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Howto's, snippets, and articles I've written over the years.
How To Clear Google Chrome’s 301 Redirect Cache
May 30th, 2018Ever had a dev site set up and had it 301 redirect to 'https', only to find that Google Chrome caches this and you can't get the 'http://' version after?
Magento Admin Invalid Form Key
May 30th, 2018I Recently came across a situation where I couldn't log in to the Magento admin area, getting 'invalid form key on admin'. Here's how to fix it.
How to import a Google Sitemap into a MySQL table
May 30th, 2018Here's a quick snippet showing how to import a Google Sitemap file into a MySQL table. This is useful if you need to do anything with the urls such as scrape the pages or check for 301/302/404 results.
Google Analytics WordPress Plugin
January 3rd, 2018I wanted to learn now to create a basic plugin for WordPress and have made this very basic WordPress plugin that adds Google Analytics tracking code to your WordPress Site.
How to use htaccess to password protect your website
November 29th, 2017There are many reasons why you would want to password protect your website, or a section of your website. Here's how to setup a .htaccess file to password protect your website.
Magento: remove admin mass action for specific role
August 15th, 2017I had a use case where a Magento admin user was limited to viewing the orders only. They should be able to view orders but not perform any actions on an order. The best way to do this with Magento is to remove admin mass actions for a specific user role.
Magento: Remove specific tabs from product edit in admin
August 8th, 2017Here's how to remove specific tabs from Magento's admin product edit pages.
How to upgrade Magento 2 to a later version
June 9th, 2017Here's how to upgrade Magento 2 to a later version. For example, if you are currently running 2.1.6 and you need to upgrade to 2.1.7.
How to get the URL of a CMS page or a static block in Magento
April 19th, 2017Here's how to get the URL of a CMS page or a static block in Magento.
How to use a different SSH port with rsync
April 18th, 2017I'm forever forgetting how to use a different ssh port with rsync, so here's how to do it.
HEAD request with PHP
March 30th, 2017If you want to perform a HEAD request with PHP on an URL you can use the `stream` functionality...
Cheat Sheet: Magento Collection Snippets
August 18th, 2016A cheat sheet containing useful Magento Collection snippets.