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Angular is what HTML would have been, had it been designed for applications. HTML is a great declarative language for static documents. It does not contain much in the way of creating applications, and as a result building web applications is an exercise in what do I have to do to trick the browser into doing what I want?
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Magento 2 and Magento 1.x folder structure comparison

Differences between Magento1.0 and Magento2.0

Although still in development phase, Magento 2 comes with a distinctive set of changed/improved frontend approaches compared to its predecessor Magento 1.X. The big difference is that frontend is now updated with newer technologies such as HTML5, CSS3 and jQuery.

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There are also significant changes/improvements to overall layout manipulation, file structure and a brand new introduction to Magento UI library heavily based on LESS preprocessor with built in compiler.


Information about Magento Version 2's Folder structure,

i.e " Folder app/code, Module Declaration, Layout & Template, Skin & Js ".

In Magento2 there is a drastic change in structure of the code. To understand how to create a module in Magento2, we list the differences between these two versions of magento as bellow

Magento 2 comes with a distinctive set of changed/improved frontend approaches compared to its predecessor Magento 1.X. THE BIG DIFFERENCE is that frontend is now updated with newer technologies such as HTML5, CSS3 and jQuery.

Multiple image uploading using single input in CodeIgniter

CodeIgniter is a PHP framework, CodeIgniter has a number of helpers and libraries , which will reduce the development time and we can write more reliable and bugs free Code. Here ,The post is about uploading files in CodeIgniter, CodeIgniter has used upload library , by using this Class we can upload files on server easily.

For Uploading a files, as usually we need a Simple HTML from, with a input field and submit button.

In CodeIgniter views folder Create a new file called uploadform_view.php as below.

 

 

<html>

<head>

<title>Upload Form</title>

</head>

<body>

<?php echo form_open_multipart('imageupload/doupload');?>

<input name="userfile[]" id="userfile" type="file" multiple="" />

<input type="submit" value="upload" />

<?php echo form_close() ?>

</body>

</html>

 

 

Create A New Controller file in Controller folder : controllers/imageupload.php

 

 

class Imageupload extends CI_Controller {

function __construct()

{

parent::__construct();

$this->load->helper(array('form', 'url'));

}

function index()

{

$this->load->view('imageupload_view', array('error' => ' ' ));

}

function doupload() {

$name_array = array();

$count = count($_FILES['userfile']['size']);

foreach($_FILES as $key=>$value)

for($s=0; $s<=$count-1; $s++) {

$_FILES['userfile']['name']=$value['name'][$s];

$_FILES['userfile']['type']    = $value['type'][$s];

$_FILES['userfile']['tmp_name'] = $value['tmp_name'][$s];

$_FILES['userfile']['error']       = $value['error'][$s];

$_FILES['userfile']['size']    = $value['size'][$s];  

    $config['upload_path'] = './uploads/';

$config['allowed_types'] = 'gif|jpg|png';

$config['max_size'] = '100';

$config['max_width']  = '1024';

$config['max_height']  = '768';

$this->load->library('upload', $config);

$this->upload->do_upload();

$data = $this->upload->data();

$name_array[] = $data['file_name'];

}

$names= implode(',', $name_array);

/* $this->load->database();

$db_data = array('id'=> NULL,

'name'=> $names);

$this->db->insert('testtable',$db_data);

*/ print_r($names);

}

}

 

 

Get currency symbol or currency code

Get currency symbol or currency code

Store currency code eg. USD

$currency_code = Mage::app()->getStore()->getCurrentCurrencyCode();

store currency symbol eg. $

$currency_symbol = Mage::app()->getLocale()->currency( $currency_code )->getSymbol();

store currency name eg. US Dollar

$currency_name = Mage::app()->getLocale()->currency( $currency_code)->getName();

 

Try this

$currencyCode = '';

$currency = $order->getOrderCurrency(); //$order object

if (is_object($currency)) {

$currencyCode = $currency->getCurrencyCode(); }

$currencySymbol = Mage::app()->getLocale()->currency($currencyCode)->getSymbol();

var_dump($currencySymbol);

 

Try this also

$CurrencyCode = Mage::getModel('core/config_data')
->getCollection()
->addFieldToFilter('path','currency/options/allow')
->addFieldToFilter('scope_id',)->getData();
$currencies_array = explode(',',$CurrencyCode[0]['value']);
if($currencies_array[0] == '')
{
$currencies_array[]= Mage::app()->getStore($site_id)->getCurrentCurrencyCode();
}
print_r($currencies_array);

Get sub-categories of a specific parent category

get sub categories of specific category 

<?php 

    $children = Mage::getModel('catalog/category')->getCategories(10);
        foreach ($children as $category) {
            echo $category->getName();
        }

?>

------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 

get child category of every current category 

 <?php 
    $layer = Mage::getSingleton('catalog/layer');
    $_category = $layer->getCurrentCategory();
    $currentCategoryId= $_category->getId();
    $children = Mage::getModel('catalog/category')->getCategories($currentCategoryId);
    foreach ($children as $category)
    {
          echo $category->getName(); // will return category name 
          echo $category->getRequestPath(); // will return category URL
    }
?>

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

<?php 
 $parentCategoryId = 107;
 $cat = Mage::getModel('catalog/category')->load($parentCategoryId);
 $subcats = $cat->getChildren();
 
 // Get 1 Level sub category of Parent category
 foreach(explode(',',$subcats) as $subCatid)
      {
     $_category = Mage::getModel('catalog/category')->load($subCatid);
   if($_category->getIsActive()) {
  echo '<ul><a href="'.$_category->getURL().'" 

title="View the products for the "'.$_category->getName().'" category">'.$_category->getName().'</a>';
    echo '</ul>';
   }
 }

?>

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

<?php 
 $children = Mage::getModel('catalog/category')->load('10')->getChildrenCategories();
 foreach ($children as $category):
  $category = Mage::getModel('catalog/category')->load($category->getId());
  echo '<li><a href="' . $category->getUrl() . '">' . $category->getName() . '</a></li>';
 endforeach;
?>

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

<?php 
$root = Mage::getModel('catalog/category')->load(13); 
$subCat = explode(',',$root->getChildren()); 

$collection  = $root
             ->getCollection()
             ->addAttributeToSelect("*")
             ->addFieldToFilter("entity_id", array("in", $subCat) );

foreach($collection as $catname){
echo $catname->getName();
}
?> 

Edit links inside My Account page via xml files

Edit links inside My Account page via xml files

The Magento account page is the screen shown to the user after login.
In this page there is a menu with various items.

Depending on the website, not all the items presents in the menu are useful, some of them could confuse the customer.
By default the items presents in the menu are:

1. Account Dashboard
2. Account Information
3. Address Book
4. My Orders
5. Billing Agreements
6. Recurring Profiles
7. My Product Reviews
8. My Tags
9. My Wishlist
10. My Downloadable Products
11. Newsletter Subscriptions

Magento doesn't implement directly in the administration backend a manager for this type of editing, so we have to edit the source files.
WARNING: the Magento layout edits are saved in the CMS cache, remember to refresh the Magento cache after every edit (or disable the cache temporally).

1. 2. 3. Account Dashboard, Account Information, Address Book

These three menu items could be found inside the file
"/app/design/frontend/*/*/layout/customer.xml"
For removing the item Account Dashboard you have to comment out this line of code
<action method="addLink" translate="label" module="customer"><name>account</name><path>customer/account/</path><label>Account Dashboard</label></action>
For removing the item Account Information you have to comment out this line of code
<action method="addLink" translate="label" module="customer"><name>account_edit</name><path>customer/account/edit/</path><label>Account Information</label></action>
For removing the item Address Book you have to comment out this line of code
<action method="addLink" translate="label" module="customer"><name>address_book</name><path>customer/address/</path><label>Address Book</label></action>

4. My Orders

This menu item could be found inside the file
"/app/design/frontend/*/*/layout/sales.xml"
For removing this you have to comment out this line of code
<action method="addLink" translate="label" module="sales"><name>orders</name><path>sales/order/history/</path><label>My Orders</label></action>

5. Billing Agreements

This menu item could be found inside the file
"/app/design/frontend/*/*/layout/sales/billing_agreement.xml"
For removing this you have to comment out this line of code
<action method="addLink" translate="label"><name>billing_agreements</name><path>sales/billing_agreement/</path><label>Billing Agreements</label></action>

6. Recurring Profiles

This menu item could be found inside the file
"/app/design/frontend/*/*/layout/sales/recurring_profile.xml"
For removing this you have to comment out this line of code
<action method="addLink" translate="label"><name>recurring_profiles</name><path>sales/recurring_profile/</path><label>Recurring Profiles</label></action>

7. My Product Reviews

This menu item could be found inside the file
"/app/design/frontend/*/*/layout/review.xml"
For removing this you have to comment out this line of code
<action method="addLink" translate="label" module="review"><name>reviews</name><path>review/customer</path><label>My Product Reviews</label></action>

8. My Tags

This menu item could be found inside the file
"/app/design/frontend/*/*/layout/tag.xml"
For removing this you have to comment out this line of code
<action method="addLink" translate="label" module="tag"><name>tags</name><path>tag/customer/</path><label>My Tags</label></action>

9. My Wishlist

This menu item could be found inside the file
"/app/design/frontend/*/*/layout/wishlist.xml"
For removing this you have to comment out this line of code
<action method="addLink" translate="label" module="wishlist" ifconfig="wishlist/general/active"><name>wishlist</name><path>wishlist/</path><label>My Wishlist</label></action>

10. My Downloadable Products

This menu item could be found inside the file
"/app/design/frontend/*/*/layout/downloadable.xml"
For removing this you have to comment out this line of code
<action method="addLink" translate="label" module="downloadable"><name>downloadable_products</name><path>downloadable/customer/products</path><label>My Downloadable Products</label></action>

10. Newsletter Subscriptions

This menu item could be found inside the file
"/app/design/frontend/*/*/layout/newsletter.xml"
For removing this you have to comment out this line of code
<action method="addLink" translate="label" module="newsletter"><name>newsletter</name><path>newsletter/manage/</path><label>Newsletter Subscriptions</label></action>

A little tip before the end

If some functions aren't used at all in your website, more than hiding only a menu item, it's better to directly disable this function. As example if you're sure that the function Tag will not be used, you could disalbe it going on System -> Configuration -> Advanced and disabling the Mage_Tag module.

MAGENTO GET PRODUCT DETAILS

GET PRODUCT DETAILS

<?php

$model = Mage::getModel('catalog/product') //getting product model

$_product = $model->load($productid); //Load model and get object for particular product id

echo $_product->getShortDescription(); //display product's short description

echo $_product->getDescription(); // display product's long description

echo $_product->getName(); //display product name

echo $_product->getPrice(); //display product's regular Price

echo $_product->getSpecialPrice(); //display product's special Price

echo $_product->getProductUrl(); //display product url

echo $_product->getImageUrl(); //display product's image url

echo $_product->getSmallImageUrl(); //display product's small image url

echo $_product->getThumbnailUrl(); //display product's thumbnail image url  

?>

Useful Url options for static blocks, cms pageS and magento phtml files

Call static block in phtml :
getLayout()->createBlock('cms/block')->setBlockId(‘BlockIdHere')->toHtml(); ?>

1. Get Base Url :
    Mage::getBaseUrl();

2. Get Skin Url :
    Mage::getBaseUrl(Mage_Core_Model_Store::URL_TYPE_SKIN);
    (a) Unsecure Skin Url :
          $this->getSkinUrl('images/imagename.jpg');
    (b) Secure Skin Url :
          $this->getSkinUrl('images/imagename.gif', array('_secure'=>true));

3. Get Media Url :
    Mage::getBaseUrl(Mage_Core_Model_Store::URL_TYPE_MEDIA);

4. Get Js Url :
    Mage::getBaseUrl(Mage_Core_Model_Store::URL_TYPE_JS);

5. Get Store Url :
    Mage::getBaseUrl(Mage_Core_Model_Store::URL_TYPE_WEB);

6. Get Current Url
    Mage::helper('core/url')->getCurrentUrl();


Get Url in cms pages or static blocks

1. Get Base Url :
    {{store url=""}}
2. Get Skin Url :
    {{skin url='images/imagename.jpg'}}
3. Get Media Url :
    {{media url='/imagename.jpg'}}
4. Get Store Url :
    {{store url='mypage.html'}}

Create custom category attribute in magento

$setup = new Mage_Eav_Model_Entity_Setup('core_setup');
$setup->addAttribute('catalog_category', 'category_color', array(
'group' => 'General',
'input' => 'select', //type of attribute here
'type' => 'varchar',
'label' => 'Show On Home',
'option' => array ('value' => array('optionone'=>array(0=>'No'),'optiontwo'=>array(0=>'Yes'))),
'backend' => 'eav/entity_attribute_backend_array',
'visible' => 1,
'required' => 0,
'user_defined' => 1,
'global' => Mage_Catalog_Model_Resource_Eav_Attribute::SCOPE_GLOBAL,
));
$installer->endSetup();

How to Get Product details Using Product Id in Magento

If you got the product id then you can get details of a product by using the following method in magento.

$obj = Mage::getModel('catalog/product');
$_product = $obj->load($product_id); // Enter your Product Id in $product_id
// get Product's name
echo $_product->getName();
//get product's short description
echo $_product->getShortDescription();
//get Product's Long Description
echo $_product->getDescription();
//get Product's Regular Price
echo $_product->getPrice();
//get Product's Special price
echo $_product->getSpecialPrice();
//get Product's Url
echo $_product->getProductUrl();
//get Product's image Url
echo $_product->getImageUrl();

How to create and manage categories in Magento

In order to create a new category for your products, go to your Magento admin area > Catalog > Manage Categories. On the left you will see the available categories (if any) and above them you will see two options - Add Root Category and Add Subcategory. Since we have the Magento data installed, we have several categories. Let's create a new subcategory of the root category by clicking Root Catalog and then Add Subcategory.

You should fill in its Name and Description, add an image, fill in some Meta data for search engines, set it as Active so that it appears on your front page and include it in the Navigation Menu.

The last option is URL key, which, if set, will be used in the links to this category. This is useful for SEO purposes - when sites are indexed, it is considered a plus to have as many relative keywords as possible in the URL. If the category is called "PC", you may want to set this field to "personal-computers" to include two additional keywords in the link.

These are the General Information settings for the category. From the 3 other tabs available you can also manage:

• Display Settings - here you can set category Display Mode, its CMS block, whether it is Anchor (i.e. whether or not it should inherit the products in its subcategories) and the product listing sorting options;
• Custom Design - from this tab you can select the design for this category, as well as its layout;
• Category Products - this tab allows you to add existing products to the category

When you are done with your new category, click Save to create it.

How to add a category image in Magento

Adding a Magento category image is simple. From the Magento admin area > Catalog > Manage Categories select the category which you want to add an image to. Then click the General Information tab and click Browse next to the Image field.

Locate the image you want to set for this category on your computer and then click Save Category to save it. The image will appear as a small thumbnail next to the Image field. You can also upload a thumbnail image for the category.

How to list all available categories in Magento

If you want to get a list of all available Magento categories, go to your Magento admin area > Catalog > Manage Categories. From the Categories menu on the left click Expand All and your whole category tree will be displayed.