Please note that this extension is provided as is. It is recommended to always backup your installation prior to use.
Overview
Shop By Manufacturers - Brands
0 - FRONT END DISPLAY
Featured Brands
Front End is ready with Featured Brands listed with in a Javascript Slider displaying the Brand Logo and Brand Name linked to the Brands Profile Page which has the info for the brands and all products for that particular brand. Featured brands is selected from the Admin.
Brands / Manufacturer
Brands Block lists brands in a Grid format displaying 4 brands in a row. By Default All brands are listed and an A to Z Alphabets are displayed for ease of use. You can Click on the letter to display all brands starting with that letter. Then Click on that Brand Logo to display all products for that Brand.
Brands Page
All Brands are listed in a dropdown alphabetical in the left Navigation. Brand Logo, Brand Info displayed on this page and can be modified according to your theme. All products associated with this Brand are listed in the default magento grid. The Brands Page has a SEO friendly URL which is eneterd by the Admin.
Product Detail Page
Brand Logo is displayed on the Product Detail page. You Can theme it according to your liking. This will surely help drive the Sales. The Brand logo is is linked to the brands page if you need to see more products by this brand.
1 - MANAGE MANUFACTURERS
Manufacturers Grid
-Shows the Manufacturers Id, Logo, name, seo identifier, number of products listed under the manufacturer, website of the manufacturer, Status and a link to Edit the manufacturer - Change Status or delete by selecting from the gird and selecting the action - All default functionality which comes with magento grid, like search, filter, pagination
Export to CSV
- You can Export the Manufacturer to a CSV or XML file - Select the type of file you would like to Save As and Click on Export
Add Manufacturers
Manufacturers Information - Name - SEF URL identifier - Website of the Manufacturer - Make the manufacturer Featured (Yes/No) - Address of the Manufacturer - Store Views - Status - About the manufacturer (Wysiwig) - Logo
Meta Data - Page Title - Meta Keywords - Meta Description
Contact Details - Contact Person Name - Phone - Fax - Email - Address
Attach with Products - Search for the products that you would like to attach the Manufacturers with. Comes with the Magento type search for the Ease of use.
2- IMPORT / EXPORT
Import Manufacturers
- Import the list of manufacturers into magento so you don't have to do any data entry
Export Manufacturers
- Export the 100s of manufacturers into a CSV file for use later on.
3- IMPORT FROM MAGENTO
Import Manufacturers
- Import manufacturers from attribute in magento. This has to be predefine in magento and set in the configurations.
4- CONFIGURATIONS:
Manufacturers List
- Define the page layout by selecting from empty to 1 column to 2 column to 3 columns by selecting them from a dropdown. - Set the Page Title by just editing the text field e.g ‘Shop By Brands’ - Set the Main heading of the page by editing the text field - You can set the number of Brands / Manufacturers to display per page by entering a number in the field. (Set it for 0 for no limit) - Show manufacturers with logo or no logo. You select this option from the drop down. - Settings for the logo where you can define the height, width, background color - Number of characters for the short description (0 for no limit). You can limit it by entering a number e.g 255 - You can define the Meta Keywords and Meta Description for the main brands page. This will help you in Search Engine Optimization - Sort Manufacturers by selecting from a dropdown with the options: Alphabetically or Creation Date - Order Manufacturers By by selecting from a drop down with the options: Ascending or Decending
Product Detail Page
- Enable Product View Brand Info or keep it disabled. Just select yes or no from the drop down. - Product Page Heading - (Text that displays on product detail page with Logo eg: (Brands, Manufacturer). - Other Products by Brand Link - (Link to other products of the brand eg: (See other products by) - You have the option to define the setting for the logo on the detail page where you can define the height, width, background color e.g (0,0,0) if your images are small in width or height then image should be cropped according to original size and blank space should be filled with the given color
Left Navigation Setting
- You can set the number of Manufacturers Shown in Left Nav - Slider type to show in the left nav. You have the option to select from (Dropdown, List) - Option to Sort Left Manufacturers Alphabetically, or creating date - Order Manufacturers in the left Nav by selecting from a drop down with the options: Ascending or Descending
Featured Manufacturers Block Settings
- Set the Heading for the Featured Manufacturers Block - Slider Width: (set width of slider according to page layout e.g(One Column=900, Two Column=610, Three Column=475) - You have the option to define the setting for the logo on the detail page where you can define the height, width, background color e.g (0,0,0) if your images are small in width or height then image should be cropped according to original size and blank space should be filled with the given color - Option to Sort Featured Manufacturers Alphabetically, or by Creation Date - Order featured Manufacturers by selecting from a drop down with the options: Ascending or Descending
Import From Magento Attribute
- set the attribute code in the text field (eg: manufacturer) (Note: the import from magento only works if Attribute is a drop-down)
Search Engine Optimisation
- Set the URL suffix (eg: .html)
SUPPORT
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Release Notes
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Shop by Manufacturers Extension enables you to Manage Manufacturers in Magento!
2010-07-21 06:46:23
Version number:
0.1.0
Stability:
Stable
Compatibility:
1.4, 1.4.1.1, 1.4.2, 1.5, 1.6
Shop by Manufacturers Extension enables you to Manage Manufacturers easily from Admin panel and presented in your store and link to them from product pages, thus making it easier for your customers to browse and shop by specific Manufacturers. Moreover, you can use any category relevant to your store - such as manufacturers, artists, authors, etc. - instead of brand names.
With this extension you can easily manage your Manufacturers, display their logos on front end, Shop by Manufacturers search options, Featured Manufacturers and many more!
List of features:
Easy to install, just copy and run
Easy to use, easy to manage, easy to customize
Manage you Manufacturers in Better way
Manufacturers Images or Logo Support
Allows shoppers to filter products by Manufacturers
New Added Manufacturers Block
Complete Manufacturers Data Management (Manufacturer Details, Contact Details, Product of Manufacturers)
Allows custom settings per store view;
Allows for creating different lists of Brands for each store view and/or website;
Innovative Way of List all Manufacturers on front end!
Allows inserting a Manufacturers block or Manufacturers logo on a product page
List Featured Manufacturers on front end
Separated HTML/CSS, W3C validated
Reviews
About the Developer
This extension was developed by and is supported by FMEExtensions
Awful. Extension just doesn't work. Simple things like apostrophes in names breaks it. Products or manufacturers disappear from database when editing. The only support is an email asking for full admin/FTP access to the (live) system. Requested refund. FishPig's Attribute Splash Pages works better and is free.
November 28, 2012
After a months of mails and waiting, nothing has changed!
This extension doesn't work on our site and the support has disappeared.
We have asked our money back and we are waiting for a response.
November 27, 2012
It functions as advertised, but the programming style is awful. We've spend days to update this extension to an acceptable version. They use inconsistent variable names, wrong indentation, wrong use of whitespace, they don’t understand the difference between single and double quotes, they don’t consistently use their own data helpers, the use very little code comments , the HTML templates are a mess, etc. I won’t recommend this extension, and won’t buy anything from FME again.
November 24, 2012
Hi, we have discovered another bug: the .html url extension applied to the brand's url page doesn't work.
They have tried to fix it but they couldn't.
We are not happy at all of this extension and the support we are receiving is poor so far.
November 24, 2012
Buy with confidence from these guys. Fast response to support tickets and more than willing to work with me.
Thanks!
October 12, 2012
Great extension, works as described, custom attributes can be used as a basis for your manufacturer list. Support is really helpful. I'd recommend this to anyone.
October 11, 2012
SHOP BY MANUFACTURER
I have a custom attribute called sb_brand, does this work even if i didn't used the manufacturer field?
August 31, 2012
Excellent support, i use this extension on my website and work very fine, i recommend buy install service, all are very quick...
August 7, 2012
Thanks for the extension and the good support !
June 29, 2012
Good Ext. Quick Support :)
P/s: Product page should show name of manufacturer if image not exist (not images)
June 22, 2012
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