How do I? Questions http://www.magentocommerce.com/boards/ Magento Forums en Copyright 2013 2013-06-19T14:21:43-08:00 Required Code For Registration http://www.magentocommerce.com/boards/viewthread/430587/ http://www.magentocommerce.com/boards/viewthread/430587/#When:14:21:43Z First sorry if this is in the wrong forum base but maybe someone can help?

I am looking to keep my shop private and I have found a boat load of extensions that allow only shopping for logged in users, but what I have not found was an extension or how to control the registration process. I have found a few extensions that allow me to send invites through the store to customers but those dont do what I need.

I would like for anyone to be able to register for the store, but in order for the store registration to be successful they would have to have the correct code. All users would be able to use the same code, sharing is not a problem ect.

For example I would be able to hand out a bundle of business cards that all have the same code on them and anyone with that code could register. I would then use an extension already build that only allows users that are logged in to shop.

Any ideas? I’m not asking for anything for free and am willing to pay for the extension or pay someone to make the extension.

]]> 2013-06-19T14:21:43-08:00 Any way to track or report on the amount of ‘Sample’ downloads? http://www.magentocommerce.com/boards/viewthread/430558/ http://www.magentocommerce.com/boards/viewthread/430558/#When:12:59:29Z Hi all!

I’m offering some sample downloads on my product pages and need a way to track how many of them get downloaded.

Any help would be appreciated

Many thanks
Don

]]> 2013-06-19T12:59:29-08:00 Getting a TON of 503 server errors in Google Webmaster Tools http://www.magentocommerce.com/boards/viewthread/430420/ http://www.magentocommerce.com/boards/viewthread/430420/#When:08:35:10Z I currently have over eight thousand 503 server errors showing up in Google Webmaster Tools and am getting many more each day. In looking at each of the errors they’re all similar to this: catalogsearch/result/index/?dir=descℴ=reviews_count&q;=skins

They ALL have either reviews_count or rating_summary in the errors. I’m not currently using the Magento ratings or reviews feature and have them disabled. I’m guessing that\’s why I’m getting all of the errors. Is there a way to block these via robots.txt or something? Or is there another way to fix this? I suppose I could block /catalogsearch/result/ in robots.txt but everything I see says that I should explicitly allow it. I’m really confused over what to do and I’m really nervous that this is effecting my page ranking. Any thoughts?

Or am I wrong altogether? Is it safe to block /catalogsearch/result/ in robots.txt? Is there a reason that I should allow Google to search those results?

]]> 2013-06-19T08:35:10-08:00 Custom canonical link for specific products and categories http://www.magentocommerce.com/boards/viewthread/316667/ http://www.magentocommerce.com/boards/viewthread/316667/#When:02:43:36Z I am trying to figure our a way of overiding Magento’s default canonical link for product and category pages using the “Custom Layout Update” field.  This is what I have so far but it is not working.  Can anybody let me know whether this is possible and what I am doing wrong?

Thanks

<action method="removeItem" block="head">
    <item>link_rel</item>
    <name>{product url}</name>
</action>
<action method="addLinkRel" block="head">
    <link>link_rel</link>
</action>

]]> 2013-03-15T02:43:36-08:00 Arvixe Webhosit - is anyone hosting with them ? http://www.magentocommerce.com/boards/viewthread/430437/ http://www.magentocommerce.com/boards/viewthread/430437/#When:08:57:36Z Hi - i’ve heard good things about Arvixe for hosting Magento Sites.  I’m considering switching over to them.  Is anyone using them ?
Care to share experiences or give some feedback ?  The Rate is also quite reasonable.

My site isn’t very big but potential to grow large…

Advice on other reputable Hoster’s for Magento will be appreciated.

Thanks,

]]> 2013-06-19T08:57:36-08:00 Magento Image on a different domain &amp; server http://www.magentocommerce.com/boards/viewthread/430501/ http://www.magentocommerce.com/boards/viewthread/430501/#When:10:08:39Z Hello ,
I am currently using Magento 1.7 CE. I have a requirement. store is currently hosted on x.com, when i add a new product i want all the images to be stored on a different server (y.com).  when the customer request pages, images alone loads from y.com and test of the things comes from x.com. i have currently hosted on a shared server where they limit the disk size. if i move the images to a different server then i can save space and continue with the current host.

How to to do this ?

]]> 2013-06-19T10:08:39-08:00 How to add a Sitemap to a Magento Site?? http://www.magentocommerce.com/boards/viewthread/63848/ http://www.magentocommerce.com/boards/viewthread/63848/#When:03:37:57Z Yo..
I have came across 100s of Sitemap question threads, but none of them answers it correctly.
So, im again asking, “HOW DO WE GET THE SITEMAP PAGE ON MAGENTO ????”

I have seen in the demo here and it looks cool.
How do we get the similar thing on our Magento store ??
Whats the way to do ??

Its already enabled at System > Configuration > Catalog > Google Sitemap.

But dont know, where its generating or not..

So, right now, I would like to put my Sitemap page on my menu bar and I would like to get the sitemap from my CMS Page.

What core do we put in there ???

]]> 2009-11-10T03:37:57-08:00 Professional Catalog service that’s tied to Magento? http://www.magentocommerce.com/boards/viewthread/430458/ http://www.magentocommerce.com/boards/viewthread/430458/#When:09:17:43Z Our company is looking to create a catalog and I’ve been looking for a good catalog program that is tied to Magento. 

Any advice?

]]> 2013-06-19T09:17:43-08:00 Problem changing a Theme.. http://www.magentocommerce.com/boards/viewthread/429190/ http://www.magentocommerce.com/boards/viewthread/429190/#When:13:34:43Z Hello everybody! =)

I’ve been unsuccessful trying to change the magento theme in a site with a running store. Both themes (the already installed one and the one I want to install instead) were bought from templatemonster.com. I’ve tried everything but haven’t been able to change it:

System > Configuration > General > Design

Current Package Name: Default
Default: <MyTheme’sName>

Then I tried writing my theme’s name to the rest (translations, templates, skin, layout). It says changes have been successful but I still see the previous theme..

I also tried going to System > Design > Add Design Change > *Under ‘Custon Design’ placing the new theme*

This time it says:

“Your design change for the specified store intersects with another one, please specify another date range.”

I’ve tried with System > Index Management and reindexing data but nothing..
Also with System > Cache Management > Disable but also nothing..
When I go to CMS > Pages only the old pages appear, not the new ones (if there should be some?)..

I’m a bit desperate here and have no idea of what to do or what I’m doing wrong.. Can anyone help me please? I’ll be really thankful! =)

Regards!

Edit: To this I guess I must add I’m doing all this from localhost, haven’t tried with the real store yet since I don’t want to screw up something..

]]> 2013-06-18T13:34:43-08:00 How to speed up the magento? http://www.magentocommerce.com/boards/viewthread/425911/ http://www.magentocommerce.com/boards/viewthread/425911/#When:22:00:01Z hello,
I used the magento v1.7 to build a online shopping website http://www.dealeu.com , the layout looks very nice but It looks a litter slow.
Somebody who can tell me how to speed it?

thanks a lot

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