Magento Mass deletion of Coupon and Mass activation of Date

For deleting or changing the "from" and "to" date of the coupon each time we have to go into each coupon and then we have to delete it or change the date Below functionality will help to do the mass deletion of the coupon and changes t he date also For that we have to copy the app/code/core/Mage/Adminhtml/Block/Promo/Quote/Grid.php into app/code/local/Mage/Adminhtml/Block/Promo/Quote/grid.php and following functions

Magento show subcateogry instead of Products in grid/list Page

Magneto Have default functionality of showing the Products in list view or Grid view
But some time we require to show the Sub catgeory in list page and if that sub catrgoy have another subcategory

For showing that we need to work on following

Magento Config.xml

However all the files are merged together during the parsing process.It will help to understand the XML structure. It is the reason that the module name is repeated as an XML element name (represented below as <(modulename)>) several times through every file - this is necessary to segregate configuration for each module. Without these elements, the configuration in these sections would be overwritten by the configuration files in other modules.

so let us understand the XMl and its ELements ans tructure

Every Config.xml has following elements

modules

global

admin

adminhtml

install

frontend

default

stores

websites

The XML sub-structure of each element is described separately below.
1)Modules
<modules>
         <(NameSpace_ModuleName)>
             <active>[true|false]</active>
             <codePool>[core|community|local]</codePool>
             <depends>
                 <(AnotherNameSpace_ModuleName) />
             </depends>
             <version>(version_number)</version>
         </(NameSpace_ModuleName)>
    </modules>

active

codePool

depends

version

Magento Add New field in Customer Admin

Adding an Attribute in Product quite simple we can add through admin but adding a field(attribute) in customer cannot be achieved through admin so here is the simple solution for adding the attribute in Category through Database.Open the phpmyadmin.Here we need to work on three tables.

Magento How to call a phtml file in magento cms page

You can't call a phtml file by writing php code in Magento admin panel as Magento admin panel doesn't support this.

To call a PHTML write the folllowing code in the page which you have created under CMS

Magento install step by step

Easy way to install magento on local machine with XAMPP or WAMP server

1) Go to Magento and download a latest copy of this software here.
Extract the folder to C:Xampphtdocs or C:wampwww (if you install them in default mode).
Download a sample data and extract them to your folder from magento site

Magento Template Hints

While Working on Magento Some time we can't able to find the template files of particular module so by default magento had provide the feature to Debug  that and that can be seen in Front End

When you work with Magento, you will sooner or later as a developer can not avoid the Template Hints. The template hints can be found under the Admin

System> Configuration> Developer> Debug> Template Path Hints

Make it yes for all three or you make for Template links so screen will look like this and you can easily figure out the module name with template file

Template links shown in frontend

Magento After Installation Admin Doesn't Login

If you want to install Magento on WAMP orXAMPP server, localhost, then you are going to face a very irritating problem with it, which does not let you go into the admin panel, even if you enter the correct details.
So, here is the simple fix to override this problem.

Magento Add “is in stock” column in Products Grid

Adding the "Availability" in the column Catalog product gird
Here how to add new column to manage “in stock” and “out of stock” products

Magneto Removal of "/" for Duplicate Link

For SEO reasons store owners will often want to standardise the URL generation in their Magento store.so sometime duplicate link generate for the same page
Ex: :yourdomain.com/contactus/
       yourdomain.com/contacts

Both will open the same page but why two link it is not standard for SEO purpose
So,for removing "/" from url we need to update changes in the following files

Magento Add NOINDEX,FOLLOW

Some time we required to show the NoIndex,Follow in some pages only like CMS page or category page
we can add the following code as per the page in there respective XML
Like we don't want to show the Contacts us page in NOINDEX,FOLLOW
So open the contacts xml and add the code

<reference name="head">
   <action method="setRobots"><value>NOINDEX,FOLLOW</value></action>
</reference>

Just refresh that page and you will get the Page in NOINDEX
Hope this will help you.....

Magento Get overall Bestselling Product

Magento Over all best selling Product on Home page

Add new function in files as per the version
- app/code/core/Mage/Sales/Model/Mysql4/Report/Bestsellers.php
- app/code/core/Mage/Sales/Model/Mysql4/Report/Bestsellers/Collection.php

Magento Edit the "Shipping & Handling" in Cart

Easy way to Edit the Text "Shiping & Handling" in Cart

Open the file  app/code/core/Mage/Sales/Model/Quote/Address/Total/shipping.php

Copy in local folder app/code/local/Mage/Sales/Model/Quote/Address/Total/shipping.php

And search for the  function fetch ()

in that you can edit the text for the "Shipping & handling" to Shipping or Some thing

Hope this will Help You

Magneto add Manufacture in grid Column for Admin

Add the brand/manufacture in grid for admin
Just open the file \app\code\core\Mage\Adminhtml\Block\Catalog\Product\grid.php and
Paste in local folder app\code\local\Mage\Adminhtml\Block\Catalog\Product
and add the below code in  _prepareColumns( ) function

How to show the Exact searh result in Magento

If you want to show the exact search reult for your products
Two things need to be changed

1) In admin system->configuration->catalog->catlogsearch->Search Type
 Make it as Like