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Overview:
Year Make Model Engine Professional Magento 2.0 Installation guide helps to install the powerful Ymme Pro in magento 2.0 edition. The goal of this product is to implement search function where a visitor may select the Year, Make, model and engine of their vehicle(s) using simple drop-downs and then view a list of the vehicles or parts or accessories which will fit their vehicle.
Video Tutorial
Please watch this Video tutorial to know how to perform the installation.
How to Install Year Make Model Professional Magento 2.0 Extension
Steps:-
1. Take a backup of the Magento files before replacing.
2. Extract the files, inside the folder “magento_ce_2.x_ymme_pro_v2.0”
3. Upload the “Globalecom” folder under app/code on Magento root.
4. Upload the ymme-search-results.phtml file in vendor/magento/module-catalog/view/frontend/templates/product folder
5. Run below the commands on ssh
php bin/magento setup:upgrade
php bin/magento setup:di:compile
php bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy
Now clear all caches and var/generation folder. Login to admin panel > Stores > Configuration > Advanced Your module should be listed here now.
(OR)
Check module ‘Globalecom_Ymmep’ => 1, is listed in app/etc/config.php file.
Steps to be followed in admin panel to setup attributes
Step 1: Create Attribute
Stores -> Product->Add new Attributes
Enter Atttribute data as follows
Click Add attributes button
Create attribute “makes” like below the screen,
Follow the instruction for create “makes” attribute code,
Default Label: Make
Attribute code: makes
Use in quick search =>Yes
Search Weight => 1
Visible in Advanced Search =>Yes
Allow HTML Tags on Storefront =>Yes
Visible on Catalog Pages on Storefront =>Yes
Used in Product Listing => Yes
Used for Sorting in Product Listing =>Yes
Similarly Create attributes “v_models” , “years” and “engines”
Note:- It should be “makes”, “v_models”, “years” , “engines
Step 2: Assign attributes to Attribute Set
Stores-> Attributes set
Then Click on Default. Click the button Add New under Groups
You can find a pop up Explore User Prompt. Please enter the group name “YearMakeModelEngine”
A group will be created at the end you can drag and drop to your respective location and save.
Step 3: Add year make model engine data to products:-
Products->Catalog->Add product
You can find a new tab YearMakeModelEngine on the left side. Fill in all the required details and assign the product to a category as needed.
Note: makes, v_models , years and engines can take multiple values if the product has several vehicle fitments. Please enter values in comma separated format. For Example:
Make=Acura,Audi
Model=ILX,A4
Year=2015,2016
Engine=2.4L,2.0L
Step 4: Add a new page for YmmepSearch and YmmepSearch results
Content-> Pages -> Add New Page
YmmepSearch:-
Page Title: Ymmepsearch
Self URL: ymmepsearch
Status: Enabled
Content:
{{block class="Magento\Framework\View\Element\Template" name="catalog.product.ymmepsearch" template="Globalecom_Ymmep::product/ymmep-search.phtml}}
YmmpSearch results:-
Page Title: Ymme search results
Self URL: ymme-search-results
Status: Enabled
Content:
{{block class="Magento\Catalog\Block\Product\ListProduct" name="category.products.list" as="product_list" template="Magento_Catalog::product/ymme-search-results.phtml"}}
Note: URL should be ymme-search-results
Step 5: Refresh Magento cache.
Tool frontend screen:-
You can view the cms page url http://<your website>/index.php/ymmepsearch
How to manage the year make model engine data in phpmyadmin:-
We are maintaining the master table for make model engine correlation.So while assigning the year make model and engine values for the products, please ensure that, these values are present in the master table year_make_model_engine_master in php my admin.
Please use the csv file which is contained in the package itself to import the year,make,model and engine data on master table.
Steps for inserting ymme data into master table:-
Step 1: Please Login Cpanel access
Step 2: Click phpMyadmin icon under the databases section.It will be taken to database details.
Step 3: Choose your site database then you can see “year_make_model_engine_master” table.
Please see the screen for master table
How to uninstall the Year Make Model Engine Professional Magento 2.0 extension
Please follow the instructions for how to uninstall Year Make Model Engine Professional Extension and remove from your website.
Step 1: Go to the location app/etc/config.xml
Find the line of code ‘Globalecom_Ymmep’ => 1,
and change it to ‘Globalecom_Ymmep’ => 0,
Step 2: Remove the “Globalecom” folder under app/code on Magento root.
Step 3: Remove the file ymme-search-results.phtml in the following location.
Vendor/magento/module-catalog/view/frontend/templates/product folder
Step 4: Refresh the Cache in admin panel ->System->Cache Management
Questions
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