1. Enable Url rewriting (Admin Panel → System → Configuration → Web → Url Options → Use Web Server Rewrites → Yes).
2. Now go to your .htaccess file on your Magento folder, (you might need to back up your .htaccess before making your changes.)

below the line # 123 code:

#RewriteBase /magento/

Add these codes, to make it:

#RewriteBase /magento/
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.yoursite\.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.yoursite.com/$1 [L,R=301]

Replace yoursite.com with your own domain. Then, save your changes on your .htaccess

Ever wonder if you can fix those scratches on your laptop screens?

Laptop Scratches

The notebook screen shown above has one deep scratch and several smaller ones.

Remedy is to gently rub toothpaste in a circular motion over the scratches for a few seconds, then wipe the screen clean with a soft cloth. After this treatment, the smaller scratches are gone, and while the larger one remains, it’s less noticeable than before.

source: pcworld.com

The catch? This module/extension only orders that are without Invoice, Shippment or Creditmemo could be deleted. You can only delete Cancelled Orders. So~ you still have to cancel the order before deleting it or it will prompt an error “Please cancel your order before delete it“. Why only Cancelled Orders? Because deleting a complete order breaks links with invoices and shipments and could create problems along the way.

I know almost all of you knows how to add a new module for Magento using the Magento Connect Manager.  The extension key is:

magento-community/BoutikCircus_DeleteOrders

what to do:

1. Sign into your Magento store admin
2. Navigate to System > Magento Connect > Magento Connect Manager.
3. Paste in the extension key and click “Install”.

You can also visit the  delete orders extension in the magento site.

(”Gimme a break~..” -”No it’s true.”)

I’ve locked myself trying to find a way to export my orders for my Magento 1.1.1 set up. And then I found it, szotyi from the Magento Forums posted this great solution to export orders for Magento.

Features includes:

• A simple interface on the Sales -> Order page
• Orders are exported in XML files
• You can export all or only selected orders
• Configurable/Customizable XML output

I have made some changes myself on szotyi’s code, and got some ideas from the others who also contributed posts on the thread.

How to do it:

Step 1:

in the “app/design/adminhtml/default/default/template/widget/grid/massaction.phtml”

between the first two lines insert:

<?php include('export.php'); ?>

so you’ll get:

<div id="<?php echo $this->getHtmlId() ?>">
<?php include('export.php'); ?>
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="massaction">
 

Step 2:

copy the files ‘samples.php’, ‘includes.php’, ‘export.php’ files to “app/design/adminhtml/default/default/template/widget/grid/” (get files here)

Step 3:

create a folder named ‘export’ in your Magento root folder

Step 4:

to check if you got it right. Go to your admin of your store,  Sales -> Order page.

Notes:

the XML output files are customizable. To configure its XML format, you need to edit the sample.php, this is where the XML format are stored. In szotyi’s original file you can find 4 different samples (Default, Advanced, Simple, Custom).

The string before the ‘:’ means the tagname that will be shown in the xml.. you can change that to whatever you wish.

The string after the ‘:’ refers to the value (the value is located in the includes.php function getValue…)

PS:

If you want to add another value on the XML file.

Step 1:

Let say we want to add another value: the quantity how much has invoiced.  szotyi provided a list (get it here)where you can find all the attributes of the order information.

Go to the includes.php file to getValue() the quantity how much has invoiced.

...
case "examplegetqtyinvoiced":

return $item->getQtyInvoiced();
...

Step 2:

then add the below code for the sample.php so you can reach the value:

...
invoiced: examplegetqtyinvoiced,
...

I am waiting for your comments guys.

This hack will activate all the order status on all states. What I mean is the Status dropdown in the Comment History, by choosing the desired status and Submitting the Comment. We can change the status of the order to Complete or Closed or any available status for that matter.

All we have to do is edit the config.xml under the magento_folder\app\code\core\Mage\Sales\etc\.

Then find the <states>code block. That’ll look like:

<states>
<new translate="label">
<label>New</label>
<statuses>
<pending/>
</statuses>
</new>
<processing translate="label">
<label>Processing</label>
<statuses>
<processing/>
</statuses>
</processing>
<complete translate="label">
<label>Complete</label>
<statuses>
<complete/>
</statuses>
</complete>
<closed translate="label">
<label>Closed</label>
<statuses>
<closed/>
</statuses>
</closed>
<canceled translate="label">
<label>Canceled</label>
<statuses>
<canceled/>
</statuses>
</canceled>
<holded translate="label">
<label>On Hold</label>
<statuses>
<holded/>
</statuses>
</holded>
</states>

And change this with the code below:

<states>
<new translate="label">
<label>New</label>
<statuses>
<pending/>
<processing/>
<holded/>
<complete/>
<closed/>
<canceled/>
</statuses>
</new>
<pending translate="label">
<label>Pending</label>
<statuses>
<pending/>
<processing/>
<holded/>
<complete/>
<closed/>
<canceled/>
</statuses>
</pending>
<processing translate="label">
<label>Processing</label>
<statuses>
<pending/>
<processing/>
<holded/>
<complete/>
<closed/>
<canceled/>
</statuses>
</processing>
<complete translate="label">
<label>Complete</label>
<statuses>
<complete/>
<pending/>
<processing/>
<holded/>
<closed/>
<canceled/>
</statuses>
</complete>
<closed translate="label">
<label>Closed</label>
<statuses>
<pending/>
<processing/>
<holded/>
<complete/>
<closed/>
<canceled/>
</statuses>
</closed>
<canceled translate="label">
<label>Canceled</label>
<statuses>
<pending/>
<processing/>
<holded/>
<complete/>
<closed/>
<canceled/>
</statuses>
</canceled>
<holded translate="label">
<label>On Hold</label>
<statuses>
<pending/>
<processing/>
<holded/>
<complete/>
<closed/>
<canceled/>
</statuses>
</holded>
</states>

After that, It is important to refresh your cache.

this hack was taken from Magento Forum’s atlasit

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC “-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN” “http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd”>

<html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xml:lang=”en” lang=”en”>

<head>

<meta http-equiv=”content-type” content=”text/html; charset=iso-8859-1″ />

<meta name=”author” content=”raven” />

<title>My Page</title>

</head>

<body>

</body>

</html>

• Arrays (which act as hash tables) have nothing to do with the built-in Array object. They simply rely on the fact that object.property is the same as object["property"]. This means that the length property is not used, nor do any Array methods (such as join) do anything.
• The way to iterate over the items in an associate array is to use the for (value in array) construct, allowing you to access each item’s value via array[value].

Initialize a Javascript Associative Array:

var animals = {"cat": 0,  "dog": 1, "mouse": 2, "cow": 3, "horse": 4, "pig": 5,
"duck": 6, "goat": 7, "sheep": 8, "lion": 9};

Here’s a short example of doing the For Each loop equivalent in JavaScript:

for( var animals in names )
{
alert( names[i] );
}

1. These modifications WILL be overwritten if you try to upgrade.
2. This is a pain to do– and a bit mathy.

3 files in question to customize the invoice PDF are:

/app/code/core/Mage/Sales/Model/Order/Pdf/Invoice.php
/app/code/core/Mage/Sales/Model/Order/Pdf/Abstract.php
/app/code/core/Mage/Sales/Model/Order/Pdf/Items/Abstract.php

If ALL you want to do is change the font size, then it’s quite easy. If, however, you want to change the font (I changed it to helvetica for a smaller PDF file size since Helvetica does not have to be embedded) or change the paper size to US Letter, then you have a lot of tweaking to do.

The PDFs are creating using Zend_Pdf. So it may be useful to look through http://framework.zend.com/apidoc/core/ (Select Zend_Pdf from the dropdown in the top right corner).

Let’s start with the font and/or font size. Start with /app/code/core/Mage/Sales/Model/Order/Pdf/Abstract.php. There are 3 private methods called _setFontRegular(), _setFontBold(), and _setFontItalic() which are used through Abstract.php as well as Invoice.php. Anytime you see a call to one of these 3 methods, that is where the font is being set for a particular bit of text. The second parameter is the size (default is 7pt). So, to change the font size, find the call you want and change the second parameter. For example, the insertAddress() method could be changed to $this->_setFontBold($page, 9) if you wanted a 9pt font.

Why can we delete cancel order only?
That’s because deleting a complete order breaks links with invoices and shipments and could creates a lot of troubles.

Go to Delete Orders Extension.

Install this extension via Magento Connect Manager.

Magento Connect -> Magento Connect Manager

With dozens of areas around the world that are trying to grab a slice of the outsourcing business. Iloilo City, Philippines is popularly considered a Hot Spot for Outsourcing Companies. Already identified by Philippine authorities as one of the next wave of IT outsourcing centers. The well-trained, English-speaking population makes the city an ideal option for companies looking for a cheap alternative for U.S. consumer support.

Other popular choices to outsource are:

Buenos Aires, Argentina
Population: 12.6 million
Ease of Doing Business Rank (Argentina): 113 (out of 181 countries)
Rigidity of Employment Index (Argentina): 35 (out of 100—the lower the figure, the more flexible the workforce)

Winnipeg, Canada
Population: 719,000
Ease of Doing Business Rank (Canada): 8
Rigidity of Employment Index (Canada): 4

Boise, Idaho
Population: 568,000
Ease of Doing Business Rank (U.S.): 3
Rigidity of Employment Index (U.S.): 0

Indianapolis, Ind.
Population: 797,000
Ease of Doing Business Rank (U.S.): 3
Rigidity of Employment Index (U.S.): 0

Belfast, United Kingdom
Population: 267,000
Ease of Doing Business Rank (U.K.): 6
Rigidity of Employment Index (U.K.): 14

Cairo, Egypt
Population: 18 million
Ease of Doing Business Rank (Egypt): 114
Rigidity of Employment Index (Egypt): 27

Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Population: 310,000
Ease of Doing Business Rank (Romania): 47
Rigidity of Employment Index (Romania): 62

Hangzhou, China
Population: 6.7 million
Ease of Doing Business Rank (China): 83
Rigidity of Employment Index (China): 27

Ahmedabad, India
Population: 5.8 million
Ease of Doing Business Rank (India): 122
Rigidity of Employment Index (India): 30

Iloilo City, Philippines
Population: 419,000
Ease of Doing Business Rank (Philippines): 140
Rigidity of Employment Index (Philippines): 35

With usual destinations of the IT sector becoming expensive than they used to be, Companies resort to these outsourcing places.

Source: Yahoo Finance