Questions tagged [magento-1.7]
Magento Community version 1.7
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Clearing Magento after testing
I am currently doing a lot of tests in Magento so I can get familiar with it. Unfortunately the database is extremely cluttered with my tests. I wish to clear up the database so I can start over again....
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How to get all items in cart currently?
I want to get a collection of all the items in cart currently.
How can I do this ? Any suggestions will be appreciated.
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How to Remove Customer Account Dashboard Links
I want to remove following links in the customer account dashboard left panel?
My Applications
Gift Registry
Reward Points
Gift Card Link
I'm working in the Magento 1.7 Community Edition.
Any ...
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Programmatically Creating Shipments
I came across different ways to create shipment programmatically. They are
//Type 1
$converter=Mage::getModel('sales/convert_order');
$shipment=$converter->toShipment($order);
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How to implement translations in design template package CSV's? How does echo $this->__('Text') work?
I have a design package setup like so:
design/frontend/package_name/theme_name/locale/
under which I have
de_DE, en_GB etc, under which I have corresponding translate.csv files with the various ...
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Adding columns to customer grid using observer or overriding the customer grid
I am facing an issue of adding a column on customer grid and showing values in that column.
Here is the observer code that I have been trying to show the column:-
if ($block->getType() == '...
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About Collection Model and Resource Model
I am bit confused about using resource model and collection model. Sometimes when I see examples for loading products using specific attributes, in some examples, they use collection model and ...
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How to reveal Magento version by code?
I want to know whether there is any class file available for to know the magento version. If the site has been hacked how to to reveal the version?
I know there's a way as follows.
Mage::getVersion()...
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Mage::getBaseUrl() vs Mage::getBaseUrl(Mage_Core_Model_Store::URL_TYPE_WEB)
Is there a reason to use Mage::getBaseUrl(Mage_Core_Model_Store::URL_TYPE_WEB) rather than Mage::getBaseUrl()? I've seen both in use, and they both return the same thing. Is the longer one redundant? ...
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Remove /index.php from the Magento URL gives 404 error
I am using Magento ver. 1.7.0.2.
Here it is the link to my website: http://dev.blokeundees.com.au/
I have to remove the /index.php folder from URLs so I edited the .htaccess file and backend too (...
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Creating a custom helper class in module
I've made a new module called test_helper and I want to create a helper class in this module so that I can add custom functions to be called all over my site.
I can't however seem to find any ...
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How to truncate magento table using collection?
I have a custom table. I want to truncate the table using Magento collection without SQL query.
Hope someone will provide some useful information.
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Permanent solution for the common indexing issue
We have developed some magento project with large inventory record and always face the indexing issue we have tried every thing found on the internet for solving day-to-day indexing issue like ...
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What is the difference of addAttributeToFilter() Vs addFieldToFilter()?
I'm bit of confused what is the difference of addAttributeToFilter() and addFieldToFilter() functions. I checked the core files in magento. But I could not figured out a clear idea. Because for some ...
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What is the best strategy to integrate WordPress inside of Magento?
I am looking for the best way to integrate WordPress inside of Magento.
First I would like WordPress to use the Header and Footer of Magento.
Second, I would like it to be possible for a user to ...
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Magento Front End Developer Certification [closed]
I need to prepare for the Magento Front End Developer Certification and there didn't seem to be a question on this yet. How should one prepare for this certification? Are there some guides and/or test ...
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Best Practices Way to Edit Magento Top-Links
Let's say we want to add a shopping cart icon right before the "My Cart" link on Magento's top links (see top links below).
What is the best way to do this?
Do something to toplinks.php?
Do ...
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Providing Site Wide Search for Community Edition
Over the years there's been numerous attempts at improving the Magento's search features. (Solr, Lucene, etc.) In 2013, is there a preferred/dominant way of providing a catalog search in Magento ...
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How to get currency symbol by currency code?
I can get the currency code from the order object. How can I derive currency symbol by using it? Any suggestions will be appreciated.
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Error while printing invoice
I've got a standard Magento 1.8.0.0 installation on Windows 7
using the BitNami Magento installation for XAMPP.
When I open the Sales -> Invoices screen and click on an
invoice and then click on the ...
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What permissions should I give /var and /media?
I understand that magento says to have /var and /media at 700 for folders and 600 for files but when I do this, it breaks certain parts of my site. I am curious to see what permissions most people use ...
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Why does PATCH_SUPEE-6788 appear to have no effect on a 1.7.0.2 installation?
Note: This issue appears to apply to all versions of Magento which received the SUPEE-6788 patch. You'll see in my answer that both .htaccess and .htaccess.sample need to be restored for the patch ...
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How to print array contents in log file?
How to print array contents into a log file in magento CE 1.7 without iterating through a loop?
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Custom form Validation - Magento
I am trying to implement some custom form validation in Magento using jQuery but I am not sure if I have the correct method.
Basically, I need to validate the following:
Only number fields need to ...
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How to create Multiple Store with different domain in Magento
How to create multiple stores with different domains in Magento with same products, same database but different customers.
Example :
I bought 2 domains: mystore1.com and mystore2.com (FYI: mystore1....
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Adding links to category menu
I know this is an old question with a lot of answers, most of them suggest editing the menu template but that does not work for me. There is no need to explain why, let's say I'm a bit OCD about doing ...
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What is the difference between grand_total and base_grand_total of the order?
Can any one explain the difference between following attributes of the order?
grand_total
base_grand_total
Any suggestions will be appreciated.
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Why is created_at (customer_entity table) set to change on update?
When looking at the structure of the customer_entity table, I noticed the created_at field has this attribute: on update CURRENT_TIMESTAMP. So every time the row is updated, the created_at timestamp ...
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Magento - Add / Remove Attributes to Existing Configurable Products
What is the correct procedure - rather than deleting the product and starting again to add or remove attributes to existing configurable products.
When creating a configurable product you are asked ...
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How to diagnose "Invalid block type .." error?
Not sure how to figure out this error, I've been googling for a week and I can't seem to find a solution. Any ideas?
2013-06-10T04:04:28+00:00 ERR (3):
exception 'Mage_Core_Exception' with message '...
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How to disable "Add to Cart" on specific products, and instead display "View Details" button in category list view?
I was wondering how to disable Add to Cart button on a few specific products, and I found an abandoned guide on how to do this, which worked, but it was somewhat incomplete, as it only was just a ...
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how to connect another database from magento
Is it possible to connect to another database from Magento and accessing data?
If I need to create a module, how can I create a module to access another database? Is there any tutorial which tells ...
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How to remove steps from the Magento Onepage checkout?
I'm using CE 1.7 and I am currently trying to remove the shipping, shipping method, and payment steps from Onepage checkout. I already removed the steps from local\mage\checkout\block\onepage\abstract....
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Why does one of many attributes does not get updated with SOAPv2 WS-I?
I'm using Magento CE 1.7.0.2 with SOAPv2 and WS-I.
I'm trying to update products with the catalogProductUpdate-Method.
The description in the code example below gets updated, but the manufacturer-...
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Creating Custom Option on Product Save
I'm working on creating a custom option for my products automatically any time a product is created. What I've got so far is an observer that fires on the catalog_product_save_before event and runs ...
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How can I tell if a corrupt image file is being used for credit card skimming?
I'm working with a site that I believe has been hacked to collect customer credit card data, but I can't be certain.
I did not find any suspicious code in the common places I've seen suggested in ...
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Importing orders from a CSV into Magento programmatically
We're switching from an old, outdated point-of-sale system to using Magento 1.7 as our POS exclusively. Not unexpectedly, one of the challenges we're facing is how to get almost 20 years of records ...
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Magento : Fatal error: Class 'Mage_Giftcards_Helper_Data' not found in …/app/Mage.php on line 546
I have installed one module extension which throws an fatal error
"Fatal error: Class 'Mage_Giftcards_Helper_Data' not found in ..../app/Mage.php on line 546" in admin.
I have reffered this link ...
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How do I create a non-editable Magento CMS Page?
On a fresh installation of Magento, it comes with several default CMS pages that you can edit in CMS > Pages. However, it also comes with a couple of "non-editable" CMS Pages: Orders and Returns ...
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Best way to add a dynamic grid as input in custom extension Adminhtml
I've build a custom store locator extension with it's own grid and edit pages in the Adminhtml and everything works great. For the opening hours of the stores I would like to implement a dynamic grid ...
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Transactional e-mail: How to template 'sales_email_order_items' (or how to override adminhtml template)
In the transactional email code, I see this:
{{layout handle="sales_email_order_items" order=$order}}
{{var items_html}}
Which, I believe, refers to this template file:
/app/design/adminhtml/...
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Fatal Error in Admin Pages
I have magento 1.7 installed and it worked fine till now.
I import products on daily basis. If there is any new manufacturer, I add it in drop down based Manufacturer attribute.
Today, I have added ...
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Connecting MongoDB ODM to Magento
I am trying to connect Mongo Doctrine ODM to Magento.
I have successfully connected zend with mongodb. and I dont know how to Connect the both. I have placed Mongodb odm in "lib" folder of magento ...
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Invalid Form Key. Please refresh the page. error on product save
Hello AllI am getting this error "Invalid Form Key. Please refresh the page." whenever I try to save my product on admin panel. I have gone through this link here but no success. When I looked at my ...
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Adding custom layouts for CMS and Category use with custom module trouble
I have a category in my store that requires a totally different layout to the standard Magento layouts. So I created a new copy of the 1column.phtml and renamed it and made one small change to test.
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Mage registry key "_singleton/weee/observer" already exists
When I try to add or edit a product I receive the following error:
Mage registry key "_singleton/weee/observer" already exists
Trace:
#0 app/Mage.php(222): Mage::throwException('Mage registry k...')
#...
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Magento MySQL Has Gone Away Error
I'm having loads of weird issues on Magento CE 1.7.0.2. During normal operations, the site will occasionally produce a Magento Error Page (There has been an error processing your request) on both ...
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Magento under PHP 5.4 Webserver - fatal: getFrontNameByRoute() on non-object
Has anyone managed to get Magento running under PHP 5.4 with the built-in web server? I have used the HTRouter PHAR to mimic .htaccess rules - but so far I'm coming up empty, all roads at the moment ...
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Adding custom fields to sales_flat_order
I've been doing a fair amount of googling, trial and error but I cannot find a solution to the problem.
The ability to change the fields and order of sales_order_grid; and
The ability to display two ...
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Is there a way to add foreach loop in email template?
I am trying to trigger a mail to customer after they place an order. This email will carry all the cross sell products of the products ordered.
I used the following links as reference:
send email ...
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