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change error messages after form validation in Magento

how can i change the error message Magento throws after it validates the form? thanks ...

Use of "getTypeInstance()" of a Product in Magento

Can anybody please put some light on the need of the method "getTypeInstance()", which can be use by any product object? Also what are the pros & cons of using this method? ...

Set Special Price Dates for Products in Magento

I am adding a simple Product in magento, in which I want to set the following, along with others:- Special Price Special Price From Date Special Price To date The problem seems to be the #2 & #3 points. I have been successful in setting the #1 point, but I need help in solving the issues with the last 2 points. I have tried using ...

use custom template file for magento homepage and product page

I want to use a customized template file for magento homepage. I used the following code in the layout/local.xml file of my theme as described in this tutorial <new_layout translate="label"> <label>New Layout</label> <reference name="root"> <action method="setTemplate"><template>page/home.phtml</template></action> ...

Magento: Image not found when I change the values passed into the resize() function.

if I change this: $this->helper('catalog/image')->init($_product, 'small_image')->resize(80, 80) to this: $this->helper('catalog/image')->init($_product, 'small_image')->resize(180, 180) The image cannot be found, does anyone know why this is? ...

[Magento] Location of tax calculation in source for Shopping Cart

Hi, can someone please tell me where the calculation of the amount of tax included in the total price of products is in Magento? Im looking at /app/code/core/Mage/Tax but don't know where to look at. Working with discounts calculates the tax wrong in version 1.4.0 and I desperately need help fixing this. Sadly the original magento fo...

Optimizing Magento-using Websites

Please be patient with my question, as this may be a bit longer. If you look at Magento and try to compare with any other non-PHP eCommerce Shopping Cart websites, you will find that the latter are comparatively faster. I know that the following factors work as well:- Hosting Server Bandwidth Magento offers lots & lots of features, ...

From where can i start magento extension development

hi i am familiar with magento and also wrote some widget for magento as well , now i want to create some magento extension, Can you please help me out from where can i start the magento extension programming . Please advice me good tutorial and books Thanks ...

magento sales_order_place_after observer

I'm trying to write an observer that will export order data when an order is placed. I haven't written any modules before. Basing my implementation on this article: http://www.magentocommerce.com/wiki/5_-_modules_and_development/0_-_module_development_in_magento/customizing_magento_using_event-observer_method so far I'm just trying to...

Magento product images messed up

I run magento and host 2 stores, for simplicity call them: Store A located at www.storea.com Store B located at www.storeb.com Currently I have a bit of an issue with my product images and with the cache. When I add a new product to display on store B (so I enter the admin backend through Store A) the image is uploaded to storea.com/med...

Magento - Cronjob outside magento to update shipment status

Hi, I am working on a script which is out of magento framework and will be programmed to get all shipments and tracking number. After getting these shipments and tracking number i will check with shipping provider and update the status of shipment and order based on if its dispatched / scanned or delivered. following is half done cod...

Adding a custom field to Magento's subscribtion module

The newsletter subscription module in Magento has only one field (email) by default. After I add an extra field to the form (say country), how can I get the form data to show up in the Magento back-end and be sent as an email to a preset recipient? Thanks. ...

using smart optimizer with magento.

I want to use smart optimizer with magento. I have copied the files and copied the content of .htaccess file to magento's .htaccess file. Its working fine with home page but with subpages of magento it gives file out of directory type of error. ...

Uploading a widget through Magento Connect Manager.

I have developed a widget and now I want the clients to install it using Magento Connect Manager. How can I do this? ...

Magento: Newsletters not going out

Hello The problem i have is that i have created newsletter template, added few subscribers and i can add the template with subscribers into queue - all that works fine. I can also run the cron.php from the browser - it runs without errors, but the damn e-mails are not going out anyway. For that reason i have not done the crontab -e an...

Magento - get filterable attributes by category

I have created a custom navigation module specifically for a website, but I really want to be able to list filterable attributes by a specific category. So for instance my main navigation is: Category 1 Category 2 Category 3 etc. I then that when a user mouses over a category, they are then presented with an expanded menu...

Widgets vs. Extensions in Magento.

Magento has upgraded its version to 1.4 and in introducing the version 1.4 the new handy features of widgets are introduced. Extensions are also supported by version 1.4+. I want to know if widgets are more handy (I think they are) than extensions or not and how many users have switched to widgets. Which one is more better widgets or ext...

How to add "Order By" when loading a Magento Model

I am trying to load a list of items from a Magento model. What I want to do is get the items in order by their created date so that I have the newest first. Anyone know how I can do that? Here is what I have so far: $model = Mage::getModel('testimonials/testimonials') ->getCollection(); Thanks ...

Magento migration to local environment

I'm trying to duplicate my live Magento install by bringing everything over to my local environment to get SVN going (as answered in related questions, thank you very much to all that contributed). Here's the steps I followed: Backup the site through cPanel and downloaded to local Untarred the homedirectory and brought into htdocs Im...

Magento Point of Sale Integration

Hi all, I am currently building a Magento (Community Edition) site for a customer who needs Magento to sync with their inventory software, and I am having a very hard time figuring this out. I have searched everywhere and can not find an answer. So far the best I have found is that Magento can connect to Quickbooks using eCC. However, ...