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One of the coolest things in Magento, is the ability to call a static block within a CMS page. Here is how you can do just that. FOLLOW STEPS 1. Copy this code into your CMS page {{block type="cms/block" block_id="ur-block-id"}} "ur-block-id" is your block id, remember to change it to correspond to your static block identifier. //if your block doe…

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Opening your hint path, you will be missed lead to think you will find the html table tags in side cart.phtml .../template/checkout/cart.phtml >> file content ($this->getItems() as $_item): ?> $this->getItemHtml($_item) ?> Sorry! So to locate the file that is responsible for populating your Magento cart, you will need to dig a little deeper, …

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Magento is a very big system, so sometimes things might not work as you would expect. here is a little trick you need to use before using any jquery functions in your your js file.  >> call the jQuery noConflict function: var $juery = jQuery.noConflict(); Paste the above code in your .js file, Now instead of calling your jquery functions with the …

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Open your local.xml file and paste the code below, depending on which template you wish to switch to, just edit 1columnphtml > 2columns-leftphtml > 2columns-right.phtml name="root"> method="setTemplate"> page/1column.phtml Its that simple , find more local.xml trick on our home page local.xml top…

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Its always a good idea to keep your checkout page clean, so I thought I should share this new trend with you. The onepage or onestep checkout page usually do not have a footer or a header of the main store, add these updates to your checkout page, by simply pasting the code below on your local.xml file. If you use the onestep checkout >> name=…

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So today I was trying to customise the nav bar of my Magento store, just like any other front end developer, I turned on my template hints, and navigated the file Topmenu.phtml. File path: app/design/frontend/package_name/theme_name/template/page/html/topmenu.phtml But to my surprise, this is all i found. echo $_menu; "Ah! Where are the ul and li…

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If you would like to show your users the discount percentage, on both your product list and product view, simply use the scripts below. Display on Product List >> step by step 1. Open file app/design/frontend/package_name/theme_name/template/catalog/product/price.phtml 2. Right at the top, add the following code, //get the actual product price $_w…

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Use the php code below to get current category name, sadly it only works on certain template files, namely the product view and product list. Product view template path: app/design/frontend/package_name/theme_name/template/catalog/product/view.phtml  Product list template path: app/design/frontend/package_name/theme_name/template/catalog/product/l…

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Sometimes it is not easy to move template blocks around your Magento store using local.xml, so here is a short code that can help you achieve the same result. $this->getLayout()->createBlock('core/template')->setTemplate('newsletter/subscribe.phtml')->toHtml();?> CASE STUDY: Lets say you want to move the newsletter subscribe template from the foot…

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Here is a short php code to help you display Static Block that you created on your Magento Admin panel. $this->getLayout()->createBlock('cms/block')->setBlockId('social-connect')->toHtml(); ?> Looking at the above code you will notice setBlockId('social-connect')  'social-connect' is my Static Block Identifier name or BlockId, that I used when I w…

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In most cases, you may want to run a promotion, which might require you to add custom styling sheet and javascripts files that do not need to be loaded on any other CMS page. For this task, simply navigate to your Magento Admin panel, CMS >> Pages >> Select your page >> open Design (under the Page Information Menu not the "Page Information" tab). …