The easy way to set your MySQL path in Magento is by editing the /app/etc/local.xml file with your new details. A good example when you may need this is if your are migrating Magento across servers.
<default_setup>
<connection>
<host><![CDATA[localhost]]></host>
<username><![CDATA[username]]></username>
<password><![CDATA[password]]></password>
<dbname><![CDATA[database]]></dbname>
<active>1</active>
</connection>
</default_setup>

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You’ll probably know by now that the transactional email templates in Magento are a bit, with respect, “naff”. To edit through the admin will take forever and a day so here’s a couple of useful solutions to help make things easier.
1. Locate the email templates
The Magento email templates are located in (note: “en_US” may change [...]

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Magento permissions can be an absolute pain! Use one of the solutions below to setup Magento permissions easily.
1. SSH Script
#!/bin/bash
find www -name .htaccess -exec chmod 604 {} ;
find www -name *.php -exec chmod 644 {} ;
find www -type d -exec chmod 705 {} ;
2. SSH Command Line
find ./ -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \; [...]

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If you need to migrate Magento from one server to another here’s how to do it.
BEFORE YOU BEGIN:
Login to admin panel > System > Configuration > Web and set both the secure and insecure base urls to this:  {{base_url}}
Then change the base url back once migrated across.
BEGIN:

Upload a fresh copy of Magento onto the new [...]

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If you’re wondering if your server is going to support MagentoCommerce then this utility will be of use.
Simply download, extract and upload the magento-check.php file to your server and head to the URL to see if anything needs enabling, upgrading etc.
You can find the full server requirements here.
Download: Magento Requirements Checker

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2 weeks running!
If you don’t know already 2 weeks ago saw the launch of OSETemplates.com and things have been heating up! We’ve instantly gone from a 0 to 100 /day visits from Google alone, on terms such as Magento Templates, Free Magento Templates and Magento Open Source Ecommerce Templates.
So… whats next?
Well we plan to release [...]

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Here you’ll find all of our Free Magento Templates, Themes & Plugins downloads. As downloads come in we will add them to this page.
If you have something you would like to add, please contact us.
Free Templates
Free Magento Template - Eco Fashion (6417)
Magento Blank Theme (3128)
Blue Magento Theme (4065)
Inspire blue (5260)
Recommended Editors
EditPlus
For me (Stefan), EditPlus has [...]

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You may have landed here and ask, what is Magento and what can it do for me? Well here’s a couple of Youtube videos which give a great overview.
Magento - Frontend Tour

Magento - Backend Tour

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If a Blue Magento Theme is what you’re looking for then this may just be the one. A nice clean design with web 2.0′ish look really shows what is possible with a few subtle changes to the Magento default install.
When you compare the default Magento theme to this blue theme you’ll see that only a [...]

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Here’s a great blank Magento starter template to get you going on creating your own custom Magento design.
The CSS, Layout and Template files are stripped to the core and perfect for developing your own custom Magento template (theme).
This is a great theme to use for wire-framing or as a base for developing a custom Magento [...]

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