Customize the Content Layout on Magento Category Pages

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Posted on October 19th, 2012 | Posted by admin

Add content above and below Magento product listings using the Category Description available in 1.4, then updating where the static block displays on the category page when customizing the Display Settings to include both a static block and products.
The main focus of being able to customize the content in Magento category pages was to add the ability for me to be able to have an introductory paragraph of content, but also add additional content after the product listing. Thus I was able to add a foundation of custom content to main category pages without pushing the products further and further down the page.
First you will want to create a static block that will become the footer content for a category. Once created you can then update your category to call this static block. Navigate to the Category you want to include the content below the product listing and update the display settings. Under ‘Display Settings’, select ‘static block and products’ from the Dsiplay Mode dropdown. Then select the name of the static block you created under the CMS Block dropdown.

Customize ‘New Order’ Email template in Magento

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Posted on February 22nd, 2012 | Posted by admin

Customizing the ‘New Order Confirmation Email‘ template in Magento may be a havoc for the first time if you do not know the write way. But it is as easy as anything. Recently I needed to customize the item information in the ‘New Order Confirmation Email’. I googled a number of links but found nothing useful. Then I decided to find my own way, and after 2 hours of hard work I found a simple way. Here are the steps to customize the email template:

1. In the Magento Admin panel go to ‘System > Transactional Emails’ and click on ‘Add New Template’.
2. In the ‘Load default template’ container select ‘New Order’ in the ‘Template’ dropdown. Alse select our desired ‘Locale’.
3. Click on ‘Load Template’. It will load the Default email template to edit for you. Now you can edit the ‘Template Subject’ and ‘Template Content’ to suit your needs. See the following screenshot:

How To Customize Magento Mobile App Colors For iPhone

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Posted on February 6th, 2012 | Posted by admin

Magento is a strong eCommerce application which gives the flexibility to have to a customized iPhone customized theme with lots of different color variant. Magento empowers to use any preset color palette or use one from scratch to match with your site’s design.

I am going to present screenshots of a Magento mobile app for iPhone where i am showing you how to customize your iPhone app with lots of colors and images. I am assuming you are using Enterprise Magento software.

1. Magento Mobile App in Magento Admin Panel

How To Customize The Magento Core Without Actually Changing It

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Posted on February 6th, 2012 | Posted by admin

There might be some particular reasons when you have to change the Magento‘s core files then you should be very careful otherwise all your changes made in core files will be lost when the current Magento version is upgraded to latest version. Before changing anything in the core you should device a clear cut policy to ensure that your customized core files are upgradable, non-over writable and easier to accommodate further customizations.

Magento gives the flexibility to customize it’s core but the most important thing is the developers discipline. A slight negligence can make all efforts go in vain especially when the Magento version is upgraded, degraded etc.
Understanding Magento’s Configuration Files

Magento Navigation, how to customize very helpful information?

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Posted on March 23rd, 2011 | Posted by admin

This post describes how Magento navigation works. I hope it will help you.
The begining of all is in template file: “category/navigation/top.phtml”

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<ul id="nav">
< ?php
foreach ($this->getStoreCategories() as $_category): ?>
< ?php
echo $this->drawItem($_category);
?>
< ?php endforeach ?>
</ul>

There we call the method from class Mage_Catalog_Block_Navigation $this->getStoreCategories(). This method returns the array $_nodes from object Varien_Data_Tree_Node_Collection.

This array contains objects of Varien_Data_Tree_Node.
Every node is object of Varien_Data_Tree_Node and it is extension from Varien_Object.

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