Kristof Ringleff
Hi I'm Kristof the founder of Fooman. I will share some of my experiences gained from developing Magento extensions since version 1.0 here on MageBase.
You can see a list of all my open source and commercial extensions on Magento Connect.
A passion for applying technology to deliver the right solution has always been the driving force in my career. With a degree in Applied Computing from Germany, I gained a wide range of international IT and design experience before coming to New Zealand and launching Fooman.
If you are from Auckland be sure to checkout our Auckland Magento User Group.
I am currently at Magento Developer's Paradise in Ibiza.
The overall theme for tomorrow's hack-sessions will be localization. I will likely be looking at creating a starting pack for New Zealand. I am keen to hear what you think should be part of this pack. The underlying idea is to create... Continue »
As we know in a default Magento installation it is not possible to delete orders once they have been placed. In this article we will examine several extensions which try to fix this shortcoming. Continue »
In this article I show you how to set a default currency as well as displaying the correct tax inclusive or tax exclusive prices to your overseas visitors. Continue »
Magento has included an easy way to show you which front-end file you need to edit by using template hints. Unfortunately the same trick doesn't work when developing for the back-end. So how do we get around this? Continue »
When installing multiple Magento extensions they can clash. Essentially when both extensions try to rewrite the same core model or block only one gets through. In an attempt to not only understand the cause but also the outcome I've set up a small experiment to figure out the Winners and... Continue »
Trying to find the right event to hook into can at times be a little bit daunting. There are some great resources out there to get you started:
Magento Wiki Entry
Events List in 1.4
Magento Event/Observer Hooks Cheat Sheet 1.4.1.1
Magento Events Explained and a few Gotchas avoided!
This snippet should also give you... Continue »
A new feature in Magento 1.4.1. is that any filtering done on the Sales > Orders page is now updated via an AJAX call when hitting submit. Unfortunately this has an unindented side-effect: after any ajax updates the mass-actions (Cancel, Hold, Print Invoices, Print Packingslips, etc) will not work. Instead... Continue »
Unfortunately in any store things sometimes don't work as intended. When it happens you want to make sure that the customer gets to see a useful error message which allows him/her to continue shopping. More importantly you also want to ensure that the error messages are branded correctly to not... Continue »
In most countries there is one man you don't want to stuff around - the Taxman. Unfortunately Magento has had a long string of issues around taxation. Some pitfalls explained. Continue »
Alerted by a recent report about a bug in the MageBase DPS extension I went on a debugging tour. In the particular user setup the extension errorred out in this line
[php]
if ((float)$resultXml->AmountSettlement != $order->getBaseGrandTotal()) {
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