Tag Archives: ajax

Run Magento Code Outside of Magento

Posted on 03. Nov, 2008 by Fido .

Hi All -
Finally time for a new post! (Something I’m surprised I haven’t covered yet).
This post will inform you on how to run Magento code outside of Magento. All you need is to have access to Magento’s ‘app/Mage.php‘ file.

This will be handy code for a few things:

  • Integration with 3rd party items – shared sessions, or just shared themes
  • Ajax calls – although not the preferred solutions for Ajax calls, it is a quick and easy one

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Magento Admin area charts powered by Google Charts

Posted on 03. Sep, 2008 by Fido .

Just an interesting note:

The charts that you see on the dashboard in the Magento Admin area are powered by Google’s Chart API.

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