a few […]