The following shell command (executed from your Magento 2 root folder) allows you to create a database backup of your Magento 2 store.
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php bin/magento setup:backup --db |
Solving the “Cannot retrieve rate from http://www.webservicex.net/CurrencyConvertor.asmx” error (Magento 1)
Sometimes the webservice for updating the currency exchange rates is not available and you might get the WARNING: Cannot retrieve rate from http://www.webservicex.net/CurrencyConvertor.asmx… error by mail or in some log file. This problem can be solved with the free FixerIOCurrencyImport…
Show address data (like company, name) on registration form (Magento 2)
By default, the Magento 2 registration form does not show address data such as the company, name or street. To change that, simply create customer_account_create.xml in the folder app/design/Your Vendor/Your Theme/Magento_Customer/layout and add the following code:
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<?xml version="1.0"?> <!-- /** * Copyright © 2015 Magento. All rights reserved. * See COPYING.txt for license details. */ --> <page xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" layout="1column" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="../../../../../../../lib/internal/Magento/Framework/View/Layout/etc/page_configuration.xsd"> <body> <referenceBlock name="customer_form_register"> <arguments> <argument name="show_address_fields" xsi:type="string">1</argument> </arguments> </referenceBlock> </body> </page> |
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Adding tracking information to shipment (Magento 1)
Want to add tracking information to an existing Magento shipment? Here is the code you can use:
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$shipment = $order->getShipmentsCollection()->getFirstItem(); $trackingNumber = '12345678'; $track = Mage::getModel('sales/order_shipment_track') ->setShipment($shipment) ->setData('title', 'title') ->setData('number', $trackingNumber) ->setData('carrier_code', 'carrier code') ->setData('order_id', $shipment->getData('order_id')) ->save(); |
Product images missing on category page (Magento 2)
If the product images are missing after an upgrade for example, the following command (executed in the root of your Magento 2 shop) might help: php magento catalog:images:resize Note: Depending on the mumber of products, that might run some time.
Solving the “Required parameter ‘theme_dir’ was not passed” error (Magento 2)
The Required parameter ‘theme_dir’ was not passed is most likely caused by an invalid theme table in your database. Solution: Open the theme table and delete all rows that refer to a theme that does not exist.
Adding a custom library / PHP script (Magento 1)
If you would like to add your own library / custom PHP script to Magento, simply copy it to the /lib folder and name it the required way. Place your lib into /lib/MyOwnLib/MyLib.php for example and name the class inside…
Getting the PayPal transaction ID (Magento 1)
Use the following code to get the Magento PayPal transaction ID from an order object:
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$transactionId = $order->getPayment()->getLastTransId(); |
Testing the success page (success.phtml) without reordering (Magento 1)
Would you like to test or style your stores success.phtml without reordering all the time? It can be done using the following temporary change: Open /app/code/core/Mage/Checkout/controllers/OnepageController.php and look for the successAction() function. Now remove the line $session->clear();. Important: Please note…
Getting child categories with flat categories enabled (Magento 1)
If you enable the flat categories in your Magento store, some code that gets children of a given category might stop working. The following code can be used to get all the cildren of a given category with enabled flat…