Here, I will show you how to track visitor’s data information in Magento. By visitor’s information, I mean information like remote address, http host, user agent (browser), referer url, first visit date time, last visit date time, etc. The following code fetches the vistor data:- [source language=”php”] $visitorData = Mage::getSingleton(‘core/session’)->getVisitorData(); // printing visitor information data … Read more
I created a module, let’s say, ‘MyModule’. When I go to the Admin -> System -> Configuration section of this module, I get this weird error. Fatal error: Class ‘Mage_MyModule_Helper_Data’ not found – My Module is enabled. – I have helper class in ‘Helper’ folder of my module. – I have deleted/refreshed all cache and … Read more
Case: Here, I am taking the scenario of a custom Magento module. You are developing a custom Magento module and you don’t want to show the ‘Add New’ button in the Grid. The Add New button is present in top right corner of Grid Page. Rename ‘Add New’ button Here are the steps to rename … Read more
Scenario I was creating a module. I already had one Grid displayed in admin. The Grid was being displayed by a Block class, for example: MyNamespace_MyModule_Block_Adminhtml_MyModule Now, I had to display another Grid using a new Block class. Let’s say, I created a new Block class: MyNamespace_MyModule_Block_Adminhtml_MyNewGrid I just copied code from MyNamespace_MyModule_Block_Adminhtml_MyModule and copied … Read more
Here is a quick code to get the admin user’s data (id, name, username, email, password, etc). By admin user, I mean the users that login through the admin panel and those who have access to the admin panel of Magento. The users can be administrator, or with some specific roles. $userArray = Mage::getSingleton('admin/session')->getData(); // … Read more
Problem: I transferred my Magento site files from one computer to another. I imported the database. Now, when I try to login to admin (when I go to admin login url), it shows 404 Not Found Error page. The same error is also displayed in the module’s page that are installed in site. However, the … Read more
By default, Magento contains and uses the Prototype javascript library. You can also integrate the other most popular javascript library ‘jQuery‘ in your Magento site. While integrating jQuery in Magento, you might get some javascript conflict and errors as you will be using two javascript libraries (prototype and jQuery) at a time. This is caused … Read more
Gift Message facility is present in Magento by default. You can add gift message in order as a whole or in individule order items. By default, the gift message is not enabled in Magento. Here is how you display gift message adding form in order/checkout:- 1) First of all, go to System -> Configuration -> … Read more
Magento has this cool functionality of Event Observer. Magento follows the Observer Design Pattern for its event hooking system. With this Event Observer Hook, additional functionality can be added without modifying the core code. The full list of Magento Event Observer Hooks is present over here:- Magento Event/Observer Hooks Cheat Sheet Magento has been programmed … Read more