Change column-layout of contact form in Magento

Here is simple method to do it :

1. Find contacts.xml in the base layout folder
2. Copy the contacts.xml in your theme layout folder
app/design/frontend/default/your theme folder/layout/

and then find below code around line 41

and you can change layout as you need.

How to edit Email Templates in Magento

To create a new Email Template you have to go to
admin –> system –> transactional emails –> add new template –>
choose the base template from the drop down and edit as you want.

Then you can assign the newly created template to proper functionality. For e.g. if you want to assign new tempalte for New Order confirmation email then you can assign as follows.
Go to admin –> system –> configuration –> Sales (in left section) –> Sales Emails –> Order

Then select new template in “New Order Confirmation Template” and “New Order Confirmation Template for Guest” dropdwons.

Finally you have to clear cache then it will work.

Remove breadcrumb from homepage in Magento

To remove breadcrumb from homepage in Magento

Try adding this to the layout update of your home cms page:
<remove name=”breadcrumbs” />

then clear cache and that’s done!

Remove Breadcrumbs from all pages in magneto

To remove breadcrumbs from all pages in magneto. Just go to

app/design/frontend/default/your theme name/layout/

Open file page.xml and you have to just comment below code around line 82

<!– <block type=”page/html_breadcrumbs” name=”breadcrumbs” as=”breadcrumbs”/> –>

Then upload file and remove cache.

How to limit the number of products on home page in Magento

Check your products count and limit to how many products to display on home page.You will have to check to list.phtml file make below changes. Suppose you want to show 4 coloumns and 12 products on the home page.

<?php $_collectionSize = $_productCollection->count() ?>
<?php $_columnCount = $this->getColumnCount(); $_columnCount=4; ?>
<?php $count = 0;?>
<?php $i=0; foreach ($_productCollection as $_product): $count++; ?>
<?php if($count <= 12): ?>

and add <?php endif ?>

before foreach end at the around line 91