Your Magento product ordering might seem a long process to some business owners, so we thought of making it simple, so that users can directly enter the quantity in the products listing area and click on ADD TO CART and checkout. So, here is how you can do that. Goto /app/design/frontend/default/your-theme/template/catalog/product/list.phtml Open the file on a code editor and find this line, [php]<button type="button" title="<?php echo $this->__('Add to Cart') ?>" onclick="setLocation('<?php echo $this->getAddToCartUrl($_product) ?>')"><span><span><?php echo $this->__('Add to Cart') ?...

You have transferred your Magento Site from one server to other and finished with all the settings and database connection. But still now, your site is redirecting back to your old hosting URL ? Ok, here is the fix for that : While you transfer files to from server to other, normally, the .htaccess file doesnt get copied. So, just copy the .htaccess file and upload to your new hosting root folder and thats it. Then goto your database and check the core_config_data table. You will see columns like web/unsecure/base_url and web/secure/base_url . Edit them and make sure, those 2 are pointing to your new domain. There are around 4 You should have the...

Here in this tutorial, you will know, how to setup FedEx Shipping Module in Magento Store. Step 1. Go to: Fedex Developer Resource Center and create developer’s account. Step 2. When you create developer’s account go to Developer Resource Center and click on top navigation FedeEx Web Services -> FedeEx Web Services for Shipping. Now, you will see the link Develop & Test Your Application (about testing, obtain developer test key) click on it. Then you only have to send request for test environment, you can see the link “Obtain Developer Test Key” click on it and fill the form. After sending form with data, you will receive email message fr...

If you are installing Magento directly on your server, then you may get some errors while opening the installation wizard on your browser, i.e, 500 INTERNAL SERVER ERROR. Its mainly because of the wrong FILE PERMISSIONS. The best way to solve this issue is here, 1. Download Magento Cleanup Tool 2. Unzip magento-cleanup.php to the root directory where Magento is installed. 3. Browse to http://yourdomain.com/magento/magento-cleanup.php...

If you are setting up a Magento store for your testing purpose or for any client, then its a must thing to Install Sample Data in your Magento store in order to test your settings or store.  It really doesnt matter,if you re a new user or a professional developer of Magento. So, here are the steps to be taken, if you want to install Sample Data into your Magento Store; 1. Download the Stable Magento Release and the Sample Data Package from here. 2. Proceed with Magento Installation, as you do. [ In case, you dont know that, then check our previous posts.] 3. Once the whole Magento is installed, unpack your Sample Data package, which you downloaded on Ste...

If you want to install Magento on WAMP server, localhost, then you are going to face a very irritating problem with it, which does not let you go into the admin panel, even if you enter the correct details. So, here is the simple fix to override this problem. This is for Magento v1.3.2.4 : Open this file, app/code/core/Mage/Core/Model/Session/Abstract/Varien.php and find the     session_set_cookie_params(line-78) and replace your code with this ; [php]session_set_cookie_params( $this->getCookie()->getLifetime(), $this->getCookie()->getPath() //$this->getCookie()->getDomain(), //$this->getCookie()->isSecure(), //$this...

Magento is a award winning eCommerce Platform, which has got a lot of features and options. Well, if you would like to exmplore all that, then the best way to start is installing Magento on localhost ( WAMP or XAMPP). Let me tell you that Magento is not easy to handle as it seems and its far complex than any other eCommerce platform or any existing CMS scripts. So, in order to install Magento on your localhost, you need to follow the following steps, in order to get a error free Magento test store. So, here is the list, 1. Download Magento from http://www.magentocommerce.com/download [ Make sure, you are downloading the latest Stable Release]. 2. Make a d...