Magento Helps

$action = Mage :: app ()-> getRequest ()-> getActionName () if ( $action == 'noRoute' ){ //do some stuff }

To call the navigation in footer go to page.xml file,copy the topMenu block and place in the footer block <block type="core/text_list" name="top.menu" as="topMenu" translate="label">                     <label>Navigation Bar</label>                     <block type="page/html_topmenu" name="catalog.topnav" template="page/html/topmenu.phtml"/>  </block>  now goto footer and call the block    <?php echo $this->getChildHtml('topMenu') ?>    or u can call cms page or static block too      <?php echo $this->getLayout()->createBlock('cms/block')->setBlockId('footer_links')->toHtml() ?>

<?php $baseUrl=Mage::getBaseUrl(); $currentUrl = Mage::helper('core/url')->getCurrentUrl(); $a=$baseUrl."checkout/onepage/success/"; if ($currentUrl == $a) { ?> <?php } ?>

// Load by name $_category = Mage::getModel('catalog/category')->loadByAttribute('name', 'Ruby Ring'); $_product = Mage::getModel('catalog/product')->loadByAttribute('name', 'emerald earring');   // Load by SKU $_product = Mage::getModel('catalog/product')->loadByAttribute('sku', 'Eram18j4');   //Load by ID (just load): $_product = Mage::getModel('catalog/product')->load($productID); example: <?php $productID = $this->getProduct()->getId(); $_product = Mage::getModel('catalog/product')->load($productID); //echo '<pre>'; //print_r($_product); ?> <img src="http://54.219.137.93/magento/media/catalog/product<?php echo $_product->getSmallImage(); ?>" width=100 height=100 /> <?php echo '<br/>'; echo "List Price"; echo $_product->getPrice(); echo '<br/>'; echo "Sale Price"; echo...

$product_id = $this -> getProduct ()-> getId (); When you don’t have access to $this, you can use Magento registry:   $product_id = Mage :: registry ( 'current_product' )-> getId ();

<?php $controller_name=Mage::app()->getFrontController()->getRequest()->getControllerName(); echo controller_name

$product_id = $this->getProduct()->getId();  $collection = Mage::getModel('catalog/product')->load($product_id);

How to call image in static block {{skin url='images/media/about_us_img.jpg'}} How to creating a link to another page within your site {{store direct_url='mypage.html'}} How to call staic block any XML file <reference name="left">      <block type="cms/block" name="sample_block" before="-">          <action method="setBlockId"><block_id>sample_block</block_id></action>      </block>    </reference> How to call staick block in your template or .phtml files <?php echo $this ->getLayout()->createBlock( 'cms/block' )->setBlockId( 'my_static_block_name' )->toHtml() ?> How to call static block in CMS->Pages   {{block type="cms/block" block_id="your_block_id"}}

$productid =10; // product id which you want to change status;   $storeid =1 // your store id 0 is for default store id Mage::getModel( 'catalog/product_status' )->updateProductStatus( $productid , $storeid , Mage_Catalog_Model_Product_Status::STATUS_ENABLED);

In Magento CMS or Static block, if you want to add PHP code then you can just call any custom .phtml file by using following code. Like here I am including my_custom.phtml . { { block type = "core/template" name = "myCustom" template = "cms/my_custom.phtml" } }   This is equivalent to following layout tag: < block type = "core/template" name = "myCustom" template = "cms/my_custom.phtml" >

<?php $a = Mage::getModel('brand/brand')->getCollection(); Mage::getModel('module name/model name')->getCollection() folder structure: Communuity/Redstage/"Brand"/ here brand is a module name (Brand) and to get model name Or <config> <modules> <Redstage_Brand>(NameSpace_moduleName) <version>0.2.3</version> </Redstage_Brand> </modules> <frontend> .. .. <brand> (in tag is model name) Note: The module and model name must be in small caps if name of module is WebForm then we must use the module name as webform  foreach ($a as $b) {   //echo '<pre>'; //print_r($b); //echo $b->getUrlKey(); ?> <img src="http://54.219.137.93/magento/media/brand/<?php echo $b->getImage(); ?>" /> <br/> <br/> <br/> <?php }  ?>

After all the Jquery script tag's add <script> jQuery . noConflict (); </script>

yes, its realy a nice addon. It works with 1.5.1 ! The installation instructions aren't the best so want to tell how I managed it. 1. Activate the cart-sidebar in the backend 2. open the checkout.xml in YOUR template folder 3. copy the code between the [...] from the "overview" and paste into your checkout.xml between <default></default> - let the rest of the code stay there 4. paste <?php echo $this->getChildHtml('cartview_link') ?> it into the header.phtml between the quick-access <div> or use this code <?php echo $this->getChildHtml('topLinks')  ?> 5. copy the new css from the default folder into your css folder 6. you can style the most in your style.css 7. if you dislike the left cart now you can paste .col-left .block-cart {display:none;} into your style.css, best @the /* Block: Cart */ chapter here it works: www.menxclusive.de (as long as my customer wants it) magento connect: http://www.magent...

<?php echo $this->getChildHtml('topLinks') ?>

<?php echo $this->getChildHtml('topSearch') ?>

I am having the same problem - it only shows ratings for the first product, and nothing for the rest. I have tried the PHP-solution in #5, but the page just stops working. This is a reported bug. open file: app/code/core/Mage/Catalog/Block/Product/Abstract.php change: protected function  _initReviewsHelperBlock ()      {          if (! $this -> _reviewsHelperBlock )  {              if ( Mage :: helper ( 'catalog' )-> isModuleEnabled ( 'Mage_Review' ))  {                 $this -> _reviewsHelperBlock  =  $this -> getLayout ()-> createBlock ( 'review/helper' );                 return  true ;        ...

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