Disable Redirect to Checkout when Adding to Cart

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Sometimes it’s nice to be able to keep the customer on their original page when they add something to the checkout. The default Magento functionality is to redirect a user to their cart page once a product as been successfully added to their cart.

There’s an option in System » Configuration » Checkout » Shopping Cart » “After Adding a Product Redirect to Shopping Cart” that disables this.