While working on a web design for a client, I came to need to install ionCube and enable Zend Optimizer on a Go Daddy server. I typically do not work on servers that do not allow the higher level of access, so this was a bit new. We had all of the lines in the php.ini file that was already installed:

[Zend]
zend_extension=/absolutepath was here/ioncube/ioncube_loader_lin_5.2.so
zend_optimizer.optimization_level=15
zend_extension_manager.optimizer=/usr/local/Zend/lib/Optimizer-3.3.3
zend_extension_manager.optimizer_ts=/usr/local/Zend/lib/Optimizer_TS-3.3.3
zend_extension=/usr/local/Zend/lib/Optimizer-3.3.3/ZendExtensionManager.so
zend_extension_ts=/usr/local/Zend/lib/Optimizer_TS-3.3.3/ZendExtensionManager_TS.so

However it just would not work. After going back and forth with tech support, we were sort of left on our own to figure out the issue. We discovered that they require that you rename the php.ini to php5.ini . While this was such a simple thing, we hope that this will save you time if you ever run into one of these quarks during your ionCube or Zend installations.

If any of you have been building custom Facebook apps, you will know the old way of adding the application was to go to app page and simply click the “add to my page” button.  The new way is just as easy, but if you don’t know how (of course they don’t really tell you), it can be very tiresome looking for directions.  Of course there are various tutorials out there, but with Facebook constantly change specs and the way they allow applications, you can try a lot of old information before realizing that none if it is valid.

The new way is simply this url string in your browser once you are signed on: https://www.facebook.com/dialog/pagetab?app_id=YOUR_APP_ID&next=YOUR_URL You can find your app id in the settings and YOUR_URL is actually your canvas page url, which is also in your app settings. Once you do this, you will be able to assign the app to any pages you are admin over via a drop down.

In short this is just another thing to irritate and waste the long time Facebook developers. Hope this saves SOMEONE 45 minutes of searching the web for the answer.

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For people using the Magento ecommerce framework (v.1.6.1 used in this example) you have seen that once you go to view your shopping cart and hit the continue shopping button, it takes you back to the last product you viewed, and not the last category, as would be logical.

To fix this issue find the file :
app/design/frontend/base/default/template/checkout/cart.phtml

If you have a theme installed, you should look here first:
app/design/frontend/default/YOUR THEME NAME/template/checkout/cart.phtml

Now that you have the file you need, look for this code that starts the loop for every item in the cart(line 109 on my version):

<?php foreach($this->getItems() as $_item): ?>

Below that input the following code that will change the path of the continue shopping button by setting the product url to the category url inside the loop:

<?php

$_categories = $_item->getProduct()->getCategoryIds();
$_category = Mage::getModel(‘catalog/category’)->load($_categories[0]);
$url = $this->getUrl($_category->getUrlPath());
Mage::getSingleton(‘checkout/session’)->setContinueShoppingUrl($url);

?>

If you have multiple products it will always set the url to the last product.

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Summit Family and Cosmetic Dentistry wanted to create a bilingual presence online. They offer a wide variety of dental services in their office and wanted to depict and explain them. In this website design, we implemented a content management system, a homepage slideshow, and the ability to change from English to Spanish easily and efficiently. If you need some dental work done, be sure to contact Dr. Lopez at Summit Family and Costmetic Dentistry!

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We created a website design for River Day School. They are a brand new independent, nonprofit, and non-sectarian K-6 private elementary school in Spokane, Washington that focuses on small class sizes, experiential learning, and positive reinforcement.

This website has a full feature content management system as well as dropdown menus, a homepage slideshow, staff bios, a fully interactive calendar and more!

View the full website here: http://www.riverdayschool.org
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