is the Magento module that allows you to easily add the content of your Wordpress blog to your Magento store.
Open the [your wordpress folder]
Open the index.php file of your wordpress template.
at the very top of the page you’ll see
<?php
/**
* @package WordPress
* @subpackage Default_Theme
*/
Directly below that add the following lines:
/* start add magepress */
if($_GET['magepress']) { require_once('magepress.php');return true;}
/* end add magepress */
That’s it. Save everything. We’re ready to go to the Magento Admin panel and set it up…
Log in to your Magento Admin panel
http://[your_domain.com]/admin
go to: >system>configuration>web
add the url to your wordpress blog here (see image below):
click the ’save config’ button
next we’ll create a post
from the top menu select >CMS>Wordpress Pages ( see below):
that takes us to the Wordpress Page Manager:
Click on the ‘Add New Wordpress Page’ button at the top right corner of the page…
Wordpress Pages work similar to Magento CMS pages
* Custom Design and Meta Data not yet implemented
Title and SEF URL Identifier work just like any cms page.
Category: lists all your Wordpress categories. If you add a new category
it will automatically appear here. Same goes if you delete a category
it will disappear from here.
Post: will list all the posts in the current category. If you change categories it
will automatically update.
Page or Block: not yet implemented.
Store View and Status work the same as a CMS page
Don’t forget to save when finished!
Here is our saved page in the Wordpress Page Manager:
We call it in the frontend by ID like this:
http://westgardiner.net/wordpress/index/index/id/1
and here’s the page
Click here to visit the actual page and watch the video
more to follow but this should get you started…
here is where it starts. this is a wordpress post sent via email!
and automatically included in the homepage
It’s a work in progress
