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Adding tracking information to a shipment (Magento 1)

Mex 22. August 2017 Magento Solutions

Use the following code to add a tracking number to an existing shipment.

$shipment = $order->getShipmentsCollection()->getFirstItem();
$trackingNumber = '12345678';
$track = Mage::getModel('sales/order_shipment_track')
									 ->setShipment($shipment)
									 ->setData('title', 'title')
									 ->setData('number', $trackingNumber)
									 ->setData('carrier_code', 'carrier code')
									 ->setData('order_id', $shipment->getData('order_id'))
									 ->save();

$shipment = $order->getShipmentsCollection()->getFirstItem();

$trackingNumber = '12345678';

$track = Mage::getModel('sales/order_shipment_track')

->setShipment($shipment)

->setData('title', 'title')

->setData('number', $trackingNumber)

->setData('carrier_code', 'carrier code')

->setData('order_id', $shipment->getData('order_id'))

->save();

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Showing address fields during registration (Magento 2)

Mex 21. August 2017 Magento Solutions

To request address details during registration, create the file customer_account_create.xml im Verzeichnis app/design/YourVendor/YourTheme/Magento_Customer/layout and insert the following content:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!--
/**
* Copyright © 2015 Magento. All rights reserved.
* See COPYING.txt for license details.
*/
-->
<page xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" layout="1column" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="../../../../../../../lib/internal/Magento/Framework/View/Layout/etc/page_configuration.xsd">
	<body>
		<referenceBlock name="customer_form_register">
			<arguments>
				<argument name="show_address_fields" xsi:type="string">1</argument>
			</arguments>
		</referenceBlock>
	</body>
</page>

<?xml version="1.0"?>

<!--

/**

* See COPYING.txt for license details.

-->

<body>

</arguments>

</referenceBlock>

</body>

</page>

Clear the cache afterwards. Address fields should then appear when registering a new account.

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Clearing Lesti FPC programmatically (Magento 1)

Mex 20. Juli 2017 Magento Solutions

Use the following code to flush the Lesti Full Page Cache (Lesti FPC). For example, you can execute the PHP script through cron to clear the FPC automatically.

Mage::getSingleton('fpc/fpc')->clean();

1	Mage::getSingleton('fpc/fpc')->clean();

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Starting the reindex process (Magento 2)

Mex 8. Juni 2017 Magento Solutions

To start the Magento 2 reindexing process, run the following shell command:

php bin/magento indexer:reindex

1	php bin/magento indexer:reindex

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Enabling developer mode (Magento 2)

Mex 8. Juni 2017 Magento Solutions

Use the following shell command to enable Developer Mode in Magento 2:

php bin/magento deploy:mode:set developer

1	php bin/magento deploy:mode:set developer

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Fixing Required parameter ‘theme_dir’ was not passed (Magento 2)

Mex 8. Mai 2017 Magento Solutions

If the error message Required parameter ‘theme_dir’ was not passed appears in your Magento 2 store, the cause is very likely the themetable. It contains theme entries whose file paths no longer exist on the server. Solution: Open Tabelle theme…

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Product images missing on category pages (Magento 2)

Mex 8. Mai 2017 Magento Solutions

If product images are missing on your category pages after an upgrade, for example, the following shell command may help (run it from your Magento 2 root directory): php magento catalog:images:resize Note: Depending on the number of products, this process…

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Restricting maintenance mode by IP address (Magento 1)

Mex 4. April 2017 Magento Solutions

When you create maintenance.flag in Magento’s root directory, the entire store becomes unavailable, including the admin area. That is inconvenient if you still need to work on the site. Add the following code at the beginning of index.php to allow…

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Setting the size of a collection programmatically (Magento 1)

Mex 16. März 2017 Magento Solutions

Use this code to set the page size of a Magento collection programmatically:

$orders = Mage::getResourceModel('sales/order_collection')->setPageSize(100);

1	$orders = Mage::getResourceModel('sales/order_collection')->setPageSize(100);

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Adding a custom library or PHP script (Magento 1)

Mex 3. März 2017 Magento Solutions

To make a custom PHP library available in Magento, copy it into the lib directory and give it an appropriate name. For example, put the library in /lib/MyLibFolder/MyLib.php, name the file MyLib.php and structure it as follows:

class MyLibFolder_MyLib {
    // ...
}

class MyLibFolder_MyLib {

// ...

}

You can…

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Autor: Mex

Adding tracking information to a shipment (Magento 1)

Showing address fields during registration (Magento 2)

Clearing Lesti FPC programmatically (Magento 1)

Starting the reindex process (Magento 2)

Enabling developer mode (Magento 2)

Fixing Required parameter ‘theme_dir’ was not passed (Magento 2)

Product images missing on category pages (Magento 2)

Restricting maintenance mode by IP address (Magento 1)

Setting the size of a collection programmatically (Magento 1)

Adding a custom library or PHP script (Magento 1)