When creating a magento module logging in often required for multiple reasons. Logging can be done in multiple ways, specially if you want o logging to a custom file rather than to the default magento files. Let’s assume we are creating a sample module to display some content in the frontend. As always, to create a module we will need[…]
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Show sku in the Magento checkout page
To add the product sku to the order summary in the magento checkout page you will need to create a module to extend the magento quote object and use it on the KnockoutJs template to render the product details. #1 Create module In this module we will override the Magento\Quote\Model\Cart\Totals\Item class with a custom one. Although this is the ultimate[…]
Read moreHow to hide/remove the Add to Cart button on magento 2
Sometimes it is useful to remove or hide the Add to Cart button throughout a magento 2 website. An easy way to do this without changing the actual template is by creating a plugin (also called interceptor) to change the isSaleable function that is used on those templates. Here I created the function that will be called after the isSaleable[…]
Read moreHow to create a custom product label in magento 2
On many occasions you would want to tag your product with a custom product label to make them stand out for your customers. Because these labels are to be assign to the products you will need to create a new attribute and add it to the attribute set for those products. Let’s assume you will call this new attribute Custom[…]
Read moreHow to list all product’s categories in magento 2 product page
Suppose you want to list all product categories in the product page, or even better, use that to show categories’ depend information (like a CMS Block for each category). How can you do it? First, you will need to create a new block in the product page layout by adding a block statement into your catalog_product_view.xml file (which you can[…]
Read moreHow to remove “Estimate shipping costs and tax” block from cart page in magento 2
To remove the “Estimate shipping costs and tax” block from the cart page: #1 Add the following code to checkout_cart_index.xml in your theme (create a new file if it doesn’t exist). The file should be in app/code/design/frontend/<Theme_Vendor>/<Theme_Name>/Magento_Checkout/layout/. #2 Override the template file checkout/cart/shipping.phtml in your theme (or module) and remove the following lines Then clear your cache and you are[…]
Read moreHow to Disable Magento 2 Reviews And Ratings
You can easily disable magento 2 reviews and ratings functionality directly in the magento backend. Go to Stores > Settings > Configuration. Open the Catalog tab and choose the Catalog option. Navigate to the Product Reviews section and set No in the Enabled field. Save the changes. If you are running a version were you do not have that option then remove[…]
Read moreAdd custom javascript to all pages on your theme
Use custom javascript The best solution to add custom javascript to all pages of your website is to create a javascript module and load it via requireJS. This can be done by creating a requirejs-config.js file in your theme folder with the following content: This file tells requireJS to load a custom.js file located in folder Theme_Vendor/Theme_Name/web/js. Include in that[…]
Read moreHow to disable the dropdown in the minicart?
I had a customer that wanted to remove the minicart dropdown and take the visitor directly to the cart page when clicking the cart icon. This can be implemented by overriding the dropdown javascript module via mixin. First create a requirejs-config.js under your theme folder. You can add it inside the Magento_Checkout folder. So, create file Theme_Folder/Theme_Name/Magento_Checkout/requirejs-config.js with the following[…]
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How to make phone number a mandatory field in contact page?
If you want to make the phone number a mandatory field in the contact page you will need to override the form.phtml template file. Copy the form.phtml template file used for your current contact form to the folder Magento_Contact/templates inside your theme’s folder. If your current theme does not have that template file it is inheriting from Magento luma or[…]
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