Clayton McIlrath » zend http://thinkclay.com Creative Media Design, Powered by Wordpress Tue, 10 Apr 2012 01:24:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Must-have Magento Extensionshttp://thinkclay.com/technology/must-have-magento-extensions http://thinkclay.com/technology/must-have-magento-extensions#comments Sun, 13 Jun 2010 19:14:45 +0000 Clay McIlrath http://thinkclay.com/?p=1232 As Magento grows, so does it’s base for extensions and contributions. I often find myself browsing the collection of them, and try to experiment with a new extension on every site that I build. This is my list of must-haves and favorite magento extensions thus far, and hopefully I’ll add to this list as time goes on.

Developer Extensions

Developer toolbar:

http://www.magentocommerce.com/extension/2271/developer-toolbar

Blueprint Theme:

http://www.magentocommerce.com/extension/2245

Free Magento Extensions

Product Image lightbox:

http://www.magentocommerce.com/extension/1487/magento-easy-lightbox

Product Detail tabbing:

http://www.magentocommerce.com/extension/1725/magento-easytabs

Teaser Box:

http://www.magentocommerce.com/extension/1778/teaserbox

Free Magento Themes

Absolute Magento Theme

http://www.magentocommerce.com/extension/2031/magento-absolute-theme

Paid Magento Extensions

Abandoned Cart Alerts

http://adjustware.com/shop/magentomods_abandoned_carts_alerts.html

Quickview

http://www.magentocommerce.com/extension/574/quickview-1.1

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  1. Get MAMP up and running, no special setup is needed here.
  2. Download Zend Framework and place it wherever you’d like. I actually retrieved my copy via SVN so that I can easily upgrade it later. To do this open up terminal and follow these commands:
    cd /Applications/MAMP/
mkdir svn
cd svn
mkdir zendframework
cd zendframework
svn checkout http://framework.zend.com/svn/framework/standard/trunk
  3. Now open your php.ini file located under /Applications/MAMP/conf/php5/php.ini
  4. Search for include_path (around line 411 on mine) and add the location of your zend framework:
    include_path = ".:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php:/Applications/MAMP/svn/zendframework/trunk/library"

    Make sure to include the library directory otherwise you’ll get a blank page in Zend Framework

  5. Zend Framework also comes with a shell script that will help you with RAD (Rapid Application Deployment), you can create a shortcut to Zend Tools in terminal by adding an alias to your profile under /etc/profile (thanks DS for pointing this out) and make sure to restart terminal after you’ve done so:
    alias zf=/Applications/MAMP/svn/zendframework/trunk/bin/zf.sh
  6. Test if the Zend Tool is installed correctly by showing the version:
    zf show version
  7. Finally navigate to the directory you’d like to create your first project in:
    cd /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/

    and with Zend Tool creating a project is simple:

    zf create project test
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