Using the following code you can obtain the Magento compare list link.
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Mage::helper('catalog/product_compare')->getListUrl(); |
Adding the compare list link to the product page (Magento 1)
The Magento compare list link is shown on the category page by default. Using the following code you can add it to the Magento product page as well.
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<a href="<?php echo Mage::helper('catalog/product_compare')->getAddUrl($_product);?>">link text</a> |
Getting an orders tracking information (Magento 1)
Using the following code, you can obtain the tracking information of a Magento order.
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$trackingCollection = $order->getTracksCollection(); $firstItem = $trackingCollection->getFirstItem(); $trackingNumber = $firstItem->getNumber(); ... |
Getting the attribute set name of a product (Magento 1)
Use the following code to get a products attribute set name.
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$attributeSetModel = Mage::getModel("eav/entity_attribute_set"); $attributeSetModel->load($product->getAttributeSetId()); $attributeSetName = $attributeSetModel->getAttributeSetName(); |
Activate JavaScript console for Firefox (Magento 1)
For whatever reason, the JavaScript console is not working for Magento by default. So if you try to output messages using console.log, nothing will happen. To change that, open js\varien\js.js and uncomment the following code:
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if (!("console" in window) || !("firebug" in console)) { var names = ["log", "debug", "info", "warn", "error", "assert", "dir", "dirxml", "group", "groupEnd", "time", "timeEnd", "count", "trace", "profile", "profileEnd"]; window.console = {}; for (var i = 0; i < names.length; ++i) window.console[names[i]] = function() {} } |
Removing slash at the end of a URL (Magento 1)
Open your .htaccess file in the Magento root directory and add those lines:
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RewriteCond %{request_method} ^GET$ RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^(.+)/$ RewriteRule ^(.+)$ %1 [L,R=301] |
Changing the title tag of the home page or any CMS page (Magento 1)
Magento automatically adds the defined suffix to the title tag on every page. If you want to change that for lets say the home page, open the CMS page “home” and add the following XML to the layout section:
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<reference name="head"> <action method="setData"><key>title</key><value>... Title Tag ...</value></action> </reference> |
Getting the parent category of a category (Magento 1)
Use the following code to get a Magento categories parent category.
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Mage::getSingleton('catalog/layer')->getCurrentCategory()->getParentCategory(); |
Getting the name of the current category (Magento 1)
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(); // ... |