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Overview: 
Helps the customer to search and choose the required product by brand and a nested search inside the chosen brand
Video Tutorial
Are you familiar with Magento extension installation? If so, you can quickly watch this Video tutorial to perform the installation.
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
Click the button “Add New Attribute”
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
Click on Default
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.
kindly drag and drop the attributes under Unassigned Attributes under the group you have created.
Step 3.Add Products
Catalog –> Manage Products –> Add Product
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
CMSàManage PagesàAdd New Page
Page Title: Brand Model Search
Self URL: mmsearch
Status: Enabled
Content:
After placing the brandmodel-search.phtml file in the respective page you can view the url http://<your website>/index.php/ mmsearch
Optional:
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”;
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
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”
c) If the magento version is 1.4 edit style.css with this code. Add this code at last in style.css
If the magento version is 1.3 edit boxes.css with this code. Add this code at last in boxes.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
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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