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Serialization failure: 1213 Deadlock found when trying to get lock; try restarting transaction

When having trouble with the error: “Serialization failure: 1213 Deadlock found when trying to get lock; try restarting transaction” or when your place order / order confirmation gets stuck. Fixing the order process getting stuck: According to the Magento Forum, in MySQL, try: TRUNCATE `log_customer`; TRUNCATE `log_quote`; TRUNCATE `log_summary`; TRUNCATE `log_summary_type`; TRUNCATE `log_url`; TRUNCATE `log_url_info`; TRUNCATE `log_visitor`; TRUNCATE `log_visitor_info`; Of course create a […]

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Google Adwords and Magento – Conversion tracking

So you started an Adwords campaign and would like to measure leads and conversions via Adwords. That’s possible of course! First, go to Adwords and to Conversions. Create a conversion and copy the code. It will look something like this: <!– Google Code for Bestelling Conversion Page –> <script type=”text/javascript”> /* <![CDATA[ */ var google_conversion_id

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Removing login step Magento

A common used unnecessary step is the login step. Most people are not interested in getting account. Therefore it could be better removing this step. Excellence Magento Blog created a good solution that removes the login step. Remove the login step in Magento Go to http://www.excellencemagentoblog.com/magento-onestep-checkout-remove-login-step and follow the instructions or like them on Facebook

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Linking Magento with MailChimp

Would you like to link Magento with Mailchimp? Create an account at http://www.mailchimp.com Download and install the MageMonkey plugin from: http://www.magentocommerce.com/magento-connect/mage-monkey-mailchimp-integration-4865.html Grab the API key from MailChimp. Login -> Account -> API Key -> Add a Key Insert the API key in Magento under System -> Configuration -> Clients -> MailChimp -> API Key

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Removing blocks from Magento

So you started a new Magento webshop and got overwhelmed by lots of features and widgets? It could be that you would like to remove some widgets and plugins. In order to do that, navigate to: /app/design/frontend/default/default/layout and open local.xml (or create it). On top, between the <default>…</default> tags place the removal codes: Removing the

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Improved Magento Checkout (Free one page step checkout)

One of the most important pages of your webshop is the checkout page. When people want to checkout, they expect a fast way of checkout. Unfortunately the current checkout of Magento is still a bit annoying, because of the illogical checkout process. Free Better Checkout So what should you do? Buy an expensive one step

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Changing the size of product pictures in Magento

Standard the size of Magento product icon pictures are 135 x 135 pixels. For most purposes that size is a bit to small. How to change the size of these picture? Changing the size of product images on category list To change the size of  the image open your website directory and navigate to: app/design/frontend/default/default/template/catalog/product

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