Mind of Matt

Category: Computing

  • How to manage multiple stock levels per product in Magento?

    Problem Description The necessity to manage more than one stock counter per product can have multiple reasons: You have a central warehouse for selling online and also a brick-and-mortar store for over-the-counter sales, and you want an overview what stock is where so that you can also offer the stock from the store for selling […]

  • How to print from iPad to a PCL network printer?

    This should be no problem but it is – because the integrated print feature of the iPad only works with “AirPrint compatible” printers. So what is AirPrint? I don’t care. We have a network-enabled PCL speaking HP LaserJet 2200dtn printer here and the iPad has to print to this. No AirPrint. PCL. So I looked […]

  • How to fix slow printing of a HP LaserJet 2200?

    Problem When using a PostScript driver, some print jobs are slow on the LaserJet 2200, taking like 125 s from start of transmission to start of printing for a DIN A5 DHL shipping label generated by the DHL Intraship Magento extension. Others are fast as they should, like 7 s for a DIN A4 Magento […]

  • M2E Pro version 2 table structure

    For those still using the (superseded) M2E version  2 and need to find or do something in its database tables, I have here an explanation of what ot find where. First name is the real table name in M2E Pro 2.0.13, second name is a more intuitive one proposed by me. m2e (m2e_tmpl_projects): Contains listing […]

  • What are Google AdWords best practices with respect to account history?

    There are multiple observations and opinions on what Google AdWords account history is (“karma” based on expenses, keyword quality score, and / or something else?) and how it affects the pricing of current and new campaigns in that account. Let’s get to the details and find our own way through … From here on: CTR […]

  • How to add a proftpd user?

    proftpd is the FTP daemon used on Host Europe Linux VPS servers, so these are the instructions you need if you want to add an FTP user there without (!) adding a domain in Plesk and creating a user that way. It’s simple: In the command line, use the adduser command: adduser somename Do NOT […]

  • How to avoid that e-mails sent from Host Europe VPS arrive as spam?

    When sending e-mails from a Host Europe virtual server (here: Virtual Server Linux), they can arrive in the receipient's spam folder. This depends on the spam filter configuration of course, but did at least happen with a near-default SpamAssassin setup as available on Hostgator Baby Plan as of 2011-10 (valuating a mail with 7.2 points, […]