templatetemplate-hintstheme
For whatever reason, I just did a mysqldump of our magento database, imported it into a new database, and suddenly template path hints are on, how can I turn these off from the command line? Or what table/column do I need to change in the database to turn these off?
Thank you!
Don't change texts in the phtml templates, use translation instead.
In your case, you want to change the return value of $this->__('Choose an option...'). When the dropdown is populated dynamically with JavaScript, the same translation is used again (and this is why changing the value only in this template did not work).
The block type Mage_Catalog_Block_Product_View_Type_Configurable is the class that is used to render this template and you can tell from it that it's in the Mage_Catalog module.
With this information, you can change the translation in your theme:
Open the file app/design/[your_package]/[your_theme]/locale/en_US/translate.csv or create it if it does not exist.
Add this line:
"Mage_Catalog::Choose an option...","Please choose an option..."
This will tell Magento to use "Please choose an option..." instead of "Choose an option..." everywhere in the Mage_Catalog module.
Alternatively you can use the inline translation feature, as explained here: http://inchoo.net/magento/inline-translation-in-magento/ - this will store your changed translations in the database instead.
It's easy to use but you cannot search for the texts in the code base anymore and it's harder to migrate/deploy the translations to another system. So I prefer using translation files but YMMV.
Magento has a highlight mechanism in System Configuration to find the template path and also show you the block name.
Go down to the bottom of the left hand navigation and look for Developer and look for the Debug windowshade.
Go to the top left and change the scope till you have the options.
System Configuration => Developer => Debug
Template Path Hints
Add Block Names to Hints
Best Answer
You can turn them off by running the following query:
After running the query make sure you clean the var/cache directory too when you are in the Magento root. (
rm -rf var/cache/*)Enjoy ;)