30Jan 2013 by admin No Comments

Display product image in invoice + Magento

Magento

Here I show you how to Display product image in magento PDF invoice or Display product image in shipping invoice. The product line display occurs in specific PHP classes within the app/code/core/Mage/sales/Model/order/pdf folder. There is one folder for shipment, one for invoice, and one for credit. The product display occurs in the deault file where the Mage_Sales_Model_Order_Pdf_Items_Abstract is defined. Product object using the id from order / items, and get the image file using the following code in the draw function. [php] /* Display Image Start */ $id = Mage::getModel('catalog/product')->getIdBySku($this->getSku($item)); $product= Mage::getModel('catalog/product')->load($id); $imageUrl = $product->getSmallImageUrl(); $imageFile= str_replace(Mage::getBaseUrl('media'),"media/",$imageUrl); $imageWidth = 100; $imageHeight = 50; $image = Zend_Pdf_Image::imageWithPath($imageFile,$imageWidth,$imageHeight); $y=$pdf->y – $imageHeight /3; $page->drawImage($image, 35,$y, 35+ $imageWidth / 2, $y + $imageHeight/2); // If you want to display custom image then use this…

11Jan 2013 by admin No Comments

Enable GZip Compression

PHP

Gzip is the most popular and effective compression method currently available and generally reduces the response size by about 70%. Approximately 90% of today's Internet traffic through browsers that claim to support gzip. Gzip is a server process that essentially compresses your files on the fly before transmission to the user. It is primarily used to compress text files such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript with impressive results. GZip method was used in earlier version of apache (before apache 1.3). But after that apache introduced deflate method which is not much effective as Gzip (But still it is very good). But GZip is no more supported after apache 1.3. So in now a days you must have Apache greater than 1.3 and if not you must upgrade to latest version.…

04Jan 2013 by admin No Comments

Fatal error: Call to a member function getTable() on a non-object in magento

Magento

Sometime you can see on your magento store "Fatal error: Call to a member function getTable() on a non-object in magento" when you try to get Configurable product in frontend or when you try to add Configurable product in backend in magento. Its error occurred because of not found some function or file. When I moved my magnto store from my local server to online and try to add Configurable product from backend I see this error Error: Fatal error: Call to a member function getTable() on a non-object in /var/www/magento/app/code/core/Mage/Core/Model/Mysql4/Collection/Abstract.php on line 456 Sometime extract zip file or move files from local to online some files change name like Attribute.php0000644. In our case when I trace or after some R & D I found the solution. Please…

01Jan 2013 by admin No Comments

Call a Widget in pages content from admin

Wordpress

Here its an idea how you call your widget in pages content using admin panel. If you want to call your wideget not on every page or just call or shows on single page in content area so this is very help to show you how to Call a widget with a shortcode. First creating a custom function for the functions.php file which would output any widget by name. After that Now in Post/Page content, you can use that widget just by referencing it by name. [php] function widget($atts) { global $wp_widget_factory; extract(shortcode_atts(array( 'widget_name' => FALSE ), $atts)); $widget_name = wp_specialchars($widget_name); if (!is_a($wp_widget_factory->widgets[$widget_name], 'WP_Widget')): $wp_class = 'WP_Widget_'.ucwords(strtolower($class)); if (!is_a($wp_widget_factory->widgets[$wp_class], 'WP_Widget')): return '<p>'.sprintf(__("%s: Widget class not found. Make sure this widget exists and the class name is correct"),'<strong>'.$class.'</strong>').'</p>'; else: $class =…

02Jun 2012 by admin No Comments

Removed shipping address and shipping method from onepage checkout in magento

Magento

Here I can show you how to remove shipping address from onepage checkout and remove shipping method from onepage checkout in magento. Based on different shop and requirement we need to magento customize onepage checkout method. When site give user only product information or accept only quote request based on product then no need to show shipping address and shipping method tab from onepage checkout in magento. If you are managing logistics for heavy equipment, consider using specialized services for tasks like https://www.shiply.com/de/fahrzeugtransport/traktortransport.php to ensure safe and efficient handling. If you want to removed shipping address and shipping method from onepage checkout in magento then foloe below step. Step 1: GO to /public_html/app/code/core/Mage/Checkout/Block/Onepage/abstract.php Replace this code [php] &lt;?php protected function _getStepCodes() { return array('login', 'billing', 'shipping', 'shipping_method', 'payment', 'review'); } ?&gt;…

23May 2012 by admin No Comments

Cannot initialize the indexer process

Magento

When I upgrade magento all is work fine but when I try to reindex then it show me error like "Cannot initialize the indexer process". I spend lot time and finally I got the solution for this. I found many solution for fixed this issue but not work for me but when I repair my magento database using database repair tool developed by Magento core then its fixed me. How to repair the magento database: 1. Download repair tool from Magento and unzip the package. 2. Upload magento-db-repair-tool-1.1.php to your server 3. Backup your current database (call it 'magentoDB1'). Export this database and then import it into a new database (let's call it 'magentoDB2'). 4. Install a fresh Magento using 'magentoDB2'. 5. Now open the the URL in browser: http://www.youdomain.com/magento-db-repair-tool-1.0.php.…

18Apr 2012 by admin No Comments

WordPress Plugins for eCommerce

Wordpress

WP e-Commerce WP e-Commerce shopping cart plugin for WordPress is an elegant easy to use fully featured shopping cart application suitable for selling your products, services, fees online and connects you with your potential customers in a seamless manner. WP e-Commerce works well sites of all shapes and sizes. You can use it so sell actual physical products, digital downloads, or even memberships. WP e-Commerce Plugins Features Import/Export Payment Gateways Integration Search Engine Optimization Internationalization Support(Like multiple currencies) Shipping Checkout Managing Orders Catalog Mangement Link: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-e-commerce/ [JWD-Wordpress-Development] eShop eShop is a another good option to make shopping cart in wordpress. The eShop plugin is easy to use and offers a solid all-around e-commerce solution for WordPress sites. You can apply discounts to products to help enhance sales, and there are…

11Apr 2012 by admin No Comments

Magento addAttributeToFilter SQL Conditionals

Magento

If you want to customize query or product collection data you can easily to do that with addAttributeToFilter funcation in magento. In short you can easily customize product collection select query based on your requirement in magento development. [php] <?php $collection = Mage::getModel('catalog/product')->getCollection(); ?> [/php] If you want get all fields then use below condition select [php] <?php $collection->addAttributeToSelect('*'); ?> [/php] If you want to get limited fields then use below condition [php] <?php $collection->addAttributeToSelect(array('name', 'product_url', 'small_image')); ?> [/php] [php] <?php $collection = Mage::getModel('catalog/product')->getCollection() ->addAttributeToSelect(array('name', 'product_url', 'small_image')) ->addAttributeToFilter('sku', array('like' => 'test-product%')) ->load(); ?> [/php] The above code would get a product collection which contain only products that have an SKU starting with "test-product". addAttributeToFilter Conditionals [php] <?php // Is Equal To (eq) $collection->addAttributeToFilter('status', array('eq' => 1)); // Is Not Equal…

18Mar 2012 by admin No Comments

Add Date field with Datepicker in Magento

Magento

Here I want to show you how to add date field with date picker in any of your form like contact, gift message etc in magento frontend design. Magento has a built in library for calendar functionality but its available only on admin so here I show you how to se date field with date picker in magento frontend. Add below css and javascript for calender in your current theme page.xml file. This will include all the calendar library functions frontend on your theme. [sourcecode language="plain"] <action method="addItem"><type>js_css</type><name>calendar/calendar-win2k-1.css</name><params></params></action> <action method="addItem"><type>js</type><name>calendar/calendar.js</name></action> <action method="addItem"><type>js</type><name>calendar/calendar-setup.js</name></action> <block type="core/html_calendar" name="head.calendar" as="calendar" template="page/js/calendar.phtml"></block> [/sourcecode] Now add below code in which form where you want to add date field like contact, gift message etc... [php] <div class="field"> <label for="dob"><?php echo Mage::helper('contacts')->__('DOB') ?></label> <div class="input-box"> <input name="dob" id="_dob"…

26Feb 2012 by admin No Comments

Multi Select Drag and Drop Jquery

JQuery

When data is very large and selection using multiselect is difficult so you can use this option multi select drag and drop with jquery. The first holds the options that are available, and the second holds the options that have been selected. Usually, the two boxes are separated by add and remove buttons. You can select an item from the first box, click the add button, and add it to the second box. Likewise, you can select an item from the second box, click the remove button, and it goes back into the unselected box. [sourcecode language="plain"] <table> <tr> <td> <label>All Value</label><br/> <select name="multi_list1" id="select1" multiple="multiple"> <option value="name1">Name 1</option> <option value="name2">Name 2</option> <option value="name3">Name 3</option> <option value="name4">Name 4</option> </select> </td> <td> <a href="#" id="add">>></a> <br/><br/> <a href="#" id="remove"><<</a> </td> <td>…