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This step-by-step tutorial walks you through how to create a block in the manner that Magento usually creates them. The practical example is designed to hit upon a a number of variations you may encounter as well as to clearly reinforce the knowledge you need to understand the more common situations.
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So, you have most probably come across block files, xml files, .phtml files, etc... There is a rhyme and reason behind how these different files work together to produce a final result. But, understanding how these files relate may seem difficult. This tutorial explains how these files play together using real life examples to pound home how this works.
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This tutorial provides a look at template files from a slightly different viewpoint. It delves into the details as to how exactly templates are set and rendered. The "manual" approach explains the mechanics behind what is happening. This will give you a deep understanding of this topic and will set the stage nicely for the next tutorial where this will be performed automatically.
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Understanding where a file is located and why can seem confusing. Magento 1.9.1.* has over 16,000 files. When you want to edit a page, which file do you change? This tutorial explains those concepts that will help you navigate through the rough and tumble aspects of Magento themes.
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Many times deveopers will directly edit the core layout xml files or overwrite them. Both of these methods are frowned upon. So, in order to understand the standards,you must know how merging works. This tutorial, like all the others, contains a myriad of examples and images that explain exactly how merging works. Then, at the end, I will delve into a few examples so that you can put these standards to use!
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This tutorial will guide you with step by step instructions on how to create a block, but it is really much more than that! Magento many times does things automatically with minimal code but when this happens it's hard to understand how it actually works. This tutorial provides examples that dig into how blocks are created by looking at this topic from a different angle. This tutorial shows you in a more manully manner how the process works so that you can understand exactly what is happening.
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You'll be able to understand the important aspects of the MVC in the first half of this tutorial. In the second half, you will create a new page in Magento, which will reinforce the concepts discussed in the first half. The beauty of this tutorial is that it breaks down concepts and terminology using examples and words in such a way that this topic with many moving parts is easy to understand!
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The layout XML can be like a huge dunghill with a few nuggets of gold in it. There are at least 43 layout XML files in a standard Magento instalation. So, where is the gold? This tutorial explains how to find what you are looking for. Only the xml between the handles that correspond to the current page request are used. This tutorial discusses and dissects handles in clear and simple terms.
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This tuorial focuses on thoroughly explaining the key concepts behind Magento themes
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There are many different attribute settings. Customers and products can have different ones. What do ALL of these mean? what do all of these do? So, if you are caught in a place where you need to know what settings like apply_to, Is_html_allowed_on_front, filterable, multiline_count, etc does. Then, this tutorial explains these and provides many pictures of exactly what these settings do. These are good to know because what if you want your attribute to appear in the search, the layered navigation, or appear as a criterea for discounts. These advanced settings allow you to do this and much more.
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This tutorial delves into what the different attribute settings mean such as type, input, label, etc. It contains an example of a drop down, radio button, multiselect, dates, and standard text fields to teach you how to create a variety of different types of attributes. It delves into common attribute settings so that you will understand the different ways you can customize the attributes to create to fit your client's needs.
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What if you want to keep track of a customer's nickname or designate a product as a 'special sale item'. Learn how to create attributes to add fields to Magento's database.This tutorial contains an example of how to create both a customer and product attribute. It will explain the most important settings you will need to know to setup an attribute.
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What if you want to create an attribute, edit an existing attribute, or add a higher level of customization to your setup scripts. This tutorial will expose you to those concepts that are necessary for understanding how to do bigger and better things with setup scripts. You will encounter these often in your work as a developer.
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This tutorial is very comprehensive. It explains how to create a new column in an existing table or edit a column in that table. The code is meant to be reused and it contains examples of most all of the fields you would need to create in a table. The code for creating tables has examples of how to create many different types of fields (text, datetime, integer, etc.) so please resuse this as often as you like.
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