Cart and Checkout Link
<a href="<?php echo Mage::getUrl('checkout/cart');?>" >View cart</a>
<a href="<?php echo Mage::getUrl('checkout/onepage'); ?>">Checkout</a>
Cart Item Count
<?php $_cartQty = Mage::getSingleton('checkout/cart')->getItemsCount(); echo $_cartQty; ?>
Total Price
<?php $total = $this->helper('checkout/cart')->getQuote()->getGrandTotal();
echo $this->__('%s', $this->helper('core')->formatPrice($total, false)); ?>
Cart Dropdown Item List with details
<ul class="dropdown-menu">
<?php
$cart = Mage::getModel('checkout/cart')->getQuote();
foreach ($cart->getAllItems() as $item) {?>
<li>
<img src="<?php $pimage = $item->getProduct()->getThumbnailUrl(); echo $pimage;?>" width="50" height="50">
<div class="title"><?php $productName = $item->getProduct()->getName(); echo $productName;?></div>
<div class="price"><?php $productPrice = $item->getProduct()->getPrice();echo $productPrice;?></div>
<a href="<?php echo $this->getUrl('checkout/cart/delete', array('id' => $item->getId()))?>" class="close-btn"></a> </li>
<?php }?>
</ul>