ManufacturerShop is the module designed for Magento that facilitates insertion and modification of new suppliers by the manager of e-commerce, enabling its customers a simple and intuitive product search by producer (Brands). The list of Brands is clearly visible: - In the box placed at the right or at the left column on template - In the cms page In the administration panel module provides a section with a list of brands and a configuration section.

1. MANUFACTURER SHOP
“Manufacturer Shop” User Guide
Version: 1.0.0
Website: http://magenkit.com/magento-plugins/shop-by-brand-manufacturer.html
Support: supporto@imseo.it

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Table of Content
Configuration .......................................................................................... 5
Introducing ManufacturerShop.................................................................. 3
Manage Brands ....................................................................................... 6
Setup ..................................................................................................... 4
Show Brands in frontend .......................................................................... 7

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Introducing ManufacturerShop
ManufacturerShop is the module designed for Magento that facilitates
insertion and modification of new suppliers by the manager of e-commerce,
enabling its customers a simple and intuitive product search by producer
(Brands).
The list of Brands is clearly visible:
- In the box placed at the right or at the left column on template
- In the cms page
In the administration panel module provides a section with a list of brands
and a configuration section.

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Setup
The installation of the module is very simple:
1. Go to your Magento Admin Panel and disable cache
2. Unzip the package on your computer
3. Log in to the magento website via ftp
4. Upload the folder "app" and "skin” in the root of your magento site.
Check if module work:
1. Go to your Magento Admin Panel
2. Go to IMSEO → Manufacturershop → Configuration
If the module doesn’t work refresh the cache
If you use a different from default theme - be sure to rename
app/design/frontend/default/default folders to your store's values.

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Configuration
The module ManufacturerShop provide a configuration panel from which it is
possibile to set:
• the type of template (Bullet, Drop down menu)
• the title of the box
• the position of the box
• the position at the top or at the bottom of the box in the template’s
column
• the counting products

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Manage Brands
ManufacturerShop with the manager of e-commerce can handle the producers
referred to resell the items in a simple and fast, without having to access the
configuration attributes.
For add a new brand you can selecting from the navigation bar the item
IMSEO -> Manufacturershop -> Manufacturers List, and you click on “Add
New” button.
For edit and delete an existing brand you can
1. selecting from the navigation bar the item IMSEO -> Manufacturershop -
> Manufacturers List
2. selecting a brand
3. edit and Save for update or Delete

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Show Brands in frontend
The module ManufacturerShop allows you to enter the list of manufacturers in
the site in several ways:
• through a box with a drop-down menu in any sidebars, both right and
left
• using a bulleted list or slideshow on a page of e-commerce
You can activate the box from configuration section.
You can activate the brands list in a page with a static block
{{block type="manufacturershop/list" name="imseo.manufacturershop"
template="imseo/manufacturershop/list.phtml" title="Manufacturers list"
show_product_count="1"}}
You can edit this parameters for the static block:
• template:

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o imseo/manufacturershop/list.phtml
o imseo/manufacturershop/dropdown.phtml
o imseo/manufacturershop/slider.phtml
• show_product_count: Yes/No
Regarding the template "slider.phtml" can be configured, in addition to the
parameters previously seen, also the color of the background, the text and the
count products.
{{block type="manufacturershop/list" name="imseo.manufacturershop"
template="imseo/manufacturershop/slider.phtml" title="Manufacturers slider"
show_product_count="1" bg_color="#DEE5E8" text_color="#618499"
counter_color="#E76703"}}