Tips to use home page url, custom page url and pass query string in Magento CMS Page

{{store url=""}} -> Used to get Store's home page URL.
Resulting in a URL like "http://yourstore.com/"

{{store url="contacts"}} -> Used to get contact us page URL.
Resulting in a URL like "http://yourstore.com/contacts/"

If you want to show custom URL Use direct_url
{{store direct_url="category/subcategory.html"}} -> Used to get custom URL.
Resulting in a URL like "http://yourstore.com/category/subcategory.html"

If you want to pass parameters in query string use _query
{{store direct_url="category/subcategory.html" _query="a=param_a&b=param_b"}} -> Used to Pass query string
Resulting in a URL like "http://yourstore.com/category/subcategory.html?a=param_a&b=param_b"

{{skin url='images/homepageimage.jpg'}} -> Used to get image url

How to remove right column sidebar from product view page in Magento?

Edit your theme's "/layout/catalog.xml" file. Find the below lines.

  Catalog Product View (Any)
      
        
      

You can set your template to 1column like this:

or use "<remove name="right"/>" code to remove right sidebar.
Catalog Product View (Any)

  
  Catalog Product View (Any)
    
      
        
      

After making changes dont forget to refresh the cache. That's it. You are done.

How to remove the Discount Code / Coupon Code box in Magento My cart page?

Solution 1:

Edit your theme's "/layout/checkout.xml" file. Find and Comment the below lines.

Solution 2:

Add new local.xml file under your theme's layout folder.

Here, You no need to search for any template or layout file. This code will do the trick. After making changes dont forget to refresh the cache. That's it. You are done.

How to Remove Add to Compare link in magento product view page?

Edit your theme's "templae/catalog/product/view/addto.phtml" file. Find and Comment the below lines.

<?php
    $_compareUrl = $this->helper('catalog/product_compare')->getAddUrl($_product);
?>
<?php if($_compareUrl) : ?>
    <li><span class="separator">|</span> <a href="<?php echo $_compareUrl ?>" class="link-compare"><?php echo $this->__('Add to Compare') ?></a></li>
<?php endif; ?> 

How to remove a block from just one page cart, cms or product page?

For page specific layout updates, either you can use backend layout updates sections(category, product, cms pages) or the following code in the "app/etc/local.xml"

for instance, use this code to remove the sidebar cart from the product view page.

Magento how to get category id in product page?

<?php $categories = $_product->getCategoryIds(); ?>
<?php foreach($categories as $k => $_category_id): ?>
    <?php $_category = Mage::getModel('catalog/category')->load($_category_id) ?>
    <a href="<?php echo $_category->getUrl() ?>"><?php echo $_category->getName() ?></a>
<?php endforeach; ?> 

This will load and link all of the categories that the product is found in.

How to Add CMS page link to top links or footer links in Magento?

Use "<prepare>true</prepare>" to get correct url path.

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