{"id":54871,"date":"2015-09-22T06:08:10","date_gmt":"2015-09-22T10:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/?p=54871"},"modified":"2017-08-24T05:37:03","modified_gmt":"2017-08-24T09:37:03","slug":"magento-how-to-use-the-path-hints-debug-tool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/magento-how-to-use-the-path-hints-debug-tool.html","title":{"rendered":"Magento. How to use the Path Hints (Debug tool)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\r\n<p>This tutorial will show you how to use Magento debugging tools to easily locate the module names and core source files. <\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Gfjba7wbZOU?width=1280&amp;height=720\" rel=\"prettyPhoto\">Magento. How to use the Path Hints (Debug tool)<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>Let&#8217;s see what advantages Magento debug tools give us.<\/p>\r\n<ol>\r\n<li>\r\n<p>With the help of Debug tools you can see the module system name and core file:<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Magento.-How-to-use-the-Path-Hints-Debug-tool1.jpg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Magento.-How-to-use-the-Path-Hints-Debug-tool1.jpg-300x156.jpg\" alt=\"Magento. How to use the Path Hints (Debug tool)1.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"156\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-54872\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Magento.-How-to-use-the-Path-Hints-Debug-tool1.jpg-300x156.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Magento.-How-to-use-the-Path-Hints-Debug-tool1.jpg-150x78.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Magento.-How-to-use-the-Path-Hints-Debug-tool1.jpg-1024x531.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Magento.-How-to-use-the-Path-Hints-Debug-tool1.jpg.jpg 1263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n<p>To enable the debug tools, open the Magento admin panel, go to <strong>System > Configuration page<\/strong>. In the <strong>Current Configuration Scope<\/strong> block (left column top block) select <strong>Default Store View<\/strong>:<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Magento.-How-to-use-the-Path-Hints-Debug-tool2.jpg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Magento.-How-to-use-the-Path-Hints-Debug-tool2.jpg-300x153.jpg\" alt=\"Magento. How to use the Path Hints (Debug tool)2.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"153\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-54873\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Magento.-How-to-use-the-Path-Hints-Debug-tool2.jpg-300x153.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Magento.-How-to-use-the-Path-Hints-Debug-tool2.jpg-150x77.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Magento.-How-to-use-the-Path-Hints-Debug-tool2.jpg.jpg 991w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n<p>Now scroll down and click the <strong>Developer link<\/strong> and open the <strong>Debug<\/strong> tab.<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li>\r\n<p>For the options <strong>Template Path Hints<\/strong> and <strong>Add Block Names to Hints<\/strong> uncheck the <strong>Use default checkbox<\/strong> and select &#8216;Yes&#8217;. Then click <strong>Save Config<\/strong> button in the top left corner:<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Magento.-How-to-use-the-Path-Hints-Debug-tool3.jpg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Magento.-How-to-use-the-Path-Hints-Debug-tool3.jpg-300x45.jpg\" alt=\"Magento. How to use the Path Hints (Debug tool)3.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"45\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-54874\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Magento.-How-to-use-the-Path-Hints-Debug-tool3.jpg-300x45.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Magento.-How-to-use-the-Path-Hints-Debug-tool3.jpg-150x22.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Magento.-How-to-use-the-Path-Hints-Debug-tool3.jpg.jpg 969w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<div class=\"inline-banner\">\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/service-center\/\">\r\n<img src=\"\/help\/files\/banners\/inline\/Banner-2-(835-x100).jpg\"\/>\r\n<\/a>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<p>Feel free to check the detailed video tutorial below:<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Gfjba7wbZOU?width=1280&amp;height=720\" rel=\"prettyPhoto\">Magento. How to use the Path Hints (Debug tool)<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This tutorial will show you how to use Magento debugging tools to easily locate the module names and core source files.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":54876,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[729],"tags":[934,2062,2407,921,807],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54871"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54871"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54871\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82957,"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54871\/revisions\/82957"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}