Change Table Prefix for Magento 2 DB (After Installation)

During installation, Magento provides the option to configure the table prefix for your database. That’s great. What if you missed it or realized later that you needed to configure it when you already have real data (catalog, customer, sales, etc.) in your database? Don’t worry, we have got you covered. You just need to follow …

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Fix Region/State Dropdown not Loading on New Account Creation Page

By default, Magento doesn’t display any address fields on the new account creation (/customer/account/create) page. But if you ever want to, it’s just a piece of cake. You simply have to set the flag show.address.fields to true in the layout XML file (customer_account_create.xml): With the above XML update, followed by cache refresh, you may see …

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Tinkerwell: Tinker with your local/remote PHP & Magento 2 Code

Tinkerwell: Tinker with your local/remote PHP & Magento 2 Code

I was always looking for a quick playground for testing/debugging any PHP application esp. for Magento 2. Luckily, I got to know about Tinkerwell App in some twitter feed and thought of giving a try. .@tinkerwellapp + Magento 2 is a great combo. It allows me to SSH into the server and execute code on …

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Import Product Reviews in Magento via SQL

Import Product Reviews/Ratings in Magento

Customers are more likely to make purchasing decisions when they see a product that has good reviews.Also, some search engines give sites with product reviews a higher ranking than those without. Since Magento doesn’t support default functionality for importing product reviews, we came up with a quick approach using SQL. Database Schema for Product Reviews …

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