Manufacturer Information for Articles

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Introduction

With this manufacturer module, it is possible to assign articles to a manufacturer in addition to categories. This way, a customer can search directly for all offers from a manufacturer. Furthermore, you can store a link for each manufacturer, which is displayed with the article, so that the customer can quickly find the manufacturer’s website.

Administration

Manage manufacturers (enter, mutate, delete)

Manufacturers and their links are managed centrally. The administration is located in the submenu ‘Manufacturer Administration’ in the main menu Articles.

After entering the manufacturer administration, you see a mask with empty fields for manufacturer entry. After each save, further empty fields are displayed again. There is no limit to the number of manufacturers.

If you have questions, a click on the ‘Help’ button helps. To enter or mutate a manufacturer, you can simply edit the data in the corresponding field.

If one or more entries are to be deleted, you can set a checkmark in the Delete column and then confirm below by clicking on ‘Save settings’.

Figure 1: Manufacturer Administration

Assignment of articles

The assignment of articles to manufacturers can be done either for many articles simultaneously in the article mass mutations or individually in the article editing mask. Both options are now described.

Assignment via article mass mutations

To assign several articles of a category to a manufacturer, you can use the article mass mutations. To do this, proceed as follows: In the main menu of the shop administration, click on ‘Articles’ → ‘Mass mutations’ and there on the button ‘Manufacturer’. Now select a category and you will see the articles that can be assigned.

Figure 2: Article mass mutations Manufacturer

In the Article Code field, a coding number (e.g. EAN) of the article can be specified. However, this is not used further by the customer. At Mfr. Article No., enter the article number assigned by the manufacturer for this article. This number is displayed to the customer in each case. In the dropdown at Manufacturer name, select the manufacturer. Click on Save to accept the assignment.

Assignment via article editing mask

The article editing mask can be seen via ‘Create new article’ or ‘Edit existing article’. Here is an example display of the integrated manufacturer module when editing an existing article:

Figure 3: Manufacturer information when editing an existing article

Below the article number display (number assigned by the shop), you can see the line with the manufacturer information. The individual fields correspond in meaning to those in the article mass mutation (see previous chapter).

Customer-side display

Article search

The PepperShop article search automatically also searches the field with the manufacturer article number, so that as a shop visitor you can quickly find your searched article in this way.

Filter by manufacturer

In the navigation menu on the left side, a box with the title Manufacturer and a selection menu of the registered manufacturers is offered. If the customer selects a manufacturer here, the shop displays all articles assigned to this manufacturer – across categories. You can set ‘Manufacturer’ to the left column under Design → Settings → Detail customizations in Layout Management → Elements. Here is an example display:

Figure 4: Manufacturer as dropdown list

Installation

System requirements

To use the manufacturer module, at least a PepperShop v.3.0 Professional or Connect is required. This module is a prerequisite for some other modules, e.g. Google Shopping.

Copy and upload files

The manufacturer module consists of three files that must be copied into your installed PepperShop. First, extract the provided ZIP archive. The following files are included, shown here with the target directories:

{shopdir}/shop/hersteller.def.php | File {shopdir}/shop/adr_hersteller.def.php | File {shopdir}/shop/Admin/shop_hersteller.php | File

The files can be easily uploaded to the web server via FTP or SCP. The placeholder {shopdir} stands for the shop directory on the web server, where among other things the file index.php together with README.txt can be found. After the copying process, the manufacturer module is already available and is listed in the main menu of the shop administration under ‘Articles’ → ‘Manufacturer Administration’.

Further information on managing manufacturers / Programming

Depending on the configuration setting in the PHP source code of the file shop_hersteller.php in the directory {shop_verzeichnis}/shop/Admin, the following fields are available:

ID: Internal shop manufacturer ID*
NR: Internal shop manufacturer number for free use*
Name: Name of the manufacturer
Description: Optional description of the manufacturer*
Link: URL to the manufacturer (http://…)*
Image: Image link to the manufacturer (http://…)*
Additional field 1-3: For free use*

*(is not displayed by default in the manufacturer administration, as these fields have no effect on the customer side).

Further Help

Do you have questions or need assistance? Do you have special requirements or desire a custom solution for your system? Our support team is happy to help. Support services are charged based on time and material at CHF 195.- / hour. Here is how to reach us:

Email: support@glarotech.ch
Phone: +41 (0)71 923 08 58
Opening Hours: Monday – Friday I 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. I 1:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

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FAQ

Can I display the manufacturer data in the article detail view?

Yes, for the recorded manufacturer data to be displayed with the article, the control constant “SHOW_HERSTELLER_DATEN_BEIM_ARTIKEL” must be set to true. This can be done by our support.