Magento: How To Add A Static Block To A CMS Page

Posted by Damodar Bashyal on April 24, 2009

 

My another hunt on the google to find the process to add a static block to a cms page. After few search and filter, i found a post on a pratthost. It saved my a lot of my time and headache. The following post is taken from it, slightly modified.

Actually, there was nothing complicated about achieving this. Static blocks are a great way to divide up different types of data blocks to make updating content easier.

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how to use var_dump and print_r in magento

Posted by Damodar Bashyal on April 24, 2009

 

This one is crazy with magento because sometimes it works and sometimes it just shows blank page. Once it gave me a real hard time. Finally found solution somewhere.

//I just had to do was add 
->debug()

//on the object that i wanted to print as:
$obj->debug();

//e.g. if i had
$_cart = Mage::getModel('checkout/cart');

//to use print_r or var_dump, i needed to do
print_r($_cart->debug());

These are methods available for a product:

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Magento commerce reference and backup posts, installation points.

Posted by Damodar Bashyal on April 24, 2009

 

Magento commerce reference and backup posts, installation points.

Since i started to work with magento e-commerce, i have lost few kilos. Probably this is good weight loss program for me.

From today onward i want to keep backup of the steps, references etc to my blog. I hope this will make me easy to find them easily next time.

Some of the code helpful to change permission on files and folders while upgrading magento through connect manager.

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