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How to import images into magento using an absolute path?

I tried importing product images into Magento using an absolute path, but it did not work. The image was not uploaded. For example, I tried importing "http://somewebsite.com/someimage.jpg". The image was not imported. (I listed the abosolute path on a csv doc and imported using a Profile on the Import/Export screen of the Magento Admi...

How to use Server Side Includes in Magento Description?

Has anyone found a way to get Server Side Includes to work inside a Magento product description? I tried adding one and the published page did not show the content I'm trying to include. For example, I added this to the product description field in the Magento Admin: <!--#include virtual="../test.php" --> ...

How do I filter a collection by a YesNo type attribute?

Hi All I have a ‘featured’ attribute, which has a Yes/No select-list as the admin input. I presume that the values for Yes and No are 1 and 0, as they are for every other Yes/No list. However, if I try and filter a collection using the ‘featured’ attribute, it doesn’t work: $feat_attribute = $_product->getResource()->getAttribute($feat...

SEO with Magento.

My client just contacted me with the following fixes that he received from his own SEO person. His website is using Magento and his SEO person knows that. a) remove the frame from the template b) add static html pages for each category item c) revise each page to have a title and meta description d) add 100-200 words per page as a pr...

Magento design possible in all pages?

hi i want to change design in my magento project. I know how to change design in home page .Is it possible to make changes in other pages...Does any one help me ? ...

Magenot - add link to My Account in Main Menu navigation bar

Hi there, I was wondering if it possible to link a category to 'My Account'. Basically I would like to make 'My Account' more prominent, by creating a category - 'My Account' which appears in the main menu navigation bar. Is there a way of linking this category to 'My Account'? So that when the user clicks on 'My Account' in the navig...

Magento checkout

Is it possible to redirect the browser to nth step in the onepage checkout? If so, how would one go about doing it? I'm working on a payment module and have a sort of "cancel" action that i would like to return the user to the step in checkout where you choose the payment method. I currently return the user to the first step of the che...

Magento - layered nav - display attribute based on previous filter

Basically, what I would like to do is have some attributes in the layered nav block show up only if a particular filter was set before. Here’s an example: Customer goes into ‘rings’ category. There would be many different attributes displayed in the ‘shop by’ block, however I only want a few to be shown at this stage including: Material...

Magento - How to filter a product collection using 2 category filters?

Hi All Does anyone know if there is a way to run a product collection through a category filter twice? I have a ‘featured’ category, which is hidden, that I add products to so they’re available to grab as featured products. Currently I'm getting my product collection like this: $_productCollection = Mage::getResourceModel('reports/prod...

Magento - Displaying Configurable Product Options under a Grouped Product

Hi All I am trying to create a grouped product by grouping some configurable products. I know it is possible. The grouped products attributes should be set to Not Required. This is found on Inchoo's website. What I am trying to achieve here is that, I want to show the options of the configurable under the grouped products grid. For ex...

magento extension installation

I want to install a Magento extension in WAMP, but not from the Magento connect system. How can I do this? I have the module (extension) code and I already installed the sample data in the Magento installation. Thanks. ...

Magento Community: Product / Category Images do not upload

I have tried all the obvious: - chmod - php.ini - reinstalled magento Anything else? ...

Making Category Image a link

Hi, is is possible to have the main category image that you set in the General Information tab made into a link? It renders out as: <img src="http://www.example.com/media/catalog/category/example.jpg" alt="Example" title="Example" class="category-image" /> There is perhaps an extension to do this? It just doesn't feel right to have a...

magento - add links to footer but not to top navigational menu

Hi there, I want to add links to the footer - such as Customer service etc.. I do this by editing the CMS static block, footer links. However when I do this, they also appear in the very top menu. Anyone know how to add links to the footer without them appearing in the top navigational menu? Regards and thanks, Fiona ...

Magento Debugging Environment

I looked for ideas on setting up a Magento development environment when we first started using it for our site last year. I didn't find anything that work really well, so I stayed with var_dump'ing using the log files. Now that Magento has another year under its belt and several hundred more developers I was wondering if anyone has fou...

Magento - Is it possible to feed IE6 a different template?

Hi All Just wondering if, in the config/design section of the Magento admin - where you specify templates - if it’s possible to add IE6 as an exception - so it doesn't get the custom template and falls back to using the default one? If so, what code do you put there? Cheers ...

Magento model collections - save data

So I'm loading a collection of products using this code: $magento_time= 'some time string'; $collection = Mage::getModel('catalog/product')->getCollection(); $collection->addFieldToFilter(array( array('attribute'=> 'updated_at', 'gt'=> date('Y-m-d H:i:s', strtotime($magento_time))), )); $collection->save(); And getting this er...

How do I transfer a local Magento install onto my live server?

Uploading a Magento install I have spent a long time building a store with Magento on my local development PC. Now that I am happy with the result, I would like to upload it to my live production server. What steps must I complete to ensure this move is as easy as possible? ...

How to change category page layout in magento

hi my problem is i want to change my category page layout similar as homepage i tried a lot but didnt get the answer please help please help Thanks ...

Magento - Layered Nav Refresh Timeout - Cron Issue - Prices Disappear

Hello This is a problem for certain Magento users. The cron is supposed to refresh the layered navigation and sometimes it times out. When it does so, the prices will disappear for products that require computed prices. Grouped products for example, have to find the cheapest product under the group and display it. This stops working due...