In this category it’s all about Magento eCommerce. It’s my favorite open source shopsystem to buildup great shopping platforms. In this category I write about version 1.x related things. Version 2.x will get it’s own category in this blog.
There are different field types for Magento’s system configuration. These are for example: Button Checkboxes Checkbox Date File Hidden Imagefile Image Label Link Multiline Multiselect Note Obscure Password Radio Radios Reset Select Submit Textarea Text Time The following snippets show you how to add them to your system.xml: Enable selection (yes/no): <?xml version=”1.0″?> <config> <sections> […]
To rewrite exiting Magento models, you can add the following snippet to your modules config.xml: <?xml version=”1.0″?> <config> <modules> <AskSheldon_Module> <version>0.1.3</version> </AskSheldon_Module> </modules> <!– … –> <global> <models> <checkout> <rewrite> <session>AskSheldon_Module_Model_Checkout_Session</session> <type_onepage>AskSheldon_Module_Model_Checkout_Type_Onepage</type_onepage> </rewrite> </checkout> </models> </global> <!– … –> </config> In this case Mage_Checkout_Model_Session and Mage_Checkout_Model_Type_Onepage are rewritten.
To register a translation file for your module: <!– Translation file for FE –> <frontend> <translate> <modules> <Sheldon_Module> <files> <!– filename under app/locale/LANGUAGE_CODE/ f.e.: LANGUAGE_CODE = “EN_US” –> <default>filename.csv</default> </files> </Sheldon_Module> </modules> </translate> </frontend> Â <!– Translation file for BE–> <adminhtml> <translate> <modules> <Sheldon_Module> <files> <!– filename under app/locale/LANGUAGE_CODE/ f.e.: LANGUAGE_CODE = “EN_US” –> <default>filename.csv</default> […]
Sometimes, when you have to handle many data-sets, it is more efficient to save only those attributes that have changed: // load product $product = Mage::getModel(“catalog/product”)->load(142);  // change attribute $product->setTitle(“Test”);  // tell resource attribute to save only the specified field $product->getResource()->saveAttribute($product, “title”);
This is how to get a new image attribute to a given attribute set inside of a setup script (add image attribute for products): <?php /** * * Date: 5.12.2017 * Time: 0:58:0 * Last modified: 0:57:28 * Class / File: mysql4-upgrade-0.5.2-0.5.3.php * * Installs additional image attributes for customization * preview on product detail […]
To reset filepermissions of Magento, you can run these commands on shell from within the Magento root folder: $> #for magento 1.5+ $> find . -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \; $> find . -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \; //if shelluser for checkout != apacheuser => 775 $> chmod o+w var var/.htaccess […]
To show the category IDs in the category tree under Catalog->Categories->Manage Categories you can rewrite Mage_Adminhtml_Block_Catalog_Category_Tree in an own module. You have to rewrite the method buildNodeName like this: /** * Get category name * * @param Varien_Object $node * @return string */ public function buildNodeName($node) { $result = $this->escapeHtml($node->getName()); if ($this->_withProductCount) { $result .= ‘ (‘ . $node->getProductCount() […]
You can define system config value defaults in your modules config.xml like that. <?xml version=”1.0″?> <default> <myconfig_group> <settings> <test>1</test> <cronjobs>0</cronjobs> <client>0813</client> <serviceprovider>117</serviceprovider> <pricelist></pricelist> </settings> <productexport> <lux_kategorie>21</lux_kategorie> <store_view_german>1</store_view_german> <store_view_english>12</store_view_english> </productexport> </myconfig_group> </default> This sets the default value for all stores. If you want to set default values for a special store (scope), you can do it […]
To get an own ActionController that can be called like this: http://www.mysexydomain.de/nicefrontname/nicecontrollerprefix/niceactionprefix/ … you have to add the following snippet into the FE or BE section of your config.xml: <frontend> <routers> <sns_documentmaster> <use>standard</use> <args> <module>SNS_Documentmaster</module> <frontName>nicefrontname</frontName> </args> </sns_documentmaster> </routers> </frontend>
To register a helper for your module, you can add the following snippet inside the global tag of your config.xml: <helpers> <sheldon_misc> <class>Sheldon_Misc_Helper</class> </sheldon_misc> </helpers>
