Development tips about magento 2
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[…]
Read moreTo 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 moreTo add a Logout link to the customer account dashboard you will need to change/create the layout file responsible for the customer account page. That file is customer_account.xml and you should place it inside the Magento_Customer/layout folder in your custom theme with the following content:
Read moreIt you are looking to install magento in your local machine I would recommend using Docker instead of the usual xampp-type solution where you need to configure all the services required by your own. On top of that, since magento 2.4.0 it is mandatory to have elasticsearch running to install magento. This means yet another setup task to complete before[…]
Read moreSometimes 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 moreIf you want to replace any of the existing theme or admin modules templates you should create an admin theme. Creating an admin theme in magento 2 is a bit more complicated that a regular frontend child theme because you can’t chose the admin theme in the backend. You need to do it by creating a module. So, creating an[…]
Read moreYou can easily add GTM in you website without the need of any third-party extensions.Although you can add GTM code snippet directly in the admin (Content > Design > Configuration) you will not be able to add the noscript part right below the body tag.To solve this problem you will need a bit more work and add the GTM code[…]
Read moreOn 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 moreI decided to write this article to help newbies magento users. Magento is a very powerful yet complex framework with many nuances that are easily overseen. Many of those are critical to the speed of a magento website. So, here is a checklist to help you remember some of the important things you need to be aware to run your[…]
Read moreSuppose 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[…]
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