common Magento things

Common_Magento_Things.php

<?php // adding the product and helper objects in magento

$_helper = $this->helper('catalog/output');
$_product = $this->getProduct();

// getting a product from the what was registered on the page


$_product = Mage::registry('product'); 

//getting an attribute:

$_product->getResource()->getAttribute("attribute identifier")->getFrontend()->getValue($_product);

// Creating Static blocks

echo $this->getLayout()->createBlock('cms/block')->setBlockId('your_block_id')->toHtml();


// Get Product where Product is not loaded:
$_product = Mage::getModel('catalog/product')->load("YOUR OBJECT ATTRIBUT. IE => $_item->getProductId()");

// Degugger!!! 
Zend_Debug::dump($_product);

?>
<?php 
// if a static block is enabled:
if(Mage::getModel('cms/block')->load('Static_block_identifier')->getIsActive()): ?>

    <div class="home-Static_block_identifier row">
        <?php echo $this->getLayout()->createBlock('cms/block')->setBlockId('Static_block_identifier')->toHtml() ?>
    </div>

<?php else :?>

command line reindex: 

php shell/indexer.php --reindexall