Naveed Ramzan

How to disable the Compare products functionality

August 23, 2012

How to disable the Compare products functionality You can disable the Compare products functionality in Magento by following these steps: Edit app/code/core/Mage/Catalog/Helper/Product/Compare.php and change the following code: public function getAddUrl($product) { return $this->_getUrl(’catalog/product_compare/add’, $this->_getUrlParams($product)); } to public function getAddUrl($product) { //return $this->_getUrl(’catalog/product_compare/add’, $this->_getUrlParams($product)); return false; } Edit ./app/design/frontend/base/default/layout/catalog.xml (if you are using a different Magento […]

How to redirect Magento to open through www

August 23, 2012

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How to redirect Magento to open through www For SEO and usability purposes you may want to redirect your visitors to open your site only through www (http://www.yourdomain.com). To do this in Magento, you should open the .htaccess file in the folder where your Magento is installed. In it locate the RewriteEngine on line and […]

How to speed up Magento

August 23, 2012

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How to speed up Magento Many Magento issues are caused by slow performance. The recommended way to speed up Magento’s performance is to enable its Compilation function. The performance increase is between 25%-50% on page loads. You can enable Magento Compilation from your Magento admin panel > System > Tools > Compilation.

How to enable Search Engine Friendly URLs in Magento

August 23, 2012

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How to enable Search Engine Friendly URLs in Magento To enable Search Engine Friendly URLs in Magento, you have to log in to the Magento administration area and click on the Configuration button. Under the System navigation menu, switch to Web page from the sub-navigation panel on the left. When the page loads, you will […]

How to reset Magento Admin Password

August 23, 2012

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How to reset Magento Admin Password Go to your cPanel > phpMyAdmin, select your Magento database, click the SQL tab and paste this query: UPDATE admin_user SET password=CONCAT(MD5(‘admin123’), ‘:sG’) WHERE username=’AdminUsername’; Note: You have to change newpass in the MD5(‘admin123’) with your new password, and change *AdminUsername* to your Magento admin username. Execute the query […]

How to configure Magento to work with a new domain

August 23, 2012

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Easy steps for ‘How to configure Magento to work with a new domain’ There are two things you should do in order to configure Magento to work with a new domain: Edit the Magento database Go to your cPanel > phpMyAdmin. Select your Magento database from the left menu, find the table called core_config_data and […]