{"id":8424,"date":"2014-01-15T09:51:14","date_gmt":"2014-01-15T09:51:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rettenmund.com\/2014\/01\/rettenmund-coms-magento-deveoloper-guide\/"},"modified":"2014-01-15T09:51:14","modified_gmt":"2014-01-15T09:51:14","slug":"rettenmund-coms-magento-deveoloper-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rettenmund.com\/en\/2014\/01\/rettenmund-coms-magento-deveoloper-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Rettenmund.com’s Magento Deveoloper Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"

Solutions to common Magento problems<\/strong>
\nProblem: Show shipping method by default from shopping cart, e.g. flatrate
\nSolution: http:\/\/www.danneh.org\/2010\/08\/adding-shipping-costs-to-the-cart-automatically-in-magento\/ Problem: How to code a new shipping method or a new shipping module?
\nSolution: http:\/\/inchoo.net\/magento\/custom-shipping-method-in-magento\/ Problem: How to setupped a shipping flat rate? Solution: http:\/\/www.magentocommerce.com\/knowledge-base\/entry\/setting-up-flat-rate-shipping Problem: Is there a simple “shipping against invoice” extension that also offers some useful configuration options? Solution: See: http:\/\/blogtabs.de\/magento-zahlung-auf-rechnung\/invoice_configuration_1\/ Problem: Turn off stock management, as items are always in stock – how can I do this?
\nSolution: Change configuration in System -> Configuration -> Catalog -> Inventory -> Product Stock Options, then clear cache and reindex Problem: Tax \/ tax setup for Switzerland & Liechtenstein
\nSolution: https:\/\/www.openstream.ch\/developer-blog\/magento-tax-setup-for-switzerland-and-liechtenstein\/ Problem: Where and how can I change the default currency USD? Solution: http:\/\/go.magento.com\/support\/kb\/entry\/name\/managing-currency\/ Problem: Products are entered with the necessary properties, such as “Enabled” status, but are not displayed. What is the problem? Solution: Check category assignment, Problem: Upload of product images fails.
\nError message: Upload HTTP Error
\nSolution: Add the entry “SecFilterEngine Off” in the .htaccess file (without apostrophe) Problem: Attach PDF files to a product
\nSolution: Install the Upload PDF Extension (via Magento Connect) – Extension is free Problem: How to create a Content Page \/ CMS Page in Magento? Solution: http:\/\/www.magentocommerce.com\/knowledge-base\/entry\/add-a-new-page Problem: Show landing page per product category
\nSolution: You can show your customers a landing page instead of the standard product listing page when they select the category.
\nYou can do so by enabling static block on your category page.<\/p>\n

Navigate to Catalog > Manage Categories , select a
\ncategory, open Display Settings tab and select appropriate value in the Display Mode field. In the CMS Block drop-down,
\nselect which block you would like to display on category page. The list will include all existing static blocks. Problem: Create static content e.g. for advertising blocks or info blocks e.g. Trusted Shop Logo – display etc.
\nSolution: Use CMS > Static Blocks Problem: HTML in the WYSIWYG Editor is broken
\nSolution: Never use the WYSIWYG Editor to customize layout HTML. Always disable it, as this can lead to problems. Problem: Modify template, but where are the files?
\nSolution: Configuration > Developer. Select the active website there under “Current Configuration Scope” at the top left of the admin panel, otherwise the “Template Path Hints” setting will not be displayed. Then uncheck [x] Website and set to Yes. Problem: Display static blocks – how? Solution Use widgets as a zone for displaying the static blocks Problem: Users should not have to log in to buy – for a simple store
\nSolution: One Page Checkout, see: http:\/\/blog.onestepcheckout.com\/2010\/01\/new-registration-features-in-onestepcheckout\/ <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Solutions to common Magento problems Problem: Show shipping method by default from shopping cart, e.g. flatrate Solution: http:\/\/www.danneh.org\/2010\/08\/adding-shipping-costs-to-the-cart-automatically-in-magento\/ Problem: How to code a new shipping method or a new shipping module? Solution: http:\/\/inchoo.net\/magento\/custom-shipping-method-in-magento\/ Problem: How to setupped a shipping flat rate? Solution: http:\/\/www.magentocommerce.com\/knowledge-base\/entry\/setting-up-flat-rate-shipping Problem: Is there a simple “shipping against invoice” extension that also offers","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8042,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1168],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-magento-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rettenmund.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rettenmund.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rettenmund.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rettenmund.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rettenmund.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8424"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rettenmund.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8424\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rettenmund.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rettenmund.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rettenmund.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rettenmund.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}