This is the second in a series of posts, which develop a module to add a despatch date field to Magento Admin. Part 1 provided some background and set up the basic module. At this stage the module does nothing. In this long post we start to remedy that and take a look at layout. Layout is a good place to start, viewable, tangible, and intuitive (we hope). (more…)

This is the first in a series of posts, which develop a module for Magento CE 1.7.0.2 to add a despatch date field in Magento Admin. Our aim is to meet our client’s requirement for a field which receives, stores and displays estimated despatch dates for orders and communicates these to customers. We’ll communicate via an email and in the customer’s ‘My Account’ area. The estimated despatch date will typically be entered some time after the order has been received when order preparation time has been assessed. The client also wants the ability to sort orders by despatch date to make clear which orders should be ready for dispatch and which if any may be overdue. (more…)