You can add custom blocks inside already existing block through your custom layout xml file. You don’t need to change the template (phtml) code. Suppose, you want to add a block inside product view page. To do so, you can write the following xml code in your custom module’s layout file. In the below code, … Read more
Quick Order – Add to Cart by SKU is a FREE Magento Extension that allows customers to directly add products to shopping cart using product SKU. This module is compatible with Magento version 1.5 and later (Magento 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 1.8, 1.9). A Quick Order block will be displayed in left and right sidebar. This … Read more
You have plain text and link to those text in Magento Layered Navigation section. You can easily change the display of Layered Navigation links into a selection box / dropdown list. To do so, you need to edit the following file: app/design/frontend/YOUR_PACKAGE/YOUR_THEME/template/catalog/layer/filter.phtml filter.phtml file contains code something like below: <ol> <?php foreach ($this->getItems() as $_item): … Read more
Here is a quick tip to hide any column from admin grid in Magento. Hiding columns in admin grid becomes necessary when you want those particular columns in exported csv or xml file but you don’t want to display them in the admin grid. You can hide columns from admin grid by setting column_css_class and … Read more
Custom options on Magento products are designed to make simple products function like a configurable product with different choosing options like color, size, etc. before purchasing the product. In this tutorial, I present the code to create/add, view, and delete custom options of a product in Magento. ADD CUSTOM OPTIONS In the following example code, … Read more
Print Product & Shopping Cart Page is a FREE Magento Extension that generates neat and clean print page of products and shopping cart, removing unnecessary header, footer & sidebar. This module is compatible with Magento version 1.5 and higher (Magento 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 1.8, 1.9). A “Print Product” link is added to product page and … Read more
Here is a quick code to get all products from a particular/specified category in Magento. First of all, you need to load the category (whose products you want to display) and get it’s ID. You can load a category by it’s ID or if you are in a category page then you can get category … Read more
Here is a quick tip on editing / changing or removing copyright text information present in the footer of Magento. You can simply edit or remove it via admin panel. – Login to admin – Go to System -> Configuration -> GENERAL -> Design -> Footer – Change the text of the Copyright field If … Read more
Here are the code snippets to check for different secure URLs in Magento. Secure URL can be enabled from configuration settings (System -> Configuration -> GENERAL -> Web -> Secure). Enable Secure URL in Frontend System -> Configuration -> GENERAL -> Web -> Secure -> Use Secure URLs in Frontend = Yes Enable Secure URL … Read more