Month: February 2014

Add a main menu entry in Magento

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This is how you can add a main menu entry to the Magento main menu in your modules adminhtml.xml: <?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”UTF-8″?> <config> <menu> <sheldon_wysiwyg module=”sheldon_wysiwyg”> <title>WYSIWYG</title> <sort_order>88</sort_order> <children> <test module=”sheldon_wysiwyg” translate=”title”> <title>Test</title> <sort_order>0</sort_order> <action>adminhtml/sheldon_wysiwyg/data</action> </test> </children> </sheldon_wysiwyg> </menu> <acl> <resources> <all> <title>Allow Everything</title> </all> <admin> <children> <sheldon_wysiwyg> <title></title> <sort_order>70</sort_order> <children> <posts> <title>Manage Posts</title> <sort_order>0</sort_order> […]

Associative arrays (hash, dictionary) on bash

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This is how to create associative arrays (hash, dictionary) on bash: #!/bin/bash if [ “$1” == “help” ] then echo “Help”; echo “USAGE:”; echo “========”; echo “purge_landingpage_varnish.sh LIVE|STAGE”; exit 0; elif [ $1 ] then DOMAINS[‘LIVE’]=”www.ask-sheldon.com”; DOMAINS[‘STAGE’]=”stage.ask-sheldon.com; REQUEST_DOMAIN=””; if [ “$1” == “LIVE” -o “$1” == “STAGE” ] then REQUEST_DOMAIN=${DOMAINS[“$1”]}; else echo “You have to give […]

Widget definition for BE form fields in Magento

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The general widget definition for BE form fields in Magento is: <?xml version=”1.0″?> <widgets> <widget_identifier type=”blochtype/like_in_normal_blocks” translate=”name description” module=”modulname”> <name>Widgetname</name> <description>A useful description</description> <is_email_compatible>1</is_email_compatible> <parameters> <!– field definition goes here –> </parameters> </widget_identifier> </widgets> The following snippets show how to define different form fields for the widget form: Template selector: <template translate=”label”> <label>Template</label> <visible>1</visible> <type>select</type> […]