As most of the Magento users would be aware of, there is no default option for twitter feed in Magento. If you wish to have twitter feed in your site, you will need to create it manually.  We have discussed in this Blog the simple steps of adding a twitter feed in magento.

Step 1:

Go to the following site and include your Twitter Username: http://twitter.com/about/resources/widgets/widget_profile. Once done, click finish and grab the code. The script code will generate a copy of it.

Step 2:

The next step will be creating a static block for your twitter feed.

In magento admin panel:

Go-> CMS->Static block->add new block

Name : twitter

Id : twitter

Status : enabled

Step 3:

If you wish to show the twitter feed in homepage, you will need to copy and paste the code given below in CMS->Page->Homepage->content

Code:

Code:

{{block type="cms/block" block_id="twitter"}}

In a similar fashion, you will need to call a static block in sidebar as well.

For left sidebar: app/design/frontend/default/yourtheme/layout/catalog.xml

<reference name=”left”>
 
<block type="cms/block"> <actionmethod="setBlockId"><block_id>twitter</block_id></action></block>
 
</reference>

Output:

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In Magento, the default homepage has got sidebars and main only.  Login page will not be available by default in the magento homepage. As most of the clients or customers are interested to have login form in the homepage so as to create a quick login area for their users, you will need to apply the below code in cms.xml file. Once the steps given below are followed, you will get the minified login page in magento homepage.

Path:

app/design/frontend/default/your theme /layout/cms.xml

In Cms.xml file, search for the following line given below:

<reference name=”content”>  <block type="cms/page"/> </reference>

Replace the above line with the following lines:

<reference name=”content”>
 
<block type="customer/form_login" template="customer/form/mini.login.phtml" />
 
<block type="cms/page"/>
 
</reference>

Please refer to the screen shot given below for pictorial representation of this Blog:

We would like to share the simple steps involved to display the customer login page in the homepage in Magento. Follow the path and attain it with ease so that the existing Customers can login using their username, password and the new customers can create an account quickly.

Path:

app/design/frontend/default/your theme /layout/cms.xml

In Cms.xml file, search for the following line given below:

<reference name=”content”>  <block type="cms/page"/> </reference>

Replace the above line with the lines given below:

<reference name=”content”> 
 
<block type="customer/form_login" template="customer/form/login.phtml"/>
 
<block type="cms/page"/>
 
 </reference>

Once the above steps are completed, the customer login form will be displayed in the homepage.

In default Magento, SKU and the short description details are given in the backend side. But it’s value will not be shown in the front page. We would like to discuss in this blog post about the steps in fetching the individual data and displaying them in the description page. Please check with the code given below:

Sku

<?=$_product->getSku()?>

Short Description

<?=$_product->getShortDescription()?>

Similarly, you can also show the Full description in the description page. You will only need to remove the word short in the above code. The code is given below for reference;

<?=$_product->getDescription()?>

A Screenshot given below for reference

In Magento, it is not possible to split the code as per the design in the Description page. We would like to share our knowledge on splitting the code individually for Quantity, Price and Add to Cart. Please find below the codes using which you can attain it with ease.

Quantity:

<?php echo $this->__('quantity:') ?>
<input name="qty" id="qty" maxlength="5" value="<?php echo $this->getMinimalQty($_product)== null?1:$this->getMinimalQty($_product) ?>"/>

Price:

<?php echo $this->getPriceHtml($_product, true) ?>

Add to cart:

<?if($_product->isSaleable()):?>
<button class="form-button"><span><?=__('Add to Cart')?></span></button>
<?endif;?>

A Screenshot given below for reference :

In Magento, name of the Categories and its Descriptions are shown in the Categories page. If you are looking to place this name below the toolbar or anywhere in magento, the php codes given below can be used.

Category name

<h1> <?php echo Mage::getModel('catalog/layer')->getCurrentCategory()->getName(); ?> </h1>

Category description

<?php echo Mage::getModel('catalog/layer')->getCurrentCategory()->getDescription(); ?>

A Screenshot given below for reference

Cogzideltemplates.com has added a new theme titled Collections Toys in Magento category. This template carries the cute Images of the products in the home along with the cost and comments about each product, which would brighten the visitor’s right at their first visit to the site. This custom friendly template when availed, will build an awareness of your brand of products among many which would result in the increase in the revenue of your products.

Hope you all will be pleased with this template. Please let us know your views about Collection toys template.

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This is a blog post with respect to the option available in Magento to make the Category page as the homepage in magento. Given below is the simple solution to change the homepage:

• Go to System->Configuration->Web
• Change Default Web URL From cms to catalog/category/view/id/category_id

One can also make the Customer login page as the Homepage with ease. You can create it by following the steps given below:

• Go to System->Configuration->Web
• Change Default Web URL From cms to customer/account/login

A screenshot of the steps is given below for reference:

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We would like to share our thoughts in this Blog post on removing index.php file from the site Url. What’s the need for removing index.php?

• To keep a site clean, one will probably want to access their application with ease by excluding /index.php/ in the URL
• Also removing index.php in the url would make the site search engine friendly

How easy can this be done? The cool solution is given below:

• From Magento’s admin, Go to System > Configuration > Web and change “Use Web Server Rewrites” to Yes
• Make sure that both Base URLs for secure and unsecure doesn’t contain index.php
• Clear your cache and reindex your Magento.
• Once completed, Go to your browser and refresh your site.

A Screen shot given below for reference:

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Are you tired of looking at templates with similar design and layout? Well Cogzidel Templates is aware of this fact and is pleased to announce the addition of another fresh theme titled Beauty store in Magento category. As keen attention been given to all parts of this template starting from pleasing colors to layout and much more, it is bound to make a crisp impression on the visitors and make them crawl the template.

Hope you all will like this template. We are eagerly expecting your views about Beauty store template.

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