Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Nice Magento Theme
http://www.templatemonster.com/category/magento-templates/?from=3&order=date&cat=117
Sunday, January 17, 2010
How to remove additional footer links in magento
Just remove or comment footer_links references in the following:
- catalog.xml for Site Map
- catalogsearch.xml for Search Terms and Advanced Search
- contacts.xml for Contact Us
Friday, January 15, 2010
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Subdomain to Separate IP
Learn to configure a subdomain to a separate IP address. Very useful for sites with shopping carts who want store.theirsite.com to look like it's on the same server. Requirements: Cpanel Control Panel and WHM access.
Example: domainame.com is hosted on server A but the shopping cart store is on server B. You need to make it look like domainname.com is also on server B. Setup a subdomain to point to a differernt ip address and voila!
1. Edit the Domains DNS Zone
Login to your WHM control panel or manually through SSH and edit a DNS zone, select the domain you wish to modify.
2. Adding the A Record
Create a new record for the subdomain Eg: Type in store for the name, select A record type and then type in the IP address you need it to mask to.
3. Ensure it Works
Make sure there isn't an actual subdomain created in the users account that you're trying to point to a different IP address or the pointer/mask will not work!
Example: domainame.com is hosted on server A but the shopping cart store is on server B. You need to make it look like domainname.com is also on server B. Setup a subdomain to point to a differernt ip address and voila!
1. Edit the Domains DNS Zone
Login to your WHM control panel or manually through SSH and edit a DNS zone, select the domain you wish to modify.
2. Adding the A Record
Create a new record for the subdomain Eg: Type in store for the name, select A record type and then type in the IP address you need it to mask to.
3. Ensure it Works
Make sure there isn't an actual subdomain created in the users account that you're trying to point to a different IP address or the pointer/mask will not work!
How to setup a server to handle mails from site which is hosted in another server?
For instance:
serverA -- the server that holds the website
serverB -- the server that holds the mail
In order to be able to receive emails on serverB the domain does not need to be registered there.
You can register a subdomain mail.domain-name.com in serverA to point to serverB and then create an MX record in serverB to point to mail.domain-name.com.
The MX record, short for mail exchange record, is an entry in a domain name database that identifies the mail server that is responsible for handling e-mail for that domain name.
After setting up, all mails sent to @domain-name.com will be handled by the mail.domain-name.com domain which will point to serverB.
Configuration for serverA:
1) Login to the server WHM as the root user.
2) Go to DNS Functions and Edit DNS Zone
3) Select the domain you want to edit, or type it in, and click on Edit.
4) You should see the following, or something very close to it:
Configuration for serverB:
http://www.webhostgear.com/272.html
serverA -- the server that holds the website
serverB -- the server that holds the mail
In order to be able to receive emails on serverB the domain does not need to be registered there.
You can register a subdomain mail.domain-name.com in serverA to point to serverB and then create an MX record in serverB to point to mail.domain-name.com.
The MX record, short for mail exchange record, is an entry in a domain name database that identifies the mail server that is responsible for handling e-mail for that domain name.
After setting up, all mails sent to @domain-name.com will be handled by the mail.domain-name.com domain which will point to serverB.
Configuration for serverA:
1) Login to the server WHM as the root user.
2) Go to DNS Functions and Edit DNS Zone
3) Select the domain you want to edit, or type it in, and click on Edit.
4) You should see the following, or something very close to it:
5) Now the MX has a priority of 0 meaning its the only MX entry used for the domain. Replace the domainame.com. with mail.domainame.com.
6) Now change mail from CNAME to A record and take out the domain, and replace it with the IP address.
7) Save the changes. Bind will reload, if it shows any errors then you did something wrong, make sure the MX entry has a . after it!
8) Login to your server by shell as the root user. Edit the /etc/localdomains file
pico /etc/localdomains then ctrl+w to and type in the domain you modified.
Delete the entry for the domain.
Save the changes to the file, ctrl+x then Y
9) Edit the /etc/remotedomains file - this tells Exim to not handle mail for this domain.
pico /etc/remotedomains
Add the domain name to this file.
Save the changes.
10) Your now done! Make sure you dns is updated, in shell run:
host -t mx domainname.com
You should see mail.domainname.com
Configuration for serverB:
- Login to the server WHM as the root user.
- Create the domain.com (this will not replace your existing domain.com because this domain name is not pointed or registered to this server)
- Go to DNS Functions and Edit MX Entry
- Select the domain you want to edit, and click Edit
- Replace the domainame.com. with mail.domainame.com and make sure it is priority 0.
- Click Save.
- Done! You may now try some test mails.
http://www.webhostgear.com/272.html
Sunday, January 10, 2010
ORS Nasco images
- http://www.pferdusa.com/products/204/20424/2042402P.html
- http://www.shop3m.com/60600102622.html
Thursday, January 7, 2010
How to enable Flat Catalog / Product in magento
First you have to “Rebuild Flat Catalog Product” and “Rebuild Flat Catalog Category” from System->Cache Management.
After that you will have the selection option at System->Configuration->Catalog->Frontend->Use Flat Catalog Category and Use Flat Catalog Product.
After that you will have the selection option at System->Configuration->Catalog->Frontend->Use Flat Catalog Category and Use Flat Catalog Product.
Installing Magento
Installation
* Please refer to Magento's system requirements to ensure you have the appropriate platform and environment set up. If you attempted to install Magento and the installation wizard suggested to use the PHP-CGI workaround, please click here.
* Download the .zip or .tar.gz file from the Magento website and decompress it.
* Upload the Magento web files to your web server via FTP (if you have SSH access and are comfortable with the command line, check out this wiki post.
* Create a MySQL database and user/password for Magento This step varies by hosting provider and is out of the scope of this document. Consult your provider's support/documentation for instructions on how to do this.
* Ensure that the file magento/var/.htaccess, the directories magento/app/etc, magento/var, and all the directories under magento/media are writable by the web server. To do so, navigate to the directory with your FTP client. Then locate the function "Change Permissions" or "Change Mode" in your FTP client and select it. Once you find the function, you must set the permissions so the web server can write to this file. There are two typical ways of representing file permissions in Linux:
* As a number (eg, 755)
* As a series of permissions categorized into user, group, and other
If your FTP client uses the first representation, set the permissions on each directory to be 777, or 0777. If your FTP client uses the second representation, set the permissions as shown in the image below. http://www.magentocommerce.com/wiki/magento_filesystem_permissions
[edit] Creating multiple sites
Adding a new website to your magento installation
* Create a new folder for the second websites
* Copy index.php and .htaccess into this new folder.
* Change index.hp to find mage.php and to load the new website
* Create new root category for second website
* Create new webiste, store, store view in Magento admin - point to new root system
* Configure URL structure for new website
* Add categories and products
* Make sure that products are associated with the new website.
* Finally, let's customize the look of the new site a bit. The logo is changed, and an actual homepage is assigned.
Note:
* Themes etc will be pulled from the main website, which is why the Base URL will be pointed to the main website. The new folder si referenced in the lnk URL.
* That there are no products - this means it's working, we didn't build the catalog for the second website yet.
* Also note that the second website is using all themes etc from the main site. This is what we configured in web tab of the Magento configuration.
[edit] Troubleshooting
[edit] Admin login problem in local installation
File: app/code/core/Mage/Core/Model/Session/Abstract/Varien.php Find(this should be line 70):
// set session cookie params
session_set_cookie_params(
$this->getCookie()->getLifetime(),
$this->getCookie()->getPath()//,
$this->getCookie()->getDomain(),
$this->getCookie()->isSecure(),
$this->getCookie()->getHttponly()
);
And comment three last parameters(and trailing comma too to avoid syntax error), this should look like:
// set session cookie params
session_set_cookie_params(
$this->getCookie()->getLifetime()//,
$this->getCookie()->getPath()//,
// $this->getCookie()->getDomain(),
// $this->getCookie()->isSecure(),
// $this->getCookie()->getHttponly()
);
Note: This patch solves ONLY login troubles on local installations(FireFox, IE doesn’t login, Opera does).
Source: http://www.magentocommerce.com/boards/viewthread/30715/P45/#t100450
[edit] Admin page menu doesn’t work
* step1: replace the code of app/code/core/Mage/Page/Block/Html/Head.php with the one here
* step2: chmod 755 the js/ folder, and folders within.
* step3: chmod 644 the javascript files inside js/lib/
* step4: chmod 644 js/index.php
Source: http://www.magentocommerce.com/boards/viewthread/4679/P120/
[edit] Moving Magento to another server
1. From the admin, go to Configuration -> Web -> and change the (Unsecure and Secure) fields to Template:Base url.
2. From the admin, go to System -> Tools -> Backups and click on the backup button. This will create a backup of your database.
3. Make a copy your Magento root.
4. Move all data over to the new server.
5. Restore the database on the new host.
6. If you have a different username, password or database name. You’ll need to update that as well. You can find the file in (’magento_root/app/etc/local.xml’) and make the required changes.
7. Navigate to your Magento root, and delete all of the files and folders in, (i.e. /var/www/magento/var) except for the .htaccess file.
[edit] Files affected after Magento upgrade
- Your magento's default theme is replaced by the new default theme after upgrading your Magento store.
So, it is not a good idea to edit the default theme. If you want a new theme based on its default theme,
you need to duplicate the default theme and give a new name. Please refer to "Adding new magento theme".
[edit] Adding New Magento Theme
1. You can download free magento themes from http://www.templates.com/blog/free-magento-themes-for-your-web-store/,
create your own theme or create a theme based on the default theme.
2. Place the design files of your theme in magento_root_directory/skin/frontend/default/[template_name] and
the code files of your theme in magento_root_directory/app/design/frontend/default/[template_name].
3. Login to magento admin panel and go to System -> Design
4. Click "Add Design Change"
5. From the "Custom Design" drop down list, select your newly created theme.
6. You can also specify the date range for up to when a theme will display by filling-out "Date From" and "Date To" fields.
7. Click "Save"
You can add more themes for as long as all theme will have different date range.
* Please refer to Magento's system requirements to ensure you have the appropriate platform and environment set up. If you attempted to install Magento and the installation wizard suggested to use the PHP-CGI workaround, please click here.
* Download the .zip or .tar.gz file from the Magento website and decompress it.
* Upload the Magento web files to your web server via FTP (if you have SSH access and are comfortable with the command line, check out this wiki post.
* Create a MySQL database and user/password for Magento This step varies by hosting provider and is out of the scope of this document. Consult your provider's support/documentation for instructions on how to do this.
* Ensure that the file magento/var/.htaccess, the directories magento/app/etc, magento/var, and all the directories under magento/media are writable by the web server. To do so, navigate to the directory with your FTP client. Then locate the function "Change Permissions" or "Change Mode" in your FTP client and select it. Once you find the function, you must set the permissions so the web server can write to this file. There are two typical ways of representing file permissions in Linux:
* As a number (eg, 755)
* As a series of permissions categorized into user, group, and other
If your FTP client uses the first representation, set the permissions on each directory to be 777, or 0777. If your FTP client uses the second representation, set the permissions as shown in the image below. http://www.magentocommerce.com/wiki/magento_filesystem_permissions
[edit] Creating multiple sites
Adding a new website to your magento installation
* Create a new folder for the second websites
* Copy index.php and .htaccess into this new folder.
* Change index.hp to find mage.php and to load the new website
* Create new root category for second website
* Create new webiste, store, store view in Magento admin - point to new root system
* Configure URL structure for new website
* Add categories and products
* Make sure that products are associated with the new website.
* Finally, let's customize the look of the new site a bit. The logo is changed, and an actual homepage is assigned.
Note:
* Themes etc will be pulled from the main website, which is why the Base URL will be pointed to the main website. The new folder si referenced in the lnk URL.
* That there are no products - this means it's working, we didn't build the catalog for the second website yet.
* Also note that the second website is using all themes etc from the main site. This is what we configured in web tab of the Magento configuration.
[edit] Troubleshooting
[edit] Admin login problem in local installation
File: app/code/core/Mage/Core/Model/Session/Abstract/Varien.php Find(this should be line 70):
// set session cookie params
session_set_cookie_params(
$this->getCookie()->getLifetime(),
$this->getCookie()->getPath()//,
$this->getCookie()->getDomain(),
$this->getCookie()->isSecure(),
$this->getCookie()->getHttponly()
);
And comment three last parameters(and trailing comma too to avoid syntax error), this should look like:
// set session cookie params
session_set_cookie_params(
$this->getCookie()->getLifetime()//,
$this->getCookie()->getPath()//,
// $this->getCookie()->getDomain(),
// $this->getCookie()->isSecure(),
// $this->getCookie()->getHttponly()
);
Note: This patch solves ONLY login troubles on local installations(FireFox, IE doesn’t login, Opera does).
Source: http://www.magentocommerce.com/boards/viewthread/30715/P45/#t100450
[edit] Admin page menu doesn’t work
* step1: replace the code of app/code/core/Mage/Page/Block/Html/Head.php with the one here
* step2: chmod 755 the js/ folder, and folders within.
* step3: chmod 644 the javascript files inside js/lib/
* step4: chmod 644 js/index.php
Source: http://www.magentocommerce.com/boards/viewthread/4679/P120/
[edit] Moving Magento to another server
1. From the admin, go to Configuration -> Web -> and change the (Unsecure and Secure) fields to Template:Base url.
2. From the admin, go to System -> Tools -> Backups and click on the backup button. This will create a backup of your database.
3. Make a copy your Magento root.
4. Move all data over to the new server.
5. Restore the database on the new host.
6. If you have a different username, password or database name. You’ll need to update that as well. You can find the file in (’magento_root/app/etc/local.xml’) and make the required changes.
7. Navigate to your Magento root, and delete all of the files and folders in, (i.e. /var/www/magento/var) except for the .htaccess file.
[edit] Files affected after Magento upgrade
- Your magento's default theme is replaced by the new default theme after upgrading your Magento store.
So, it is not a good idea to edit the default theme. If you want a new theme based on its default theme,
you need to duplicate the default theme and give a new name. Please refer to "Adding new magento theme".
[edit] Adding New Magento Theme
1. You can download free magento themes from http://www.templates.com/blog/free-magento-themes-for-your-web-store/,
create your own theme or create a theme based on the default theme.
2. Place the design files of your theme in magento_root_directory/skin/frontend/default/[template_name] and
the code files of your theme in magento_root_directory/app/design/frontend/default/[template_name].
3. Login to magento admin panel and go to System -> Design
4. Click "Add Design Change"
5. From the "Custom Design" drop down list, select your newly created theme.
6. You can also specify the date range for up to when a theme will display by filling-out "Date From" and "Date To" fields.
7. Click "Save"
You can add more themes for as long as all theme will have different date range.
Maximum number of products Magento can handle
From forums:
- http://www.magentocommerce.com/boards/main.php/viewthread/17189/P15/
- http://www.magentocommerce.com/boards/main.php/viewthread/17189/P15/
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