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I want to create custom category attributes dynamically in admin. I mean, how can I create custom category attributes in my Model class? Please suggest me proper solution to resolve this issue.

create a module Yournamespace_CategoryAttribute.

in app/etc/Yournamespace_CategoryAttribute.xml

<config>

  <modules>

    <Yournamespace_CategoryAttribute>

      <active>true</active>

      <codePool>local</codePool>

    </Yournamespace_CategoryAttribute>

 </modules>

</config>

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now if you want to use form, in the same module:

in config.xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>

<config>

    <modules>

        <Yournamespace_CategoryAttribute>

            <version>0.1.1</version>

        </Yournamespace_CategoryAttribute>

    </modules>

    <global>

        <models>

            <categoryattribute>

                 <classYournamespace_CategoryAttribute_Model</class>

            </categoryattribute>

            <!-- removed eav_entity_setup rewrite -->

        </models>

        <blocks>

            <categoryattribute>

                <class>Yournamespace_CategoryAttribute_Block</class>

            </categoryattribute>

        </blocks>

    </global>

    <frontend>

        <routers>

            <categoryattribute>

                <use>standard</use>

                <args>

                    <module>Yournamespace_CategoryAttribute</module>

                    <frontName>categoryattribute</frontName>

                </args>

            </categoryattribute>

        </routers>

        <layout>

            <updates>

                <yournamespace_categoryattribute>

                    <file>yournamespace_categoryattribute.xml</file>

                </yournamespace_categoryattribute>

            </updates>

        </layout>

    </frontend>

</config>

in YourNamespace/CategoryAttribute/Model/Setup.php

<?php

class Yournamespace_CategoryAttribute_Model_Setup{



    public function setAdminAttribute($params){

        $setup = new Mage_Eav_Model_Entity_Setup('core_setup');

        $setup->startSetup();



        $setup->addAttribute('catalog_category', $params['attr_code'], array(

            'group'         => $params['section'],

            'input'         => $params['input_type'],

            'type'          => $params['db_type'],

            'label'         => $params['attr_label'],

            'backend'       => '',

            'visible'       => 1,

            'required'      => 0,

            'user_defined' => 1,

            'global'        => Mage_Catalog_Model_Resource_Eav_Attribute::SCOPE_GLOBAL,

        ));



        $setup->endSetup();

    }



}

in your controllers/IndexController.php

<?php

class Yournamespace_CategoryAttribute_IndexController extends Mage_Core_Controller_Front_Action{



    public function indexAction(){

         $this->loadLayout();             

        $this->renderLayout(); 

    }

    public function createAction(){

        $formParams = $this->getRequest()->getParams();

        Mage::getModel('categoryattribute/setup')->setAdminAttribute($formParams);

    }



}

in Yournamspace/CategoryAttribute/Block/CategoryAttribute.php

<?php

class Yournamespace_CategoryAttribute_Block_CategoryAttribute extends Mage_Core_Block_Template

{



}

in
app/design/frontend/your_theme/default/layout/yournamespace_categoryattribute.xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>

<layout version="0.1.0">

    <categoryattribute_index_index>

        <reference name="content">

            <block type="categoryattribute/categoryattribute" name="categoryattribute" template="categoryattribute/categoryattribute.phtml" />

        </reference>

    </categoryattribute_index_index>

</layout>

in
app/design/frontend/your_theme/default/template/categoryattribute/categoryattribute.phtml

put your form and the form-action should be $baseurl/categoryattribute/

Note:
This can be organised from Admin panel, by adding a admin grid and post these from admin form.

Run this script in your magento root folder to create Attribute

<?php  



require_once('app/Mage.php');

 Mage::app()->setCurrentStore(Mage::getModel('core/store')->load(Mage_Core_Model_App::ADMIN_STORE_ID));



$installer = new Mage_Eav_Model_Entity_Setup('core_setup');

$installer->startSetup();   

$entityTypeId = $installer->getEntityTypeId('catalog_category');

$attributeSetId = $installer->getDefaultAttributeSetId($entityTypeId);



if (!$installer->getAttributeId($entityTypeId, 'shipping_content')) {

    $installer->addAttribute('catalog_category', 'shipping_content', array(

         'type'              => 'text',

'backend'           => '',

'frontend'          => '',

'label'             => 'Short description',

'input'             => 'textarea',

'class'             => '',

'source'            => '',

'global'            => '0',

'visible'           => true,

'required'          => false,

'user_defined'      => true,

'default'           => '',

'searchable'        => false,

'filterable'        => false,

'comparable'        => false,

'visible_on_front'  => true,

'used_in_product_listing' => false,

'unique'            => false,

'wysiwyg_enabled'   => true,

'apply_to'          => '',

'is_configurable'   => true

    ));





    $installer->updateAttribute($entityTypeId, 'shipping_content', 'is_wysiwyg_enabled', 1);

    $installer->updateAttribute($entityTypeId, 'shipping_content', 'is_html_allowed_on_front', 1);





}





$installer->endSetup();



?>

For Remove Category Attribute

<?php  



require_once('app/Mage.php');

 Mage::app()->setCurrentStore(Mage::getModel('core/store')->load(Mage_Core_Model_App::ADMIN_STORE_ID));



 $installer = new Mage_Sales_Model_Mysql4_Setup;

 $installer->startSetup();

 $installer->removeAttribute('catalog_category', 'shipping_content');

 $installer->endSetup();



?>