Random Products in Magento

-: To view random product in your home page :- 
    
   >> First you have add this code to your CMS home page content..

    {{block type="catalog/product_list_random" name="product_random" template="catalog/product/rand_prod.phtml"}}

   >> create 'rand_prod.phtml' in this directory ...

    \app\design\frontend\default\imat\template\catalog\product

   >> Mage::getSingleton('catalog/layer')->setData("product_collection",NULL);
      $this->_productCollection = null;
      $_productCollection=$this->getLoadedProductCollection();
      $_productCollection=$this->getLoadedProductCollection();
      $_collectionSize = $_productCollection->count() ;
      $_items = $_productCollection->getItems(); 
       // shuffle($_items); 

      foreach ($_items as $_product)
      {
        echo $_product->getName();
        echo Mage::getModel('catalog/product')->load($_product->getId())->getDescription();
        /* 2nd echo will print product description after getting load  */
      }


   >> Or you can do it By one line
$productCollection->getSelect()->order(new Zend_Db_Expr('RAND()'));


   >> http://www.magentocommerce.com/boards/viewthread/51297/
      follow this url I wish you will get help.... It's very simple


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