2Checkout installation
Sunday, August 9, 2009 4:32:08 PM Europe/Moscow
In order to install fixed version of 2Checkout module, please, follow this steps:
- Extract fixed version of 2Checkout module to your stores directory.
- Login to your stores admin area and clear all cache (System->Cache Managment)
- Logut from admin area and login again
- Set your 2Checkout account info on the System->Configuration->Payment methods->2Checkout page. Please, note that secred word should contain only lowercase latin letters and digits.
- Setup your 2checkout account accordingly with the screen shots below. Please, dont forget to replace domain name on the screenshots with your one.
Happy Birthday
Sunday, July 26, 2009 4:15:11 PM Europe/Moscow
In order to install Happy Birthday module, please, follow this steps:
- Extract module archive to the directory with your Magento
- Login to admin area, clear all Magento cache(System->Cache Managment) and logout from admin area
- Login to admin area and go to module configuration page(System->Config->Birthday greetings) and setup module

- Create Shopping cart rule for customers which have a birthday(Promotions->Shopping Cart Price Ruls)

- Edit default greeting message template accordingly with your needs
- Add http://[YOUR_STORE_URL]/birthday/birthday/ URL to cron tab (or you can run it manually once in a day)
Special products
Sunday, July 26, 2009 1:56:28 PM Europe/Moscow
In order to install Special Products module, please, follow this steps:
- Extract module archive to the directory with your Magento store.
- Login to admin area, clear all Magento cache(System->Cache Managment) and logout from admin area
- Login to admin area and go to module configuration page(System->Config->SpecialProducts) and setup module

- Set special price for product.

- Add Special Products block to the home page

Featured products
Monday, March 30, 2009 2:30:29 AM Europe/Moscow
Module Luxe_Promotions is intended to display featured products list at the top of the category page. Luxe_Promotions module used separate template to display featured products, so you can change it as you want without worries. This feature can help you outline featured products. By default Luxe_Promotions used standard product list template to display featured products list:
"/app/design/frontend/default/default/template/catalog/product/list.phtml"
If you use non default theme you should replace Luxe_Promotions featured products list template
"/app/design/frontend/default/default/template/luxe/promotions/list.phtml"
with one from your theme
"/app/design/frontend/[your interface]/[your theme]/template/catalog/product/list.phtml".
One more template, used by Luxe_Promotions module is
"/app/design/frontend/default/default/template/luxe/promotions/view.phtml".
This template used to display category page and its copy of standard category page template
"/app/design/frontend/default/default/template/catalog/category/view.phtml" with one change: -
< ? php
if (Mage::getStoreConfig('promotions/promotions/active'))
echo $this->getChildHtml('promotion_product_list');
?>
This string used to insert featured products list to category page. If your theme' category page template is modified, you should replace this template with one from your theme and insert this PHP block in appropriate location.
Luxe_Promotions module installation steps:
1. Extract module to Magento directory.
2. Clear Magento cache.
3. Logout from admin area.
4. Enable module at the configuration page
5. Select featured products
Thats all. On the screen-shot below you can see how Luxe_Promotions module looks on the default Magento store
Also you can view this module "in action" on the demo.luxe-soft.com
"/app/design/frontend/default/default/template/catalog/product/list.phtml"
If you use non default theme you should replace Luxe_Promotions featured products list template
"/app/design/frontend/default/default/template/luxe/promotions/list.phtml"
with one from your theme
"/app/design/frontend/[your interface]/[your theme]/template/catalog/product/list.phtml".
One more template, used by Luxe_Promotions module is
"/app/design/frontend/default/default/template/luxe/promotions/view.phtml".
This template used to display category page and its copy of standard category page template
"/app/design/frontend/default/default/template/catalog/category/view.phtml" with one change: -
< ? php
if (Mage::getStoreConfig('promotions/promotions/active'))
echo $this->getChildHtml('promotion_product_list');
?>
This string used to insert featured products list to category page. If your theme' category page template is modified, you should replace this template with one from your theme and insert this PHP block in appropriate location.
Luxe_Promotions module installation steps:
1. Extract module to Magento directory.
2. Clear Magento cache.
3. Logout from admin area.
4. Enable module at the configuration page
5. Select featured products
Thats all. On the screen-shot below you can see how Luxe_Promotions module looks on the default Magento store
Also you can view this module "in action" on the demo.luxe-soft.comHome selection
Wednesday, March 25, 2009 12:32:34 PM Europe/Moscow
How to get rid of the title bar at the bottom
1. Create copy of your catalog template
copy "/app/design/frontend/default/default/template/catalog/product/list.phtml" to "/app/design/frontend/default/default/template/catalog/product/list_without_bottom_caption.phtml"
2. remove this line from bottom of "list_without_bottom_caption.phtml" template
< ? php echo $this->getToolbarHtml() ?>
- this line usually at the end of catalog template
3. Then you call module block specify this template, ie:
{block ...... template="catalog/product/list_without_bottom_caption.phtml" ...}
How to specify display mode for home selection block
In the version 0.2 of HomeSelection was added "Display mode" configuration parameter. This parameter also can be specified inside "{ block ..}" statement and can accept the following values - 'grid', 'list'. For example:
{block type="homeselection/list" ..... display_mode="grid" }

