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Here’s a short list of magento codes to do some of the simple stuff. It’s a little empty at the moment but I’ll keep adding to it over time.

  • Check if customer is logged in 
    <?php
$_customer = Mage::getSingleton('customer/session')->isLoggedIn();

if ($_customer) {
// do stuff
}
?>
  • Get product image 
    <?php echo $this->helper('catalog/image')->init($_product, 'image'); ?>
  • Show image using current skin path (PHTML) 
    <img src="<?php echo $this->getSkinUrl('images/logo.png');?>" alt="logo" />
  • Show image using current skin path (CMS) 
    <img src={{skin url="images/logo.png"}}  />
  • Show a custom block (CMS) 
    {{block type="catalog/product_featured" name="product_featured" as="product_featured" template="catalog/product/featured.phtml"}}
  • Show a custom block (XML) 
    <block type="catalog/navigation" name="catalog.myblock" after="-" template="catalog/navigation/myblock.phtml"/>
  • Show CMS block (PHTML) 
    <?php echo $this->getLayout()->createBlock('cms/block')->setBlockId('my_block_identifier')->toHtml() ?>
  • Show short version of review summary 
    <?php echo $this->getReviewsSummaryHtml($_link,"short",true) ?>

Suggestions for any more helpful code snippets are more than welcome!

Ben
Creative Lead
MS Internet