Mobile Commerce / mCommerce with Magento
By now we all know what eCommerce is - but what is mCommerce? A definition reads "mCommerce (mobile commerce) is the buying and selling of goods and services through wireless handheld devices such as cellular telephone". It's not a new thing - 13 years ago the first eCommerce transactions took place ...
Magento | Change Product Default Sort Order
By default the sort order for products in Magento is from old to new. That is sometimes not wanted, especially if you are working with a "Latest Products" category. To change the sorting from new to old you have to edit the file Toolbar.php in App/Code/Core/Mage/Catalog/Block/Product/List/. Search for protected $_direction ...
Magento | Change Admin favicon
For some customers we don't only change the frontend look&feel but also the backend of Magento. Once you have a customized version of the backend you would most probably want to change the favicon as well. The default location for the admin favicon.ico is: http://yourdomain.com/skin/adminhtml/default/default/favicon.ico Replace the icon and don't forget to refresh ...
Magento: Empty page when editing configurable products
I just had a situation where I clicked on "edit" on a configurable product in the Magento Admin and... Nothing happened. I got presented a blank page. This is most likely caused because of a memory size limitation in the php.ini file. Good news is that it's easy to change: You just ...
Magento – getBaseURL
Already in programing Kindergarden you learn that you should avoid static links wherever possible. But how can you call the source URL of an image, a file or the domain itself in Magento? It's fairly simple as you can see here: <?php echo Mage::getBaseUrl(Mage_Core_Model_Store::URL_TYPE_WEB); ?> to get --> http://mydomain.com <?php echo Mage::getBaseUrl(Mage_Core_Model_Store::URL_TYPE_LINK); ?> to get --> ...
Magento HowTo: Google Analytics
One of the first questions after installing Magento is "How do I add the Google Analytics code to my Magento page?" Good news: It's pretty easy, you don't have to edit code on any page, Magento comes with a handy Google features in the admin section. Open the Magento Admin and ...
