Post on 19-Jun-2015
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Developed by AITOC, Inc. www.aitoc.com
Shop by BrandsCreate and manage manufacturers’ profileswith AITOC’s Shop by Brands Extension
List of features:Allows for creating editable Brandinformation pages with customizable layouts;
Allows to link from product pages to associatedbrand pages;
Automatically fills out the list of Brands;
Creates a new block with links to the mostpopular/featured brands;
Allows for creating different lists of Brandsfor each store view and/or website;
Allows shoppers to filter products by brand;
Allows to display Brands’ pages on the Sitemap;
Allows for using WYSIWYG for brand descriptionon brand edit page;
Allows for setting the sort order for productson the brand page;
Places small brand logos for brands sidebarblock and on all brands page;
Enables you to optimize brand pages for searchengines by specifying custom meta-tags andSEO-friendly URLs;
Allows for customizing the brand page URL byremoving the html and adding a mask aroundthe brand name.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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1. How to activate the module ………………..….…………...………….…..3
2. General Extension Settings…………………..….…………….…………..4
3. Brand Attribute………….….….…………………..….…………….……….5
4. Shop By Brands (By Attribute) Settings……....….…………….……….6
5. Creating Brands (Attributes) Pages..……………….….……….……..…7
6. Editing Brand (Attribute) Description……………….…………..….…....8
7. Refreshing Cache….………………….....….……….………..….……..…..9
8. Front-End: Brands list menu…………………………………………..…10
9. Front End: All Brands (Attributes)….….....….……….………..…..…...11
10. Front-End: Brand (Attribute) Page - Product List ….……………...…12
11. Front End: Product Page…………………….....….……….……….……13
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Go to System > Manage AITOC
Modules, check “Shop By Brands”
and click “Save module settings”
button.
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1. How to activate the module
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You can modify module
settings in the System >
Configuration > Catalog
> Shop By Brands
section.
2. General Extension Settings
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Here you can select an attribute to
be used further in “shop by
attribute” functionality. Please note
that this should be a single-select
attribute (means that it can have
only one value chosen).
”Manufacturer" attribute is used by
magento to identify brand. Please
select this attribute to set up “Shop
By Brands” functionality. To edit the
attribute or enable “Shop by
attribute” functionality for the
attribute please go to Catalog >
Attributes >Manage Attributes.
Please make sure you have filled
the values for the attribute chosen.
When choosing the attribute the
extension will work with please also
make sure that the attribute has at
least one of the settings enabled:
Use in Layered Navigation or
Use In Advanced Search or
Use In Search Results Layered
Navigation
3. Brand Attribute
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These are the “Shop By” settings
for attribute chosen. They are
displayed on Shop By tab when
editing the attribute from Catalog >
Attributes >Manage Attributes.
4. Shop By Brands (By Attribute) Settings
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You can create new brand
(attribute) pages one by one
manually or press the "Fill
Out Brands Pages" button to
create default blank pages
for all existing
5. Creating Brand (Attribute) Pages
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Please note that you can
create separate brand
(attribute) pages for each
store view
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6. Editing Brand (Attribute) Description
For each attribute you can edit
meta-tags, URL key, upload
logos, and change page layout
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You can upload any
images you like, no
size restrictions.
Please choose “Yes” if
you want to display brand
in the featured block
URL key should be unique
within brands, categories
and products. The module
creates Rewrite Rule for
each brand.
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7. Refreshing Cache Magento uses cache heavily, so its
absolutely necessary to flush all
cache when you are done with
brands' pages modifications
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8. Front-End: Brands list menu
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If “Include In Navigation Menu”
is set to “Yes” in “Shop By”
attribute settings (See Page 6 for
details) the list of brands
(attribute values) is displayed on
front end > navigation menu.
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9. Front-End: All Brands (Attributes)
A new sidebar block is available right after
the module activation. It displays links to
brands (attribute) pages.
You can manually set sort order and limit
the number of brands (attribute values)
displayed.
The block can show brands (attributes)
with products only and brands from
current category only.
To move block from the right sidebar,
please change “left” to “right” in the
layout/aitmanufacturers.xml file.
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A new page with the list of all
brands grouped by name (with
the number of brand products
in brackets) becomes available.
A new "Featured Brands"
block becomes available
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10. Front-End: Brand (Attribute) Page - Product List
Customers can browse products
within brands by categories. They
can also use layered navigation (if
enabled in settings for this
attribute (manufacturer in this
case)).
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The module
displays all
brand's products
with paging and
sorting
Admin can modify brand's
description as well as
brand's logo using built-in
WYSIWYG editor
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11. Front-End: Product Page
A link (or a clickable
logo) to the brand's
page becomes available
on product's page
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Thank you for your interest in AITOC’s extension for Magento.
To buy this extension and browse through other useful modules, please visit our website http://www.aitoc.com/en/magento.html
May you have any questions, please contact sales@aitoc.com
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