Magento Support - Add, Edit and Remove Magento Top Links

This is a simple trick, and often requested for Magento support. The general rule for each Magento top link is that each is mostly controlled by the Magento layout,  so check layout/module_name.xml first.

To Add a new top link:
Sample code:

<default>
    <reference name="top.links">
        <action method="addLink" translate="label title" module="module_name">
            <label>My Top Link Name</label>
            <url helper="module_name/get_top_link_target_url"/>
            <title>My Top Link Title</title>
            <prepare/>
            <urlParams/>
            <position>1</position>
        </action>
    </reference>
</default>
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			This entry was posted in Magento Development on January 19, 2009 by Mai Erne.			
		
	

Magento form validation using Varien JavaScript objects

When building new pages in Magento, form validation is usually a necessary but highly repetitive process.

Luckily, Magento already comes with very nice form validation functions written in JavaScript.

Here is a quick demo of how to use it, based on the Magento customer login form.

At the end of the .phtml template file, attach the following code:

<script type="text/javascript">
//<![CDATA[
    var loginForm = new VarienForm('login-form', true);
    $('login-email').observe('keypress', bindLoginPost);
    $('login-password').observe('keypress', bindLoginPost);
    function bindLoginPost(evt){
        if (evt.keyCode == Event.KEY_RETURN) {
            loginForm.submit();
        }
    }
    function onepageLogin(button){
        if(loginForm.validator &&  loginForm.validator.validate()){
            button.disabled = true;
            loginForm.submit();
        }
    }
//]]>
</script>
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The key is to wrap a VarienForm object around our form element with id='login-form', and then loginForm.validator.validate() will handle everything with ease.
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			This entry was posted in Magento Development on January 4, 2009 by Mai Erne.