I hope everyone reading this blog a very happy and safe new year and I wish you all the best in 2009.
Archive for the ‘General’ Category
It seems a new extension has been released on Magento Connect that provides integration with SecurePay’s SecureXML payment gateway. I find this rather interesting as this extension is commercial, at a fairly substantial cost of $175, and provides the same integration as an extension I created back in September! Why would anyone create an extension that has already been released for free, then attempt to charge money for it?
I’d like to know if anyone actually forks out money for this.
Today in the office we had another micro-debate about the usefulness of distinguishing between the terms progressive enhancement and graceful degradation. I am in the progressive enhancement camp but don’t really care all that much. I think I just like arguing.
Anyway, here’s an article on the subject: Understanding Progressive Enhancement. I think it summarises things pretty well. M&Ms explain everything don’t they?
Quick shout out to alert readers that the Fontis WYSIWYG is now available. Download it here.
I have just uploaded a long overdue update to the Fontis Australia extension. The big new feature is that it actually uses the postcode database that has been in there for the few versions! When entering the city in an address, such as when editing your address book or during checkout, you should now be prompted to select from a list of cities matching the text entered, along with the states and postcodes for those cities. Selecting one will fill out the state and postcode fields accordingly.
On Monday I released the Fontis Westpac PayWay payment gateway integration extension. Since the set up for this extension is bit more involved than some of the others I thought I’d post some more detailed instructions on how to get it up and running.