26Apr 2011 by admin No Comments

How to install magento on local server

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Magento Installation | Magento Installation Process | Magento Installation On Localserver Step 1: Open php.ini file for apache C:/xampp/apache/bin/php.in Find php_curl.dll and remove comment(;) From the following line [sourcecode language="plain"]extension=php_curl.dll[/sourcecode] Same way make changes in C:/xampp/php/php.ini file Restart apache server from xampp control panel Step 2: If database connection error occurs "InnoDB Engine" Open file xampp\mysql\bin\my.cnf (Drag and Drop that file to Notepad or notepad++ program) Find code: [sourcecode language="plain"] # Comment the following if you are using InnoDB tables skip-innodb #innodb_data_home_dir = "/xampplite/mysql/" #innodb_data_file_path = ibdata1:10M:autoextend #innodb_log_group_home_dir = "/xampplite/mysql/" #innodb_log_arch_dir = "/xampplite/mysql/" ## You can set .._buffer_pool_size up to 50 - 80 % ## of RAM but beware of setting memory usage too high #innodb_buffer_pool_size = 16M #innodb_additional_mem_pool_size = 2M ## Set .._log_file_size to 25 % of buffer pool…
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23Apr 2011 by admin No Comments

How to call static block in magento

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What is static block in magento? Static blocks can be used throughout your theme wherever you want to make small updates to a section of a page. Typical uses would be for promotional banners/callouts in sidebars or for some custom text in the middle of your home page. Static blocks can also be inserted into CMS pages or included in category pages. Creating s static block => Login in into your magento admin panel. => Navigate to CMS->Static blocks => Click Add new block => Give your block title (Title: A descriptive name to identify this block) => Give your block identifier (Identifier: The identifer will allow you to call this block from your template files or using the Magento markup tags. Typically this would be programmer friendly name with…
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