Adding a custom option to the Catalog Product view in Magento

Question

I'm new to Magento development, yet proficient in PHP. I've been banging my head about this for the last couple of days, and i'm just lost in XML files.

I'd like to add a custom category to the product catalog menu, and add a custom view to it, to create a management page for some specific parameters for the product.

Up until now i've followed many tutorials, most of them outdated or didnt really explain why i was doing what i was doing. I found most documentation out of date and/or incomplete, namely the wiki .

Am i missing some really obvious documentation, or holy grail of getting started guide? I've got a basic plugin running, can anyone explain to me how to add a category in the catalog view?

Much thanks in advance!

Answer 1

Unfortunately Magento lacks in documentation. Here are some good resources for finding what you want to do:

• http://info.magento.com/rs/magentocommerce/images/Magento-Extension-Developers-Guide-v1.0.pdf
  • Look at pp. 44 for developing in the admin panel

Additional Resources

• http://alanstorm.com/category/magento
• http://www.magentocommerce.com/knowledge-base/entry/magento-for-dev-part-1-introduction-to-magento
• http://www.magentocommerce.com/resources/magento-user-guide

Sorry it's not the exact solution you're looking for but I hope it helps!