Bug in Magento 1.4.1.1: Pagination links missing in tagged product list

Today, I noticed one bug in Magento 1.4.1.1: Pagination links (Page: 1, 2, 3 …) were missing in the tagged product list. After looking into a later version of Magento 1.5.x, it was found that issue was due to following missing blocks in ‘tag_product_list’ handle of layout file: app/design/frontend/[interface]/[theme]/layout/tag.xml: <block type=”catalog/product_list_toolbar” name=”product_list_toolbar” template=”catalog/product/list/toolbar.phtml”> <block type=”page/html_pager” …

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Importing regular, special, tier & group prices using ‘Mass Importer Pro: Price Importer’ Extension

Recently, the MagePsycho team developed Mass Importer Pro: Price Importer Extension, the fastest price import tool for Magento. It provides for importing/updating different prices, such as regular, special, tier, and group prices. This article will serve as documentation for the Mass Importer Pro: Price Importer Extension. 1. INSTALLATION Before installation, make sure that Cache(System > …

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Usage of image preloading for color swatch operation

Color Swatch is often a requirement for Magento Stores. You can find lots of Color Swatch Extensions and tutorials on the internet. Most of them are slow in speed in terms of swatching the image. So I am sharing some tips on overcoming that. You just have to place the following code in app/design/frontend/*/*/catalog/product/view/media.phtml: <script …

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How to fix the issue: Product images missing in backend but not in the frontend

Introduction Recently I have to fix a strange issue for one of my clients. The issue was that product images were missing from ‘Images’ tab of product edit form (as depicted below), though they were displaying fine in the frontend. After going through the table relationship for catalog product images (as shown below), it was …

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