subject: Magento Wordpress Integration Plugin Arrives In The Market [print this page] Introduction: Introduction:
WordPress enthusiasts have always found it hard to work with Magenta, another popular Open Source platform. However, with the introduction of the Magento WordPress Integration plugin for WordPress, it will now be a lot easier to initiate an instance of your local Magento installation within your WordPress theme.
More features to make you happy
The Magento Integration in WordPress allows a developer to display Magento products within a WordPress post or page, along with the extra ability to add simple products straight to the Magento shopping cart. Some of the main features of the Plugin are:
Calling default Magento Blocks from a WordPress theme
Making use of customized Magento blocks
Using static blocks made in the Magento admin area
Making choice between top-links (to show/hide) in a block
Choosing the particular JavaScript and CSS files to be loaded
Adding additional JS and CSS files from Magento installation folder
Showing Magento products on a WordPress post or page via comma-separated SKUs - into the post/page editors field
Using the options provided in the plug-in settings to style the products available on posts/pages
Installation Instructions:
This first step is very important, and cannot be missed out for any Magento developer:
Deactivate a Magento function that conflicts with one in WordPress
Navigate to ~/your-magento/app/code/core/Mage/Core/functions.php
a. Duplicate that file and place the new version in ~/your-magento/app/code/local/Mage/Core/functions.php this file will now be used over the original, and will remain during Magento upgrades.
b. Open the newly created file and browse to around line 90, where you will find this: function __()
You can either download the plugin manually from the WordPress Plugin Directory, or browse to Plugins Add New in your WordPress admin area, then search for Magento WordPress Integration.
Install the plugin as described above.
Activate the plugin.
Click Mage/WP in your side bar.
Under the Initial Setuptab, enter the details of your Magento store.
i. The first field requires the path to your Magento installation this needs to be on the same domain as your WordPress installation, and must be entered from the root
ii. The second field requires the name of Magento theme or package
iii. The third field needs to be the store view code of the Magento store that you want to get blocks and data from.
Once you have done the above, you can move on the other tabs. Each of these tabs contains usage instructions and should be pretty workable.
Setting the cookie paths in Magento can help to solve any issues regarding customer session data between platforms Go to your Magento admin area. Navigate to System Configuration Web Session Cookie Management. Set the Cookie Path to / and the Cookie Domain to yourdomain.com.
