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Instagram now provides a feature where in you can unfollow/ignore someone's posts and activity without actually unfollowing the account. Instagram will not notify the person about this. This is a fantastic feature of instagram which can help avoid unwanted content from an account without needing to unfollow the account. You can do this by following method: Login to instagram on your browser or mobile app. Navigate to the profile you wish to ignore. Click on the three dots (3 horizontal dots if you are on desktop browser and 3 vertical dots if you are on mobile app) at the top right corner. Now click on "Restrict" from the dropdown list. Now click on "Restrict Account". Now you will no longer see any posts, messages or comments from the restricted account. Any comments left by the restricted account on your posts will remain hidden until you specifically approve the comment. Image sources: Instagram.co...

For this illustration we are using PHP7.3 Find the path of your PHP ini files by opening the console and running following command: php --ini In your root folder create a new file using following command and generate Phpinfo file: sudo vi phpinfo.php Now in your browser run: http://localhost/phpinfo.php . Copy the entire output from this page and paste it into https://xdebug.org/wizard This will give you the download link to xdebug. Now open your console and run below commands: Check the path against "Scan the additional .ini files in". In most cases the path would look something like "/usr/local/etc/php/7.3/conf.d" sudo vi /usr/local/etc/php/7.3/conf.d/ext-xdebug.ini Now in your PHPStorm perform below steps: Click on PHPStorm > Preferences > Languages & Frameworks > PHP > Debug Under Xdebug > Change "Debug Port" to "9001" and select "Can accept external connections Click on Apply Yo...

The usual command to install mongoDB which is as below: pecl install mongodb However, this will fail on MAC Catalina OS with PHP 7.3.x with following error: In file included from /usr/local/Cellar/php@7.3/7.3.23/include/php/Zend/zend.h:335: /usr/local/Cellar/php@7.3/7.3.23/include/php/Zend/zend_operators.h:486:10: error: 'asm goto' constructs are not supported yet __asm__ goto( In order to fix this error, you will need to do below: Optional steps: In case you do not have homebrew installed you can install it with this command: $ /bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install.sh)" In case you still face issues with mongoDB installation then perform below and try the pecl install mongodb command again -- Download XCode 12 beta CLI tools and XCode 12 beta from https://developer.apple.com/xcode/resources/

If you are not using Temando Shipping module which comes packaged with Out of the Box Magento in your E-commerce site then most likely you will see your var/log/system.log file being spammed with numerous errors that look like below: [2020-09-02 11:13:03] temando.CRITICAL: "accountId" is required. Enter and try again. { "exception":"[object] (Magento\\Framework\\Exception InputException(code: 0): \"accountId\" is required. Enter and try again at /vendor/magento/framework/Exception/InputException.php:91)" } This error is a Core magento bug. It may seem minor, but over a period of time if ignored, it can result in a humungous system log file size and as a result your actual logs and important messages can get lost between these errors. In order to fix this error there are 2 ways: 1) Disable the Temando_Shipping module in your magento site using this command: php bin/magento module:disable Temando_Shipping OR 2) Create a d...

In order to place a new order as a guest customer using REST APIs in Magento 2, please follow below steps: MAGENTO 2 REST APIs: CREATE GUEST CART: NOTE: Quote/Cart ID here is received from Step 1 of creating guest cart. ADD ITEMS TO GUEST CART: GET TOTALS OF GUEST CART: ESTIMATE SHIPPING OF GUEST CART: SET BILLING AND SHIPPING DETAILS OF GUEST CART: PLACE ORDER FROM GUEST CART:

In order to place a new order as a logged in customer using REST APIs in Magento 2, please follow below steps: You can Download the Postman Tool from here: www.postman.com Now, Open Post man and create below Requests: MAGENTO 2 REST APIs: CUSTOMER LOGIN: CREATING CUSTOMER QUOTE: ADD ITEMS TO CART COLLECT CART TOTALS GET AVAILABLE SHIPPING METHODS & ESTIMATING SHIPPING CHARGES SET BILLING AND SHIPPING ADDRESS OF ORDER PLACE ORDER Now check your admin panel and there will be a new COD order placed.

For this tutorial we will consider an example of a custom module called Vendor_ModuleName. Create below files to generate a new VSBridge indexer and Elastic Index for your own module: Vendor_ModuleName\etc\indexer.xml Vendor_ModuleName\etc\mview.xml Vendor\ModuleName\Model\Indexer\CustomIndexer.php Now, open console and run below command: You will now see following: A new indexer job for your module in Magento admin panel > System > Tools > Index Management A new index in elastic You can refresh your indexer with php bin/magento indexer:reindex my_custom_indexer

For this tutorial we will consider an example of a custom module called Vendor_ModuleName . You need to have the module divante/magento2-vsbridge-indexer installed and configured in your project, in order for it to work with your Vue StoreFront PWA website. You can do this with below command: Once you have the module installed and configured correctly, create below files to generate a new VSBridge indexer and Elastic Index for your own module: Vendor_ModuleName\etc\indexer.xml Vendor_ModuleName\etc\mview.xml Vendor_ModuleName\etc\vsbridge_indices.xml Vendor\ModuleName\Model\Indexer\CustomIndexer.php Vendor\ModuleName\Model\Indexer\Mapping\CustomIndexer.php Vendor\ModuleName\etc\di.xml Now, open console and run below command: You will now see following: A new indexer job for your module in Magento admin panel > System > Tools > Index Management A new index in elastic You can refresh your indexer with php bin/magento indexer:reindex vsbr...

If you want to add a custom import feature in your Magento 2 site, you can do this by following steps. This will add a new entity in ADMIN PANEL > SYSTEM > DATA TRANSFER > IMPORT Vendor\Module\etc\import.xml Vendor\Module\Model\Import.php Vendor\Module\Files\Sample\mycustomimport.csv Now, Open your console and run below command: Navigate to ADMIN PANEL > SYSTEM > DATA TRANSFER > IMPORT > IMPORT SETTINGS > Click on the dropdown >. Your custom import entity will appear here.

In order to automatically generate the Postman Schema for all of the Default Magento 2 APIs, follow below steps: Open your console, and trigger following CURL requests. This will generate a JSON file in your root directory. Now, Open Postman app > File > Import > Select the JSON file generated above and Voila, you now have the Schema of all Magento 2 APIs.