Tag: Magento

The Problem Image upload not working in Magento backend. Whenever entering product details getting an error alert saying Flex Library Not Loaded The Solution This happens due to improper Magento installation. Just give full permission to the following folder /js/lib That should solve the problem. Njoy 🙂

It is a common issue in Magento. After uploading images from back end, the images are shown in back end, but are not displayed on the front end. To solve follow the below steps. Any one of them might solve the issue for you, or even you might need to apply all. Try your luck… Continue reading Magento :: Images Not Showing In Front End

After spending a lot of time and energy creating a beautiful Magento theme, once you get an error somewhere, you would notice that you are shown the default vanilla Magento theme. Whats worse is that it still has the Magento logo!!!Actually the error page Magento shows is not placed inside the theme folder. To customize… Continue reading Magento Customize Error Page

Magento offers the web master to put static contents where ever he likes in the site with the help of CMS -> Static Blocks. These blocks can be easily edited from the admin panel. To call and show their contents on any phtml file write the following code. echo $this->getLayout()->createBlock(‘cms/block’)->setBlockId(‘identifier’)->toHtml() ; Here identifier should be… Continue reading Magento :: How To Call Static Blocks From PHTML Pages

From Magento version 1.2.1 you will notice that suddenly you cannot log in to the admin panel after you have installed Magento. And this happens only when you install it locally and use http://localhost/ The reason is Magento have implemented a security check to see the domain is a valid one with dots in it.… Continue reading Magento Admin Login Problem

Magento comes in-built with a few page layouts like 1 column, 2 columns with left bar, 2 columns with right bar etc.If you want to add new layouts of your own follow these steps. 1. Open file /app/etc/local.xml2. Just before the </global&gt tag add the following Home Page page/home-page.phtml home_page If you are using the… Continue reading Create New Layout In Magento

You can get the number of items currently in the cart using the following code. $cart = Mage::getModel(‘checkout/cart’)->getQuote()->getData(); echo (int)$cart[‘items_qty’]; However,if the cart is empty, writing only the above code will show error (Because $cart[‘items_qty’] is only set when there are items on the cart). For that you need to check if the value is… Continue reading Get Cart Quantity in Magento

If you need to execute a MySQL query anywhere in Magento (in the .php code files or .phtml template files), the following steps are required – $conn = Mage::getSingleton(‘core/resource’)->getConnection(‘core_write’); $conn->query(“insert into table name (fields) values (values) “);