Brand Model Search Installation

Overview: 

Helps the customer to search and choose the required product by brand and a nested search inside the chosen brand

Video Tutorial

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Steps to install Brand Model Search Extension.

1. Take a backup of the Magento files before replacing

2. Extract the files inside Magento Installation Root

Magento_App_Root folder is same as your Magento Installation directory

3. Folder structure for default theme

\Magento_App_Root\app\design\frontend\default\<default>\template

Where <default> folder is based on default theme. Please copy the template folder into your specific theme folder

Note:

For Magento 1.3.x, the template folder structure is

Magento_App_Root/app/design/frontend/default/default/template/catalog/product

For Magento 1.4.x, 1.5.x, 1.6.x, 1.7.x,1.8.x,1.9.x the template folder structure would be

Magento_App_Root/app/design/frontend/base/default/template/catalog/product

Steps to be followed in admin panel to setup attributes

Step 1: Create Attribute

Catalog –> Attributes –> Manage Attribute

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Click the button “Add New Attribute”

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Attribute code: v_manufacturer

Catalog Input Type for Store Owner: Text Field

Unique value: No

Values Required: Yes

Select  all option Yes for Use in quick search, Use in advanced search, Comparable on Front-end, Use In Search Results Layered Navigation, Allow HTML-tags on Front-end,

Visible on Product View Page on Front-end, Used in product listing, Used for sorting in product listing

Similarly Create attribute v_model.

Please make a note of the Attribute Code. It should be  (v_manufacturer,v_model)

Step 2: Create Attribute Set

Catalog–>Attributes–>Manage AttributeSet

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Click on Default

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Click the button Add New under Groups

You can find a pop up Explore User Prompt. Please enter the group name “Brand Model”

A group will be created at the end you can drag and drop to your respective location.

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kindly drag and drop the attributes under Unassigned Attributes under the group you have created.

 

Step 3.Add Products

Catalog –> Manage Products –> Add Product

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Screen 5

You can find a new tab “Brand Model” added. Fill in all the required details and assign the product to a category.(Follow the require steps to add products in order to make the product display in client panel).

Step 4. Add a new page for Brand Model Search

Admin – CMS – Manage Pages – Add New Page

Enter the following information:

Page Title: Brand Model Search

Self URL: brand-model-search

Status: Enabled

Content:

{{block type="catalog/product_list" template="catalog/product/brandmodel-search.phtml"}}

After placing the brandmodel-search.phtml file in the respective page you can view the url

http://<your website>/index.php/brand-model-search

Use different attribute – Optional setup:

If you use a different Attribute code when creating the attributes, you need to change in the following lines in <Magento_App_Root>/app/code/local/Kamtech/Brandmodel/

controllers/BrandmodelsearchController.php file (Step 1: Screen 2)

Changes required in BrandmodelsearchController.php

$manufacturer_attribute_code=”v_manufacturer”;

$modelattribute_code=”v_model”;

Setup Brand model widget in side bar – Optional:

To make the search display in your leftbar/rightbar, follow steps (a) and (b) described below:

a) Move to the location app/design/frontend/default/<theme>/layout/
Select catalog.xml file

b) Find the following text “<reference name=”right”>” for right bar. Place the below code inside your reference for the “right”. Similar procedure can be followed for “left”

<block type="catalog/product_list" name="brand_model-sidebar" template="catalog/product/brandmodel-search.phtml"  before=”-“/>

c) In order to make it fit to left side bar, edit style.css with this code. Add this code at last in style.css

#manufacturerdiv select { width: 150px; }

#modeldiv select { width: 150px; }

Step 5. Refresh Magento cache.

Admin Panel – System- Cache Management – Select all Check boxes– Flush Magento Cache

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Steps to Uninstall the Brand Model Search Extension

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall Brand Model Search extension and remove from your website.
Step 1: Go to the location app/etc/modules/ Kamtech_Brandmodel.xml file
Find the line of code true
and change it to false
Refresh the Cache in admin panel->System->Cache Management
Step 2: Remove the file brandmodel-search.phtml in the following location. This Path may vary as per the website theme/template used.
app/design/frontend/base/default/template/catalog/product.
If there is Theme template folder then please follow this location
app/design/frontend/default//template/catalog/product
Step 3: Please Disable or Delete the Brand Model Search CMS Page or Brand Model Search Static Block in your admin panel.

Questions

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