Get Magento Product Attribute Label

Half way through writing a customised grouped product page for Magento, I realised that I’d never come across getting attribute labels before. I already had the attribute code loaded, so I just needed the script to load it by that attribute code. It turns out that product attribute labels is a bit of a tumbleweed subject in the online community so I dug it out of Mage/Eav/Model:

$product->getResource()->getAttribute('my_attribute_code')->getStoreLabel();

It makes echoing out product attributes a much more dynamic affair. Thanks for reading the Magento Blog at Ecommerce Web Design.

Adam Moss Author Page

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Sorting Product List with Integer Attributes

‘Sorting Product List with Integer Attibutes’… bit of a mouthful ain’t it? There’s a bit of a limitation with Magento’s sort feature when it comes to custom attributes. It will normally sort our text strings alphabetically without a problem, but if your value is an integer Magento will still treat it as a string. This means that your numbers will be about as organised as my suitcase after a holiday:

10010002002200300400

Not ideal is it? I’m hoping that Magento will fix this by the next release – it only needs to be an extra attribute option which defines any values as an integer. It is something which could easily be mastered with an extension, but I personally think it’s more of a core requirement. The good news is that there’s a short term solution which works just as well. Simply use the attribute type of ‘Price’ when you’re creating your attribute.

The next issue is that your echoed attributes will show in currency format: 100.00, but the PHP round function will format it nicely for frontend purposes.

$attribute = $_product->getResource()->getAttribute('attribute_name')->getFrontend()->getValue($_product);echo round($attribute);

Would be nice for Magento if gets this sorted for the next release, in the meantime this will do a job for you. Thanks for reading the Magento Blog at E-commerce Website Design.

Adam Moss Author Page

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Magento Extension: Optimised Product Addition

Hi Folks! Long time no speak!

Today I wanted to talk to your about our new extension – Optimised Product Addition You can find it on Magento Connect!

What this extension does is to add a piece of javascript to your admin panel – when you click on the “Add Product” tab this extension will set a few things to a different default setting:

Status: Enabled

Tax Class: Taxable Goods

Stock Availability: In Stock

Inventory Qty Decimal: Yes

SKU: Next availabile incremental ID (If applicable)

And That’s it! Just a quick extension that might make your lives easier if you need them. If you want to edit anything just have a look at the javascript file and comment out any lines that you don’t need.

For those who want to download and install manually here are the files.

Thanks for visiting the Magento Blog here at e-commerce web design, home of the Magento Fox!

Robert Kent Author Page

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Boost Sales, Beat Fraud

The rise of card-not-present(CNP) and e-commerce transactions has created a new, sophisticated level of international criminals. All types and sizes of merchants have been forced to impose hard-and-fast rules on which transactions to accept and which to decline. This “blanket” approach may stop many fraudulent transactions, but it also blocks many legitimate, honest consumers — in the U.S. and worldwide.
This webinar will explain how some fraud strategies can actually be slowing or stopping good orders from being accepted. These “symptoms of fraud” could be hurting your chances to increase sales and expand into new products or markets.
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