Magento Tutorial – Turning On Template Path Hints

One of the most frustrating challenges I had learning to develop for Magneto was trying to figure out where the heck the blocks were defined and where they are referenced.

This tutorial shows you how to turn on template path hints which will show you exactly where the blocks live. From there you can search for files referencing these blocks and edit, move, enabled, and disable all of the blocks (which will be in my next tutorial).

Watch This Tutorial in High Definition

Or follow the instructions below (click here for picture tutorial):

1. 1. 1. Open the admin control panel
      2. Open the system tab and select configuration
      3. Select Developer on the left sidebar
      4. Select Main Website From the Current Configuration Scope Drop Down
      5. Open the debug drop down
      6. Set Template Path Hints To Yes

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