Magento. How to add a new static block to the header/footer section

In this tutorial you will learn how to add a static block to the header/footer section in Magento.

How to activate ‘Email to friend’ feature

This tutorial shows you how to activate ‘Email to friend’ feature in Magento.

How to use the Path Hints (Debug tool)

This tutorial will show you how to use Magento debugging tools to easily locate the module names and core source files.

How to enable/disable customer login redirect

This tutorial will show you to enable/disable customer login redirect in Magento.

Magento. How to manage product ratings and reviews

This tutorial shows how to manage product ratings and reviews in Magento.

Custom Widget Development in Magento

For a while now, Magento has been the benchmark set amongst the e­-commerce frameworks available in the market. Credit goes to the plethora of ­rich built-in features it comes with and the extendability of the base framework itself to develop tailor-made extensions. 

In this tutorial, you'll learn the concept of widgets in Magento and how you can use them. I'll demonstrate how you can create a custom widget, which is a really powerful way to plug ­in extra features in Magento.

Display products from the category on the home page

This tutorial will show you how to add products from the specific category to the Magento home page.

Related products, Up-sells, Cross-sells in Magento

In Magento there are three types of product relations: Up-sells, Related Products, and Cross-sell Products. Two of them appear while viewing a product, and one usually appears in the shopping cart.

Magento Ratings and Reviews Tutorial

How to manage ratings and reviews in Magento

The frontend of Magento has options that allow users to write reviews about products and to rate the products. By default, this function is enabled not only for registered users but also for guests. On the details/view page of each product there's a link for adding a review and also for viewing existing reviews (if there are any). If there are no reviews, there will be only one link called Be the first to review this product:

Setting Up Free Shipping

Magento has several built-in options to facilitate free shipping promotions. In this post, we’ll review each type of setup, as well as their pros and cons.