Scenario: I have created a new custom module. Now, I need to edit a default template file. For example:- – I have created a new custom module that adds some functionality to Customer Account section on frontend. – Now, I need to edit the Customer Account Edit template (My Account -> Account Information). – This … Read more
This article shows how to add system configuration (System -> Configuration) menu with menu tab for your custom module. Let us suppose, you have already created a local module. Module Namespace: Chapagain Module Name: News Here is a step-by-step guide:- 1) Create app/code/local/Chapagain/News/etc/system.xml with the following code:- <?xml version="1.0" ?> <config> <tabs> <news translate="label" module="news"> … Read more
Varien_Object and Varien_Collection are the parent/super class for most of the Magento Models and Collections respectively. The path for Varien_Object is lib/Varien/Object & for Varien_Collection is lib/Varien/Data/Collection.php. This article shows how you can create new Varien objects and collections from any array or object data you have. Here is the code:- /** * Creating new … Read more
Auto Currency Switcher is a currency switcher extension which automatically switches store currency based on visitor’s IP address. This module is compatible with Magento version 1.3 and later (Magento 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 1.8, 1.9). Auto Currency Switcher extension tracks visitor’s IP address and automatically changes the store currency to the visitor’s location currency. … Read more
I am using Magento verion 1.4.0.1 and I had this issue. I had enabled Paypal Express Checkout payment method. When I choose this method on checkout, I was redirected to Paypal website but order data was not displayed there. The main reason in my case was due to applied discount to the cart. I had … Read more
Scenario: I have a downloadable product. After I order the product and when my order is complete, I am able to download the product links from ‘My Downloadable Products’ menu in Customer Account section. I go to ‘My Downloadable Products’ section and I click on the links to download. However, the PDF file opens in … Read more
This article shows how you can override the default language texts. For example, you want to change the following texts:- – Customer ‘Account Information’ to ‘Your Account Info’ – Checkout ‘Billing Information’ to ‘Your Billing Information’ For this, you have to:- 1) Open app/design/frontend/default/default/locale/en_US/translate.csv (the location of this file may vary according to template package, … Read more
This article shows how you can create and use custom language translation csv file for your custom module. Suppose, I have created a new module and I want language translation file particularly for my newly made module. Here is how we do it:- In this example, Namespace: Chapagain Module Name: News 1) In config.xml file … Read more
Google Adsense is a very popular program for earning money online. Google Adsense generate revenue on either a per-click or per-impression basis. In this article, I will be describing some of the key terms of Google Analytics. They are Clickthrough rate (CTR), Cost-per-click (CPC), Cost-per-thousand (CPM), and Revenue per thousand impressions (RPM). Before understanding these … Read more