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Lessons in Magento Today

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Printing the SKU in the cart Simple or Configurable

To print the sku in the shopping cart, even for Configurable (it will print the underlying simple product sku).

Place this code somewhere in:
app/design/frontend/default/default/template/checkout/cart/item/default.phtml

if (is_object($this->getChildProduct())):
echo $this->getChildProduct()->getSku();
else:
echo $_item->getSku();
endif;

This will now print the sku… onto more work.

Reference:
http://www.magentocommerce.com/boards/viewthread/56728/#t214381

Realistic Goals For a Website

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Don’t go half-cocked looking for a website when you haven’t addressed the following issues. I get far too many clients that ‘want a website’ but have no clue what they want the website to do for them, or even if it serves a purpose.

Purpose

Working SMART… in One Minute

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I came across a blog post today on working [SMART](http://www.workhabit.org/smart-project-management “SMART Project Management | WorkHabit.org”). When managing people you need to work SMART which is
* **S**pecific
* **M**easurable
* **A**chievable
* **R**easonable
* **T**imeboxed

It reminds me of similar advice from the *One Minute Manager*

Minnesota Taxes for Web Development

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From the Minnesota Department of Revenue on Web Development Taxes

> **Web page development** is not taxable. The service provider must pay sales or use tax on items purchased to produce the web page, such as photography, software packages, graphics, sound, or video.

The document can be found at
[http://www.taxes.state.mn.us/taxes/sales/publications/fact_sheets_by_name/content/BAT_1100086.pdf](http://www.taxes.state.mn.us/taxes/sales/publications/fact_sheets_by_name/content/BAT_1100086.pdf “”)