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Magento 1.5 / EE 1.10 Windows Command Line Batch Update Script mage.bat

05.15.2011 09:00PM by Evan Johnson

So, this might be for kind of a narrow audience, but I’m pretty stoked on it so I wanted to share.

In the newest version of the Magento ecommerce platform, Magento 1.5, they have redone their update script. In Magento Connect 2.0, what was called "pear" is now "mage".

Old and busted:

./pear mage-setup .

New Hotness:

./mage mage-setup .

They basically work the same, but the name has changed and –...

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Reveal / Fan-Gate / Like-Gate Facebook iframe tab tutorial (with PHP)

02.14.2011 10:37PM by Evan Johnson

Update: SplashLab Social has been released! If you are looking for an easier way to set up Fans-only/Reveal tabs, look no further! My new service makes it easy to create custom fan-gate tabs, check it out!

FBML is going away. Is the popular (and effective) strategy of "fan-gating" content to encourage visitors to Like you page going away with the <fb:visible-to-connection> FBML tag?

No! Facebook has...

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Facebook iframe tabs on Pages - No more FBML!

02.14.2011 09:43PM by Evan Johnson

The long awaited transition from FBML tabs to iframe tabs has finally happened. As of this writing on Feb 14th 2011 (Valentines Day!) you can choose the "iframe" option for Facebook application tabs. The official word from the Facebook developer roadmap is that as of March 11th developers will no longer be able to create FBML tabs (although existing FBML apps will be supported indefinitely...

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A Facebook Content Management System (CMS) for Facebook Page Templates

03.23.2010 10:58PM by Evan Johnson

Update: The project is now live and ready for signups! Head over to SplashLab Social to learn more and get started. It's the easiest way to create and manage content on your Facebook Page's iframe tabs!




There's something big in the works here at Chili Pepper Design I wanted to share on my blog quickly:

Coming Soon: A Facebook Fan...

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