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How to add Manufacturer in Magento Product Listing
In order to add manufacturers do the following: Click on CATALOG > ATTRIBUTES > MANAGE ATTRIBUTES like so: Then find the MANUFACTURER attribute and click on it. When in the manufacturer attribute, click on the left hand side tab 'MANAGE LABEL /OPTIONS'. You will see a...
read moreMagento Shopping Cart Promo Rules – Stop Processing other Rules
In setting up shopping cart price rules, sometimes you don't want one discount being used and then another being used on top of that. That is what the dropdown "Stop Further Rules Processing" is used for. If you don't want other rules being processed while this...
read moreAdding and Styling Images in WordPress
Displaying images properly and nicely can be the difference of a well looking web page or a shoddy one. Here are some tips in how to upload images. The first step is to have an image and have set as the right size. See this post for more info on preparing and saving...
read moreRegarding Magento Multistore – Some Notes on Setting Up Your Secondary Store
Here are a few instructions in relation to Magento secondary store: Now that multistore is set up, a new root of categories has been set up for the new secondary store and these can now be adjusted. To go to your new store, on the top left hand side there is a...
read moreHow do I know a payment has gone through using Realex in Magento?
When your Magento ecommerce website has taken a payment through Realex, it's important to know that the amount has actually be authorised and that you are not sending out products You will know you got an order in, usually through an email notification. To ensure the...
read moreRemoving background from images
I put together a quick tutorial video showing how you can easily and rapidly remove dark or noisy background from an image. This is especially important when you take pictures for products on your ecommerce website. Note, there are many tools in photoshop that you can...
read moreEditing / Adding Pictures to Gallery on WordPress
This uses the WP CANVAS GALLERY plugin. Go to the respective GALLERY page: You will see the below code: Note the IDs - ids="359,360,361,362" - these are the image IDs that have been uploaded. To add pictures, simply add more image IDs. Separate each image ID with a...
read moreHow To Set Up To Receive Low / Out of Stock Notifications
As a Magento User / Magento Site owner with a lot of stock to track, it can be useful to receive notifications when stock is getting low. Go to CATALOG > MANAGE PRODUCTS and hit the 'Notify Low Stock RSS'. You will then be required to enter your username and password...
read moreAssigning a Customer to a Customer Group in Magento
Some websites assign their customers to 'customer groups'. This can be useful if you want to group customers so you can assign them particular properties. For example you can assign certain customers special tax rules, pricing seperate from the general pricing set or...
read moreAmending / Editing Transactional Emails in Magento
This is the first of a few tutorials how to amend the default Magento transaction emails and personalise them how you see fit. 1. Log into your Magento Dashboard. Go to SYSTEM > TRANSACTIONAL EMAILS 2. You will either see a list of already 'tampered with' email...
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