Install Magento theme using Magento Connect Manager 1.8

These are the steps to be followed to install theme in Magento 1.8 using Magento Connect Manager.

1. Go to Magento Admin Panel.  System -> Magento Connect -> Magento Connect Manager.

2. Here you will get an Login area.

3. Click on 'Magento connect' hyperlink.

4. Click on 'Themes' menu and select the category of theme you want.

5. Select the theme and go for install option.

6. Select the magento connect 1.0 or 2.0 and check the 'extension license agreement'. Then click on 'Get Extension Key' button.
7. Copy the extension key with the help of 'Select key' button.

8. Paste the extension key and go for 'Install' button.

9. Then it shows the 'Extension dependencies'. And its status will be 'Ready to install'. Then go for 'proceed' button.

10. Then it will shows that theme installed successfully and go for 'Refresh' button.

11. Then click on 'Return to Admin' button on top right.

12. Go to System -> Design.

13. Click 'Add Design Change' button.

14. Choose the theme which installed now in 'Custom Design' field and click on 'Save' button.

15. Reload your homepage.
    
     
    

Display/ Lists all magento products on Home Page

In Magento, almost all are facing an issue that products are not displaying in home page. This may be due to many reasons. Here i am explaining based on latest Magento 1.8. Mainly this occurs due to three reasons.

1. Home page Layout configuration.
2. Zero quantity product.
3. Out of stock product.

Please ensure the following that you are correctly configured.
Home page Layout configuration

1. Login into your Magento Admin Panel.
2. Go to CMS -> Pages. In the 'Manage Pages' list, choose 'Home page'.
3. Left side you can see 'Page Information'. In this choose 'Design'.
4. On right you can see 'Page Layout'. And also can see 'Layout Update XML'.
5. In this change the following

<block type="catalog/product_new" name="home.catalog.product.new" alias="product_new" template="catalog/product/new.phtml" after="cms_page">

to

<block type="catalog/product_list" name="home.catalog.product.list" alias="products_homepage" template="catalog/product/list.phtml">

Zero quantity product

1.  Login into your Magento Admin Panel.
2. Go to Catalog -> Manage Products. Select a product and ensure that the quantity of product is not zero.
3. If it is zero, then open the product, On left side you can see 'Product Information'.
4. Choose 'Inventory'. Then update the Qty to a number > zero.

Out of stock product

1.  Login into your Magento Admin Panel.
2.  Go to Catalog -> Manage Products. Select a product.
3.  Open the product, On left side you can see 'Product Information'.
4.  Choose 'Inventory'. Then change 'Stock Availability' to 'In Stock'.