<reference name=”right”>
<action method=”unsetChild”><name>cart_sidebar</name></action>
<action method=”unsetChild”><name>catalog.compare.sidebar</name></action>
<action method=”unsetChild”><name>right.reports.product.viewed</name></action>
<action method=”unsetChild”><name>right.permanent.callout</name></action>
</reference>

The line in page.xml that seems to cause the problem is

<block type=”core/profiler” output=”toHtml”/>

Magento now uses an updated call:

<block type=”core/profiler” output=”toHtml” name=”core_profiler”/>

This should be one of the initial changes that can get your site live and updated when upgrading to Magento 1.4.1.0

This is not currently the case but I still find that there is not enough control over the category / subcategory display within the layered navigation. This custom navigation block could be used above some of the other build in features such as price, manufacturer etc. that is simple to accomplish with the layered navigation.

Also of note, I have found including other SEO centralized developers, that the layered navigation simply refreshs that page, so should you have content on the main category page, the layered navigation link creates confusion becuase the page content continues to display.

Overall the layered navigation should be used for non-search engine targeted categorization as mentioned – price, size, etc.

To create the custom navigation simply create a new file, such as custom-navigation.php. I uploaded by custom navigation into the following directory:

app/design/frontend/blank/template/template/catalog/navigation

I adapted the following navigation area from a Magento tutorial. However I have updated the navigation to include a number of specific features that work very well. The example below will give you an idea of how the custom navigation area is laid out.

Products

• subcat 1
• subcat 2
• subcat etc.

Currently Browsing

• current category

Categories

• main category 1
• main category 2
• main category 3
• main category etc.

Because I wanted to create a robust navigation bar I wanted to have control over what information was displayed and make both browsing and bouncing around within the site very affective. The following navigation code allowed me to accomplish this and works great in conjunction with main body category navigation.

Custom Navigation Code:

<?php

/**
* Custom Nav
*/

?>

<?php
/* Get the categories that are active for the store */
$_main_categories=$this->getStoreCategories();

/* Get the current category the user is in */
$_current_category=$this->getCurrentCategory();

/* Get the current category path */
$_categorypath = $this->getCurrentCategoryPath();
?>

<div>
<div>
<div>
<h2>Shop by</h2>
</div>
<div>
<?php
if ($_main_categories):
/* This bit cycles through the categories – setting the next one to current */
foreach ($_main_categories as $_main_category):
if($_main_category->getIsActive()):
$cur_category=Mage::getModel(‘catalog/category’)->load($_main_category->getId());
$layer = Mage::getSingleton(‘catalog/layer’);
$layer->setCurrentCategory($cur_category);
?>

<?php
/* Check the category variable loop against the current category path if it is – print sub categories */
if (in_array($this->getCurrentCategory()->getId(), $_categorypath)): ?>
<?php $_maincategorylisting=$this->getCurrentCategory()?>
<?php $_categories=$this->getCurrentChildCategories()?>
<?php if($_categories->count()):?>

<dl>
<dt><?php echo $this->__(‘Products’) ?></dt>
<ol>
<? foreach ($_categories as $_category_link):?>
<? if($_category_link->getIsActive()):
$cur_subcategory=Mage::getModel(‘catalog/category’)->load($_category_link->getId());
$layer = Mage::getSingleton(‘catalog/layer’);
$layer->setCurrentCategory($cur_subcategory);

?>
<li><a href=”<?php echo $this->getCategoryUrl($_category_link)?>”> <?php echo $_category_link->getName()?></a></li>
<? endif;?>
<?endforeach?>
</ol>
</dl>

<?php /* This resets the category back to the original pages category
****     If this is not done, subsequent calls on the same page will use the last category
****    in the foreach loop
*/   ?>
<?php $layer->setCurrentCategory($_current_category);  ?>
<?endif;?>

<dl>
<dt><?php echo $this->__(‘Currently Browsing’) ?></dt>
<ol>
<? /* Current Category */  ?>
<li><a href=”<?php echo $this->getCurrentCategory()->getUrl()?>”><?php echo $this->getCurrentCategory()->getName();?></a></li>
</ol>
</dl>

<?endif;?>

<?php
endif;
endforeach;?>

<?php $layer->setCurrentCategory($_current_category);  ?>
<?else:
?>
<p>Continue Broswing</p>
<?php endif; ?>

<dl>
<dt><?php echo $this->__(‘Categories’) ?></dt>
<ol>
<?php
if ($_main_categories):
/* This bit cycles through the categories – setting the next one to current */
foreach ($_main_categories as $_main_category):
if($_main_category->getIsActive()):
$cur_category=Mage::getModel(‘catalog/category’)->load($_main_category->getId());
$layer = Mage::getSingleton(‘catalog/layer’);
$layer->setCurrentCategory($cur_category);

/* Write the main categories */
?>

<li><a href=”<?php echo $this->getCurrentCategory()->getUrl()?>”><?php echo $this->getCurrentCategory()->getName();?></a></li>

<?php /* This resets the category back to the original pages category
****     If this is not done, subsequent calls on the same page will use the last category
****    in the foreach loop
*/   ?>
<?php $layer->setCurrentCategory($_current_category);  ?>

<?php
endif;
endforeach;
else:
?>
<p>Continue Broswing</p>
<?php endif; ?>
</ol>
</dl>

</div>
</div>
</div>

Next you will want to call the custom navigation from either a static block or layout file. Personally I usually do both because I may need a static block in the left sidebar for a number of reasons. In order to have control over easily adding content I simply call a static block from the left layout block

app/design/frontend/blank/theme110/layout/catalog.xml

<block type=”cms/block” name=”custom_navigation” before=”-”>
<action method=”setBlockId”><block_id>custom_navigation</block_id></action>
</block>

If you have not already done so, create a static block with the identifier – custom_navigation. Within the static block you can now easily reference the custom navigation template file:

{{block type=’catalog/navigation’ name=’customNav’ template=’catalog/navigation/custom-navigation.phtml’}}

Save the changes and view the custom navigation.

Now should you want to update the custom navigation static block to include sale information or something of that nature you have a more robust area already created to customize.

Navigate to – app/code/core/Mage/Checkout/Block/Onepage/Billing.php

To update the default shipping option to ‘Ship to this Adress’ simply edit the core magento file located on your server:

Replace:

public function isUseBillingAddressForShipping()
{
if (($this->getQuote()->getIsVirtual()) || !$this->getQuote()->getShippingAddress()->getSameAsBilling())
{
return false;
}
return true;
}

With:

public function isUseBillingAddressForShipping()
{
if (($this->getQuote()->getIsVirtual()) || (!$this->getQuote()->getShippingAddress()->getSameAsBilling()))
{
return true;
} else {
return false;
}
}

/app/design/frontend/base/default/template/catalog/product/view/description.phtml

Edit the line nl2br($_description) to $_description, removing nl2br.

The added line breaks were causing issues in Firefox when creating unordered lists and such as the list code would have an added line break, <br>, or what appeared to be line spacing added to each item within the list.

You will want to edit the following file:
app/code/core/Mage/GoogleAnalytics/Block/Ga.php

…And add this simple line of code to line 179 in order to resolve the issue.

var _gaq = _gaq || [];

This issue has been reported and resolved already by the Magento Team through Issue #21456

In app/code/core/Mage/Adminhtml/Block/Catalog/Product/Grid.php around line 253 ad:

$sets = Mage::getResourceModel(‘eav/entity_attribute_set_collection’)
->setEntityTypeFilter(Mage::getModel(‘catalog/product’)
->getResource()->getTypeId())->load()->toOptionHash();

array_unshift($statuses, array(‘label’=>”, ‘value’=>”));
$this->getMassactionBlock()->addItem(‘attribute_set’, array(
‘label’=> Mage::helper(‘catalog’)->__(‘Change attribute set’),
‘url’ => $this->getUrl(‘*/*/massAttributeSet’, array(‘_current’=>true)),
‘additional’ => array(
‘visibility’ => array(
‘name’ => ‘attribute_set’,
‘type’ => ’select’,
‘class’ => ‘required-entry’,
‘label’ => Mage::helper(‘catalog’)->__(‘Attribute Set’),
‘values’ => $sets
)
)
));

And then in app/code/core/Mage/Adminhtml/controllers/Catalog/ProductController.php (anywhere in the class) add a new function:

public function massAttributeSetAction(){

$productIds = $this->getRequest()->getParam(‘product’);
$storeId = (int)$this->getRequest()->getParam(’store’, 0);
if(!is_array($productIds)) {
$this->_getSession()->addError($this->__(‘Please select product(s)’));
} else {
try {
foreach ($productIds as $productId) {
$product = Mage::getSingleton(‘catalog/product’)
->unsetData()
->setStoreId($storeId)
->load($productId)
->setAttributeSetId($this->getRequest()->getParam(‘attribute_set’))
->setIsMassupdate(true)
->save();
}
Mage::dispatchEvent(‘catalog_product_massupdate_after’, array(‘products’=>$productIds));
$this->_getSession()->addSuccess(
$this->__(‘Total of %d record(s) were successfully updated’, count($productIds)));
} catch (Exception $e) {
$this->_getSession()->addError($e->getMessage());
}
}

$this->_redirect(‘*/*/’, array(’store’=>(int)$this->getRequest()->getParam(’store’, 0)));
}

Once you have added the two snippets of code you will now be able to select products from teh Manage Products list and update any products Attribute Set from the actions dropdown menu.

Simply Select ‘Change Attribute Set’ and select the appropriate attribute set from the new dropdown menu that appears to the right of Actions.

In order to properly implement pagination into your product listings again, you must simply update your catalog.xml template file located in the layout directory of your template folder:

app/design/frontend/your-template/layout/catalog.xml

Add the follow code to properly call the pagination setup in the pager.phtml file:

<block type=”page/html_pager” name=”product_list_toolbar_pager”/>

Simply look for the toolbar.phtml block and paste in the pager block.

<block type=”catalog/product_list_toolbar” name=”product_list_toolbar” template=”catalog/product/list/toolbar.phtml”>
<block type=”page/html_pager” name=”product_list_toolbar_pager”/>
</block>

First you will want to create a static block that will end up replacing the category page setup.

CMS > Static Block

Once created you may need to grab some of the template code in order to setup the static block so the text areas match the design of the template. Personally I create an introductory paragraph followed by the product listings, then adding another section of content below the products that is more expansive and creates more unique content for my main category pages.  Simply update the cat_ID with the corresponding category products you want to display on this page, set the status to ‘Enabled’ and save the CMS Custom Block.

Content

{{block type=”catalog/product_list” column_count=”3″ category_id=”cat_ID” template=”catalog/product/list.phtml”}}

Content

Now you can setup the category page to display the custom blog you have created, rather then just using the category description as it limits your control over where you can implement content.

Catalog > Manage Categories

Select the category and click on the Display Settings tab. Under Display Mode select Static Block only as we have used custom code to display the products between our content blocks. Now you simply have to select the CMS Block you created and save the changes.