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  • Catalog Prices Including Tax Not Working in Magento 1.4

    I was having the issue where even though I set catalog prices to be including tax, Magento was still adding tax on top of the product’s unit price.

    Changing the tax calculation option to ‘excluding tax’ did not even affect the prices shown on the frontend.

    After a quick Google search, I found someone else had fixed the same problem on a Magento forum thread:

    Simply go to:

    <pre “text”>System > Configuration > Sales...

  • How could the WordPress Vs Thesis Theme Licensing Debate Affect Magento?

    I will start off this post with a disclaimer. I am not proficient with software licensing. As a programmer I am naturally aware of them and have studied them for a short time while at University, but I confess that I am no expert. During the research for this article, I have begun to have a better understanding but I welcome corrections and comments. All opinions herein are my own and do not represent the...

  • Allow Social Promotion on Magento Order Success Page

    Order Success Page

    We all know that product promotion from a friend or family member is the best kind of advertising. This is especially true when we know they have put their money where their mouth is and bought the produce themselves.

    So, one evening I decided to play around with an idea. I felt that the Magento Order Success page - the page that customers are redirected to...

  • Top Links in Magento 1.4.1 Have Changed

    In previous versions of Magento the top links, i.e.

    • My Account
    • My Wishlist
    • My Cart
    • Checkout
    • Log In

    were called in:

    /app/design/frontend/[interface_name]/[theme_name]/template/page/html/top.links.html

    In this file, the $toplinks array was looped through and a list of links are echoed. The proper way to then add extra links to this array is by the addLink method in the appropriate layout file. As some of you will notice this...