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Date June 28, 2014 Author By Razvan Mocanu Category Magento how to
After a fresh install of Magento the notice “This is a demo store. Any orders placed through this store will not be honored or fulfilled.” is displayed right at the top of the page. To remove this notice, go in the admin and open System -> Configuration then open General -> Design -> HTML Head […]
Read MoreDate June 24, 2014 Author By Razvan Mocanu Category Magento how to
One of the easiest ways to get access to the current product is to use the Magento registry: $currentproduct = Mage::registry(‘current_product’); Once you have the product you can access the data like this: echo $currentproduct->getName(); echo $currentproduct->getId();
Read MoreDate June 24, 2014 Author By Razvan Mocanu Category Magento how to
Even if the block is inserted via XML or via code, parameters can be passed with the call. If the block is defined in XML, this is how you pass data for processing in the phtml file: <block type=”core/template” name=”block_name” as=”block_name” before=”-” template=”page/html/custom/blocktemplate.phtml”> <action method=”setData”> <name>currentStep</name><value>2</value> </action></block> If the block is inserted via code, here […]
Read MoreDate June 19, 2014 Author By Razvan Mocanu Category Magento how to
By activating the block hints, Magento will display the class name and template of a block while messing up the front end appearence. Now, we have the class names. How do we get the actual block name? How do we find the parent/children block names? Here is a small extension I made exactly for this: […]
Read MoreDate June 19, 2014 Author By Razvan Mocanu Category Magento Generalities
Here comes a new certification from Magento, the Magento Solution Specialist Certification. There is already available the Magento Solution Specialist Certification Study Guide which you can download from Magento official site. According to this study guide: A Magento Solution Specialist is an expert user of the Magento eCommerce platform. Drawing on a deep background in […]
Read MoreDate June 16, 2014 Author By Razvan Mocanu Category Magento how to
Even if in PHP using session variables is pretty easy, believe it or not in Magento is even simpler: To set data Mage::getSingleton(‘core/session’)->setData(‘var_name’,$somevalue) To get data Mage::getSingleton(‘core/session’)->getData(‘var_name’) Session variables persist between different page loads so you can use this to pass data between pages.
Read MoreDate June 16, 2014 Author By Razvan Mocanu Category Magento how to
Even if you can use $_REQUEST[‘param_name’] or $_POST/$_GET for that matter, here is how you have to do it the Magento way: Mage::app()->getRequest()->getParam(‘param_name’)
Read MoreDate June 16, 2014 Author By Razvan Mocanu Category Magento how to
Wanna insert a Magento CMS block in a PHTML template file? Here is how you do it: <?php echo $this->getLayout()->createBlock(‘cms/block’)->setBlockId(‘cms_block_id’)->toHtml() ?> Where ‘cms_block_id’ is exactly that, the block id, not the block title. That’s it.
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