Take master control of your Category(CTGY) Page. This module is packed with features like menu-driven global and individual category level control of Category Product List Layout, Multi-Column Category Product layout with image positioning, Category Product Pagination with Totals, Subcategory Listing, and Category Breadcrumbs. No need for separate modules to control your category screen globally or individually for each category. All display options are configurable using the menu-driven admin interface, CTGY page templates and Product List Layout templates that are automatically installed and configured with this module. This gives you full control over the look and feel of your category screen. The ADS Category Master Features: - Simple Module Installation and Configuration
- Automatic installation and assignment of CTGY page required item.
- Automatic installation and assignment of new CTGY page template. Previous template versions will be available through version history.
- Automatic installation and assignment of new Category Product List Layout template. Previous template versions will be available through version history.
- Menu-driven control of new features. No template editing required, but is available for advanced users.
- Global and Individual Category Control of Category Product List Layout
- Merchant basic Category Product Layout Control
- Category Title Display option
- Number of Columns for Product Display in expanded view
- Image Positioning and Spacing
- Additional layout modifications can be made using CTGY Page and Category Product List Layout templates that are pre-installed with this module
- Global and Individual Category Control of Category Paging
- Gives your customers the ability to move within the category using page numbers and/or previous next buttons
- Display Total Product Count for selected category
- Menu-driven control of pagination menu, no Template editing necessary
- Additional layout modifications can be made using CTGY Page and Category Product List Layout templates that are pre-installed with this module
- Global and Individual Category Control of Subcategory Listing
- Display a Subcategory Listing for selected category for easy navigation
- Menu-driven control for:
- Page position for Subcategory Listing
- Subcategory title header and footer
- Display number of products for each subcategory
- Number of columns in subcategory table
- Subcategory footer
- Additional layout modifications can be made using CTGY Page and Category Product List Layout templates that are pre-installed with this module
- Global and Individual Category Control of Category Breadcrumb Navigation
- Display Breadcrumb style navigation for current category
- Menu-driven control for:
- Page position for Breadcrumb Navigation
- Home URL location and label
- Breadcrumb separator
- Selected and Unselected breadcrumb formatting
- Additional layout modifications can be made using CTGY Page and Category Product List Layout templates that are pre-installed with this module
 Module installation and functionality has the following requirements: - MIVA Merchant Version 5.0
- Settings and control this module provides are used in conjunction with CTGY Page and Category Product List Layout templates that are pre-installed with this module. These settings will override the Merchant default settings.
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The Category Manager module allows you to have multiple category templates in a single store. You can have a different template for every category in your store if you want. The templates use the standard store morph technology template editor in MIVA Merchant 5. While basic knowledge of how to edit MIVA Merchant 5 templates is required, there are two example templates provided in addition to the built in ctgy page template. Getting started is not that difficult. Don't miss our introductory price of this versatile module.
Features:
- Multiple category templates in a single store
- One or more categories can be assigned to use a specific template
- Default template is used for categories which do not have a custom template assigned
- Custom pagination in addition to the default Previous and Next buttons
- Can limit products displayed per page to a specific number for each template or can list all on one page
- Customer can sort products within the category in real time dynamically
- Breadcrumb navigation included
- Sub-category navigation included
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Multiple page templates. Using the built-in store morph technology, you can edit the page templates just like the built-in page templates, including recall, notes, and indexing of previous versions. Include typical render tokens on the custom category pages from other 3rd party modules (sold separately) which you have in your store, e.g. rate this, wait list, best seller, and others.
Easy assignment of categories to templates. Once you create the template you can assign one or more categories to it. This can be done from the Category Edit screen or if you are using the Emporium Plus Category Import module (sold separately), you can import the template assignment right along with importing new categories into the store. No need to import the categories with one module and then use a separate module to assign them to templates.
Default page for unassigned categories. The default ctgy page template is used for all categories which have not been assigned to a specific custom template. This makes processing more efficient as the Category Manager runs a quick lookup to determine if it needs to run certain more complex processing routines, like advanced pagination.
Advanced page navigation. Several pagination variables are available to write detailed page navigation links. You can have the typical 1 2 3 4 etc. Or you can break up long lines with arrows, dots, dashes, etc to fill in a gap. You can also display the page number of the total number of pages. This pagination is similar to that used in the Emporium Plus Power Search module for Merchant 5. As a point of reference for the customer, you can even include how many products are listed in the category.
Flexible pagination. Each category template can have a different setting for the number of products to display on a page. Initially, the customer will see the number you set. However, customers using broadband may want to see all the product in a category on a single page, so there is an option to list all.
On-the-fly sorting. The products are initially displayed in the sort order which the store owner has previously setup in the normal admin sorting. The customer can then change the sort order based on their desires. Available sort fields are name, code, price, date items were added to the store, or the default store setup. They can be sorted ascending or descending.
Breadcrunb navigation. The module includes optional breadcrumb navigation. An array is created which holds the current category name and its parents up to the top level category. With standard MIVA Merchant template code, you can create a quick link to higher categories like Home > Software > Developer Bundles
Sub-category navigation. You can display the sub-categories of a parent category on the category page, e.g. below the parent category's name. The array can be displayed like you want it using standard MIVA Merchant template code.
We cannot link to our demo stores from MivaCentral so if you'd like to see a couple of the live pages demonstrating single or multiple column layout of products, please contact us for links. Those pages demonstrate the variable layout of products, breadcrumb navigation, on-the-fly sorting, and sub-category navigation.
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Full control of the look of your category pages! The module lets you configure the category page html to your liking. It provides an interface for you to enter the specific HTML that you want to use to display the product listing for the category. You create templates which you can then assign to selected categories. The module comes with 4 preinstalled templates but you can add as many as you want. One of the preinstalled template provides for a category display that lets you add all of the listed products to your basket with the click of a single button. Another provides for the display of multiple products in rows across the page instead of vertically. In your templates, you can use tokens to represent the normal Merchant product and category fields. For example, you can use the token %prodname% to represent where you want the product's name to be displayed. Making changes like removing the "buy one now" button is as simple as tweaking the HTML used to display the page. One of the preinstalled templates is identical to the standard Merchant category display and serves as a good starting point for those little tweaks you have always been wanting to make. The module also permits you to copy existing templates when you are creating a new template. You can use strike-thru pricing with this module too! Note about compatibility with other modules: This module totally replaces the portion of the OpenUI (or MMUI if you are using it) that displays the Category page and is not compatible with any other module which modifies the category page unless the developer of that module has specifically made their module compatible. This module provides for an easy-to-use manner for developers to provide tokens that can be used to insert their module's HTML into the pages. And these tokens can be registered in the module's admin interface. All VikingCoders.com's modules are compatible with this module (ie. there are tokens that can be used to display their information on the category page) or soon will be. Another note about compatibility: This module is compatible with the OpenUI right out of the box. However, for it to be compatible with the MMUI requires a minor modification to the MMUI file (ie. mmui.mv). Version 3.x Available Price: $44.95 Upgrade Cost: $14
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The StatCat module is both an admin module and a basket interface module. The primary purpose of StatCat is to generate static catalog pages (indexes and sub-pages) directly from your Miva Merchant products and category databases so that search engines will add your pages to their index. Presumably this will allow customers to find your store amongst the millions of web sites on the Internet. As such, the pages generated are basic html pages with links to sub-pages, basket page and individual product pages in your Miva Merchant system. Each page contains your store title, meta description, meta keywords, footers along with the products. Category pages also contain category headers and footers. Although these are static html pages, they have direct links which allow customers to add the products to their basket which is maintained in your Miva Merchant shopping cart system. If you are using the CIM Inventory Manager or Miva Corp's new Inventory Manager (in Merchant 4.x), it will even check the stock level and return an out of stock message if stock level is depleted ** Caution: If you are using Merchant 4.0 and its Inventory Management system that deducts products from inventory when they are placed in the basket, you should select to NOT use the Add to Basket buttons if you have one-of-a-kind items. The reason for this is that some robots and other indexing software may even follow links which contain the ? and & characters. This could result in the stock level decrementing to zero and out-of-stock emails being sent. The products won't be removed from inventory completely, as they will be re-stocked when you run the Admin:Delete Expired Shopping Baskets. This undesirable situation does not exist in Merchant versions 2.x or 3.x. It is also not a problem in Merchant 4.x if your store does not use the Miva Corp Inventory Management or your product stock levels are not likely to be depleted with one or two passes of the indexing program. The store owner determines which page the customer will go to when they select to add a product to the basket. They can be taken either to the basket for review or back to the static page they just selected from. Both processes are automatic and do not require Javascript or meta refresh routines. Either click through destination can be used on either of the sort options, store owner choice. In addition to the functionality of this module, it provides an excellent example of how to interface static pages with the Miva Merchant system with return to the correct static page. Quick links on each sub-page allow the customer to return to the index or go straight to their basket for review and checkout. Below the sub-pages the store owner can even generate individual product pages. These product pages contain the full sized image and description. If the store uses the Flexible Product Description module and the product record contains a Keyword field, those product specific keywords are added to the store's generic keywords which are already in all of the static pages. The store owner can decide whether to display the price for each item on the static pages. Since these pages are static and cannot function interactively to determine customer price groups or discounts, the hide price routine has its place. However, if the store has no price groups and discounts are calculated on basket totals or discount coupons, the price listing is useful. The static pages also have no way to restrict access. So if your store is one which does not allow certain products to be shown to all customers, then this module is not for you, unless you can place all of those restricted products in specific categories. In which case, you could then sort pages by category and simply delete those categories' pages. This module is for Miva Merchant 2.x, 3.x and 4.x. It works with both the Miva Merchant look and feel (mmui.mv) and the OpenUI look and feel (oui.mv). If using the mmui.mv, there are two edits that need to be made to the mmui.mv file. StatCat produces pages similar (mirror) to the layout in Miva Merchant with admin control. The following configuration settings are made within the standard Miva Merchant admin interface: Page title, home URL, optional title/store logo, title background color, title foreground color, category title header size, number of product columns on the category sort page, Meta description of the site, Meta keywords on the site, return action after adding a product to the basket, option to hide the prices, category column background color, category column foreground color, category column font, category column size, product background color in the category sorted pages, product foreground color in the category sorted pages, product font and size in the category sorted pages, optional display of thumbnail images in the category sorted pages, store front page welcome screen, search button input, product descriptions on category pages, and page footer. Once generated, the index pages can be linked to your main home page. The catalog can be left in the directory it is generated in or copied to any web site (or multiple web sites) to increase search engine visibility. The links to images and back to your Merchant.mv store will work across servers. An example of this remote distribution can be seen at my Yahoo/Simplenet web site. The limitation to the remote distribution is that these remote static pages are one way, ie. placing a product in the basket will take the customer to the main Merchant.mv, but not back to the remote static page. They would then continue shopping in Merchant.mv. This limitation exists only if the static pages are not in their original catalog directory. If they are in the catalog directory on the local server with Merchant.mv, then return to the static pages is one of your options in admin. The StatCat also has the ability to generate static pages which can be placed on a disk and used as a catalog which can be mailed or given out to potential customers. When using this option, links to your web site or the shopping cart are suppressed. An example of this type of catalog can be seen online. It has no links to the cart and the images are virtual to the static html pages. When generating the catalog, the store owner has the option of restricting the html output to a list of specific categories. This is particularly useful when the store owner wants to place their static pages on remote servers which have specific themes in a mall environment. Some categories may "fit in" and some may not. This also might be useful if you want to create disks with only certain categories of products on them to be given to customers. Note 1: StatCat uses the first letter of the product name to name the sub-pages. If you use illegal characters for the first letter of product names, you will not be able to generate the by-name catalog. An example would be the left bracket, as some might have put the font tag at the beginning of the product name. If that is the case, use the by-category catalog. Note 2: If you have an excessively large products database, you will probably not be able to run StatCat on a server without timing out. However, you should be able to run it in MivaMia if you have a mirror of your store on your PC. You would then need to upload the static pages manually. This store of 600 products took about 5 seconds to generate the category pages. Example static catalog pages - Sort by name
- This example has the add to basket button disabled
- This example contains StatCat generated individual product pages
- Sort by category
- Click through returns to the originating static page after addition (alternatively you can have it remain at the merchant.mv basket)
- This example contains StatCat generated individual product pages
 Several new features have been added to the compiled version; background image, functional navigation bar, "smart" metatags, extensive implementation of keyword and header and footer usage, product page names can be product code or name ending with html, inclusion of product links at the top or bottom listed as featured products or similar designation, include any fields in the products database on product pages (including modified structure), optionally hide subcategories on category pages as applicable, additional product page links such as "check availability or latest prices", and export to any directory within the store's path (creates directory if it does not exist). Discontinued (inactive) products can continue to have modified static pages generated so that search engine links remain viable, yet do not result in errors when linked to the store. Additionally, affiliate codes can be included with every link so that the static catalog pages can be given to affiliates who wish to mirror your catalog at their site. If you are using the OpenUI, StatCat adds "smart" metatags to your merchant.mv so that when the customers (and search engines) click from your static pages to your actual store, the pages will contain metatags related to category headers, product descriptions and product keywords (if used). It also reverses the title tag with the category and product screens so that the category or product name appear first, then the store name. If your store has our Volume Pricing module version (4.53 or higher) installed, StatCat can optionally include the volume price table on the static pages. When creating the static product pages, a flat file is created in the background which can be used for a data feed file for submission to FroogleTM. It contains the header and data for the basic file format.
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Provides tokens and templates formatting for some of the "other" pages of Merchant. You can create templates and assign them to some of the pages of Merchant (currently the module supports template assignment to BASK (basket page), PLST (product listing), LOGN (customer login), and Missing Attributes), Upsell, Search, etc. In addition, you can create a template for you own page, create a "screen" variable for it and link to it directly. The category and product pages are still best handled by the Category Page Templates and Product Page Templates module, the storefront by the Storefront Template Module, and the search page by the Search Manager) The templates are created and modified exactly like the templates in the other template modules. However since they are assigned to screens rather than products or categories, that part is a bit different. The way Merchant works is that most of the pages are assigned "identifiers" which Merchant uses to determine what page is to be generated. For example, if the variable Screen is set to BASK, Merchant knows that it needs to display the basket screen. The module intercepts that process to use templates to display the screen instead of Merchant's default screen. This is done by assigning templates to the identifier. The module comes pre-configured with a number of different templates which you can assign to the screens of Merchant. For example, the "Basket Page" template can be assigned to the "BASK" screen to display the basket screen using that template. NOTE REGARDING COMPATIBILITY: This module has the same compatibility issues with other modules as the original template modules. This module totally replaces the portion of the OpenUI (or MMUI if you are using it) that displays the pages it intercepts and is not compatible with any other module which needs to hook into that page unless the developer of that module has specifically made their module compatible. And given that this module is so new, very few modules are completely compatible with it. This module provides for an easy-to-use manner for developers to provide tokens that can be used to insert their module's HTML into the pages. And these tokens can be registered in the module's admin interface. NOTE/WARNING: although there are a number of people successfully using this module, given the large number of tokens and attempts to handle many pages of Merchant you can expect bugs to arise and for the module to be missing functionality. I'll work diligently to fix them but please don't purchase this module if you can't accept the possibility of some issue with the module keeping you from accomplishing what you're after. Similarly, given the current state of the documentation (there is no documentation on the available tokens but most of them are present in the pre-configured templates) if you're not familiar with the other template modules and the use of tokens in templates, you might want to wait until the documentation is completed. Another note about compatibility: This module is compatible with the OpenUI right out of the box. However, for it to be compatible with the MMUI requires a minor modification to the MMUI file (ie. mmui.mv). Price: $54.95 Upgrade Cost: $0
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Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is a key to the success of your On-Line business. This module provides a multi-level control of your store meta tags. You can specify meta tags on a global, page, category and product levels. Module provides a template field for each of its levels, along with an Advanced META Tag Generator Tool which will quickly generate common meta tags, based on provided information. METAMaster Module is designed for easy intallation and is automatically configured for SFNT Storefront, CTGY Category Display and PROD Product Display pages. You can easily add this functionality to any other page used by MIVA Merchant system. This gives you master control over your store meta tag settings. The ADS META Master Module Features: - Simple Module Installation and Configuration
- Automatic installation, configuration and item assignment for SFNT, CTGY and PROD pages.
- Automatic installation and assignment of revised Storfront, Product Display and Category Display templates. Current version history templates are used to generate revised templates. Previous template versions will be available through version history.
- Multi-Level control of store meta tags. Global, Page, Category and Product Level controls are available.
- Advanced META Tag Generator Tool which will quickly generate common meta tags, based on provided information. You can also quickly check the character count for META Description and Keywords. This tool will be available on all METAMaster controlled fields.
- Module is fully compatible with Merchant Template language. Tokens can be used to dynamically populate information in your meta tags, which can be a great time saver.
- No template editing is required, but is available for advanced users. HTML and template scripting knowledge is required to make template modifications. If you do not have these skills it is recommended you contact ADS representative to get assistance with template design and customization.
- Global Level Control:
- Global META Tag settings are used if no other meta tags are available
- Global Level Control can be used on any of MIVA Merchant pages
- Advanced META Tag Generator Tool make creating meta tags simple
- Tokens can be used to automatically insert content
- Page Level Control:
- Page META Tag settings are used if no Product or Category meta tags are available
- Page Level META Tags take priority over the Global Level settings
- Page Level Control can be assigned to any of MIVA Merchant pages
- Advanced META Tag Generator Tool make creating meta tags simple
- Tokens can be used to automatically insert content
- Category Level Control:
- Category Level META Tags take priority over the Global and Page Level settings
- Advanced META Tag Generator Tool make creating meta tags simple
- Tokens can be used to automatically insert content
- Product Level Control:
- Product Level META Tags take priority over the Global and Page Level settings
- Advanced META Tag Generator Tool make creating meta tags simple
- Tokens can be used to automatically insert content
- Additional Module Uses:
- Easily add module functionality to any other page used by MIVA Merchant system.
- Use this module to provide additional content to the page HEAD area, specific to individual page templates, categories and products. The content may be javascript, stylesheets or any other page, category or product specific information that belongs in the HEAD section of the page.
Sample META Master Category configuration screen with Advanced META Tag Generator Tool
 Module installation and functionality has the following requirements: - MIVA Merchant Version 5.0
- Settings and control this module provides are used in conjunction with Item "ads-metamaster", PROD Product Display, CTGY Category Display and SFNT Strorefront page templates that are pre-installed and configured with this module.
- Original templates and/or Merchant "Original" templates will not be modified by this module and can be restored, using the new Version history features, at any time.
- No template editing is required, but is available for advanced users. HTML and template scripting knowledge is required to make template modifications. If you do not have these skills it is recommended you contact ADS representative to get assistance with template design and customization.
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The purpose of Power Search is to allow a customer to search one or more fields which are allowed by the store owner. The store owner can choose any fields within the products database and/or the custom product fields (Miva Corp built-in utility module) database to be searchable. This module is for MIVA Merchant 5.x. We also have the corresponding module for an older version of Merchant.
Features:
- Implements field specific, keyword searching
- Uses store morph technology to build templates with version history
- Customer selects the fields to search and the sort order they want the results displayed
- Search the whole store or limit to one category
- Search by all (AND), any (OR), exact phrase, or begins with
- Display total found, number of pages, and links to each page when the results exceed one page
- Use the same product list layout as original search or alter for your needs
- Can limit search to a specific price range
- Use in conjunction with the Emporium Plus Tell A Friend module to send searches to a friend
- Product page "return to search" link takes customers back to the same search page
- View admin log of searched words/phrases for marketing and keyword identification
- Maintain compatibility with 3rd party modules which use the MIVA Corp custom product fields
- Create pre-defined select list searches on a single field
- License per domain/mall
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Easily editable templates. The module has five templates which can be used for each section of the search page. The templates have full versionhistory and use standard Merchant 5 template coding for easy update and rollback of changes. Each template is pulled into the location you want it on the search page using a render token. The templates are field selection, category selection,search scope/type, page counter and links, and product list layout. Search specific fields and sort results. Allow a customer to search one or more fields which are made selectable by the store owner. The store owner can choose, in the admin screen, any fields within the products database or the MIVA Merchant built in custom product fields database to be available. The Power Search module uses a mirror database of your products, custom fields and categories; much like the big search engines use. By creating a mirror before the search is made, many operations to join multiple databases togethercan be avoided, so the customer gets a much faster search. Customers can also sort the results on fields like name, code, price, cost, when they were added to the store, or the default display order the store owner established for productlists. The build of the mirror database goes quite quickly and is a maintenance procedure you will do periodically. The small amount of time you take to build the mirror will save your customers significant amounts of time in their searches vs searches which don't use an optimized mirror database. Buildingthe mirror is not required just because products are added, deleted, or edited; as those processes update the mirror automatically without needing a rebuild. See the install doc for details. Category selectable. Customers can use the category selector to select just one category to search. The default is to search the whole store. You can use the built in token which lists all categories with one or more products in them oryou can build your own select list of only certain categories. Multiple search types. The customer can select how they want to search the database. The default is to search for products where all (boolean AND) of the keywords entered are found in the record. The customer can broaden that search so that any (boolean OR) of the words are found in the record. They can search by exact phrase so that the words must appear in thesame order in the record as was entered in the search input. They can also search the fields where the data in the field begins with the search string. This is useful for things like finding all of the products whose NAME begins with a specific letter and allows you to have a list of A-Z links that implement that specific search. Advanced pagination. The module can display the total number of products found which match the search condition. Additionally, the pagesare numbered, e.g. Page 3 of 20, when results exceed the configurable number of products per page. You can also display alist of page numbers and links to those pages so the customer can jump to the page they want to look at. This pagination is similar to that used in the Emporium Plus Category Manager module. Product layout template can be customized. In the 'srch' page template, there is a "search results layout". If you are happy with that layout, you can copy and paste the contents of that template into the Power Search module's product layout template. You can then modify the layout in the Power Search admin screen. Price range searching. While searching the price field might be useful in some cases, a more popular search is price range. Within the searchable fields section, the customer has the option of entering a low and high price to create a range. If left blank, the search will not be filtered by price range. Tell a friend module interface. If the store is using the Emporium Plus Tell A Friend module, customers can send the search string from Power Search to friends. The link in the email will go to the same page of products that the customer was on when they clicked the Tell A Friend button. Return to search page link. After going to the product page from a Power Search rendered search, a convenient "return to search" link on the product page can bring the customer back to the original search page. Search log with admin report. In admin, you can view the log of search words/phrases which your customers have used. This helps you from a marketing standpoint to determine the most sought after products and possibly the need to carry a new product. Additionally, it helps you identify keywords which might be useful to include in the narrative descriptions or the meta tags for search engine submissions and even local searches in your store. As example, while you might have a product called flip flops, customers might be searching for thong sandals (which is the same thing). But if you had not used those words in your description, you may have lost the sale. The log can be purged in the admin screen to reduce its size as desired. Optimized search of built-in custom product fields. This module does not require that you use a proprietary 3rd party module for the custom product fields. It uses the built-in custom product fields module from MIVA Corp, thereby ensuring compatibility with other 3rd party modules which use those same custom product fields. No need to go down that proprietary datafield path of no return. As example, the Emporium Plus Template Data Feed module can use the built-in custom product fields to populate feeds to just about any search engine and shopping index with those "special" fields those indexes require. Live examples. We cannot link to our demo Merchant 5 store from MivaCentral so if you'd like to see a couple of the live pages demonstrating searches, please contact us for the link. You can check out the selected field search in our test store which has about 600 products with multiple custom product fields. Try some searches so you can get an idea of search speed. Pre-defined selectors. The Power Search function can also be used for pre-defined select pulldowns in your store. An example of genre and decade searches are in the lower left column of our test store's storefront screen. It will search a specific field, with store owner pre-defined selections. This same technique can be used for things like manufacturer searches if you have a manufacturer field in your custom product fields. Liberal licensing. License is for ONE domain/mall. Within that single mall, it can be used in multiple stores without additional licenses. This module requires that you are using MIVA Engine v5.03 or newer. When you log into admin, you can see which version of the engine is in use in your store. | Searchable field configuration |
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You've got your store spidered by the search engines, you're showing up in the search engine results, but you just can't seem to improve your rankings...Search Engine Tweak Pro (SETPro) is here to help! Search engines take into account many factors when ranking web results, and one of the most important is proper page content optimization. Miva Merchant's dynamic page creation is not designed to be search engine friendly with how it creates and displays the page content. This is where SETPro comes in to play with a number of optimizations and enhancements for product and category screens. These optimizations are primarily done with the Google search engine in mind, but are also relevant to most other popular search engines.
PRODUCT SCREENS: - Product Name Tags:
Allows you to set the product names on the product screens to a preferred heading tag, bold, or none (, , , , ).
| The keywords to focus on for an individual product page are typically contained within the product name. Making the product name a larger font size using the heading tags, compared to most of the other page content, adds extra weight to those keywords when rankings are determined. |
| | Page titles are extremely important to search engines. Miva Merchant adds the store name in the browser window's title bar along with the product name. This is a good thing, but it may also make it undesireable by diluting the product name keywords with an unnecessary store name, thus giving less weight to your keyword focus. |
| | Stock Miva Merchant nests a considerable amount of hidden tables within one another. It makes for an adequate display but search engines don't see page content as the viewer does. That creates a large amount of page code that pushes the product descriptions far down the page, even possibly tripping up some older search engines. It's best to have your real keyword content as far up the page code as possible, creating more keyword weight and improving relevancy for the product pages. It's recommended to use either this option or the commented out feature described below, but not both. |
| | This is the same as the product description display above, except that the description and title are commented out, essentially invisible, at the top of the page. Most search engines will ignore comment tags but some may take them into account. This is an elegant alternative to actually displaying the product name with description at the top of the page, leaving the page as it's meant to be displayed. It's recommended to use either this option or the displayed product description feature described above, but not both. |
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CATEGORY SCREENS: - Category Name Tags:
Allows you to set the category names on the category screen, to a preferred heading tag, bold, or none (, , , , ).
The keywords to focus on for an individual category page are typically contained within the category name. Making the category name a larger font size using the heading tags, compared to most of the other page content, adds extra weight to those keywords when rankings are determined.
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Page titles are extremely important to search engines. Miva Merchant adds the store name in the browser window's title bar along with the category name. This is a good thing, but it may also make it undesireable by diluting the category name keywords with an unnecessary store name, thus giving less weight to your keyword focus.
| - Product Links in Line-Item Listings:
Optionally replaces the product name with a linked product name, when a line-tem listing is used. This is mainly for category screens, but also applies to related products, search results, and product list screens.
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| Search Engines add additional keyword weight to pages using those keywords contained in incoming anchor text (links) from other pages. |
| - Product Short Description in Line-Item Listings:
Optionally adds a short product description under the product name when a line-item listing is used. Mostly used for category screens, but also applies to related products, search results, and product list screens when line-item formatting is used. Choices are: - None
- Product Description (First 200 characters with stripped out HTML code)
- Product Short Description (Displays from the OpenUI Short Description Field)
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| Particularly helpful with non-descriptive category screens or related product areas, by adding more useful content for search engines to index. Also useful for adding varied keyphrases by use of the product's Short Description field. |
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The OpenUI SuperMod provides you with advanced display and formatting capabilities for any Miva Merchant store using OpenUI. By inserting “Virtual Modules” into the OpenUI SuperMod and using templates and tokens throughout the store, you can control the look and feel of Miva Merchant in a whole new way. The OpenUI SuperMod allows you to harness the power and flexibility of OpenUI!
Key Benefits Include:
- New Directly edit and modify the templates that control the screen output of your store! All of the templates can be fully customized to your needs, and are fully compatible with any OpenUI Token-enabled modules.
- New Create New Screens for your store using Templates! Create forms and surveys, have the contents of the form emailed to you after submission!
- Page Template capabilities without module conflicts
- Nearly unlimited possibilities for store layout enhancements
- Create OpenUI Virtual Modules with a few mouse clicks instead of paying a programmer to develop a fully custom module
- Display any text, HTML or variable at any OpenUI Hook Point
- Dozens of free “plug-in” Virtual Modules can be downloaded from the Copernicus Website
- All Virtual Modules are supported on both uncompiled and compiled Miva Merchant
- Simple GUI based Virtual Module development interface, allows:
- Value Assignments
- Variable-value Assignments
- Text/HTML screen output
- Variable screen output
- Tokenized screen output
- Conditional execution
- Simple arithmetic assignments
- OpenUI Return-hook overrides for selectively hiding or displaying screen sections
- NEW! DynamicTemplates™ Scripting Engine
- NEW! Direct SQL Queries for OpenDBv2/MvSQL-QUERY
Templates are available for the following screens!
- Standard Shopping Screens:
- SFNT/LOGN/ACNT/SRCH/PLST/BASK: Store front screen, login screen, customer account screen, store search screen, product list screen, basket contents screen
- CTGY: Category screen(s)
- Generic store wide category screen template
- Category specific screen templates
- Category screen templates applied to categories with similar category codes
- PROD: Product screen(s)
- Generic store wide product screen template
- Product specific screen template
- Product screen templates applied to products with similar product codes
- Standard Checkout Screens
- OINF: Order Information screen
- OSEL: Order Shipping and Payment Selection Screen
- OPAY: Order Payment Information
- INVC: Invoice Screen
Free Virtual Modules:
- Add Contact Us Button
- Body Tag Insert
- Change All Prices To "FREE"
- Change CTGY Next/Prev Table Width
- Change 'Login' to 'Sign In'
- Custom Shipping Messages
- Head Tag Insert
- Hide All Prices
- Hide Create New Account
- Hide Order w/out Account
- Move Continue Button (to center)
- Move Continue Button (to left)
- No Category Tree
- No Weight
- Prohibit Shoppers from Altering the Quantity in the Basket
- Remove BASE HREF tag
- Remove PROD Screen Links
- Remove Product Code Links in Basket
- Store Front URL
- Remove Global Header from Invoice Screens
- Remove Other State / Province from Address Screens
- Third-party module compatible
- Product Page Templates
- NEW! No Purchase Links if Zero Price
- NEW! No Weight if Zero
- NEW! Third-party module compatible
- NEW! Best Sellers Display Template
- NEW! Category Path?Breadcrumbs Template
- NEW! Category Storefront Template
- NEW! Mini-Basket Template
- NEW! Expanded Category Tree
OpenUI Token Support: The OpenUI SuperMod supports OpenUI and third-party tokens through the OpenUI provided token functions. OpenUI token
support is available in:
- Uncompiled: OpenUI v4.56+
- Compiled: OpenUI v4.74+
NEW! Copernicus Template Library: The Copernicus Template Library includes over 15 special purpose tokens for OpenUI, and is include FREE with the OpenUI SuperMod!
NEW! OpenUI Enumerator Included! The OpenUI Enumerator is now included FREE with the OpenUI SuperMod!
Third-party Module Compatible Templates: The OpenUI SuperMod allows you to include template files anywhere in your Miva Merchant store, optionally not skipping any other output or hook points. Thus, you can include a template on any screen without compromising existing module compatibility.
NEW! DynamicTemplates™ Engine:
Now featuring the very first ever lightweight template scripting engine for OpenUI and Miva Merchant(tm), DynamicTemplates allow you to create scripted templates! Includes control structures, variable assignments and conditional displays!
NEW! Direct SQL Queries for OpenDBv2 & MvSQL-QUERY:
Users of OpenDBv2 now have direct SQL query capabilities for Miva Merchant! Never before avialable, this feature is a must for advanced display capabilities using OpenUI and OpenDB!
Product Capabilities:
The OpenUI SuperMod can be used for most display
modifications and tweaks, even those that are conditional. With the advent of OpenUI Expression evaluation, almost any Miva Merchant API function can be called from within a template or a VMod. This provides the ultimate in display and execution control within your Miva Merchant store.
*Note: While many API functions are available, general database creation and writing routines are not provided by the OpenUI SuperMod or OpenUI
unless you are using MvSQL-QUERY and OpenDBv2 Therefore custom programming that requires new databases is not possible.
Miva Merchant: v4.00 - v4.13
OpenUI Required: Any Version
Miva Merchant: v4.14+
OpenUI Required: Any Version, latest version requierd for token and API function calls.
Please note: The OpenUI Enumerator is included free of charge with this distribution.
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Take a look over the shoulder of a Miva Merchant professional as he takes you through every step, every module (almost), every function. Complete with "live" comments unedited, you'll learn while feeling like you're sitting next to a Miva Guru. This tutorial subscription is different than all other Miva Merchant training methods because it is constantly updated, there are OpenUI and MMUI tutorials, as well as extensive tutorials on most popular third party modules, including offline products like Storeman. With the cooperation of third party developers, when a module is updated, or a new module is released, Merchant How To will create a new tutorial. - Setting Up Your First Miva Merchant Store
- Getting Into Admin
- Adding a Product
- Adding a Category
- Global Headers/Footers, etc.
- Attribute Templates
- Edit Store Admin Tour
- Images
- The Nav Bar
- The Category Tree
- Upselling
- Related Products
- Availability Groups
- Price Groups
- Managing Customers
| - Shipping Methods
- Payment Methods
- Order Processing
- Basic Maintenance
- Installing Modules
- Downloading and Installing Miva Mia
- Installing OpenUI
- Updating OpenUI
- OpenUI Tour
- OpenTokens
- Accounts/Login
- Creating a Mini Basket
- Adding a Second Store
- Adding OpenUI to Second Store
| | Plus Third Party Modules and Software such as: | | | | Plus Offline Tools such as: | | | | And more as it is released. Click the link to see examples of tutorials. | |
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Converts your category and product links to single parameter URLs so that search engines will index your Merchant pages. Many search engines will only index URLs which have just one value after the ? character. This shortened URL is swapped with the original URL links for the category names in the category tree and the product names on the various list pages and category pages. Alternatively, you can use URLs which are similar to the original URL links, but with the Store_Code removed. These shorter (modified URLs) can be indexed by most search engines. By using this method, you don't need an external handler file and will still get the store indexed. Optionally adds rollover bullets to the left of the category names in the category column. These bullets contain links in the standard URL format for Merchant so that each category has two different links on the storefront. As an added feature, if the store is a single store in the domain, the URL is optimized for search engines by removing the redundant store code which has been found to hinder search engines. This optimized URL is used with the optional bullets in the category column and also with the thumbnails on category pages. Optionally adds text or image below the thumb on category pages, e.g. Click to Enlarge or More Info. This module works with a handler file such as our free store4.mvc (compiled store4.mv). The Swap Link module can further enhance your chances of search engine ranking by producing static sitelink*.htm files which list all of your categories and products with the single parameter link. This feature is configurable to allow you to optimize the sitelink pages with meta tags, key word rich text, etc. The site link pages are generated very quickly through admin. You can optionally include the price and a brief description of the item. The brief description uses either the Flexible Product Description module pseudofield called "brief" or the first 100 characters of the full product description. As long as you don't go overboard with your narrative (top of page) text, each page will be less than 100K. If multiple pages are required to include your whole catalog, a link to the next page is included on each page. Limitations: OpenUI look and feel only. While it can be used in a MMUI store (like this one), the editing is complex and I do not provide instructions so that you could do it yourself, as anticipated support would be significant. Currently has not been tested with cgi type Merchant URLs, so I can't certify that it works with them. Currently is not compatible with Viking Coders category templates. If there is enough interest, I will make an effort to include that compatibility. If you have replaced the standard layouts (product line or product expanded) with custom, 3rd party module solutions, then the swap links will not be generated for those particular pages. Category links use the standard category tree (column). If you have removed the left hand category column, then the swap links cannot be generated. Price: $20 Upgrade Cost: $0
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This module provides your store with a more configurable and robust search page. It permits you to offer your customer the option to search categories and attributes and to limit their search to particular fields in the Products database. Searches can be made case sensitive, restricted to searching only the entire phrase, and made to use either AND or OR. In addition, the module provides for the separate configuration of keywords for your products and those keywords can be included in the search. The module supports the Viking Coder's Additional Product Fields Manager module and you can provide your customers with the ability to search the fields that you have configured for your products. All of the configurable options, including the particular fields to search on, can selectively be made default options and hidden from your customers. In this way you can restrict the search to only those fields you want your customers to search in. The module comes with two distinct admin interfaces. One provides for the simple configuration of a default layout for the search page and display of results. For those familiar with HTML and looking for a specific layout, there is a template based configuration option which provides for complete token and template based control over the layout of the search page and results listing. Support is also provided for Third Party modules in the same manner as my Category Page Templates and Product Page Templates modules. A sampling of the module's features: - Can be configured to replace the standard Merchant Search link and will use the same search button. So you can have the standard search link instead point to the Search Manager search page
- The search page can be linked to from a static link with a link of the form:
áááhttp://yoursite.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=SRCHM&Store_Code=storecode - Customers can search the categories for their search terms and the results are displayed above the product results (in the standard display format; they can go anywhere you want with the template formatting).
- Customers can restrict the search to find only the entire phrase they entered by surrounding the search terms in double quotes. Eg. "Clown nose" will find only those products which contain the exact phrase "Clown nose"
- Keywords can be saved for each product and category and those can be used to search in. To search the keywords for the products is an option for the products. The keywords are searched automatically for the categories. In both cases a tab is added to the individual category and product screens so that the keywords can be added.
- You can redirect customers who add products from the results listing either back to the search page or to the basket.
- All of the buttons (eg. "search", "add to basket", "previous", etc.) are configurable w/ images and alternate text.
- When using the Template formatting option, you can use tokens to add drop down select lists with terms your customers might want to search for. They can then search for those with a simple selection from the list.
- When using the Template formatting option, you can provide the customer with the option to sort the displayed results ascending or descending by product name, product code, or product id.
- When using the Template formatting option, you can use multiple search fields to prompt your customer to search for multiple terms. For example, you could provide a field for "title" and a field for "author" to prompt our customer to narrow their search
- Ability to search category headers and footers.
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The NetPush Advanced Inventory Module allows Miva Merchant store owners to track inventory within Miva Merchant all the way down to the attribute/option level. The module has numerous configuration settings that should allow the admin to display and track any simple or complex inventory configuration. Inventory levels are only adjusted at checkout time so there is no need to worry about old baskets causing inventory problems. The module comes with an import and export module that allows administrators to easily update inventory levels by using csv files. We suggest using template modules like Viking Coder's Product Templates and
Category Templates if you want better control of the look and feel of your pages with regards to inventory. This will allow you to use tokens for display. Otherwise, you will have to settle for built in hook point displays that are built into the module and are configurable through the administration area. The Advanced Inventory Module will send email when stock goes below certain configurable low stock level and can disable products when stock goes below the out of stock level. Administrators can also customize every message shown to the user. Fine grain customizations are made easy because the module allows product level configuration settings the ability to override global inventory configuration settings. This allows Miva Merchant Administrators the ability to customize inventory configurations for every product, if he or she wishes.
Notes: - OpenUI Tokens
This module can be used with OUI OpenTokens. To use the module with Viking Coders template modules, see the OpenToken instructions and examples in the documentation on the NetPush.com site.
- Product Upsell
This module does not show stock information on the product upsell screens at this time. Stock is still tracked in the basket and checkout, but no current stock level is shown on the upsell screens during checkout unless you are using alternatives like tokens in templates.
- Basket Redirect and Error Message
The user is automatically redirected to the basket screen if he or she adds items to the basket that makes the product go out of stock or if the product is already out of stock. The error message is shown above the basket screen using a hook point in the Open UI. The message is configurable in the admin area.
- Checkout Screen Error
If configuration is setup to do so, the module will block a user from checking out if their basket has an item that is out of stock. This message is shown automatically at the top of the screen. The message is configurable in the admin area.
- Pipes ( | )
Product codes, attribute codes, and option codes must not contain the pipe character. NetPush Advanced Inventory uses the pipe to delimit for lookups. Pipes in your codes will cause the module not to work correctly.
Requirements: - Open UI 4.723+
This module requires that you have OpenUI installed in your store. The module uses hook points in the OpenUI. You must have OpenUI version 4.723 or higher if you plan to use the OpenToken functionality available in this module. Please see the OpenUIsite for information about latest versions and bug fixes.
- Miva Empressa 3.96+
This module requires that you have Miva Empressa 3.96 or higher. The module uses functionality that is only available in newer versions of the Empressa Engine. Miva regularly releases new versions of Miva Empressa and the Virtual Machine to add new functionality and fix bugs. If you are on an older version, consider contacting your hosting company. You can find the Miva Empressa version at the top left hand of your Store Administrator when you first login. It should show your Miva Merchant version and your Miva Empressa version.
- Miva Merchant 2.x, 3.x, and 4.x
This module should work with most versions of Miva Merchant. In order to use the deactivate product option, you must be on version 3.0+. All testing and development was done on versions 4.13+.
Global Configuration Screen All inventory settings will use the global configuration settings found in the Miva Merchant Administration area under Stores > Your Store > System Extension Configuration > NetPush Advanced Inventory. One may override these settings for products (see product level settings below). Each product must also be manually turned on before tracking starts. See product settings below.
Configuration Settings
- Use NetPush Inventory
You must set this to "Yes" if you want the module to be turned on. If this is set to "No", the module will not do anything.
- Amount considered out of stock
Usually this would be 0, but it can be set to any number, including negative numbers. Once the stock level reaches this number, it will be considered out of stock.
- Deactivate when product level is out of stock
In Miva Merchant versions that support it, the module will turn the Active flag for a product to off, if the product reaches the out of stock level. This only works on the product level, not for the attribute/option level.
- Allow purchase even after out of stock
Turning this on will allow customers to purchase products even after they go below the out of stock level. This could be a backorder situation.
- Automatically remove from basket
When a user adds products to the basket, the products will be removed if it makes the inventory go below the out of stock level and the admin is not allowing purchases when products are out of stock. Please take note that this option could cause problems if other modules are installed that also act on the basket.
- Send Low Inventory Notices
Turn this on to receive email warnings when inventory goes below the low inventory level.
- Amount considered low
The level that is considered low. Use this setting to trigger emails that will warn you when inventory is hitting a low level.
- Low Email To Address
Set this to the email address of the person who should be receiving emails when stock is at a low level.
- Low Email From Address
Set this to the email address that should be set as the from address in low stock emails.
- Low Email Subject
The subject of the low stock email. This field has token replacement.*
- Low Email Body
This is the body of the low stock email. This field has token replacement.*
- Automatically change stock levels
Turn this on if you want the system to subtract stock when a user purchases. If this is set to "No", the system will not update stock levels.
- Show out of stock messages
Turn this on to show out of stock messages on the product page when stock goes below the out of stock level.
- Show in stock messages
Turn this on to show how much stock is left on the product page.
Out of Stock Messages* - Product Level
This message is shown to the user on the product page below the shipping weight.
- Attribute Level - Checkbox
This message is shown to the user on the product page next to a checkbox option.
- Attribute Level - Radio Buttons
This message is shown to the user on the product page next to each radio button option.
- Attribute Level - Select Box
This message is shown inside of the drop down on a select box. HTML should not be used here.
In Stock Messages* - Product Level
This message is shown to the user on the product page below the shipping weight.
- Attribute Level - Checkbox
This message is shown to the user on the product page next to a checkbox option.
- Attribute Level - Radio Buttons
This message is shown to the user on the product page next to each radio button option.
- Attribute Level - Select Box
This message is shown inside of the drop down on a select box. HTML should not be used here.
Other Messages* - Out of Stock - Basket Line Marker
This helps the user to see which products have gone out of stock when looking at the basket. A red asterisks may be a good indicator for the user.
- Out of Stock - Basket
This message is shown to the user above the basket when a product has gone out of stock when adding, updating, or looking at the basket. Products can go out of stock at anytime, even after a user adds it to their basket. This is because stock levels only change after checkout.
- Out of Stock - Checkout
This message is similar to the out of stock basket message. It is shown on the payment screen during checkout. This should be considered one final inventory check before allowing the user to purchase.
* Token Replacement
This module has a few built in tokens for messages that allow you to give yourself and the user more detailed information. Some of the tokens below can only be used on certain screens, or in emails.
%%stock%% - Displays the current stock level. (1,2,3)
%%basket_quantity%% - Displays the amount in the basket and is unlikely to be used. (1,2)
%%available%% - Displays the amount of stock left before hitting the out of stock level. (1,2,3)
%%oos_level%% - Displays the out of stock level. (1,2,3)
%%line_items%% - Displays a list of line items that are effected. (1,2)
%%product_id%% - Displays the product id. (1,2,3)
'%%product_code%% - Displays the product code. (1,2,3)
%%product_name%% - Displays the product name if available. (3)
%%attribute_code%% - Displays the attribute code, or None if the effected product is only being tracked at the product level. (1,2)
%%option_code%% - Displays the option code, or None if the affected product is only being tracked at the product level. (1,2)
1. Is used for the low stock email body and subject
2. Is used for the out of stock basket message and out of stock checkout message
3. Is used for the in stock and out of stock messages on the product pages.
Product Configuration Screen All inventory settings will use the global configuration settings found in
the Miva Merchant Administration area under Stores > Your Store > System Extension Configuration > NetPush Advanced Inventory. To override these settings at the product level, go to the product in the administration area and click on "NetPush Advanced Inventory". You will see the settings below. Configuration Settings
- Use NP Inventory on this Product
You must set this to "Yes" if you want to track inventory on the product. You must manually set this to "Yes" for every product that you want to track. If this is not set to "Yes", no inventory tracking will take place. By default, no product is tracked.
- Override Global Settings
If this is set to "Yes" the configurations settings will be taken from the individual product screen instead of from the Global configuration settings found under under system extension configuration. If set to "No", the module will use the global settings from above when doing inventory for the product. The default is to use the global settings.
- Amount considered out of stock
Overrides same setting under Global Configuration.
- Deactivate when product level is out of stock
Overrides same setting under Global Configuration.
- Allow purchase even after out of stock
Overrides same setting under Global Configuration.
- Automatically remove from basket
Overrides same setting under Global Configuration.
- Send Low Inventory Notices
Overrides same setting under Global Configuration.
- Amount considered low
Overrides same setting under Global Configuration.
- Low Email To Address
Overrides same setting under Global Configuration.
- Low Email From Address
Overrides same setting under Global Configuration.
- Low Email Subject
Overrides same setting under Global Configuration.
- Low Email Body
Overrides same setting under Global Configuration.
- Automatically change stock levels
Overrides same setting under Global Configuration.
- Show out of stock messages
Overrides same setting under Global Configuration.
- Show in stock messages
Overrides same setting under Global Configuration.
Out of Stock Messages* - Product Level
Overrides same setting under Global Configuration.
- Attribute Level - Checkbox
Overrides same setting under Global Configuration.
- Attribute Level - Radio Buttons
Overrides same setting under Global Configuration.
- Attribute Level - Select Box
Overrides same setting under Global Configuration.
In Stock Messages* - Product Level
Overrides same setting under Global Configuration.
- Attribute Level - Checkbox
Overrides same setting under Global Configuration.
- Attribute Level - Radio Buttons
Overrides same setting under Global Configuration.
- Attribute Level - Select Box
Overrides same setting under Global Configuration.
Other Messages* - Out of Stock - Basket Line Marker
Overrides same setting under Global Configuration.
- Out of Stock - Basket
Overrides same setting under Global Configuration.
- Out of Stock - Checkout
Overrides same setting under Global Configuration.
Setting Product Inventory Levels
 The administrator can set product inventory levels by going to the product page within the Miva Merchant admin area and clicking on NetPush Advanced Inventory. This is the same screen as the product level configuration. Product inventory levels are shown below the configuration area. To add new inventory, use the yellow add button. To edit inventory, click white add button next to the inventory entry.
The module checks inventory by looking at a unique combination of Product Code, Attribute Code, and Option Code. When entering stock levels, you enter the codes separated by a pipe. For example, shirt1|color|red, where shirt1 is the product code, color is the attribute code, and red is the option code. If you do not set an inventory level for an existing product attribute combination, no tracking is done. Setting a stock level of -9999 has the same effect. Inventory at a product level
You may choose to only track inventory at a product level in combination with or not at an attribute level. To enter a stock level for a product, simply use prodcode||. This tells the system that you are tracking the product code, but not the attributes or options by leaving them blank. Using -9999 for a stock level will temporarily turn inventory tracking off. Inventory at the attribute level (checkbox, select box, radio buttons)
Checkbox - prodcode|attrcode|(the last field should be left blank, as checkboxes have no options)
Select Box and Radio Buttons - prodcode|attrcode|optcodeAll 3 are required and must be unique, even if you are using attribute templates. If you are using normal templates in combination with attribute templates, make sure you do not give them duplicate code names.
Using Advanced Inventory with Template Modules and OpenTokens
The Advanced Inventory Module can be used with 3rd party template modules like the ones from Viking Coders by using Open UI tokens on product pages to display current inventory levels. Please note that token support has not been completely tested as of yet.
%module|npinventory|stock_level%
Returns the stock level for the product, attribute, option combination. To ensure that this works correctly, you should set g.NPI_Product_Code, g.NPI_Attribute_Code, and g.NPI_Option_Code to the current product code, attribute code, and option code. On a checkbox, make sure to set g.NPI_Option_Code = ''. On a product level, make sure to set the attribute and option variables to ''. After these globals are set, call the token. If the return value is -9999, the item is not being tracked.
%module|npinventory|stock_available%
Same as above but shows the amount available.
%module|npinventory|oos_level%
Same as above but shows the out of stock level. %module|npinventory|stock_list%
This token will set a global variable that contains an array of structures. You must set g.NPI_Product_Code equal to the current product code before calling the token. This array contains all of the product code, attribute code, and option code combinations for a specific product. It also contains the available stock, out of stock level, and other information shown below. This token makes it easy to create a stock table using OpenUI tokens in Viking Coders templates or in a product header or footer. Code examples are available in the help pages on the NetPush.com site.
Array Structure:
g.NP_Inventory_StockList[i]:attribute_code - Attribute Code
g.NP_Inventory_StockList[i]:option_code - Option Code
g.NP_Inventory_StockList[i]:stock_level - Stock Level
g.NP_Inventory_StockList[i]:oos_level - Out of stock level
g.NP_Inventory_StockList[i]:available - Stock Level minus out of stock level
g.NP_Inventory_StockList[i]:allow_pur - Allow purchases even if out of stock from admin settings
g.NP_Inventory_StockList[i]:low_amount - Low amount from admin settings
g.NP_Inventory_StockListLen - Variable that tells you how many items are in the array (represented by i above)
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Hide Prices Pending Customer Approval module
Tremendously useful for wholesalers and other store owners who want to limit access to a known, and approved, customer base. Product prices can be hidden until a customer's account has been approved by the store's owner. Access to the site can also be restricted, requiring customers to login. Includes an administrative utility for review & approval of customer accounts and assigning of price & availability groups. Fully compatible with OpenUI OpenTokens and third-party template-based modules. Professional Version Features: - Price & Availability Groups support integrated into utility module - easily select a price & availability group while approving a customer
- Require Customers to login - customers can be required to login (or create an account) before being granted access to anywhere in the store or to the product-related pages
- OpenUI OpenTokens fully supported
- Compatible with template-based modules, including Viking Coders Category Page Templates & Product Page Templates
- Fully-customizable, template-based merchant notification & customer notification email messages
- Display Attribute-Option prices on Product Display screen
- Plus all the features of the Standard Version
Summary of of Standard Version Features: - Multiple modes for hiding prices - prices can be hidden until a account approved or until a customer creates/logs-in to an account.
- "Add To Cart" and the "Buy One Now" buttons are also hidden.
- Prices & buttons hidden on the Product List, Categories, Search Results, and Product Display screens
- Optional, fully-customizable message can be displayed in place of the hidden prices, on the customer accounts screen & on all screens for accounts that are pending approval
- Two modules in one - includes a feature-rich administrative utility module for approving and managing customers
- "Quick approval" feature for approving new customer accounts
- Admin-Friendly navigation - quickly sort, search, approve, edit & delete customer records
- Optional merchant email notification sent when new accounts created by customers
- Optional customer email notification sent to the customer upon approval of account
| Professional Version also available. | | | Module Configuration Screens | | | | Admin Utility Screens | | | | Store Screens | | | | | | Compatibility | | Compatible with compiled Miva Merchant version 4.14 thru 4.2. OpenUI OpenTokens
OpenUI OpenTokens are fully supported. Template-Based Modules
Compatible with template-based modules, including Viking Coders Category Page Templates & Product Page Templates Requires OpenUI. | | | | Details | | The "Hide Prices Pending Customer Approval" module contains a wealth of functionality and customizable options. It's tremendously useful for wholesalers and other store owners that want to limit access to a known, and approved, customer base. Product Prices Hidden
Product prices can be hidden until a customer's account has been approved by the store's owner. Optionally, prices can be hidden until a customer creates or logs-in to an account (without requiring approval of the account). Buttons Too
The product prices - and the "Add To Cart" and the "Buy One Now" buttons - can be hidden on the Product List, Categories, Search Results, and Product Display screens. An optional, fully-customizable message can be displayed in place of the hidden prices. Require Customer Login
Customers can be required to login (or create a new account) before being granted access to the entire store or to the product-related pages (Product Listing, Categories, Search, Product Display & Basket screens). For instance - The module can be configured to "Hide Prices Pending Approval of Customer Account" and to "Require Login to View Products". With this configuration: - Customers could access the storefront but would be prevented from accessing the Product Listing, Categories, Search, Product Display & Basket screens. They could of course also access the Login & Create New Accounts screens.
- Once the customer logged in or created a new account, they would then be able to view the Product Listing, Categories, Search & Product Display screens, but the prices would be hidden.
- Once the account was approved by the store's administrator, the customer would be able to login and view product prices.
Multiple Levels of Price Display & Access Restriction
Display of Prices: - Hide Prices Pending Approval of Customer Account
- Hide Price Unless Customer Has Account
- Show Prices - (Disables Module)
Access to Store: - No Login Required to Access Store
- Login Required at Storefront
- Login Required to View Products
Customer Messages
An optional & customizable "Customer Account Pending Approval" message can be displayed just below the Miva Merchant header. An optional & customizable message can also be displayed on the Customer Account & Customer Information screens. This can be used to inform the customer of the store's policy for accessing the product prices. For example:
"Approval of customer account is required. Please complete the customer account form. You will be notified by email when your account is approved." Two Modules In One
It's actually two modules - a OpenUI system module and an administrative utility Module. The system module customizes the store's look and feel and limits access to prices. The administrative utility module provides the store owner with the ability of reviewing and approving customer accounts. It's also a feature-rich, admin-friendly customer management utility. Choose the way you approve customer accounts - accounts can now be approved using either the standard Customer admin or the administrative utility module. Quick Approval of Customer Accounts
The Approve Customers administrative utility module also has a "quick approval" feature. A store's administrator can quickly search for a new customer by login, email address, or other keyword - then approve the customer with one click. Admin-Friendly navigation - Sort Customers by newest, by id, or by login. Search by login, name or other keyword. Easily scroll through customer records, choose how many are displayed per page, go to first or last record, approve, edit or delete records. Integrated Price & Availability Groups Support
The store administrator can also assign customers to a price and/or availability group at the same time that accounts are being approved. Template-based Merchant Notification of New Accounts
An optional email notification can be sent to a specified address whenever a new account is created by a customer. The subject, header & message body are fully customizable. The message template has tokens for all customer fields - login, password, shipping info & billing info. Template-based Customer Notification of Approved Accounts
An optional email notification can be sent to the customer whenever their account is approved. The subject, header & message body are fully customizable. The message template has tokens for all customer fields - login, password, shipping info & billing info. Display Attribute-Option Prices
Attribute & option prices on the product display screen. - Fully customizable attribute-option prompt template gives you complete control over their display
- Works with all types of attributes, drop-down menus, radio button, checkboxes, text fields & memo fields
- Modifies both the Product Display & Missing Attributes screens
- Completely compatible with Miva Merchant price groups
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