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    copied!<p>I have this XML structure in my Alchemy Catalog Module:</p> <pre><code>&lt;?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?&gt; &lt;!-- @filepath /app/code/local/Alchemy/Catalog/etc The XML has been extended following Magento Events API Observers http://www.excellencemagentoblog.com/magento-part11-series-eventsapi or http://blog.chapagain.com.np/magento-event-observer-with-save-before-and-save-after/ --&gt; &lt;config&gt; &lt;modules&gt; &lt;Alchemy_Catalog&gt; &lt;version&gt;0.1.0&lt;/version&gt; &lt;/Alchemy_Catalog&gt; &lt;/modules&gt; &lt;global&gt; &lt;models&gt; &lt;alchemycatalog&gt; &lt;rewrite&gt; &lt;product&gt;Alchemy_Catalog_Model_Product&lt;/product&gt; &lt;block&gt;Alchemy_Catalog_Model_Block&lt;/block&gt; &lt;/rewrite&gt; &lt;/alchemycatalog&gt; &lt;/models&gt; &lt;events&gt; &lt;!-- Examples: catalog_product_save_before, catalog_product_prepare_save Check out Magento events cheat sheet at http://www.nicksays.co.uk/magento-events-cheat-sheet-1-7/ --&gt; &lt;catalog_product_save_after&gt; &lt;observers&gt; &lt;Alchemy_Catalog&gt; &lt;type&gt;singleton&lt;/type&gt; &lt;class&gt;Alchemy_Catalog_Model_Product&lt;/class&gt; &lt;method&gt;pingBaseProductService&lt;/method&gt; &lt;/Alchemy_Catalog&gt; &lt;/observers&gt; &lt;/catalog_product_save_after&gt; &lt;catalog_category_save_after&gt; &lt;observers&gt; &lt;Alchemy_Catalog&gt; &lt;type&gt;singleton&lt;/type&gt; &lt;class&gt;Alchemy_Catalog_Model_Product&lt;/class&gt; &lt;method&gt;pingBaseCategoryService&lt;/method&gt; &lt;/Alchemy_Catalog&gt; &lt;/observers&gt; &lt;/catalog_category_save_after&gt; &lt;cms_block_save_before&gt; &lt;observers&gt; &lt;Alchemy_Catalog&gt; &lt;type&gt;singleton&lt;/type&gt; &lt;class&gt;Alchemy_Catalog_Model_Block&lt;/class&gt; &lt;method&gt;rabbitmqBlockProducer&lt;/method&gt; &lt;/Alchemy_Catalog&gt; &lt;/observers&gt; &lt;/cms_block_save_before&gt; &lt;/events&gt; &lt;/global&gt; &lt;/config&gt; </code></pre> <p>and this model that should log a message to prove it works:</p> <pre><code>&lt;?php class Alchemy_Catalog_Model_Block extends Mage_Cms_Model_Block { /** * Implement function rabbitmqBlockProducer(). * This function writes a message to the rabbit * mq server */ protected $_eventPrefix = 'cms_block'; public function rabbitmqBlockProducer ($event) { Mage::log('save3 block invoked', null, 'marian.log'); } /** * Prevent blocks recursion * * @throws Mage_Core_Exception * @return Mage_Core_Model_Abstract */ protected function _beforeSave() { Mage::log('save2 block invoked', null, 'marian.log'); } } </code></pre> <p>But the <strong>rabbitmqBlockProducer()</strong> method never gets called. Note: The other methods for product and catalog work just fine.</p> <p>Any help fixing this or any other method will be appreciated</p>
 

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