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What's the best way to have multiple groups of simple featured products in Magento?

I would like to have a small number of pages on my site that have some text, and then an associated group of products eg, here is a picture of a nice kitchen, the things we sell that are included in this picture are below. I would like people to be able to click on the product and be taken to that product's page AND I plan to implement f...

Magento: How do I put widgets into a layout xml?

I am using Magento Enterprise Edition. It includes a widget for banners, which I want to use inside of my template, rather than from inside of a CMS-run content block. I succeeded in generating the output from inside of a content block: {{widget type="enterprise_banner/widget_banner" display_mode="fixed" rotate="series" banner_ids="4" t...

join collection to get the customer name (for admin grid)

Hi all, I have a table for my custom module with following columns: --------------- | custom_table| --------------- | id | seller_id | buyer_id | ... --------------- seller_id -> customer_enity [entity_id] buyer_id -> customer_entity [entity_id] Now i would like to show the seller name and buyer name in admin grid layout. I couldn’t...

Google analtyics is showing hundreds of 404s resulting from a null url

Looking at analytics for a site I maintain that is powered by Magento I am seeing that every week there are lots of visitors reaching a 404 page and it is because there is null being appended to the url. I am always on the site and have never had this happen and have no idea where these are coming from. Has anyone else encountered this...

Setting up Magento and SVN on existing install

I've just taken over a large Magento installation with plenty of customizations. I've never used SVN on a project, but I definitely see the benefit of having it. So far, I've managed to create a repository, but I now need to know the process of taking a copy of the current project and getting the SVN setup correctly. What is the process...

Magento version upgrade in SVN

I have a Magento Enterprise Edition install in a repository, client's site is running, all is well. Now I want to upgrade this client to a new version of Magento, but the only help that EE gives me for upgrades is to delete the entire app/code/core directory and move the new files in. This is, to say the least, non-optimal. Any good t...

Programmatically add Bundle Products in Magento, using the SKU / ID of Simple Items

I have some simple catalog products in Magento, so I have their SKUs & IDs. Now I want to create a Bundled product using the array elements "bundle_options" & "bundle_selections" of the Bundle Items, which are used by the Magento Admin coding in its Observer Class. Also in the Observer class, there are method calls of two functions "...

Axis SOAP responses in different format is it the same?

I am getting two different responses from different Magento installations. They considered to be the same and both should work but second response can’t be parsed by my Axis Java client app. And I don’t know if certain newer version of Axis can parse both. The question is: From the SOAP format form of view should these both responses pa...

Cannot find Function Definition of an Event Observer class in Magento

For anybody who has seen / used Magento, can you please tell me where can I find the following 3 function's definitions of the Catalog Product's save action's Event Observer class:- setBundleOptionsData() setBundleSelectionsData() setCanSaveBundleSelections() Please pardon me, for asking such a silly question, but I am really helples...

Magento - Echo Attribute on Product Page

In my Magento store I have created a new attribute with an attribute code of 'brand_info'. How can I echo/print the contents of this attribute onto a product page ie. below the description? ...

10cent per product tax magento

I would like to apply a flat 10 cent per product tax to my magento store, is there a way to set this up within the system already? ...

Magento 1.4 extension development

HI Magento introduced a new concept of widget in magento 1.4 , my question is whether to write a magento extension in magento 1.4 is useful or not Thanks ...

What options could affect php SOAP/WSDL output

I am getting two different responses from different Magento installations. They considered to be the same and both should work but second response can’t be parsed by my Axis Java client app. And I don’t know if certain newer version of Axis can parse both. Both installations use the same Magento version 1.3.2.4. Second installation is r...

Get Current Top Level Category with Magento

How do I get the current (active) top level category and its subcategories?? I do not want the root category, just the highest level category and all of its subcategories. If I am in the Women’s Category for instance: Women - Apparel -- Shirts -- Pants - Accessories -- Handbags -- Jewelry Even if i am looking at shirts, i woul...

Magento : Variable well displayed in javascript. How call it in php in the same file ?

I've built one variable (horaires_lundi) in this file : app/code/community/Unirgy/StoreLocator/controllers/Adminhtml/Locationcontroller.php ->setTitle($this->getRequest()->getParam('title')) ->setNotes($this->getRequest()->getParam('notes')) ->setStreetAddress($this->getRequest()->getParam('street_address')) ->setHorairesLundi($thi...

understanding layouts in magento

I'm confused. if the default handle in page.xml defines the default page layout. How come when you first install magento. Its set as 3 column layout but the front page is a 2 column ...

adding image through inline css in magento

i am trying to develop a widget using inline css. Inline css contains the link to the images for example {background:url(../img/transparent.png);} I have copied the folder to the relative folder to it but its not working. Any help please. I am using magento version 1.4+. ...

How to set Sku Type & Price Type of Bundle Product programmatically in Magento?

I have added a Bundled Product in Magento programmatically, using all the options / properties of the Simple Product & the use of the 3 methods specifically for Bundle Options:- setBundleOptionsData() setBundleSelectionsData() setCanSaveBundleSelections() The result is that the newly added Bundle Product shows just fine in the Admin ...

magento calls home?

If you have a look at their website it shows statical data $25 Billion in transactions 60,000+ merchants 2,000+ extensions 2+ Million downloads EDIT: just wanted to know where does magento get its data from!? ...

local folder files not taking, taking only core files (magento)

Hi, i wanted to change the catalogsearch result file so i created a catalogsearch folder in the "code\local\mage" folder but the changes made here are not being seen at all the program directly checks into the "code\core\mage" folder, i am very confused why it is only taking the files of the core files only and not taking the files on th...