I had a new installation of magento. But I was unable to login as an administrator. I went to the admin login page, entered correct username and password but was redirected to the same login page. I could not enter the dashboard page. Error message is displayed when I enter wrong username or password. But nothing is displayed and I am redirected to the same login page when I insert correct username and password.
Solution:
I googled and found these solutions:-
1) Use 127.0.0.1 instead of localhost in your url, i.e. using
http://127.0.0.1/magento/index.php/admin instead …

The upgrade to version 1.2.1 was troubling as after the upgrade I had trouble logging into the admin page. After digging for hours trying to find a fix, I finally came up with the right fix!! View Entire Thread Here
The long and short of the fix is that apparently the newer Magento version is implementing some security check to make sure that the domain is a valid one that is accessing the admin page; a valid domain name or host consists of one with a period in the host name, …

1. Allow Gift Messages under System?>Configuration?>Sales?>Gift Messages.
2. Under System?>Configuration?>Advanced, make sure that the Mage_GiftMessage module says ?Enable?. Mine was disabled for some reason.
3. Under each Product allow/deny gift message

I hate the Magento Connect upgrade option for Magento. From what I?ve seen in my own experience, and that of those on the forums, it seems an utter mess, and very hit and miss as to what it updates and what it doesnt.
Here is my preferred approach, you really have to think about this from day 1 of your first installation to save yourself pain (something I didn?t do!):
Initial Installation
Setup Tortoise SVN
Take a copy of default theme, change to your theme name and put in svn
Make edits to theme, commit …

Manually adding products in Magento can be very time consuming. Here I?m going to talk about how to add products using a csv file.
I?d suggest you add one product manually first. This will give you an initial configuration.
To export:

Navigate to System->Import/Export->Profiles
Click ?Export all Products?
Click Run Profile -> Run Profile in Popup

You will now have an export file in /var/export.
Open this file. You can see it has a list of attributes across the top. These are taken directly from the attributes as defined in Catalog->Attributes.
Note the …

Magento?s SEO Suite Pro
extension adds Canonical URL and Robots Meta tags to the HTML head of Magento pages. These tags prevent web spiders from caching content duplicates and pages without content. Also it transforms all Product tag URLs to SEO recognizable tags.
The SEO Suite automatically generates a SiteMap Extension listing all existing Catalog Categories, Products, CMS Pages and additional configurable links within an hierarchical SEO optimized structure for web spiders on a single Site Map page available through your store?s Footer Link.
In …

Setting up an
online store
has never been easier (or cheaper). Thanks to the
Magento Development platform
, you can have your e-store up and running in a matter of days.
With
Magento
, setting up an e-store has become a snap!
And we?re not talking about just simple display panels and payment gateways. Magento?s features let you develop and automate everything in your shop. From attractive product displays to simplified taxation guides, it?s all there.
Magentoecommerce.net provides Offshore Magento Development, Shopping Carts with CMS, Magento Customization, Magento e-Commerce Development, …

Magento Connect, introduced in 2008, serves as a marketplace for the distribution of Magento?s community and commercial products and services. Magento Connect offers product extensions, themes, design packages, 3rd party integrations, language packs, installation packages and much more. It provides third party development organizations and individuals get in touch with the Magento community.
What is Facebook Like button?
In the recent F8 conference, Facebook announced a universal ?Like? button. It is a social plugin that improves social interaction between you, your customers and their friends. This button can be added to any …

Magento, an ecommerce platform, incorporates different methods that can help you improve the ranking of your online store in a short time. The search engine optimization (SEO) capability of Magento is exceptional. The ecommerce platform itself has seo-friendly and seo-optimized properties as a part of its core built up, however, there are certain performance issues that can be resolved using Magento SEO extension.
Site Map
A standard Magento sitemap does not have seo friendly capability inbuilt. It is separated by product and category sitemaps. This implies that the list of all products …

How to create a design theme

Warning: DO NOT DUPLICATE AN EXISTING THEME. Yes, this would make it slightly easier to create your new theme, but it will also make your new theme horribly incompatible with Magento updates. Many designers (including some major Magento design companies) did this for a long time, and left the Magento world in a bit of a mess when 1.4 was released. Instead, use the ?least impact? approach, outlined in this article to maximize compatibility with updates.
The first step will …