magento-1.7

I have a task to convert the standalone PHP files to Magento's MVC. These PHP files were created by another developer. The code in the PHP file accesses the database, converts the result into JSONP format and forward it to the frontend developer. I don't have any knowledge of Magento's MVC. Is this task of conversion similar to the modules in the app/code/core/Mage in the Magento folder?? How can I do this? Is the magento MVC the same as the PHP MVC? I am including the php file that I need to convert to Magento MVC. So it will be easier for you to understand.. <?php header('content-type:

In admin panel I have created a product attribute as ' merchant '. I want to add a new column for merchant in sales_flat_order_item table. The new column should be filled with the attribute name. How can I do this without using an event observer method? Any help will be appreciated. (I'm using magento CE 1.7 ) First of all, you need to add the new column to sales_flat_quote item, and sales_flat_order_item. the best explanation is here: http://www.magentocommerce.com/knowledge-base/entry/magento-for-dev-part-6-magento-setup-resources Your setup resource have to looks something like this:

I have created an Observer.php for the event catalog_product_new_action <?php class Starmall_Productobserver_Model_Observer { public function initProduct(Varien_Event_Observer $observer) { $product = $observer->getEvent()->getProduct(); $product->setWeight(1); $product->setStatus(1); $product->setTaxClassId(1); $product->setPrice(1); $product->setStockData(array( 'is_in_stock' => 1, 'qty' => 99999 )); } } When I add a new product the weight, status, tax class and price are correctly set to my defaults. The stock qty and stock availability are not set. How can I set these stock values in the

How can I enable wysiwyg by default on textarea? I mean, I do not want to click on the wysiwyg button to display the area with tinyMCE : I want this directly : After a little research i found it. 1) Put this code in the .phtml file you want the editor to appear directly. 2) In the 6th line of the code you can see elements: "short_description" . You can change "short_description" with the element id you want. You can add more than one element id separated with comma and without spaces. Example: I put this code in app/design/adminhtml/default/default/template/catalog/product/edit.phtml because i

I have lot of products with custom options, now I have requirement to update only custom options through csv file. so how we can do this programatically? Kunal I think this is also useful... If you are customize the products . <?php $magePath = 'app/Mage.php'; require_once $magePath; Varien_Profiler::enable(); Mage::setIsDeveloperMode(true); ini_set('display_errors', 1); umask(0); Mage::app()->setCurrentStore(Mage_Core_Model_App::ADMIN_STORE_ID); $product_ids = array(1,2,167); $productmodel = Mage::getModel('catalog/product'); foreach ($product_ids as $product_id) { /**i use this two arrays

I have read several posts on stack overflow Overriding a Magento Adminhtml template file Magento - overriding Adminhtml block and a couple threads on the magento forum http://www.magentocommerce.com/boards/viewthread/21978/ However, None of these posts attempt to do what I am trying to do I would like to override the app/design/adminhtml/default/default/template/widget/grid.phtml file, as this file contains a portion of html that allows anyone to export from the sales->order view. Note: We have disabled all of the export options for this user role in the permissions->role view The code that