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Magento and Wordpress not sharing session data (like number of items in cart)

Using the code below in the index.php file of a WP template: require_once '/Users/xxx/Documents/Projects/honora/trunk/app/Mage.php'; umask(0); Mage::app('default'); Mage::getSingleton('core/session', array('name' => 'frontend')); Mage::log(Mage::helper('checkout/cart')->getCart()->getItemsCount()); should in theory give me the number ...

Magento: How do you disable or change how a core observer method works

I have been wondering about this for a while. What if Magento has written a core Observer class and performs a functionality that you do not want it to execute, or you want to rewrite it? Is there a way to say, don't use this method in an Observer, just use mine. If I setup a method for my own Observer won't it just do the core functiona...

Automatic mail alert to customers on new products arrival in magento

Hi, I want to add this feature in magento.Automatic mail alert to customers on new products arrival in magento upon on their subscription, its not like RSS but its just mail with the product alert alone. is there any extension or something else. ...

How do I create custom fields like mobile number in customer registration form without modifying magento core files?

How do I create custom fields like mobile number in customer registration form without modifying magento core files? I tried but the mobile number is not saved in the DB I override the Mage_Customer_Model_Entity_Setup class with Myown_Mage_Customer_Model_Entity_Setup by creating Model/Entity/Setup.php in my modules folder and added...

Magento addFieldToFilter: Two fields, match as OR, not AND

Hi All, I've been stuck on this for the last few hours. I got it working by hacking a few lines in /lib/Varien/Data/Collection/Db.php, but I'd rather use the proper solution and leave my core untouched. All I need to do is get a collection and filter it by two or more fields. Say, customer_firstname and remote_ip. Here's my (disfunctio...

How to redirect to an action in Magento?

HI, I am trying to create a router for my custom module. I would like to access index controller's hotsale action by url/hotsale. So I create the following router xml in my module's config.xml. <hotsale> <use>standard</use> <args> <module>Moon_Products</module> <frontName>hotsale</frontName> </args> </hotsale> when I access u...

[Magento] - CMS pages do not displaying images in admin panel

Hi, I have a weird problem with magento cms module. All the CMS pages on the frontend are displaying images correctly, but images are not displaying on the admin cms editor page. It just displays 'X' image broken icon. I actually don't know where to start to fix this issue. Any one had similar issue? ...

Magento: Adding filterable attribute list to template file

I have a Men and Women store setup under the same website in Magento. The Men website runs off of the Men category and the Women site off of the Women category. I have a filterable custom attribute setup entitled 'designer'. Currently, the layered navigation on a category page shows the Designer attribute for the products in that store a...

magento extension "remember me" not working

Hello All! I am using one of extension for magento,its link provided below. http://www.magentocommerce.com/magento-connect/j2t-design/extension/1709/j2t-remember-me-checkbox is anyone have tried this extension? actually its not working, although I have made all necessary changes and updation for it, and from magento site also I have no...

Fatal error: Call to a member function setActive() on a non-object

hey, I am getting the following error on the backend of Magento: Fatal error: Call to a member function setActive() on a non-object in /var/www/vhosts/pro-pin.ca/httpdocs/app/code/core/Mage/Adminhtml/Controller/Action.php on line 82 I've gone through the community forum, but found out that this was due to the magic slider or lightbox...

magento VS magento clone - cost of ownership

Its sexy, its frustrating, its expensive? based on assumption that the primary cart features could be emulated (cart and catalog rules, etc...) --- what else is there about Magento that makes it excusive? If it could in fact be emulated using another CMS and a skilled programmer, wouldn't it stand to reason that the long term cost of...

Show only current category’s products in Product View

Hi there Magento Stars! I’ve been struggling with this question for a long time and it seems very easy to solve, I just can’t do it by myself. Take a look at this page: http://adegean.dominiotemporario.com/porcelanas-brancas/artigos-de-mesa/linha-americana/saladeira-pequena-americana.html This product is associated with 2 different ca...

Which options can you pass as the third parameter of Mage::run()?

Magento is started by running Mage::run() in index.php. Mage::run has three parameters: $code, $type, and $options. The first two are well-documented but I can't find anything about the third: $options. I did read somewhere that you can move your etc directory to another place, but what other options can I set? I hope I can set the the...

Managing Magento Footer Content

Hello, I have a portion of page in footer.phtml whose content I want to change on each new page, according to different categories. How can I get this done, or can I access product attribute outside of the product page? Is this possible? regards ...

Can I use Magento without the sales features? Or am I better off with a scratch build?

Hi all, I have a site build which would seem to suit Magento up to a point, but the client doesn't actually want to sell anything - at the end of the process of choosing a product the user would simply be redirected to another site to complete the transaction (or not). I would like to avoid just hacking these features out of Magento en...

WAMP Test Server and magento

I already have a website with magento but I never created a test server which I want to do now. I downloaded WAMP to use as a test server, i put all my files to the /www folder but when I go to the localhost I am getting a log error. Basically I don't know how to transfer the website files to WAMP. The website is set up with Magento...

Magento list of related(recommended) products in checkout cart

Hi, i'm tring to put a list of recommended items in checkout cart page, i was trying to use the related products block that is in layaout/catalog.xml, but it works for a single product in product view page, and in the checkout cart page can be more than one product, so, how can i make something like this, if it can be done?? ...

Magento - making a new getProductCollection() function

Hi All Currently, if I want to get a certain collection of products, for example best-selling, I use the following, direct in my template file: $_productCollection = Mage::getResourceModel('reports/product_collection') ->addAttributeToSelect('name') ->addAttributeToFilter('visibility', $visibility) ->addOrderedQty() ->setOrder('ordered...

Accessing shipping cost in Magento's cart and/or checkout

Please note, this question is regarding the shipping cost, not price. There is an important difference, i.e. what $$ charge the shipping method incurs for the store owner, as opposed to what is $$ charge is paid by the customer. The shipping_tablerate database table includes a cost field, which is populated in the Mage_Shipping_Model_...

different template for different categories in magento

i want to display subcategories under artist category in one layout and design and other categories in another layout and design in magento 1.4.1.1. can anyone help me asap. ...