Unlike many of the features in Magento, this is actually a pain free task and it just involves two simple steps… 1) Create a static block Login to your Magento control panel and go to CMS > Static Blocks > Add New Block Give the block a title, identifier, switch it to enabled and add [...]

Tax settings in Magento may seem confusing and with a lack of documentation it can take a couple of trial and error attempts to get it right. In this article we will explain how to set up a VAT rate of 20% (new rate from 04/01/2011) Create the VAT Tax Class Open up Sales > [...]

In this Magento tutorial we will demonstrate how to move the mini-cart that resides in the right column of a fresh Magento install into the header section. This can be a popular request as the header section of a e-commerce store is a great place to include the cart especially if you are using a [...]

Since the release of Magento 1.4, error reporting has been hidden for security purposes. By default you will be taken to a screen with the following three lines: There has been an error processing your request Exception printing is disabled by default for security reasons. Error log record number: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX The above error does not [...]

In this tutorial I will be explaining how to display subcategory thumbnails within a parent category. This will allow your visitors to narrow down their search accordingly as opposed to being overloaded with all of the products from within a parent category at once, like Magento does by default. An Example of Subcategories within a [...]

In this tutorial we will be discussing how to set up multiple Magento stores on the same dedicated server. In this example I will be setting up 2 stores, one main store (TV Mania) and one sub-store (Macs R Us), both of these have been completely made up! Create Root Category Firstly we will need [...]