Setting Up Tax In Magento
As with most things in Magento the configuration of tax is extremely thourough and flexible – but you do have to think a little bit to set it all up, here is a quick guide to doing just that.
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Order product list on your homepage in Magento
I recently found that having worked out how to place a cateogry of products on the homepage of my Magento site I wanted to specify the order that those products were listed in. Mainly this was because I was hiding the standard Magento toolbars, so the customer could not do this themselves. The first place I started looking was the system configuration menu
Get the title of an order’s payment method in Magento
Very short code sample explaining how to find the title of the customers payment method once they place an order in Magento.
Custom translations file in Magento
It is very helpful to create a single translation file for your magento template to include any words or phrases that you add to the basic templates. This tutorial explains how to do this.
Magento Multi Language, Currency & Region Setup
Magento provides several options for handling multiple language, currency and region, depending on exactly what you need. Currency can be handled at website, Store or Store level and if multiple currencies are set “as allowed” then the currency changer will show up. This explains your options.
Magento 1.4 Checklist/Cheatsheet
I’m starting to work on more and more Magento websites and there are so many little gotchas and configuration settings I thought I would start compiling a list of things to make sure I check while I do the development.
Magento 1.4.2 Newsletter Bug
Magento newsletters templates don’t work. When you Queue the newsletter the body of the email isn’t brought through from the template. To fix this you need to copy the following your file into your local code and make a small change.
Barras Car Centre Website
A simple Ruby on Rails based site for displaying cars for sale at the Barras Car Centre forecourt in Guernsey.
think Freelance Design Website
This was a really quick HTML website that needed some integration with third-party systems to allow the site owner (a freelance designer I work with occasionally) to be able to make changes to the site and accept feedback. The main site itself was all put together using HTML and CSS and after sharing the FTP [...]