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.

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.

If you would like to show your magento store categories like as in picture then you are on right place.

Replace this code in topmenu.phtml

<?php $_menu = $this->getHtml(‘level-top’) ?>
<?php if($_menu): ?>
<div class=”nav-container”>
<ul id=”nav”>
<?php echo $_menu ?>
</ul>
</div>
<?php endif; ?>

with below

<?php $_menu = $this->getHtml(0,’level-top’) ?>
<?php if($_menu): ?>
<div class=”nav-container”>
<ul id=”nav”>
<li class=”level0 nav-1 first level-top parent” id=”home”>
<a class=”level-top” href=”<?php echo Mage::getBaseUrl();?>”>
<span>Home</span></a>
</li>
<li class=”level0 nav-1 first last level-top parent” id=”products”>
<a class=”level-top”><span>Products</span></a>
<ul class=”level0″>
<?php echo $_menu ?>
</ul>
</li>
<li class=”level0 nav-1 last level-top parent” id=”contact_us”>
<a class=”level-top” href=”<?php echo Mage::getBaseUrl().’contacts’;?>”>
<span>Contact Us</span></a>
</li>
</ul>
<?php endif ?>

Remove callouts (sidebar banners) in Magento

Left Callout banner (the dog)

Find in app/design/frontend/*/*/layout/catalog.xml

Right Callout banner (back to school)

Find in app/design/frontend/*/*/layout/catalog.xml

Show more than 5 “New Products” to the home page in magento

We have two methods for doing this. The first one is below

Go to CMS –> Pages –> Home page in admin section and click Design section and then upadte Layout XML code with below

<block type=”catalog/product_new” name=”home.catalog.product.new” alias=”product_new” template=”catalog/product/new.phtml” after=”cms_page”>
<action method=”addPriceBlockType”>
<type>bundle</type>
<block>bundle/catalog_product_price</block>
<template>bundle/catalog/product/price.phtml</template>
</action>
<action method=”setProductsCount”><count>12</count></action>
</block>

This shows a maximum of 10 items.

The second one is change code in the magento files.

This example to show 10 items in 2 rows 5 products each.

You need to change the line in appcodecoreMageCatalogBlockProductNew.php
$products->setOrder(’news_from_date’)->setPageSize(5)->setCurPage(1);
change to
$products->setOrder(’news_from_date’)->setPageSize(10)->setCurPage(1);

And need to change new.phtml

<!–?php if ($i–>5): continue; endif; ?>
change to
<!–?php if ($i==5): echo ” “; endif; ?>
<!–?php if ($i–>9): continue; endif; ?>