PcTechBlog

I had this issue of “magento categories not showing”  from the first time i tried to get to know magento, and it happens in various circumstances.

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If you use Magento Connect to perform an upgrade from a previous version, you need to know the extension key that you must write in order for the upgrade to begin.

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I had a problem with Adobe Fireworks CS3 edition in Windows Vista. Every time i selected a tool like the brush tool or the eraser tool, i could barely use them due to a strong flickering that could not let me control  them.

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In TeamViewer, you may want to remove a session id that you do not need any more, or you accidentally mistyped.

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I had to change the directory name of me magento installation for some reason. After that, the site did not load well (as it was expected). I now i had to change the base url in the admin section (configuration settings).

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When you open SQL Server Management Studio and try to connect to an SQL Server 2005 instance in Windows Vista, you get the following error: “Login failed for user “admin” (where admin is your administrator username).

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When you make manual changes to magento files,  some foreign characters may not show up properly.

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What if you want to add a custom menu item on the top menu of magento? It currently has to be either a static block or category.

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The Favorite Links is a new feature of the explorer window in Windows Vista. These links appear in a left side bar. By default it contains the following Favorite Links: Documents, Pictures, Music, Recently Changed, and Searches.

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After using FireWorks CS3 for a few weeks on my pc (Vista Business) it suddenly stopped working, giving the folloing message: “The application Fireworks has unexpectedly quit”  and asked me if i wanted it to generate a crash report that is sent to Adobe.

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