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aimos
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Hi there,

I’m new to magento. I think magento is a good base for a shop system, but I need heavy extensions to the code. I think I can deal with it myself, but I need a hint how to do it and still be able to update magento/zend to new versions.

Is there some kind of place where ZF lives, where Magento lives and where Magento extensions might live?

Without looking in the code I don’t think so. So what is best practice to extend the magento functionality?

Btw. is it apreciated to get code snippets back?

 
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http://www.magentocommerce.com/wiki/groups/174/changing_and_customizing_magento_code

That page is not finished, and it doesn’t talk about customizing controllers yet.  I’m looking for people to help add to that wiki page.

 
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I’m sick of that, I customized magento alot and now i can’t update it :( because all of my work will replace

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when I did that those warning wasn’t there.so that’s what I have right now,I modified templates and core codes and fixed a few bugs by myself.now my magento is more compatible with RTL languages

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!MP: the warnings were there always… Are those changes something that could be incorporated in general Magento distribution without breaking other features, or they work only with RTL content?

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@moshe
most of them works with RTL content only but what if we can have an option for RTL / LTR.

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aimos
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Well I think also as a final release Magento will be heavily entended.
So I think that problem should be solved very early. Not every thing can be a plugin or so.

I’ll digg deeper in the code to see what will be the best way for me.

 
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any idea when the first stable version will be released?

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!MP - 29 December 2007 11:46 AM

I’m sick of that, I customized magento alot and now i can’t update it :( because all of my work will replace

these are called preview releases for a reason. and theres been a billion + 1 threads about this already. if you’ve missed all of them then thats your own fault.

 
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cvos - 02 January 2008 06:25 PM

any idea when the first stable version will be released?

look at the roadmap?? 1st quarter of ‘08.

 
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It’s amazing how many people can’t wait for a stable release before setting up their shops with this.
I guess it goes to show just how much people are in need of an open source ecommerce program like magento.

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You are completely right. The same goes for me. I am completely aware that Magento is still in preview stage. But I’m completely SICK of implementing zen cart and ain’t gonna do it anymore, and in the case I’m right now buying a proprietary system is out of the question. Perhaps many other people are in similar situation as I am - short notice project, and Magento being the only rational solution, despite being in beta smile

 
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Mark_Kimsal - 28 December 2007 06:17 AM

http://www.magentocommerce.com/wiki/groups/174/changing_and_customizing_magento_code

That page is not finished, and it doesn’t talk about customizing controllers yet.  I’m looking for people to help add to that wiki page.

Tutorial worked great, customized my code and kept the core intact.

I’ll write a small tutorial on what I did just incase anyone wants to do the same.

I modified the My Cart(1 item) link in checkout for my header.

It took nearly no time at all.

Sean

 
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Tutorial worked great, customized my code and kept the core intact.

I’ll write a small tutorial on what I did just incase anyone wants to do the same.

Well… how’s that tutorial coming along?  wink
I try doing my custom block (app/local/myMage/checkout/Block...) but I couldn’t get it to work ... don’t know how to tell magento to actually load that code.

 
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