Call-back icon  Sales: Call 877.832.5289 (N America)|310.295.4144 (International)

Magento

eCommerce Software for Online Growth

Magento Forum

   
Display products on homepage
 
adityak
Member
 
Total Posts:  63
Joined:  2008-02-10
India
 

I want to display specific products on homepage (not categories).
How do I do it?

 
Magento Community Magento Community
Magento Community
Magento Community
 
Shimi
Jr. Member
 
Total Posts:  17
Joined:  2007-12-04
 

I would like to know this too, thank you.

 
Magento Community Magento Community
Magento Community
Magento Community
 
Ross
Sr. Member
 
Avatar
Total Posts:  230
Joined:  2007-08-31
Scarborough, North Yorkshire, UK
 

My solution to this is to create a category called ‘Featured’ (which I do not put under the root catalogue), then I add in the products which I would like featured on the front page to this category.

Then add this to the CMS ‘home’ page:

{{block type="catalog/product_list" category_id="9" template="catalog/product/list.phtml"}}
(where ‘9’ is the id for the ‘Featured’ category)

 Signature 

Ross Kendall - Web Developer - rosskendall.com
Client Magento websites:
- Out of the Ark Music (UK): a leading publisher of children’s musicals
- Dottie Lottie: children’s clothing boutique

 
Magento Community Magento Community
Magento Community
Magento Community
 
Shimi
Jr. Member
 
Total Posts:  17
Joined:  2007-12-04
 

Thanks Ross, but I am looking to show the whole product complete with description, review and etc. (see image), any help is appreciated.

Image Attachments
magento1.gifmagento2.gif
 
Magento Community Magento Community
Magento Community
Magento Community
 
Shimi
Jr. Member
 
Total Posts:  17
Joined:  2007-12-04
 

Can this be done or not, i.e. display a single product with full discription on the home page of the site.

 
Magento Community Magento Community
Magento Community
Magento Community
 
BlackDesk
Member
 
Avatar
Total Posts:  34
Joined:  2008-03-10
San Diego
 

I don’t how can you make a category that sits outside of the Root… can you please explain?

 Signature 

_____________________________________________________________________

If we did all the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astonish ourselves.

Thomas Edison

 
Magento Community Magento Community
Magento Community
Magento Community
 
Yoke Lee
Member
 
Avatar
Total Posts:  71
Joined:  2008-05-08
China
 

Can anybody tell me how to change the homepage from 2 columns to 3 columns ???

Thank you very much !!

 Signature 

Hope it helps ! And please share with us if it is ! Thanks.

 
Magento Community Magento Community
Magento Community
Magento Community
 
shan_84
Jr. Member
 
Total Posts:  3
Joined:  2008-05-08
 

Hi Yoke Lee,

choose CMS->Manage Pages and then select the page you want to display in 3 columns(ex: like Home page) then in the edit section choose Custom design ant then choose layout there you get see 3 columns select and refresh Home page.

 
Magento Community Magento Community
Magento Community
Magento Community
 
Yoke Lee
Member
 
Avatar
Total Posts:  71
Joined:  2008-05-08
China
 

Hi shan_84 !

Thank you very much ! I didn’t notice that ! LOL  my bad ...
By the way is there anyway to create pages here with PHP ?

@Shimi : Try this :
Step 1
Have you tried these step to make a sample featured product ?  you can try to use these step to make a new block.

Step 2
I assume you already have made the Books category from admin panel right ?

Step 3 : try this on CMS > Homepage content area:
select ALL in content area, delete, and type in these code :

<h1>Home page</h1>
{{block type="catalog/product_list" category_id="27" template="catalog/product/list.phtml"}}

where “27” is the your Books category.

Hope this helps !

Image Attachments
homepage.JPG
 Signature 

Hope it helps ! And please share with us if it is ! Thanks.

 
Magento Community Magento Community
Magento Community
Magento Community
 
Shimi
Jr. Member
 
Total Posts:  17
Joined:  2007-12-04
 

@ Yoke Lee, that is what I have, but I don’t want to show product list instead the whole product.

 
Magento Community Magento Community
Magento Community
Magento Community
 
Yoke Lee
Member
 
Avatar
Total Posts:  71
Joined:  2008-05-08
China
 

Ow, you mean you only have one product to sell ?

and by the time the homepage loads, it directly loads the page with one product and it’s whole detail?

is that what you mean ?

 Signature 

Hope it helps ! And please share with us if it is ! Thanks.

 
Magento Community Magento Community
Magento Community
Magento Community
 
Shimi
Jr. Member
 
Total Posts:  17
Joined:  2007-12-04
 
Yoke Lee - 14 May 2008 05:03 AM

Ow, you mean you only have one product to sell ?

and by the time the homepage loads, it directly loads the page with one product and it’s whole detail?

is that what you mean ?

Yes

 
Magento Community Magento Community
Magento Community
Magento Community
Magento Community
Magento Community
    Back to top
 
Sales: Call 877.832.5289 (North America) 310.295.4144 (International)
© Copyright 2008 Varien. Magento, eCommerce software, is a trademark of Irubin Consulting Inc. DBA Varien
Privacy Policy|Terms of Service
Magento Community Count
53278 users|741 users currently online|107385 forum posts