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How to Disable/Enable WYSIWYG editor in Magento 1.4

Hi When entering code in CMS static block(possible page as well) and in this code there is empty DIV tags such us: <a href="javascript:hide1(),show2(),hide3()"><div class="dropoff_button"></div></a> The DIV tags will be gone next time you open the block to edit. it will look as this <a href="javascript:hide1...

How to use separat block caches for secure and unsecure shop access in Magento?

I use the Magento block cache for the top navigation block. The problem is the block has to generate some urls for files in the skin directory that cannot be put into css files as the file names depend on category model data. Now when I open magento using a secure connection (https://) the navigation block is fetched from the cache and ...

Apache and linux file permissions can't browse file or directories

I just copied my magento site over to a local server running CentOS 5.4. The browser said it can't locate the location of the stylesheets. The stylesheets are within /skin/frontend/my_new_interface/design2/css. I tried to view in the browser and I can't view any of the files within the css directory. I verified a million times that I'm t...

Magento - How do I create a shopping cart price rule automatically?

I'd like to create a shopping cart price rule that gives a user 10% off their order when and if they complete a process on my Magento site. There's a method here that inserts the rule directly to the database. That's a bit invasive for my tastes. How would I go about this using Magento methods? ...

Magento - How can I move the Navigation Block to be in the right column?

I've been editing Magento's default CSS to change the look and have come to a point where I want to move around some content blocks. I've killed off the left column through CSS .col-left { display: none; } And then increased the width of the main content part to create a 'two column layout'. What I want to do now is move the navigati...

Run an external script as a particular Magento user

I'm running a Magento site that has different prices for different user groups. I'd like to put together a feed that shows the prices for a particular group. I've put together an external script that produces the feed, but don't see any way to set the user or set the group within the Magento session that the script is running under. ...

Magento: What is the best way to extend Magento to add a class that is called on every page load

I am looking to create some new functionality to Magento. I am going to be looking to the url and grabbing a parameter. The issue is, this can be on any page. So I can't just extend a Catalog or Checkout Module. I thought about extending the session classes but I wasn't sure it really fit. Basically I want to grab a parameter from the ...

Magento: How do I get observers to work in an external script?

As far as I can tell, when a script is run outside of Magento, observers are not invoked when an event is fired. Why? How do I fix it? Below is the original issue that lead me to this question. The issue is that the observer that would apply the catalog rule is never called. The event fires, but the observer doesn't pick it up. ...

What are the possible tags inside the "global" tag in Magento "config.xml" file?

Can some professional experienced Magento developer tell me how to accomplish the following in Magento? I want to know what are the possible tags that can fit in the "global" tag of the "config.xml" page of every module's etc folder? I have tried searching for this answer at many places in Internet but in vain. Please provide the full...

How to get Custom Options Programmatically in Magento

Hello, I have a couple products at checkout that I need to be able to get all of the custom options that are selected for them through code. Any help is much appreciated! ...

Magento Installment Payments?

Is it possible to have a payment option to pay in X installments in Magento? We will be using Moneris as our payment gateway to process cards if that makes any difference. thanks ...

magento XML RPC problem Class 'Zend_Http_Client' not found in...

Hi, Any idea on what would make this happen? Im trying to use XML RPC zend version but anytime I try to include the client I get some sort of error. Its like its including the client, but then the client does not know how to include the files after that... test connect script is located in root directory, with the following - require_...

How to translate product name and info in Magento

Hi everybody, Magento provide translation feature, a nice one for e-commerce platform. But it seems to me that the translation is only for the predefined magento keyword, like 'add to cart', 'add to wishlist' etc and not for the product name, info, and description that the user input to the store. Does anybody know how to implement thi...

Paypal Standard option does not appear on the Checkout page

After I fill in all the information in the backend of my Magento 1.4.0.1 installation as described here, the Paypal option is not available on the One-Page-Checkout. Does anyone have an idea as to why this can be happening? Cache and Var have been emptied and I tried it on the standard and on my own theme. Kind regards, Avalon ...

Can't upload images with Magento 1.4 on Windows/IIS

Everything else works in Magento 1.4 but I can't upload images. Running on Windows/IIS. I know it isn't officially supported but seems odd that everything works but something as simple as image uploads. Tried updating the media path and that is correct. Also updated permissions on directories, but nothing has worked. Any other ideas ...

How to disable magento online sales functionality?

Hi there, I am implementing Magento Community edition and want to disable the "add to cart" functionality temporarily until i am prepared to proceed with online orders. I wanted to use Magento without checkout and add to cart functionality. Please advice. SIA ...

Integration of Magento with third party CRM, POS and ERP solutions

Hi there, First of all I would like to Thank the Varien Company for providing the best ecommerce solution and free community edition. I am very excited since i started knowing about magento. I am a web developer and very much interested. I have some concerns about the Integration of Magento with other CRM,ERP systems. How is it pos...

Magento Store - Don't Send Newsletter Success Email

When users subscribe to the newsletter on A Magento Store they receive a confirmation email. Is it possible to prevent this email from being sent? There doesn't seem to be an option in the back end for this. ...

Magento connect manager problem

Hi all, I am new to magento and have started using it recently. I just installed a theme from siteground and after installing it from magneto connect manager when i try going back to admin page to make other changes it doesnt lets me go. Neither I can visit the frontend. It's taking me to localhost:8081/magento/downloader Has anyone fac...

How to find out master product of simple product?

How can I find out, if a simple product is part of a configurable product and then get the master product? I need this for the product listing. Just found out: $_product->loadParentProductIds(); $parentIds = $_product->getParentProductIds(); ...