Rank: Member
Joined: 2/25/2008(UTC)
Posts: 111
|
When I view a product in the store it does not state the maufacturer name, how do I make a browse by manufacturer function if I can only view it in admin?
|
|
|
|
|
|
Rank: Member
Joined: 3/3/2006(UTC)
Posts: 1,737
|
You could make a dynamic category. If you've decided against this already, .... what do you mean by 'browse' if you don't mean a manufacturer's category?
The product in the store CAN state the manufacturer's name. Have you:
Created a product type for this product(s)?
Created and assigned a type property to this product type?
Assigned this to the product?
Added the manufacturer's name in any of the type property feilds?
To make a dynamic category, you DO HAVE TO make a 'manufacturer' in the admin and assign the manufacturer to the product, either as you create the product or in bulk edit.
This is the simplest way I can think of to add information of a like-kind to products. The alternative would be to ammend the long description via bulk edit and add the manufacturer's name as text.
Does this help? If you're really lost on this stuff, say so.
This is not your first call for help... Not to jab sticks in your cage, but have you read the BVC5 (and the very helpful BVC4) manual(s) and watched the videos? Honest, I'm a year into this and I still go back for refreshers (slap to the forehead moments) once in a while....
Wiki! |
Optimists invent airplanes,
Pessimists buy parachutes. |
|
|
|
|
|
Rank: Member
Joined: 2/25/2008(UTC)
Posts: 111
|
I added 2 type properties to the product manufacturer and sku and it still does not display, I read the manual, what am I missing?
|
|
|
|
|
|
Rank: Member
Joined: 3/3/2006(UTC)
Posts: 1,737
|
It is not possible to add 2 type properties to the product manufacturer and SKU.
By 'it still does not display' do you mean the product doesn't display, or the manufacturer's name doesn't display on the product's page? |
Optimists invent airplanes,
Pessimists buy parachutes. |
|
|
|
|
|
Rank: Member
Joined: 2/25/2008(UTC)
Posts: 111
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Rank: Member
Joined: 2/25/2008(UTC)
Posts: 111
|
the manufacturer does not display
|
|
|
|
|
|
Rank: Member
Joined: 3/3/2006(UTC)
Posts: 1,737
|
By 'browse', you must mean a list of categories, correct? If not, is there something in BVC5's ootb menu structure that you need to change?
Can't you simply name the categories "Manufacturer A", "...B", "...C"...etc., and fill each category with that manufacturer's goods? This works quite well for everyone else. Really, it does. It seems you're trying to reverse-engineer the basic platform.
Like I said a few days ago, perhaps you need to sit and go through this with someone on a one-on-one basis. It'll cost some money, but I don't see this working on this forum.
I'm done. |
Optimists invent airplanes,
Pessimists buy parachutes. |
|
|
|
|
|
Rank: Member
Joined: 7/21/2005(UTC)
Posts: 320
|
We use dynamic categories to display products based on manufacturer. Then we use a hard coded menu system to point the categories. I guess the OOTB menu control could be used, but we don't use it.
* Note... you have to have the products correctly setup with vendor/manufacturer information for this work. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Forum Jump
You cannot post new topics in this forum.
You cannot reply to topics in this forum.
You cannot delete your posts in this forum.
You cannot edit your posts in this forum.
You cannot create polls in this forum.
You cannot vote in polls in this forum.