Enable rewrite module in XAMPP, WAMP and Apache

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 find the file at:
    {xampp_dir}/apache/conf/httpd.conf
    {wamp_dir}/apache/conf/httpd.conf

Search for the following string:
    #LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.

so and uncomment it (remove the ‘#’ sign).

Now search for another string AllowOverride None and replace it by AllowOverride All
Finally save the changes, close your text editor and restart your apache server.

Magento Remove Proceed Button in Cart Page

As Cart has two Proceed checkout button at the top and Bottom but Sometimes we require to remove the Proceed checkout button in cart

Magento Corssell and Upsells

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 more products from other categories than the product being viewed or purchased.

More over they are confusing but let's take an example

I have Purchased the Nokia Mobile so here
Samsung Mobile == Upsell product
Micromax Mobile == Upsell product
LG Mobile == Upsell product

Nokia Headphone = Cross Sell
8 GB Memory Card = Cross Sell

So this is the only difference for upsell and Crossell

Hope it will helpful!

Magento Showing Memory Usage at the Bottom Of Footer

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 Varien_Profiler::enable(); are commented out in your index.php file.

Hope This will Help You 

Magento Tool Kit for Developer

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" for Providing the Best Solution for the developer

This tool Make work Easier as than ever before!

Hope this will help you.

Magento Get Categories

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

Magento Remove Compare Products and Recently Viewed Block

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 to do changes in two files

Magento Create Own Log files

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

Magento Add new input type in custom options

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

Use Magento Outside of Install Directory

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 model, setting up the BaseUrl path and calling the rest of the

Magento Add attribute Filter

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

Magento 1.3 and Magento 1.4 Fix "call to member function toHtml()"

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

Magento Local.xml for updating and Overriding XMl Structure

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 the local.xml file is evident so there is no need to search for changes inside xml files

Magento Accordion Menu for Layered Navigation

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

Magento Out of Stocks and Back Order

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

Magento AOE Scheduler

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

Magento Add Qty Items on Grid or List View

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

Magento Add Quantity box in List OR Grid

Easy way to Add the Quantity Box in Grid or View list

Just paste the below code in the list.phtml where you required

Magento Remove index.php from url

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 “System >> Configuration >>Web >> Search Engines Optimization” Use Web Server Rewrites : YES
 3) Go to “System >> Configuration >>Web >>Secure” Use secure URL Frontend: YES
 4)Then create the .htaccess file under your the magento installed folder.

Magento Adding New Field in the product Custom Options

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 

Magento Remove "+" from product custom options

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 (+) symbol.That's it refresh the page  

Magento Add Custom Grid in Admin

Add custom column to admin grid for your module. we will see how to add a banner image column to our grid.
For example our module name will be Magento_Banner.

Adding Banner Image to Grid

Install ionCube loader on your WAMP or XAMPP server.

Some time while running magento on WAMP or  XAMPP give error about the  ionCube loader..so easy solution for this just follow this step

In order to run eSoftScript Pro on your server you must have installed ionCube on your
server.  Herea are 2 quick ways to install the loader:

Magento 2 will Release at the End of this Year

Magento have announced the Magento 2 project  which will be realsing at the end of this year.
Magento 2 is the result of the Magento team’s learning curve in the world of ecommerce application development since its inception back in 2001.

Magento 2. Much in the way of improved functionality and performance has been promised. Some of the new features set to be included are:

Magento send Custom Email

Magneto have default some of the already made Email Template .Now we also can make the Custom email Template used as per our need ,for standard of sending the Email.let's take an example of adding the Custom Email

Magento upgrading the MYSQL SCRIPT for Module

Every Module in Magento have the Sql folder in which all the insert script is written but some time we need to add new field in  some tables so we need to upgrade the script .You don't need to change or run the query directly in databse it's wrong way

You can upgrade your module to make your necessary database changes. To do so,

Magento Add to cart in Upsell Product

Magento by default doesn't show the "Add to CART" Button in Upsell product

just need to add the following code u will get the Add to Cart Button

<button type="button" class="form-button add-to-cart" onclick="window.location='<?php echo $this->getAddToCartUrl($_link) ?>';"> <?php echo $this->__('Add to Cart') ?> </button>

Magento - Limit Displayed Characters From Product Short Description

Magento by default showing more word in the Short Description ,But some time we want to reduce the length of Short description 

We can use this code wherever we required the Short Description should come with limit words

Magento Observer and Dispacting Events

What is Event?
An Event is something that occurs in a certain place during a particular sequence flow. Say once a customer completes an order, the flow sequence would be to

1. Save the order details 2. Send e-mail confirmation to customer

may be more like before loading a database model, after loading a database model, before saving the cart object and many more

Events may be emitted before or after each of these flow points to introduce custom logic.

Magento Debugging tips

Here are some Debugging tips which will help to debug magneto code.As some of the tools are also availiable which will help to debug the code easily 

There is one free extension availiable for the Debugging the code ,files,DB .....click on the following link 

Magento Maximum Length of Attribute

In Magento By default maximum length of an attribute is less than 30 synbols

we can upgrade to new value just need to edit one file

app/code/core/Mage/Eav/Model/Entity/Attribute.php copy to

app/code/local/Mage/Eav/Model/Entity/Attribute.php and

Find  CONST ATTRIBUTE_CODE_MAX_LENGTH = 30; and

Replace CONST ATTRIBUTE_CODE_MAX_LENGTH = 50;

Hope this will help you

Magento Condition based on the Layout

Sometime we require to place the condition for particular layout  you can use this two methods

Magento Set Title,Meta keywords and Meta Description

We can set the Title,Metakeywords and Meta description for our Custom Module.We can use the phtml or Php file for changing the title,Meta keywords and meta description

For Example we have title and Template in our XML file we will change though our php or phtml file

Magento Add Custom links to Top menu

Sometime we don't require to show categry in the top navigation but we require to show our customlinks at the top menu
for example we are taking all footer links to be shown in the top menu where category is showing

How to add footer page links into the header i.e top menu

So first things first login to you admin Backend

Google API Calendar Service with Magento

Google Calendar allows client applications to view and update calendar events in the form of Google Data API feeds. Your client application can use the Google Calendar Data API to create new events, edit or delete existing events, and query for events that match particular criteria.

As Magento is using Zend library so Easily integrated with Magento with some customization

Magneto Adding New Layout

Custom Module will help to make the New layout if we don't want to use the Magento default layout

We can add a new page layout in Magento, create a custom layout or create a new theme layout then here are the steps need to follow

Magento Best seller and Top seller

To show bestseller at Top seller at home page.so that best products should come on home page.For that follow the following steps
Create a Bestseller.php file and put it here :

Magneto Get Router.Controller,Module,Action Name

Generally we get confused while checking the controller name .so require to known name for the controller,router,module,action.Below are the following methods which will help to get the controllers ,action ..etc as per the need

Magento Belvg

Belvg had launches the new extension which will help the developer to get relief from the pain with already overridden Magento classes (models, routers, blocks, helpers). The extension provides the list of changes, made by other developers, and indicates where rewriting are located.

Just Click on the Link and you can download easily as it is free extension

Hope this will help you!

Magento Hide only particular category from left Navigation

Magneto Show Category on left side as but some time we require to hide particular category or subcategory
so we can remove just open the following file

Magento Remove Category from left Navigation

Magento By default shows the Category on the left side navigation but sometime we don't require to show the category on left side

so easy way to remove just open the following file and

Magento increment QTY Box in Cart or View page

Magento had default textbox for Quantity but some time we require to add the qty box  with increment value without entering the value in textbox.We can add the followimg code in cart or view page

Magento Can't able to login in admin

Some time After the installation of magento we can't able to login in admin and we stuck that we have not installed Properly generically while installing some of the permission is required which is not available and so we need to edit one file

Magento Review Raitng layout

Due to some reason we required the rating review layout should look different on list page and different  on view page but as magento had default one file which will work for both in list page and view page

Now  we can easily show different layout of review in List page and  different in view page or any other file
Need to follow this step

Magento get URL Paths

WE can Easily get the URL path from static blocks in CMS, PHP and phtml pages
 To Retrieve URL path in STATIC BLOCK

 To get SKIN URL 
 {{skin url='images/sampleimage.jpg '}}

 To get Media URL 
 {{media url='/sampleimage.jpg'}}

 To get Store URL 
 {{store url='mypage.html'}}

 To get Base URL 
 {{base url='yourstore/mypage.html'}}

Magneto get Previous & Next Product Links on Product view Page

It will be easy if you will get the next and previous product from any page instead of going to category or navigation or any other link You can add this code in any of the temaplte file Suppose we are showing in the view.phtml

Magento change main image to any product picture on mouse over

Magento change main image to any product picture on mouse over Magento eCommerce Product image change on hover: mouseover: Magento have default feature that when u click on the product image it will get opened in new window so now you can show the product image into the main image on mouseover or on mouse

Magento Newsletter Subscribe Form in Footer or Header

Sometime it may required to add the newslettersubscribe box in Header or Footer.Magento template you would need to go and find the relevant lines in the layout XML files and modify them to show in a new postition. This however was a tedious process; especially when it came to precise positioning on your page.
create a block on the fly and position it precisely in your template files with one line of code.

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

Magento Transactional Emails

Magento Provide Transitional emails which will allow to create or customize our won email template
Some of the Template variable which we can used in our customization or which are widely used and some magento provide by default

Magento Layout Elements

Layout Elements Which magento generally used in there XML
label: It helps the label of the handle which is shown as a descriptive reference in some areas of the admin panel.
reference: It is used to link an already defined block in any layout XML. To add any child block to an existing block, to modify attributes of an existing block or to perform any action on an existing block, the reference element is used to link to the existing block. The reference element must have a name attribute which refers to the existing block name.
block: It is used to define a new block. This element is usually defined inside a reference element when we want to create a new block. The block element must have a name attribute, which is a unique identifier of the block in the layout and a type attribute, which defines the block class name. If the block is of type or subtype of core/template, it can also have the template attribute which defines the actual phtml template file to be used for rendering the block
remove: It is used to remove an existing block from the layout. The block to be removed is specified with the name attribute
action: It defines an action to be performed on the referenced or newly defined block. An action is simply a method of the block instance on which it is to be executed. The method attribute defines the method name in the block instance and all child elements of the action element are treated as parameters to the method. This element can be placed inside reference or block elements.
update: It will loads an existing layout handle into the current layout handle. It provides a kind of inheritance of layout handles. It must have the handle attribute, which defines the handle of the block to be included.

Magento Block Types

Magento uses some mostly commomn built-in blocks which are as follows.
core/template: It will renders a template defined by its template attribute. The majority of blocks defined in the layout are of type or subtype of core/template.
page/html: It's a subtype of core/template and defines the root block. All other blocks are child blocks of this block.
page/html_head: It will help the HTML head section of the page which contains elements for including JavaScript, CSS etc.
page/html_header: It will help the header part of the page which contains the site logo, top links, etc.
page/template_links: It is used to create a list of links. Links visible in the footer and header area use this block type.
core/text_list: This will allow Some blocks like content, left, right etc. are of type core/text_list. When these blocks are rendered, all their child blocks are rendered automatically without the need to call the getChildHtml() method.
page/html_wrapper: It is used to create a wrapper block which renders its child blocks inside an HTML tag set by the action setHtmlTagName. The default tag is <div> if no element is set.
page/html_breadcrumbs: It will help to define breadcrumbs on the page.
page/html_footer: It will help to define footer area of page which contains footer links, copyright message and other static links
core/messages: It will help to renders error/success/notice messages.
page/switch: It will help to used for the language or store switcher.

Note:There are many more but this are commonly used 

Magento How to Remove the Block through XML

Basically there are two ways to remove blocks in layout XML:
by using: <remove name="" />
by using: <action method="unsetChild">

Both are important to understand
<remove name="" /> will operate on a global context, after all the layouts are processed which means that it will remove the named layout block completely, regardless of which layout handle added it.

<action method="unsetChild"> operates on a localized context, specifically, in the context where you use it. So, if you want to remove a specific block from a specific layout handle and possibly insert it at another position or layout handle, you need to use this approach.

Let us understand with example
Use remove
<default>
    <!-- remove the language and store switcher and footer links blocks, we won't use them -->
    <remove name="top.menu" />
    <remove name="footer_links" />
</default>

Use unsetChild to move or rearrange blocks in your layout:
    <default>
        <!-- move the breadcrumb block from the top.bar child block back to the template root -->
        <reference name="top.bar">
            <action method="unsetChild"><name>breadcrumbs</name></action>
        </reference>

        <reference name="root">
            <block type="page/html_breadcrumbs" name="breadcrumbs" as="breadcrumbs"/>
        </reference>
    </default>

Magento Add product on home page

There are numerous ways to put products on your home page
New products on home page
{{block type="catalog/product_new" name="home.catalog.product.new" alias="product_homepage" template="catalog/product/new.phtml"}}
New products on home page through xml

<reference name="content">
    <block type="catalog/product_new" template="catalog/product/new.phtml">
        <action method="setProductsCount"><count>5</count></action>
        <action method="addColumnCountLayoutDepend"><layout>empty</layout><count>6</count></action>
        <action method="addColumnCountLayoutDepend"><layout>one_column</layout><count>5</count></action>
        <action method="addColumnCountLayoutDepend"><layout>two_columns_left</layout><count>4</count></action>
        <action method="addColumnCountLayoutDepend"><layout>two_columns_right</layout><count>4</count></action>
        <action method="addColumnCountLayoutDepend"><layout>three_columns</layout><count>3</count></action>
    </block>
</reference>

All products on home page
{{block type="catalog/product_list" name="home.catalog.product.list" alias="products_homepage" template="catalog/product/list.phtml"}}
All products from one categroy
{{block type="catalog/product_list" name="home.catalog.product.list" alias="products_homepage" category_id="4" template="catalog/product/list.phtml"}}

Magento add special character while importing Customer Data

Magento doesnot allow special Character for importing customer data generally
For Example In the Dutch translation the special characters do not (always) show up properly. If we have to import some data like sandéép through csv of magento import it will shows error
so best practice is
Go to .htaccess file and remove # from
AddDefaultCharset UTF-8
and
open the your csv file in .txt format and Save As under UTF-8 and then import the data in magento
Your special character will also get import in magento admin without any error

Magento display the custom attribute value in Frontend

Add an attribute from magento admin and that attribute should belong to corect attribute set
Then edit the template file either view.phtml or list.phtml
For example we are using in list.phtml
app/design/frontend/default/your-theme/template/catalog/product/list.phtml
and use one of these methods to pull your attribute on the product listing page (list or grid view):

<?php foreach ($_productCollection as $_product): ?>

    <!-- these are regular text attributes -->
      <?php echo $_product->getMyAttribute() ?>
      <?php echo $_product->getAnotherCustomAttribute() ?>
   
    <!-- this is dropdown attribute -->
      <?php echo $_product->getAttributeText('your_attribute') ?>
   
    <!-- this is a boolean attribute -->
      <?php echo $_product->getMyAttributeName() ? "Yes" : "No" ?>

<?php endforeach?>

Magento calling folder path

Magento uses its own structure to call the Particular file from specific folder

For example if we want to call the the .wsdl file which is stored in the app/modulename/etc/wsdl/your.wsdl

so we will write the code in our php file like this

 public function __construct()
    { 
        $this->_ yourWsdl = Mage::getModuleDir('etc', 'Mage_ Modulename')  . DS . 'wsdl' . DS . ' Modulename'
              . DS . ' your .wsdl';  
    }

Where  

your.wsdl is the file which is stored in the app/modulename/etc/wsdl/

Magento Add Static Block through XML or Phtml

We are assuming  that you know how to add the static block through admin.We can add the Static block in any page through two ways

Add through xml

<block type="cms/block" name="cms_test_block">
                <action method="setBlockId"><block_id>test_block</block_id></action>
</block>

Through phtml files

<?php echo $this->getLayout()->createBlock('cms/block')->setBlockId(' test_block')->toHTMl(); ?>

Magento Adding new field in category for admin

Adding an Attribute in Product quite simple we can add through admin but adding a field(attribute) in category 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.

1. eav_attribute
2. eav_entity_attribute
3. catalog_eav_attribute

Magento How to get the Brand list in Product page

Add the Brand name on Product page

Note "manufacturer" is the Attribute code for Brand

<?php
$product = Mage::getModel('catalog/product');
$attributes = Mage::getResourceModel('eav/entity_attribute_collection')
->setEntityTypeFilter($product->getResource()->getTypeId())
->addFieldToFilter('attribute_code', 'manufacturer');
$attribute = $attributes->getFirstItem()->setEntity($product->getResource());
$manufacturers = $attribute->getSource()->getAllOptions(false);
?>
<ul id="manufacturer_list">
<?php foreach ($manufacturers as $manufacturer): ?>
<li><a href="#"><?php echo $manufacturer['label'] ?></a></li>
<?php endforeach; ?>
</ul>

Magento get the current URL and Name of category

Magneto registry make it easier to get the current category name and category url
The registry object we are interested in is ‘current_category’ and utilise the registry call getName() to create call to retrieve the needed information.

Category Name: Mage::registry('current_category')->getName();

Category URL: Mage::registry('current_category')->getUrl();

Adding review in Product page

1) Add form data to catalog.xml & view.phtml The first thing to do is to add the review blocks to
the correct XML reference in catalog.xml which is in

app > design > frontend > default > yourtheme > layout

you’ll see the <reference name=”content”> for the catalog_product_view class.
Inside this reference add the following code:
<block type="review/product_view_list" name="product.info.product_additional_data" as="product_review" template="review/product/view/list.phtml">
  <block type="review/form" name="product.review.form" as="review_form"/>
</block>

Now the XML is set up, you just need to echo it on the product page in
app > design > frontend > default > yourtheme > template > catalog > product > view.phtml

<?php echo $this->getChildHtml('product_review') ?>

Getting the reviews page URL for a product in the product page sidebar

Adding the Review url in your customization page
For example
Since it is a new block that is needed, you need new template file.

Add:
app/design/frontend/base/default/template/review/sidebar.phtml

Enter into it something like:
 <div class="block block-reviews">
    <div class="block-title">
        <strong><span>Reviews</span></strong>
    </div>
    <div class="block-content">
    <p><a href="<?php echo $this->getNewReview($this->getProductId()) ?>">NewReview</a></p>
    </div>
</div>

Remove Price from Custom Options

IF wana remove the price change indicators on the options of configurable products. The product shows the configurable options as a dropdown box at the moment.:

“Large +£20.00” and If want to just show the option name “Large”

You can easily remove by overriding the JS
Open the template file
catalog/product/view/type/options/configurable.phtml

Find the
   var spConfig = new Product.Config(<?php echo $this->getJsonConfig() ?>);

Replace with
 Product.Config.prototype.formatPrice = function(){
        return '';
    }
        var spConfig = new Product.Config(<?php echo $this->getJsonConfig() ?>);

Add New Indian Currency symbol

To Add New Rupee symbol in magento currency follow below steps:

1)Copy the below url in your browser and add the css in your css folder
http://cdn.webrupee.com/font
same with js
http://cdn.webrupee.com/js

2) Add the css and js in Page.xml

3) Add below code in root.xml
path of file: lib/Zend/Locale/Data/root.xml open file in wordpad
find:
currency type=”INR”
replace symbol Rs with: amp#x20B9; (use & for amp).

4. After this refersh cache from admin and manually delete cache from front var/cache folder.
Now in front end it will display new India rupee symbol.

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