A startup venture using Magento as a company sponsored, team-building effort where my team created the dropshipping site, winebarstore.com. It was an opportunity to discover a viable product using Google Ad Word tools, using social media marketing while having our own choice in an e-commerce platform. Of course being picked to be a team captain, Magento was a none debated choice.
Category Archives: Magento
How to remove index.php from the URL of a new install of a Magento Store
How to remove index.php from the URL of a new install Magento Store
sudo vi .htaccess
uncomment
# RewriteBase /magento/
and change it to
RewriteBase /
Since I had a newly install version of Ubuntu web server, I needed to enable ModRewrite in apache
sudo a2enmod rewrite
Then you need to restart apache
sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
Then goto your admin panel and enable the Rewrites. You can find it at System->Configuration->Web->Search Engine Optimization
Then goto Cache management page (system cache management ) and refresh your cache and refresh the Web Rewrites.
shop.theblueberrypartnership.com
shop.theblueberrypartnership.com
A school partnership with Iowa Source Media Group and author Jamie Vollmer.

shop.sourcemedia.net
The shared site by KCRG, The Gazette and their parent company Iowa Source Media Group used to sell company merchandise and products: shop.sourcemedia.net
Setting server variables on multiple domain Magento
When adding another domain to my Magento store I needed to modify the .htaccess file:
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^shop.theblueberrypartnership.com RewriteRule ^ - [E=MAGE_RUN_CODE:shop_theblueberrypartnership_com] RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^shop.theblueberrypartnership.com RewriteRule ^ - [E=MAGE_RUN_TYPE:website]
muddybootcreek.com
A startup venture with my close friend, Trent Cahow. muddybootcreek.com