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Most of us are facing a common problem, that Magento does not have facility to show Discount which comes from
Discount =Price-Special Price
this is very weird such a simple thing is missing , Never mind they give you lot more.
So lets See how it is possible to Show You Save :50% Box
Things you will need to do
- Backup your file before editing , this is the most important thing to do.
- This is mod is tested on Magento 1.7.x
- Edit only required template file
- Do not alter other code if you do not understand what is it, Quite and Hire a profession Freelancer to do it for you. (may charge $20-$40)
Now Open your FTP or Cpanel and Locate this Folder
/public_html/app/design/frontend/themename
Here themename is the theme you are using , default theme comes with default folder
Now locate view.phtml file
Open it and
Find
<?php $_helper = $this->helper('catalog/output'); ?>
<?php $_product = $this->getProduct(); ?>
add following code below it
<?php
//Mod for Discount%
$_finalPrice = $this->helper('tax')->getPrice($_product, $_product->getFinalPrice());
$_regularPrice = $this->helper('tax')->getPrice($_product, $_product->getPrice());
if ($_regularPrice != $_finalPrice):
$getpercentage = number_format($_finalPrice / $_regularPrice * 100, 2);
$finalpercentage = number_format((100 - $getpercentage),0);
endif;
//mod for discount%
?>
Now you can show the Discount any where by Echo $finalpercentage;
ie
<?php echo "You Save :". $finalpercentage."%";?>You save Box in Magento Product Page