tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7771500076678866272024-11-01T01:22:17.737-07:00Magento Tutorials, Articles,Tips,Help and Code SamplesSandeep Gulatihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14460009989591337652noreply@blogger.comBlogger110125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-777150007667886627.post-56343147516456127372013-03-13T09:47:00.002-07:002013-03-13T09:49:09.516-07:00

Adding the Attribute for Product is quite easy but Adding an Attribute for Categroy  is not easy but also not hard ,Just need to follow the magento Structure instead of Running the Query from PHPmyadmin We can added either text field or an another image Attribute just open header.phtml Or any of the Phtml File and just add the following code which will help to generate

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Some times we need to show the toolbar as per our need ,But magento had show same tool bar at the bottom and top of listing page so in order to change the toolbar we can customize is such a way that top toolbar will be different and bottom toolbar will be different  1) First open list.phtml,you will find getToolbarHtml() function at the top  and at the bottom in order to change the

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Every Module of Magento Uses Model,Resource Models and Collections.But some time we get confused between this so let's understand in simple way    A “model” is used to store data, and perhaps performs some business logics against that data.so we create model in every Module to Write some Business Logic A “resource model” is used to interact with the database on behalf of

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Blocks are the main part of the Magento so it has own life cycle .so how it works 1) Blocks are declared in layout XML or instantiated using PHP code 2) After instantiation the _construct() and _prepareLayout() methods are called 3) The controller's renderLayout() method calls toHtml(); all children are rendered 4) _beforeToHtml(), _toHtml() and _afterToHtml Hope this will help you

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Sometimes we face problem in XAMPP and WAMP that rewrite module (mod_rewrite) does not work properly It is because the rewrite module is not enabled by default in Apache’s configuration settings. But you can enable it manually by doing few simple steps: The configuration file generally locates at:{apache_dir}/conf/httpd.conf    If you are using XAMPP or WAMP package then you will

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As Cart has two Proceed checkout button at the top and Bottom but Sometimes we require to remove the Proceed checkout button in cart There are 2 ways to do this . 1) Remove using layout XML.  Add this to a layout xml file <checkout_cart_index>     <remove name="checkout.cart.top_methods" /> </checkout_cart_index> 2) Just hide it using CSS.  Add this

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Some time we get confused what is Crossell and Upsell. So let's understand the meaning and concept of the These two which are very important An upsell is to get the customer to spend more money – buy a more expensive model of the same type of product, or add features / warranties that relate to the product in question. A cross-sell is to get the customer to spend more money buy adding

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The purpose of the profiler is for aiding in diagnosing slow page load times. This should never be left enabled on a deployed website.But sometime we forgot to disable There are actually two aspects of disabling it: 1. Turning off profiling under System (menu) -> Configuration (menu item) -> Developer (tab on left) -> Debug (accordion section) 2. Make sure all calls to

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One of the most Useful Extension for the Developer point of view. Many professional developers all over the world use this extension to find possible performance bottlenecks. Every point of view we can handle or Easy To get All information Module,Contollers,Databse Query,Events,Block,PHTML files ,path and many more Just check out this link and Download for Free and thanks to "mgt-commerce.com"

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Magento get All Category on Pages.Easy way to access the active ,visible,certain level f category from the Collection..Follwing are the methods which we can use to get Category Get all categories $categories = Mage::getModel('catalog/category')                     ->getCollection()               &

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Some time we get confused that which template file is working for the block which we have to removed or we need to add So generically we can go in developer mode and enable the template links setting as Yes so we can Know which is the Template file for removing the piece of Code For Removing the Compare Product Block or Recently View Block need

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Magento comes with a built-in logging facility which can be enabled and configured in the back-end under System > Configuration > Developer. Alternatively you can enable the Developer Mode for the site to enable the log (on how to do this have a look at the index.php file). The exception log is always on. Magento Comes with a built-in Logging Facility Which can be enabled and configured

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By Default Magento Product Custom options has following field which have radio,checkbox,Multiple select,Select....so if we need to add new input type in that custom options so here is the code Note : Make sure that Don't disturb the Core Files always use Magento Standard 1) Open the file and copy in local folder app/code/core/Mage/catalog/etc/config.xml <multiplenew translate="label"

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One of the coolest parts of using Magento is that it can be accessed from different parts of the server even if you’re not within the Magento root Directory then also you can access it's functionlity The main important or you can say life of magento is Mage.php, we need to access Mage.php because It holds the Mage class and defines some of the root functionality of Magento like retrieving the

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Magento has filterable condition which help to sort out the result.Let Look How it works addAttributeToFilter is a function that can be called on a product collection in Magento. it adds a condition to the WHERE part of the MySQL query used to extract a product collection from the database For Example: $_products = Mage::getModel('catalog/product')->getCollection()    

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One of the errors you will usually encounter when you use a theme made for Magento 1.3 on Magento 1.4.1 0 version is that "call to a member function toHtml()". There is a very easy fix for this error. The Error comes like line number may differ Fatal error: Call to a member function toHtml() on a non-object in                        

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As Magento had important role of XML.while chnaging themes or Removing any block or layout chnages we are going in the each xml file of our theme and changing but there is one more solution that each time we don't need to update the each  xml The idea behind is the local.xml, placed inside your theme layout folder to override or update all xml references for that theme. Every change to

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One of the Most powerful feature in Magento is layer Navgation for filtering the Result .Based on the Attribute filter get work but some time attributes are more so layer navigation become lengthy and we need to scroll down more which is bad impression on site so we can add accordan menu for that which will allow   accordon for each atribute 1) First download the updated version

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By Default Magento does not allow to add "Out of stock" product n Cart .So we will be using the concept of Backorders which is there in magento by default but it is Disbale in admin.This concept will allow to add the "Out of stock" product in Cart For enable Backorders To enable backorders, go to:Admin Panel -> System -> Configuration -> Catalog Tab -> Inventory -> Product

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Magento AOE Scheduler will help to Manage your scheduler/cron tasks including a timeline view also help  to check the cron running on the site Great Extension nearly work in all magento version.Hope this will help while running cron

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To show the quantity of items left in stock  just add the following code in list.phtml we have added int as by default magento will show in this manner 10.00 <?php echo (int) Mage::getModel('cataloginventory/stock_item')->loadByProduct($_product)->getQty(); ?> Hope this will help you

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Easy way to Add the Quantity Box in Grid or View list Just paste the below code in the list.phtml where you required <form action="<?php echo $this->getAddToCartUrl($_product); ?>" method="post"> <input type="text" style="border:1px solid gray;font:normal 14px Calibri;width:30px;" value="1" name="qty" />  <button type="submit" title="<?php echo $this-&

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Magento by default added the index,php in url .So,As per the SEO page will not get indexed properly SO here we have try to Remove index.php in url from both End Access Magento URL without index.php For example: http://domain.com/index.php/category to http://domain.com/category Then Just follow steps 1) Login to admin section by using the URL http://domain.com/index.php/admin 2) then go to “

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Magento had limited field in custom Options so if we required the New or To add the New field in the magento product Custom options just follow the steps Note : Here DEAL is the new field you have to replace by your field name  1) Open the file  adminhtml/default/default/catalog/product/edit/options/option.phtml Just after this   '<th class="opt-req"><?php

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AS By default Magento add "+" sign in custom options .In order to Remove we need to edit file which is located in app\code\core\Mage\Catalog\Block\Product\View\Options\Abstract.php just copy the file and add in local which will become  app\code\local\Mage\Catalog\Block\Product\View\Options\Abstract.php now serach $sign = '+'; just replace $sign = ' '; Note:just remove the (+)

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