Adding correct link paths in Magento

by admin on October 28, 2010

When developing a Magento theme it is better practice to use the specific Magento code for creating site wide links instead of using specific paths.
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Adding correct image paths in Magento

by admin on October 25, 2010

Adding in image links when creating a theme in Magento requires a special snippet of code to ensure the path is correct.
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Showing something on the homepage only in Magento

September 28, 2010

Sometimes when building a Magento theme you may need to show something on the homepage only. This may be the welcome message in the header, or anything else for that matter which is in a PHTML file. PHTML files which are used site wide like the header or footer will by default appear throughout your [...]

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Removing a Magento store view

September 28, 2010

Before installing a clean copy of Magento 1.4.1.1 I had installed the sample data available from Magento. When it came to adding my own real data I noticed there were 3 stores set up: English, French and German. I only required the English store so needed to remove the other two.

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