How to use Magento Shipping Table Rates
With Magento you can set few kinds of shipping methods: flat rate, table rates or even real-time carrier rates from UPS, FedEx and DHL. You can also use free shipping discounts, that can be created for...
View ArticleMagento Events
When it comes to extending Magento core functionality you have two options - override core classes or use event-driven architecture. The major disadvantage of first is that you can override class only...
View ArticleMagento orders: states and statuses
Magento orders have different states for following their process (billed, shipped, refunded...) in the order Workflow. These states are not visible in Magento back office. In fact, it is orders...
View ArticleMagento Dataflow - standard parsers and mapping values [part 4]
As promised in Magento Dataflow - Default Adapters [Part 2] today I will write about standard parsers in Magento DataFlow module and mapping values with mappers.Parser definitionParsers are responsible...
View ArticleMagento Backoffice (Admin Panel) Options - [Part 3]
In the previous part (Magento Backoffice (Admin Panel) Options - [Part 2]) we created a module and added some code to manage the module from "Admin Panel". A new menu entry is now responsible for...
View ArticleCustomizing Magento Dataflow - import of custom data.
The flexibility of Magento Dataflow module lies in fact you can easily create your own adapters, parsers, mappers and apply them to your specific dataflow needs.The basic case you may wonder how to do,...
View ArticleCustom JavaScript form validators
Magento, thanks to Prototype framework, has nice set of JavaScript validators - so we can validate user input without reloading site. Of course, we cannot rely only on it, but it is good starting point...
View ArticleMagento: reload color images for configurable product
Let's talk about one situation. We are in shop made in Magento.We are on configurable product page. One of configurable attributes is color. Wouldn't it be good idea, after color is chosen show only...
View ArticleIncrease your sales! - Promotions rules in your Magento
Magento system, offers users an excellent tool for creating rules of special prices for multiply products at the same time. We have 2 types of rules: the first refers to a catalog of products, while...
View ArticleBestsellers list vs flat product catalog in Magento
Magento uses the EAV database model by default, but it's also possible to use a flat product catalog in your shop. Enabling this option can result in improved performance, but it also may cause some of...
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