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Add a link to the product on the admin order page

We recently had a client who asked to have a link added to the magento admin order page so they could easily see what the product was. It requires a core hack so isn’t recommended. If you want to go ahead here’s the code: Open app/design/adminhtml/default/default/template/sales/order/view/items/renderer/default.phtml at look and at ~ line 68 until you […]

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Magento Tip : Get Grouped Product’s Associated Simple Products on Category Page

Here is a simple trick to get the sub-products of a grouped product on the category products listing page. Add the following code to the products list.phtml file. $_associatedProducts = array(); if ($_product->getTypeId() == 'grouped') { $_associatedProducts = $_product->getTypeInstance(true)->getAssociatedProducts($_product); } Once you collect all simple product data associated with the grouped product, you can loop […]

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Fixed Magento Checkout : Set ‘Ship to This Address’ as Default

How often would you buy from an online shop and ship the goods to an address that is different from your billing address? Sometimes, I do use the card that is registered with my home address, but use my office address for delivery. This might not be the same case with about 80% of online […]

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New Website – Peach (formerly Chairshop)

Peach is the new brand name for Chairshop Newcastle. Peach specialise in armchairs, recliners, settees, foot stools, ergonomic office furniture, and bespoke home furniture. Optimise Web delivered a fresh look and feel to Peach's web design. The design, interface and usability has been targeted towards both mature and older customers.

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Internet Explorer Adds Twice the Quantity to Cart

We all like to style our Magento add to cart button as an image button. The problem is that IE 8 (Internet Explorer 8) will add the product twice and cause the quantity of that product in the cart to double up. There is an easy fix to this problem.

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