How do I find my Magento Theme name?

Look at the HTML source in your browser ("View Source") and search for skin/frontend, which is followed by PACKAGE/THEME, where PACKAGE is usually the name of the theme and THEME is usually default or contains site-specific changes.

Which version of Magento is best?

 Magneto 2 runs approximately 20% faster than Magento 1, which can lead to improved SEO and increased sales. All of the content from a static page can be cached, thus increasing site performance and drastically reducing the server load. This makes the Magento 2 platform more scalable for large eCommerce stores.

Magento 1.9 Import products issue

Question:

I am trying to import some products, Magento performs everything right, but when I look at the catalog, there is no imported product     

    Starting profile execution, please wait...

         Warning: Please do not close the window during importing/exporting data
         Starting Mage_Dataflow_Model_Convert_Parser_Csv :: parse
         Found 453 rows.
         Starting catalog/convert_adapter_product :: parse
        Processed 100% 453/453 records
        Imported 453 records
         Please wait while the indexes are being refreshed.
         Finished profile execution.

The message below shows that it was 100% successful, but there is no product.

One Possible Solution:

It seems a Re-index issue.

Please run the following commands

    php bin/magento indexer:reindex

    php bin/magento cache:flush

Magento 1 : Hide other shipping methods when free shipping is available

To prevent other shipping options to display when Free Shipping is available, add the following code to your template:



Open :
/app/design/frontend/[Your_package]/[Your_theme]/template/checkout/onepage/shipping_method/available.phtml

<?php
if ( array_key_exists('freeshipping', $_shippingRateGroups )) {
unset($_shippingRateGroups["flatrateperproduct"]);
}
?>

Then ,  flatrateperproduct Method will be remove from the shipping method.

How to add Buy Now At Product Page in Magento - 1 version ?

If you want both Add to Cart and Buy now, add the buy now button to addtoCart.phtml

Go to
/app/design/frontend/[package name]/[themename]/template/ajaxcart/catalog/product/view/addtoCart.phtml

<button type="button" 

        title="<?php echo $buttonTitle ?>"

        class="button btn-cart" 

        onclick="productBuyNowForm.submit(this)">

    <span><span>Buynow</span></span>

</button>

On that buttons onlick event, a custom VarienForm is used, productBuyNowForm.submit(this), which will submit this form and redirect to checkout onepage.

To define this custom form, add the following JavaScript code at view.phtml

Go to
/app/design/frontend/[package name]/[theme name]/template/catalog/product/view.phtml

<script>

var productBuyNowForm = new VarienForm('product_addtocart_form');

productBuyNowForm.submit = function (button, url) {

    if (this.validator.validate()) {

        var form = this.form;

        var oldUrl = form.action;

        alert(form.action);

        if (url) {

            form.action = url;

        }

        /* add return Url */

        var inputreturn= document.createElement("input");

        inputreturn.type = "hidden";

        inputreturn.name = "return_url";

        inputreturn.value = "<?php echo Mage::getUrl('checkout/onepage')?>";

        document.getElementById('product_addtocart_form').appendChild(inputreturn);

        /* add return Url */

        // Append a line break 

        var e = null;

        try {

            this.form.submit();

        } catch (e) {

        }

        this.form.action = oldUrl;

        if (e) {

            throw e;

        }

        if (button && button != 'undefined') {

            button.disabled = true;

        }

    }

}.bind(productBuyNowForm);

</script>

How to add custom attribute for category

Follow bellow steps

Step : 1 app\etc\modules\TEJA_Dbchange.xml

    <?xml version="1.0"?>
    <config>
        <modules>
            <TEJA_Dbchange>
                <active>true</active>
                <codePool>local</codePool>
            </TEJA_Dbchange>
        </modules>
    </config>

Step : 2 app\code\local\TEJA\Dbchange\etc\config.xml

    <?xml version="1.0"?>
    <config>
        <modules>
            <TEJA_Dbchange>
                <version>0.1.0</version>
            </TEJA_Dbchange>
        </modules>
        <global>
            <resources>
                <teja_dbchange_setup>
                  <setup>
                       <module>TEJA_Dbchange</module>
                       <class>Mage_Catalog_Model_Resource_Eav_Mysql4_Setup</class>
                  </setup>
              </teja_dbchange_setup>
            </resources>
        </global>
    </config>

Step : 3 app\code\local\TEJA\Dbchange\sql\teja_dbchange_setup\mysql4-install-0.1.0.php

    <?php
 
    $installer = $this;
    $installer->startSetup();
       
    $attribute  = array(
        'group'                     => 'General',
            'input'                     => 'select',
            'type'                      => 'int',
            'label'                     => 'Testing',
            'source'                    => 'eav/entity_attribute_source_boolean',
            'global'                    => Mage_Catalog_Model_Resource_Eav_Attribute::SCOPE_GLOBAL,
            'visible'                   => 1,
            'required'                  => 0,
            'visible_on_front'          => 0,
            'is_html_allowed_on_front'  => 0,
            'is_configurable'           => 0,
            'searchable'                => 0,
            'filterable'                => 0,
            'comparable'                => 0,
            'unique'                    => false,
            'user_defined'              => false,
            'default'           => '0',
            'is_user_defined'           => false,
            'used_in_product_listing'   => true
    );
    $installer->addAttribute('catalog_category', 'testing', $attribute);
    $installer->endSetup();
 
    ?>

Step : 4 After refresh all magento cache by going System -> Cache Management
Step : 5 Logout  and login again.

What is the difference between convention and configuration?

1. Configuration - would have been manually mapping controllers to use specific views, almost like a code behind scenario.
2. Convention - A Controller method named Index most likely wants to use a View called the same, so the framework goes and looks for that.