Unable to change theme colour in Magento

"What you can do is check that settings is not overrided on different scope level like website or store view
Scope switch is located in top left corner of Configuration page
More info about scopes - http://queldorei.com/faq.html#basic_6"

Command to login ssh

You may not be able to unzip a file via ftp.

Log into ssh using
ssh username@serverName.com
then unzip

Where do I add a Meta tag for Magento?

Just edit app\design\frontend\default\default\template\page\html\head.phtml and add the custom meta tags in there. Or maybe the path is different if you set up a new template for your website (maybe app\design\frontend\yourtemplate\default\template\page\html\head.phtml)
or
Please go to System > Configuration > Design > Html Head and edit “Miscellaneous scripts” field. Unfortunately this works only for static information / meta-tags.


See more about SEO on Magento:
http://www.screenpages.com/about/articles/seo-in-magento

What file contained these SQL database connection variables in Magento?

 /app/etc/local.xml

Start the FTP Server in OS X

Start the FTP Server in OS X

This will start a generic FTP and FTPS server on the Mac, but not an SFTP server:

• Launch the Terminal (/Applications/Utilities) and enter the following command to start the FTP server:
sudo -s launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/ftp.plist
• Confirm the FTP server works by typing:
ftp localhost


Create an FTP user and set up an FTP password

Transfer a zip file via FTP

Open CyberDuck

type in ftp serverName 

Enter your userName

Enter your password

Navigate to your file on your local drive: lcd /Users/UserName/Downloads/xxx/

Upload your zip file in the above directory: Put fileName.zip

Your file will then be uploaded to your ftp server
Go to ssh on terminal, login, type in unzip filename.zip

* Do a 'ls' on your server directory

Files will have a dash (-) as the first character in the leftmost column and folders will have a d listed (the d stands for directory). 
* Common Commands

put filename - Upload a file to the server

get filename - Download a file from the server

mput filename - Put multiple files on the server

mget filename - Get multiple files on the server

ls - Get a list of files in the current directory

cd - Change directory

quit - Ends your ftp session

Move entire content from a folder

* You can also use mv to move a whole directory and its content:

mv includes/* ./

This will move all files (and folders) in the includes/ directory to the current working directory.

How to - Migrate Magento manually

You will need
1. A fresh Magento template folder
2. Existing Magento sql file
3. Existing Magento Media folder

1. Create a Database
2. Import the existing SQL file or run all the SQL commands in myphpadmin
3. Install Magento
4. Copy the entire media folder and replace the content in your existing media directory

Magento - Complains missing InnoDB when it is available

Navigate within your Magento Folder

Replace:

public function supportEngine()
    {
        $variables  = $this->_getConnection()
            ->fetchPairs('SHOW VARIABLES');
        return (!isset($variables['have_innodb']) || $variables['have_innodb'] != 'YES') ? false : true;
    }

with

public function supportEngine()
    {
        $variables  = $this->_getConnection()
            ->fetchPairs('SHOW ENGINES');
        return (isset($variables['InnoDB']) && $variables['InnoDB'] != 'NO');
    }

Increase Size of import SQL File in phpmyadmin

Modify php.ini

Open text pad, enter


Save as .php on your local machine
Navigate to this file using any Browser
Find

Configuration File (php.ini) Path

/usr/local/php5/lib

Open Terminal
Paste: nano /usr/local/php5/lib/php.ini

Modify output buffering
search for "output_buffering" without the quotation mark
change the value to on
restart apache service

Find: (Ctrl + W)
post_max_size = 8M
upload_max_filesize = 2M
max_execution_time = 30
max_input_time = 60
memory_limit = 8M

Change to:
post_max_size = 750M
upload_max_filesize = 750M
max_execution_time = 5000
max_input_time = 5000
memory_limit = 1000M

Restart Apache service: sudo apachectl restart

Access SQLite Database

You need to place the sqlite database file in the /user/sites folder to be able to access it via the web.
http://localhost/~username/folderName

Where is the php.ini file on Mac Mountain Lion?

cd private

cd etc

ls

/private/etc/php.ini.

Install and configure Apache, MySQL, PHP and phpMyAdmin on OSX 10.8 Mountain Lion

Apache/WebSharing

The first difference in the new OS X 10.8 is the dropping of the GUI option in System Preferences > Sharing to turn on Web Sharing, it may be gone but the webserverApache is definitely under the hood of the OS and ready to go.

No Web Sharing Option in System Preferences

Apache is pre-installed in the OS and needs to be enabled via the command line - this needs to be done in Terminal which is found at /Applications/Utilities/Terminal

to start it

sudo apachectl start

to stop it

sudo apachectl stop

to restart it

sudo apachectl restart

To find the Apache version

httpd -v

The version installed in Mountain Lion is Apache/2.2.22

After starting Apache - test to see if the webserver is working in the browser -http://localhost - you should see the "It Works!" text.

If you want a GUI point and click web sharing toggle switch in System Preferences, this is one from clickontyler. Some people have had issues with this sys pref so use at your own decision.

Document Root

Document root is the location where the files are shared from the file system and is similar to the traditional names of 'public_html' and 'htdocs', OSX has historically had 2 web roots one at a system level and one at a user level - you can set both up or just run with one, the user level one allows multiple acounts to have their own web root whilst the system one is global for all users. It seems there is less effort from Apple in continuing with the user level one but it still can be set up with a couple of extra tweaks.

System Level Web Root

- the default system document root is still found at - 

http://localhost/

The files are shared in the filing system at -  

/Library/WebServer/Documents/

User Level Root

Interestingly the user document root level is missing the '~/Sites' folder in the User account on a clean installation, you need to make a "Sites" folder at the root level of your account and then it will work. Upgrading from a previous OS X version preserves the Sites folder but removes the ability to web serve from it - this is where you need to add in a 'username.conf' file.

Create a Sites folder at the account root level 

Check that you have a “username.conf” filed under:

/etc/apache2/users/

If you don’t (very likely), then create one named by the short username of the account with the suffix .conf, it's location and permissions/ownership is best tackled by using the Terminal, the text editor 'nano' would be the best to deal with this.  

Launch Terminal, (Applications/Utilities), and follow the commands below, first one gets you to the right spot, 2nd one cracks open the text editor on the command line (swap 'username' with your account's shortname, if you don't know your account shortname type 'whoami' the Terminal prompt):

cd /etc/apache2/users

sudo nano username.conf

Then add the content below swapping in your 'username' in the code below:

Options Indexes MultiViews
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
Allow from all

Permissions on the file should be:

-rw-r--r--   1 root  wheel  298 Jun 28 16:47 username.conf

If not you need to change...

sudo chmod 644 username.conf

Restart Apache for the new file to be read:

sudo apachectl restart

Then this user level document root will be viewable at:

http://localhost/~username/

http://localhost/~username/php_sandbox/my_phpinfo.php

PHP

PHP 5.3.15 is loaded in OSX 10.8 Mountain Lion and needs to be turned on by uncommenting a line in the httpd.conf file.

sudo nano /etc/apache2/httpd.conf

Use "control" + "w" to search and search for 'php' this will land you on the right line then uncomment the line (remove the #):

LoadModule php5_module libexec/apache2/libphp5.so

Write out and Save using the nano short cut keys at the bottom 'control o' and 'control x'

Re-load apache to kick in

sudo apachectl restart

To see and test PHP, create a file name it "phpinfo.php" and file it in your document root with the contents below, then view it in a browser.

MySQL

MySQL is again a missing component in OS X 10.8 and needs to be dowloaded from the MySQL site use the Mac OS X ver. 10.7 (x86, 64-bit), DMG Archive version (works fine on 10.8).

When downloading you don’t have to sign up, look for » No thanks, just take me to the downloads!  - go straight to the download mirrors and download the software from a mirror which is closest to you.

Once downloaded install the 3 components. You may need to adjust the Security and Privacy System Pref to allow installs of 3rd party apps because of the new security feature of Mountain Lion known as the 'Gatekeeper', which keeps unscrupulous installer packages at bay.

To get around this without changing the global preferences (better!) right click or command click the .pkg installer to bring up the contextual menu and select open, then you get the warning - then click Open.

Install all 3...

• mysql5.6.xxx.pkg
• MySQLstartupitem.pkg
• MySQLPrefPane

The first is the MySQL software, the 2nd item allows MySQL to start when the Mac is booted and the third is a System Preference that allows start/stop operation and a preference to enable it to start on boot.

You can start the MySQL server from the System Preferences or via the command line 

sudo /usr/local/mysql/support-files/mysql.server start 

To find the MySQL version from the terminal, type at the prompt:

/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql -v

This also puts you in to an interactive dialogue with mySQL, type \q to exit.

After installation, in order to use mysql commands without typing the full path to the commands you need to add the mysql directory to your shell path, (optional step) this is done in your “.bash_profile” file in your home directory, if you don’t have that file just create it using vi or nano:

cd ; nano .bash_profile

export PATH="/usr/local/mysql/bin:$PATH"

The first command brings you to your home directory and opens the .bash_profile file or creates a new one if it doesn’t exist, then add in the line above which adds the mysql binary path to commands that you can run. Exit the file with type “control + x” and when prompted save the change by typing “y”. Last thing to do here is to reload the shell for the above to work straight away.

source ~/.bash_profile

mysql -v

You will get the version number again, just type “\q” to exit.

Set the MySQL root password

Note that this is not the same as the root or admin password of OSX - this is a unique password to the mysql root user, use one and remember/jot down somewhere what it is.

/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqladmin -u root password 'yourpasswordhere'

Use the single 'quotes' surrounding the password

phpMyAdmin

phpMyAdmin is installed pretty much the same way as before.  

Fix the 2002 socket error first - 

sudo mkdir /var/mysql

sudo ln -s /tmp/mysql.sock /var/mysql/mysql.sock

Download phpMyAdmin, the english.tar.gz package, uncompress and move the folder with its contents into the document root level renaming folder to 'phpmyadmin'.

Make the config folder

mkdir ~/Sites/phpmyadmin/config

Change the permissions

chmod o+w ~/Sites/phpmyadmin/config

Run the set up in the browser

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