Magento, Shopify, Wordpress Websites & Applications
Magento is one of the most powerful content management system available today and it has a wide use. It is one of the most popular e-commerce platforms on the market because it is free, stable, and offers a lot of functionalities. Due to it’s not too easy to understand interface, many users prefer to build on WordPress. However, skilled developers prefer Magento because of it’s powerful nature.
WooCommerce vs Magento – both pack a punch when it comes to features, as well as being . It’s not easy to pick an overall winner, and weighing up the features of each platform could leave you scratching your head in confusion, while leaving your customers without a way to purchase from your site.
Fortunately, we’re here to help you make an informed decision. There’s when it comes to e-commerce, but you can always make the right choice for your unique needs – as long as you have all the facts at hand. Read more about WooCommerce vs Magento: Which Is the Best E-Commerce Platform? …
Sometimes you can see SID part appears in your Magento URLs.
This part is needed for keep customers authorized during switching between stores.
If you don’t need this option, it’s very easy to turn it off: Read more about How to remove SID from URL? …
Simple piece of code for checking are you on admin area or on frontend
3 simple steps to setup cronjobs on server and create custom task in your Magento instance.
crontab -e
and then
#cron.sh will run every 5 minutes */5 * * * * /bin/sh /path/to/magento/cron.sh
Magento has possibility to add total row in any grid in admin panel. You just need to use some additional methods in your Grid Block.
In your Grid Block that extended Mage_Adminhtml_Block_Widget_Grid you need to enable row with totals:
protected $_countTotals = true;
Hello there!
Spoiler:
You can’t use a custom multiselect attribute with custom source model in layered navigation.
You can use either a dropdown attribute with custom source model or a multiselect without custom source model, but you CAN’T use a multiselect with custom source model.
Solution is here >>
Yesterday I found an interesting bug in Magento.
I have been working with this system for the last 4 or 5 years so far, but yesterday was the time I’ve observed this bug.
Of course, you know about layered navigation, custom attributes, and source model.
Read more about Multiselect attributes with custom source models in layered navigation …
The Core API allows you to manage a set of common resources used in Magento. However, you may choose to have your own set of resources to manage, or you may wish to extend the Core API to handle additional resources.
This tutorial leads you through the process of creating a custom API for a customer module that handles basic customer information.
Note: This tutorial applies to v1 of the API.
To learn more about the Core API, to read Magento Core API calls.
For general information about the Magento API, go to the Introduction.
If you need to get correct url in Magento admin you can use this code:
<?php
$url = Mage::helper("adminhtml")->getUrl("package_module/controller/action");
?>
Sometimes you need to display get formatted price (for example on custom grids in admin ) but without currency symbol.
There is simple code to display formatted price without currency symbol.
Mage::getModel('directory/currency')->format(
$price,
array('display'=>Zend_Currency::NO_SYMBOL),
false
);