Sometimes I like to code a little something here and there to make my Magento life a little easier.
As a frontend developer, I don't know that I could live without the Template Hints. However, despite it's usefulness, it's clunky to look at, doesn't always reveal everything I am looking for (leaving me to guess at some things), and forget trying to test responsiveness with it. This module aims to improve on the idea, but with a slightly more dynamic approach. The borders will stay, but rather than blocks and classes being shoved into the current template, those necessary items will be moved to a tooltip dialogue. Hover over a section, and the dialogue will fill with the names of the *.phtml and block class you are looking for.
Sample code to use for making data patches.
As plugins get added in, the System -> Configuration tabs become a flyin' splat-form yuck-wad of a hot-mess. This module re-orders the tabs so that the core Magento tabs are alphabetized and at the top, and the Advanced tab stays at the bottom. 3rd party plugins will (usually) be in-between, depending on their sort orders.
###Advanced Template Hints
v1.0.3
- Deleted unnecessary files. At least I think they are. If not ... well ... this is why I use Github.
- Added a few more tabs: Layout Handles, Template Data (although that last one may be temporary. Maybe. Using it for testing atm.)
- Attempted first round of trying to provide borders to individual blocks. Yeeah ... no that didn't work as well as I'd hoped. Code is in there, but def a work in progress still.
v1.0.2 - Added banner that can appear at top of page with "View XML" button
- Clicking on button opens modal
- Modal has two tabs: "Raw" and "Generated"
- Raw tab displays the raw XML layout of all the containers and block for that page
v1.0.1
- Started plugin functionality to view XML layout from frontend
v1.0.0
- First "public" upload
###CMS Patches
v1.0.1
- Rename module
- Fixes and updates
v1.0.0
- First "public" upload
###Reorder Config
v1.0.2
- Updated order
v1.0.0
- First "public" upload