http://www.magentocommerce.com/blog/comments/magento-version-120-is-now-available/

I did however have some issues which required resolving in order to use the new downloadable products and various options in the system config settings when upgrading from 1.1.8.

If you get an error looking like the following then just complete the instructions below:

Warning: include(Mage/Adminhtml/Model/System/Config/Backend/Catalog/Search/Type.php) [function.include]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /htdocs/app/code/core/Mage/Core/functions.php on line 73

For some reason the upgrade in Magento Connect doesn’t create some directories and the new files required hence the ” failed to open stream: No such file or directory” message, because it simply can’t find what it’s looking for.

Simply download the full package from Magento for 1.2 then upload some folders, I found by uploading the following two (the ones missing in the above message) resulted in more errors:

app/code/core/Mage/Adminhtml/Model/System/Config/Backend/Catalog/

app/code/core/Mage/Adminhtml/Model/System/Config/Source/Catalog/

So…….. To save me more headaches I just grabbed all the folders in the root for Magento and uploaded them, when my FTP asked me to confirm overwriting I choose “No To all”, it then proceeded to upload the files that the upgrade for some reason missed. (Just make sure you don’t overwrite your settings and such, choosing no to overwriting will ensure you only upload files not currently on your server).

You might need to set the permissions recursively again! (In the CLI: chmod -R 777 htdocs (Or wherever the your root magento install is))

Transparent Image:

Note that it kinda works in the left of this image but the corners don’t look right, then see the top right how the wording is pixelated with blocky grey around it.

Here is an image with a background:

See how it’s now working as I intended.

So as a temporary fix you could give your product a background or border it right on the edge. It’s not ideal and keep in mind if you run multiple stores or shops with different themes it could look off, also if you change the pages individual designs it could also look odd.

So with your product image and your watermark image being transparent it doesn’t play well together.

If you wish to get messy with some code then take a look at the comments over at PHP.net:

http://uk.php.net/imagecolortransparent

There are some handy tidbits in there to read.

If you don’t then the above information should be enough to at least get your images displaying right but one might then argue, why not add your copyright when creating the image? Unless you plan on changing your copyrights.

Anyway…………………

The whole concept of Themes and Skins can be confusing at first, especially when trying to set them up. Magento recently released a new skin called “Blue Skin“, now the name says it all, but I couldn’t for the life of me figure out how to make it appear in the admin at first, so you could use it. I figured it out after a little while of playing Here’s a quick how to:Blue skin is as it’s aptly named, a skin, it’s a variant of the default theme so you won’t see it in the themes admin, instead you must go to:

System >> Configuration >> General >> Design (Either set this as default or select a specific store).

You will then see the option for “Themes”, in this section are the following fields:

Templates, Skin (Images/CSS), Layout, Default.

Enter the word “blue” in all of these fields and then save, you will then have the blue skin for your fontend.

Note: If you have multiple stores and want this design by default or for all stores you can enter the details in “default config”, however if you only want to use it on one store then use the drop down on the top left to select the store, once loaded enters the details for that store.

I’m currently writing an article about PrestaShop Vs Magento which should be ready soon if anyone cares to sleep, I mean read :-p