2015

Magento Extension Roundup - June 2015

Welcome to the fourth instalment of our monthly free Magento extension round-up, where we quickly review some of the more notable free extensions which were released on Magento Connect and GitHub in the past month. Customer-SelfDelete by Veriteworks Inc. This extension allows registered customers to: Delete their account. Cancel their unpaid order. Normally, when a customer wants to delete their account, they would need to contact custom service so that they can action the request from the Admin Panel. Read more →

MageAudit Updated with Report History

Our popular Magento auditing tool, MageAudit, has been updated to collect your reports together for easy historical reference, while we've also added a number of other features requested by our customers, including the option to purchase multiple credits at a discounted rate. Updated Features Previously, audit reports were isolated and could only be viewed by using the unique URL sent in confirmation emails. Though these URLs were randomised and measures were in place to lock reports where unusual access patterns were detected, given the sensitive nature of report contents we have made the decision to require authentication. Read more →

Magento Enterprise 1.14.2.0 Release

April saw the release of the latest version of Magento Enterprise Edition (1.14.2.0), bringing in the usual assortment of new features and bug fixes. While we wait for the corresponding release of Community Edition 1.9.2.0 (1.9.1.1 is basically 1.9.1.0 with the patch for SUPEE-5344 applied), we've put together some notes on the release based on a quick look through the changes. With each new release, we first review the release notes for a summary of the changes, and these have improved a great deal in more recent releases. Read more →

Australia 3.1.0 released

We are pleased to announce the release of version 3.1.0 of the Fontis Australia extension. This new version includes: Now allows for custom charge codes when importing rates, for merchants who don't use one of the standard eParcel codes. If enabled, the charge code will no longer be validated against the standard list and accept any codes sudmitted. Fixes checkout autocomplete JavaScript to send country codes correctly when multiple countries are available. Read more →

Feeds Generator 1.4.0 released

We are pleased to announce the release of version 1.4.0 of our Feeds Generator extension, which brings numerous fixes to the Google Shopping products feed generation and some other minor improvements. Included in this release are the following changes: The Google feed will only set a configurable product as a variant if it varies by one of the official attributes - color, size, material or pattern. This avoids problems with Google rejecting products from the feed that don't use one of these attributes. Read more →

Magento Extension Roundup - May 2015

Welcome to the third instalment of our monthly Magento extension round-up, where we quickly review some of the more notable free extensions which were released on Magento Connect and GitHub in the past month. This month we look at Magento 2 migration, instant messaging integration, image compression, and more. Applied Patches by Phillip Jackson The recent Magento vulnerabilities (SUPEE-5944 and SUPEE-5344) have highlighted the need to make sure your website is up-to-date and has the latest patches applied. Read more →

Magento Extension Roundup - April 2015

Welcome to the second instalment of our monthly Magento extension round-up, where we quickly review some of the more notable free extensions which were released on Magento Connect and GitHub in the past month. This month we look at extensions for adding your own custom stock statuses and customer attributes, auto-registering customers on checkout, Instagram integration and more. Custom Stock Status by WEB4PRO There are times when you'll want Magento to display a custom stock status. Read more →

Australia 3.0 and Feeds Generator

We are happy to announce a couple of major releases today. Users of the Australia extension will be pleased to hear that we have released version 3.0, containing substantial new features and many minor enhancements. Additionally, the new Feeds Generator extension has been launched, allowing you to easily produce feeds of your Magento catalogue for the major shopping comparison services like Google Shopping. Australia The 3.0 release of the Australia extension is a major release that adds many new features for Australian stores. Read more →

Magento Extension Roundup - March 2015

Welcome to the Magento extension roundup, the first in a new series of regular posts where we look at recently released free extensions that have caught our eye. We review extensions that have been published on Magento Connect and GitHub and share our thoughts on their premise and execution. Wishlist Admin Email by Magevolve This simple extension creates an observer to watch for items added to a customer's wish list and notifies the administrator. Read more →

Algolia Magento Extension Released

Algolia is an exciting new hosted search service that provides instant search results as you type. The service is reliable, with a 99.99% uptime SLA and a distributed service network that delivers lightning fast results no matter where you are in the world. It provides an easy to use administration interface which allows you to quickly and easily check on the data and settings of your search indexes, as well as viewing analytics and logs. Read more →