I can't seem to figure out how to disable the header as a whole. I have installed the blank theme, and have been playing in the page XML, but to no avail. I also cannot seem to switch from 2columns-right to 2columns-left, even though i've run searches for every damn file that includes the phrase and swapped it. I'm wondering if it's just...
I want to make a menu that will dynamically show the active static pages from CMS; for example if in my CMS i have: About Us (enabled) Shipping & Refund (disabled) Terms and Conditions (enabled) Contacts (enabled) then the menu would look like: About US | Terms and Conditions | Contacts i need just a few tips on how to get started;...
How do I add an image to the left column on the homepage? Regards, Fiona ...
I'm working on building a website using Magento eCommerce. I set up a subversion repo on the server for the website including all Magento PHP files and checked out a copy to my local system using svn/webdav. I've added magento to the repo and committed. Now, any svn opearation, even an svn status or svn commit, building the list of files...
I'm trying to use Magento for my shopping cart and want to switch from a right col layout to left col. I've turned on ID/CLASS display on the Web Developer Toolbar in firefox, and am seeing ".main col2-right-layout", which i believe i must switch to ".main col2-left-layout", the alternate style is predefined. but running searches for fil...
hello all, a client has imported 1000 items to magento as simple products. many of these SHOULD be configurable products (ie, 4 yellow dresses of different sizes). the psuedo-configurable products all have the same "Style" number, so our 4 yellow dresses would have different SKU values but all 4 would share the Style. is there a way to...
Hello there, hoping somebody might be able to help me. I am currently using a hellothemes theme. I would like to change the colour of the footer links text. Any ideas on how to? Also can anyone explain the differences between the CSS's on Boxes.css: Mage_CSS_B Common Elements Mage_CSS_E Shop Pages Mage_CSS_F Overrides etc... Regard...
Hi Everyone.. Was attempting to remove the Search Terms and Advanced Search from the footer links. I am now getting the following message: Warning: simplexml_load_string() [function.simplexml-load-string]: Entity: line 103: parser error : XML declaration allowed only at the start of the document in /home/viviscal/domains/viviscal.ca/p...
I installed Magento v1.3.2.3 and added most of my product inventory. However, I can only get 5 items to display on the homepage. I need all my products to show up there. I have been searching the net for about 3 days and still havent found the answer. Please help. This is currently the code I am using. {{block type="catalog/product_n...
I need to upgrade my server to PHP 5.3 but have a Magento install and I know that Magento doesn't play nicely with PHP 5.3. I think that the changes won't be too extensive (from what I've read). But, I figured I would open it up to the SO crowd. Has anyone done this successfully? If so, did you take good notes? ...
I am looking for a PHP based open source full featured shopping cart application which is easiest to learn and to theme.... I don't want to write my own because I'm concerned about the security and I don't really make very handy admins. Plus I have no experience with online selling and this is my first shot. I'm thinking between Magent...
Hi, I need to develop an eCommerce website using PHP. I am not sure if to use Magento or use CodeIgniter and write the site basically from scratch. I have experience with CI and no experience with Magento. My questions regarding Magento: Performance: I read that it has performance issues. Is it the case for the latest version too...
ok... so I feel really stupid asking this question.. but just wondering about the Allow Countries drop down in the admin panel.. What exactly does this mean? Does it mean that only certain countries are allowed to purchase from your site? if it does mean that how does it determine where you are shopping from? is it done using a IP Geo ...
I am using magento and creating a product finder. Is there a way I can link to a configurable item example: mystore.com/bedding-sheets lets say I want to send a friend a link to the sheet that is 250*250cm i would think the link was maybe: mystore.com/bedding-sheets?attribute496=1 (except this is not the case) <dl class="last"> <dt...
I'm just looking for some advice on this - I've advertised on several service marketplaces but all I'm get is vague promises to create 'much suitable commerce sites to your specifications' In essence I need a site which has the standard commerce features, but onto which I will need to add the features required to run a book rental servi...
In my block code I am trying to programatically retrieve a list of products that have a attribute with a specific value. Alternately if that is not possible how would one retrieve all products then filter them to just list the products with a specific attribute? ...
hi i want to replace a module with another in magento how can i do this (means i want to put Community Poll module to the left ) is there anything like joomla im a newbie in magento so plz be descriptive with your answer ...
I have a Magento installation with around 60 attribute sets. I need to add a new attribute to each of the attribute sets. There doesn't seem to anyway of doing this in the admin control panel. I am sure I can work it out by manually entering the correct fields into the database, but is there a way of doing this through the API or thro...
hi everyone, got a question and I hope this is right place to ask :).. don’t quite understand how payment works in magento. client goes to checkout and lets say wants to pay as a guest, so provides address etc. and finally gets to payment methods. Then I want clients to pay thru credit card. Already have module installed for gateway (b...
I want to find an ecommerce solution for my little shop. My friend tells me that Prestashop is very easy to use and develop modules for, but some say Magento is better. Can anybody tell me which is better for developing modules and why? Thank you. ...