Custom configuration files in Magento

Ivan Chepurnyi - August 2nd 2010 - 1 Comment

 

If you want to create a configuration file that can be easily extended by other module, you have found the right article. I will explain you how to create custom configuration files, the files called with the custom name that …

Adding order attribute to the orders grid in Magento 1.4.1

Ivan Chepurnyi - July 27th 2010 - 103 Comments

 

I think everyone has noticed that since 1.4.1 Magento uses separate table for displaying of the order grid in the backend.

I have created a small example with trivial client request, that displays the main aspects of such a customization.…

How to schedule the future product activation

ecommerce.dev - June 7th 2010 - 26 Comments

 

Introduction

This article will help you to understand basic customizations for catalog products and performing custom cron jobs in Magento.

Functionality

Before start the development you should imagine what it does and choose the functionality that fits all the requirements.…

How to override resource model

akorolyov - April 19th 2010 - 2 Comments

 

Some time you need only change one line in function. This is bad idea rewrite resource model for module. But some time it is fast and good solution:

There is Mage_Customer module with defined resrouceModel

There is part of our …