While being on the Magento category page, it might be useful to display the category name. Use the following code to do so.
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Mage::getSingleton('catalog/layer')->getCurrentCategory()->getName(); |
Getting order data on success page (success.phtml) (Magento 1)
To get the order data on the Magento success page, use the following code. The key here is to create an order object and get the data from there.
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$order = Mage::getModel('sales/order')->loadByIncrementId($this->getOrderId()); $date = $order->getCreatedAtStoreDate(); // ... |
Adding a static block to the sidebar (Magento 1)
Using the folowing layout update, you can add a static block to the left sidebar:
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<!-- left --> <reference name="left"> <block type="cms/block" name="STATIC_BLOCK_NAME"> <action method="setBlockId"><block_id>STATIC_BLOCK_ID</block_id></action> </block> </reference> |
How to know if you are on the home page (Magento 1)
To figure out whether you are on the home page or not, the following code will help:
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$identifier = Mage::getSingleton('cms/page')->getIdentifier(); if($identifier == 'home') { //... } |
How to know if you are on the product or category page (Magento 1)
YOu want to know if you are on either the product or category page? The following code might help:
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$controllerName = $this->getRequest()->getControllerName(); $isCategoryPage = $controllerName == 'category' ? true : false; $isProductPage = $controllerName == 'product' ? true : false; if(...) |
Changing the DOCTYPE to HTML5 (Magento 1)
To change your Magento stores DOCTYPE to HTML5? To do so, you have to copy some template files and change the code there accordingly: Kopieren Sie die Templatedateien aus app\design\frontend\base\default\template\page in den entsprechenden lokalen Pfad. Es handelt sich um diese…
What is “var Translator” and can it be removed? (Magento 1)
If you take a look at your Magento stores code, you might see the following JavaScript code:
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var Translator = new Translate({...}); |
You might ask yourself, if its safe to remove that and what that code does. The code is responsible for translating your…
Getting order items on success page (success.phtml) (Magento 1)
Use the following code to get all ordered items on the Magento success page.
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$order = Mage::getModel('sales/order')->loadByIncrementId($this->getOrderId()); $items = $order->getAllItems(); foreach($items as $item) { //... } |
Getting custom options of ordered items on success page (success.phtml) (Magento 1)
Using the folowing code you can get the custom options of the ordered items on the Magento success page.
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$order = Mage::getModel('sales/order')->loadByIncrementId($this->getOrderId()); $items = $order->getAllItems(); foreach($items as $item) { $options = $item->getProductOptions(); foreach ($options['options'] as $itemOption) { $optionTitle = $itemOption['title']; $optionValue = $itemOption['value']; //... } } |
Removing the breadcrumb navigation on all pages (Magento 1)
Create a local copy of \app\design\frontend\base\default\layout\page.xml and remove or comment the following line:
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<block type="page/html_breadcrumbs" name="breadcrumbs" as="breadcrumbs"/> |