Comments on: Top 3 mistakes by Magento beginners

By: maca

maca — Mon, 30 May 2011 03:38:09 +0000

I “tripped” #1 and #2 and you saved me with #3 haha. Thank you for this post!

By: Sanjeev

Sanjeev — Wed, 25 May 2011 06:36:09 +0000

Hi All….i am new in magento and i have html website template ,its fully js,css and image based design.

Now i want to use this html template in magento ,but i don’t know how to use html template ,,,!!!

is It any way to use direct in magento or i need to create every page in CMS->Page Design method

Thanks,
Sanjeev

By: Ahmed Arous

Ahmed Arous — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:34:06 +0000

Hi,
I’m working on magento 1.4 and im traying to modify some of the core files so i copied them on app/code/local, but i’ve got this error :
“Cannot redeclare class Mage_Catalog_Block_Layer_Filter_Price in /var/www/html/ …” is there something else to do to make it work ??
Thanks.

By: Tomas Novoselic

Tomas Novoselic — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 12:47:45 +0000

@vaseem ansari, Sorry, but your reply is totally off topic, therefore this is the only way I can help you.

By: vaseem ansari

vaseem ansari — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 11:05:34 +0000

Hello Dear
I want to show all the products which have Status In Stock, from all categories on magento home page, So can you tell me how to do this.
Plz comment on any post here
VaseemAnsari.blogspot.com
to let me know the answers

I want these things to implement so can u help me
1. i have created some demo.phtml files
now i want to call it in direct url like abc.com/demo
so is there any method i can call those static phtml files created by me directly in url of website.
Or you can mail me at Vaseem@ doomshell.com

By: mogento sucks

mogento sucks — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 05:02:16 +0000

What is the hyrerichal structure of core files. It seems to me that mogento core is never meant to be customizeable. The db structure is pathetic. Can someone clarify this??

By: Phil Freo

Phil Freo — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 02:04:57 +0000

@Casey,
It still works in current versions (1.3.2.2). Make sure there are no errors in your local file and that the folder structure matches what’s in core/.

By: Casey

Casey — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 02:38:08 +0000

When trying to do #3 in version 1.3.x it doesn’t seem to work. What is the easiest way to changes the core code in the new version??

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 08:15:42 +0000

Thanks for this info.

This is my first go at a Magento site. I am converting a heavily customized oscommerce site to Magento. I chose to use a purchased theme as my base (using that purchased theme for another store front). Copied it from the default/custom_theme to custom_theme/default and went from there. So in my admin I have the package name as the custom folder and the default is default, does this make sense? I am basically modifying 3/4ths of the xml and template pages so I don’t know if the fallback portion applies to me or not yet. Do you think I should still use the fallback default?

But I did not know about copying core files to the local folder and it picking them up from there. I just did that to add a custom “tab” to my product views page, excellent. I will now be able to go to town on tutorials that involve modifying some core files!

By: Joel Cannon

Joel Cannon — Sat, 16 May 2009 20:11:58 +0000

vrrt – I think you can make “blank” your default, so that fallbacks will work as prescribed. I also think that Magento intends to support more fallback levels in the future.

By: Brady

Brady — Fri, 15 May 2009 20:35:00 +0000

Great article! Simple, short, but invaluable tips. Thank you!

By: vrrt

vrrt — Wed, 13 May 2009 07:16:08 +0000

thanks for this article. I’ve one issue with advice nr.2 – “Copy only the files you will need”. If I use “blank” theme as source of the customized one, how can I configure Magento to fallback to “default/blank” instead of “default/default”? Now I’ve to copy all files of blank theme into my own directory though I don’t want to do it this way.

By: Prashant

Prashant — Tue, 12 May 2009 08:44:48 +0000

If we simple copy
app/code/core/Mage/Checkout/Block/Success.php
to
app/code/local/Mage/Checkout/Block/Success.php

and then will modify the file under app/code/local/Mage/Checkout/Block/ then will the modification will apply or not. And what exactly for “app/code/local/” folder is made in magento.

By: Tomas Novoselic

Tomas Novoselic — Tue, 12 May 2009 06:27:12 +0000

Regarding #2 I totally agree with you guys!
@Tomislav: Tnx for modifying original article ^_^

By: Herbalinea

Herbalinea — Mon, 11 May 2009 21:56:54 +0000

Excellent document! Must be in the wiki page. Really useful. Thanks for sharing.

By: rkscott

rkscott — Mon, 11 May 2009 19:45:54 +0000

Another vote for ‘just whats needed’ on copied theme files (#2). Else you’ll be dif’ing thousands, as opposed to a couple of dozen files, each time you upgrade.

By: Tomislav Bilic

Tomislav Bilic — Mon, 11 May 2009 19:39:15 +0000

Erik, BelowZero, you are correct. Original article was now slightly modified

By: BelowZero

BelowZero — Mon, 11 May 2009 19:01:02 +0000

I totally agree with Erik Hansen. You don’t have to copy the entire theme. Just copy the files you want to change.

By: Dimitri

Dimitri — Mon, 11 May 2009 18:09:04 +0000

Regarding the third mistake: better use model/block rewrites together with inheritance to reduce code redundancy. This saves a lot of time after upgrading to a new version which might contain modifications (bug fixes, etc.) in the classes you have modified.

By: Chis Florinel

Chis Florinel — Mon, 11 May 2009 17:41:22 +0000

I would add a 4th:
leaving install.php on a production server after installation…