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How to move the newsletter subscription block to the footer in Magento 1.4
The Magento 1.4 update provides an effective way of modifying themes that keeps changes separate from the default files through the use of the layout.xml. This allows for layout changes to be kept in one location. For a full explanation of this see ‘The better way to modify Magento layout“.
Classy Llama’s article provided the answer on how to move the newsletter signup from its position in the left column (within the blank theme) to the footer. Continue reading “How to move the newsletter subscription block to the footer in Magento 1.4”
How to set up UK VAT in Magento
There didn’t seem to be much online to show how to add VAT to Magento sites trading in the United Kindgom so after a little trial and error I’ve identified the actions required.
Set up Product Classes
- From the sales menu, select the Tax option and then the Product Tax Class.
- Add three new classes; VAT Standard, VAT Reduced and VAT Zero
- If only shipping to the UK all other tax rates can be deleted. Continue reading “How to set up UK VAT in Magento”
Learning Magento – Creating a Different Header on the Home Page
Learning to use Magento have a steep curve (and I really hate walking up hill) but I’ll get there.
To add an image to your home page only…
- Upload the image
- Create a static block that contains the html link to the image
- Duplicate app/design/…/template/page/html/header.phtml
- In Magento admin edit the Home Page (CMS > Manage Pages > Custom Pages)
- Update the Layout Update XML field as per http://www.magentocommerce.com/boards/viewthread/52733/
Now I just need to work a way to update the image within the admin system…