Show top level categories in magento.

Posted by admin – March 21, 2010 

Show top level categories of magento any where in the site.

<?php
$obj = new Mage_Catalog_Block_Navigation();
$store_cats	= $obj->getStoreCategories();
$current_cat 	= $obj->getCurrentCategory();
$current_cat	= (is_object($current_cat) ? $current_cat->getName() : '');

foreach ($store_cats as $cat) {
	if ($cat->getName() == $current_cat) {
		echo '<li><a href="'.$this->getCategoryUrl($cat).'">'.$cat->getName()."</a>\n<ul>\n";
		foreach ($obj->getCurrentChildCategories() as $subcat) {
			echo '<li><a href="'.$this->getCategoryUrl($subcat).'">'.$subcat->getName()."</a></li>\n";
		}
		echo "</ul>\n</li>\n";
	} else {
		echo '<li><a href="'.$this->getCategoryUrl($cat).'">'.$cat->getName()."</a></li>\n";
	}
}
?>

Layout CMS cache error Invalid id or tag ‘’ : must use only [a-zA-Z0-9_]

Posted by admin – March 19, 2010

To get resolved this error  go to the app/etc and remove the use_cache.ser

Invalid id or tag ‘’ : must use only [a-zA-Z0-9_]
Trace:
#0 \lib\Zend\Cache\Core.php(545): Zend_Cache::throwException(’Invalid id or t…’)
#1 \lib\Zend\Cache\Core.php(564): Zend_Cache_Core::_validateIdOrTag(’’)
#2 \lib\Zend\Cache\Core.php(322): Zend_Cache_Core::_validateTagsArray(Array)
#3 \app\code\core\Mage\Core\Model\App.php(1045): Zend_Cache_Core->save(’saveCache()
#6 \app\code\core\Mage\Core\Controller\Varien\Action.php(265): Mage_Core_Model_Layout_Update->load()
#7 \app\code\core\Mage\Cms\Helper\Page.php(83): Mage_Core_Controller_Varien_Action->loadLayoutUpdates()
#8 \app\code\core\Mage\Cms\controllers\IndexController.php(45): Mage_Cms_Helper_Page->renderPage(Object(Mage_Cms_IndexController), ‘home-german’)
#9 \app\code\core\Mage\Core\Controller\Varien\Action.php(376): Mage_Cms_IndexController->indexAction()
#10 \app\code\core\Mage\Core\Controller\Varien\Router\Standard.php(248): Mage_Core_Controller_Varien_Action->dispatch(’index’)
#11 \app\code\core\Mage\Core\Controller\Varien\Front.php(158): Mage_Core_Controller_Varien_Router_Standard->match(Object(Mage_Core_Controller_Request_Http))
#12 \app\Mage.php(459): Mage_Core_Controller_Varien_Front->dispatch()
#13 \index.php(65): Mage::run()
#14 {main}

Your problem will get resolved.

Enjoy!!!

Add Contat Us Static Block in Magento

Posted by admin – March 17, 2010

Create a static block in  CMS > Static Block with the same name as email_contact_us in the admin panel

Place the below mentioned code in app\design\frontend\default\default\template\contacts\form.phtml

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<div><?php echo $this->getLayout()->createBlock(’cms/block’)->setBlockId(’email_contact_us’)->toHtml() ?> </div>

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Add new order status in admin of magento

Posted by admin – March 17, 2010

Further modifying the code to add custum STATUS CODES:

Go one tag level up to the ‘<order>’ tag, there are two sub-tags to it – (1) ‘<statuses>’ and (2) ‘<states>’.

You will add data into both these tags, for example, I have added new status codes – ‘Processing (Paid)’ and ‘Processing (Waiting to Ship)’ as follows (also DO NOT FORGET to add the ‘status’ for all ‘states’, as described in atlasit’s post previously).

Please note that this mechanism only allows finer control in managing status of the orders, and not the

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<order>

<statuses>
<pending translate=”label”><label>Pending</label></pending>
<processing translate=”label”><label>Processing</label></processing>

<!————— NEW STATUS CODES DEF [BEGIN] —————>
<processing-paid translate=”label”><label>Processing (Paid)</label></processing-paid>
<processing-toship translate=”label”><label>Processing (To Ship)</label></processing-toship>
<!————— NEW STATUS CODES DEF [END] —————>

<holded translate=”label”><label>On Hold</label></holded>
<complete translate=”label”><label>Complete</label></complete>
<closed translate=”label”><label>Closed</label></closed>
<canceled translate=”label”><label>Canceled</label></canceled>
</statuses>

<states>
<new translate=”label”>
<label>New</label>
<statuses>
<pending/>
<processing/>
<processing-paid/>
<processing-toship/>
<holded/>
<complete/>
<closed/>
<canceled/>
</statuses>
</new>
<pending translate=”label”>
<label>Pending</label>
<statuses>
<pending/>
<processing/>
<processing-paid/>
<processing-toship/>
<holded/>
<complete/>
<closed/>
<canceled/>
</statuses>
</pending>
<processing translate=”label”>
<label>Processing</label>
<statuses>
<pending/>
<processing/>
<processing-paid/>
<processing-toship/>
<holded/>
<complete/>
<closed/>
<canceled/>
</statuses>
</processing>

<!————— NEW STATUS CODES DESC [BEGIN] —————>
<processing-paid translate=”label”>
<label>Processing (Paid)</label>
<statuses>
<pending/>
<processing/>
<processing-paid/>
<processing-toship/>
<holded/>
<complete/>
<closed/>
<canceled/>
</statuses>
</processing-paid>
<processing-toship translate=”label”>
<label>Processing (To Ship)</label>
<statuses>
<pending/>
<processing/>
<processing-paid/>
<processing-toship/>
<holded/>
<complete/>
<closed/>
<canceled/>
</statuses>
</processing-toship>
<!————— NEW STATUS CODES DESC [END] —————>

<complete translate=”label”>
<label>Complete</label>
<statuses>
<complete/>
<pending/>
<processing/>
<processing-paid/>
<processing-toship/>
<holded/>
<closed/>
<canceled/>
</statuses>
</complete>
<closed translate=”label”>
<label>Closed</label>
<statuses>
<pending/>
<processing/>
<processing-paid/>
<processing-toship/>
<holded/>
<complete/>
<closed/>
<canceled/>
</statuses>
</closed>
<canceled translate=”label”>
<label>Canceled</label>
<statuses>
<pending/>
<processing/>
<processing-paid/>
<processing-toship/>
<holded/>
<complete/>
<closed/>
<canceled/>
</statuses>
</canceled>
<holded translate=”label”>
<label>On Hold</label>
<statuses>
<pending/>
<processing/>
<processing-paid/>
<processing-toship/>
<holded/>
<complete/>
<closed/>
<canceled/>
</statuses>
</holded>
</states>
</order>

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1.4.0.1 contact us email sent problem in magento.

Posted by admin – March 17, 2010

Error : Unable to submit your request. Please, try again later

When you goes to look at your site it suppose the   hideit is missing!

Just need to place the  a hidden field naming

You’ll need to take a closer look at /app/design/frontend/base/default/template/contacts/form.phtml.  The code from my working 1.4.0.1 environment looks like this:

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<div class="buttons-set">
<p class="required"><?php echo Mage::helper('contacts')->__('* Required Fields') ?></p>
<input type="text" name="hideit" id="hideit" value="" style="display:none !important;" />
<button type="submit" title="<?php echo Mage::helper('contacts')->__('Submit') ?>" class="button"><span><span><?php echo Mage::helper('contacts')->__('Submit') ?></span></span></button>
</div>
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Keep the backup before  editing any thing!

How to get store specific products in magento

Posted by admin – December 28, 2009 

Different stores can be set in Magento. A product can be made visible in selected stores.

// get store id
$storeId = Mage::app()->getStore()->getId();

// call the Magento catalog/product model and set the current store ID
 $product = Mage::getModel('catalog/product')
                     ->setStoreId(Mage::app()->getStore()->getId())
                     ->load(YOUR_PRODUCT_ID);

Magento : How to get category and product count in magento

Posted by admin – December 28, 2009 

CODE to get categories/subcategories and products count in magento:
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/**
* get current category
*/
$currCat = Mage::registry('current_category');

/**
* get sub categories of current category
*/
$collection = Mage::getModel('catalog/category')->getCategories($currCat->getEntityId());

/**
* looping through sub categories
* only showing active sub categories ($cat->getIsActive())
*/
foreach($collection as $cat) {
if($cat->getIsActive()) {
$category = Mage::getModel('catalog/category')->load($cat->getEntityId());

/**
* getting product collection for a particular category
* applying status and visibility filter to the product collection
* i.e. only fetching visible and enabled products
*/
$prodCollection = Mage::getResourceModel('catalog/product_collection')->addCategoryFilter($category);
Mage::getSingleton('catalog/product_status')->addVisibleFilterToCollection($prodCollection);
Mage::getSingleton('catalog/product_visibility')->addVisibleInCatalogFilterToCollection($prodCollection);

?>

<a href="<?php echo $category->getUrl() ?>"><?php echo $category->getName() ?></a> (<?php echo $prodCollection->count() ?>)<br/>

<?php
}
}

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Posted by admin – December 16, 2009

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Posted by admin – November 12, 2009

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