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Use caution when considering any modules from modStop. Their support has been reported by umpteen Miva Merchant users as suspect and worse. Some of their modules are simple and shouldn't require support. Please contact us with any questions concerning them or their modules.
Advanced Development Solutions has taken a popular HTML Editor for the Internet, developed by Frederico Caldeira Knabben and customized it to work seamlessly with Merchant Administration. Allowing store managers to easily bring rich content to their stores without ever using an external editor or writing HTML directly. All text area fields in the Merchant store administration, that do not contain User Interface Items, will have this option. This includes Store, Category, Product and Third Party Enhancements. The editor is fully compatible with User Interface Entities, making it easy to integrate dynamic content with HTML. We also offer this module for an older version of Merchant.
Testimonials
I have the Merchant HTML WYSIWYG Editor module installed and working on huntsvillegenerator.com, and I have to tell you that I am very impressed. Frankly, I was a bit concerned about using a module in a production setting that had just been released, but this is something that I have been waiting for someone to develop for a long time. After using it for a few minutes I had no more concerns. Now my clients can easily enter and edit product descriptions, category headers, and the storefront without having to scroll sideways or learn what and
tags are. I built the entire site in Miva using openDesigner, and the content for each page is contained in User Objects. Your module is an essential tool for managing that content. Bravo!
Paul Neal President NealTech Web Services, Inc.
The editor provides many HTML editing feature like:
Font formatting: type, size, color, style, bold, italic, etc
Text formatting: alignment, indentation, bullets list, etc
Cut, Paste and Past as Plain Text, Undo and Redo
Paste from Word cleanup with auto detection
Link creation
Anchors support
Image insertion, with upload
Table creation and editing (add, delete rows, etc)
Table cells editing (size, colors, etc)
Form fields
Right click context menus support
Double click edit menu support
Spell checker
Multi-language support with automatic client language detection.
Lightweight and fast
Compatible with Internet Explorer 5.5+
Automatic browser detection
Editor installation and functionality has the following requirements:
Module will conflict with MvCool Launchpad. To use the MvCool Launchpad with this module, contact the developer to obtain HTML Editor version with support for the Launchpad and special instructions.
Editor will not be available for fields that contain HEAD, BODY or Merchant User Interface Items.
Editor will not function through SSL Merchant Administration login.
FTP access required to copy editor used images and javascript files.
Merchant Versions older then 4.0 must be installed by a Advanced Development Solutions. A modification needs to made to Merchants "admin.mv" file in order for this module to function properly.
Javascript enabled Internet Explorer 5.5+ browser.
Strategic Technology Leaders has taken a popular HTML Editor for the Internet, developed by Frederico Caldeira Knabben and customized it to work seamlessly with Merchant Administration. Allowing store managers to easily bring rich content to their stores without ever using an external editor or writing HTML directly. Every Textarea field in the Merchant store administration will have this option. This includes Store, Category, Product and Third Party Enhancements. The editor is fully compatible with OUI Token features, making it easy to integrate dynamic content with HTML.
The editor provides many HTML editing feature like:
XHTMLsupport
Font formatting: type, size, color, style, bold, italic, etc
Text formatting: alignment, indentation, bullets list, etc
Cut, Paste and Past as Plain Text, Undo and Redo
Paste from Word cleanup with auto detection
Link creation
Anchors support
Image insertion, with upload
Table creation and editing (add, delete rows, etc)
Table cells editing (size, colors, etc)
Form fields
Right click context menus support
Spell checker
Multi-language support with automatic client language detection.
Lightweight and fast
Compatible with Internet Explorer 5+
Automatic browser detection
Editor installation and functionality has the following requirements:
Merchant Versions older then 4.0 must be installed by a Strategic Technology Representative. A modification needs to made to Merchants "admin.mv" file in order for this module to function properly.
ShopInvoice is a powerful, easy-to-use, and affordable desktop application that greatly simplifies the day-to-day business of Miva Merchant users. From professionally printed invoices and packing slips to Internet postage and fully-integrated UPS shipping, labeling, and tracking features, ShopInvoice is the most versatile and innovative application available to Miva Merchant users today.
Key Benefits
Save countless hours on order fulfillment tasks Ship accurately and cost effectively Send shipping and tracking notifications Create a professional, lasting impression Seamlessly integrates with your Miva Merchant store.
- Bulk downloading of rates and transit times. - Bulk downloading and printing of live UPS labels. - Supports multiple packages, tokenized reference numbers, and Quantum View Notify. - Supports standard and thermal printers, multi-up label sheets, and combined invoice and labels.
UPS WorldShip
- Directly communicates with WorldShip; no manual import or export required. - Customizable tokenized reference numbers printed on labels. - Supports Quantum View Notify. - Automatically imports service used, shipment weight, total cost, and tracking number after processing.
U.S.P.S. Label Download
- Integrated directly with USPS for downloading live labels (without postage). - Perfect for business with their own postage meters. - Delivery confirmation is free for Priority Mail, and only $0.13 for First Class.
Stamps.com
- Directly communicates with the Stamps.com; no manual import or export required. - Supports stealth postage mode. - Customizable tokenized memo's printed on labels. - Address verification and correction. - Automatically imports tracking number after processing.
Endicia DAZzle
- Directly communicates with DAZzle; no manual import or export required. - Customizable tokenized rubber stamps printed on labels. - Automatically imports tracking number and total cost after processing.
Shipment Creation
- Shipment address pre-filled based on order shipping information. - Create multiple shipments, using multiple carries, for each order. - Product weights automatically downloaded. (eBay and Miva) - Customer-chosen shipping method automatically downloaded. (Yahoo! and Miva) - Quickly enter weights using zero-configuration scale support.
Shipment Tracking
- Integrated UPS and U.S.P.S. tracking for support personnel. - Send bulk email to customers with clickable tracking links. - Tracking numbers automatically imported and saved after processing shipments.
Shipping Labels
- Supports inkjet, laser, and thermal printers (such as Dymo and Eltron). - Print full page shipping labels, or multi-up sheets. - Print all-in-one forms that combine invoices\packing slips and the shipping label. - Print standard Avery (or any brand) address labels using customizable XSL and HTML. - SureSize™ technology ensures every address and graphic fits on every label.
HTML Templates
- Includes email, invoice, packing slip, reporting, and exporting templates. - Customizable, powerful, well-documented XSL template format. - Specify which printer (supports networked printers) and paper tray to which each template should print. - Powerful "conditions" can be embedded in templates.
Invoices & Packing Slips
- Plenty of royalty-free, customizable XSL templates (see the Gallery). - Print pick-lists for warehouse staff to efficiently pack shipments.
Reports
- See exactly what your customers are buying, and how much of it. - XSL template based, completely customizable. - Evaluate various aspects of your business.
Generic Export
- Customizable exporting of any data, to any format. - Export bulk data to .htm, .txt, or .csv. - Easily integrate with your existing software, such as MOM and Great Plains Accounting.
Email
- Integrated email with viewable history for each order and customer record. - Built-in WYSIWYG email editor. - Send email in bulk, with one click. - Send payment requests, shipping notifications, and clickable tracking numbers. - Send invoices, product announcements, and targeted advertisements. - Plenty of included, customizable XSL templates. - Ability pecify a specific email account each template should be sent with.
Order Status
- Customizable order status allows tracking each order through your business flow. - Use with filters to display a running count of how many orders are in each status. - Send emails to customers with order status updates.
Add and Edit Orders
- Add manual orders, such as orders taken by phone. - Add and edit order items, charge details, and notes. - Modify and correct order details when customers call in.
Customer Service
- "Quick Search" fields look up customers and order numbers instantly. - All order information, including notes, status, and tracking information are immediately visible. - Keep customers up-to-date with shipping and status notifications. - Incredible networking support keeps customer service reps and shipping stations constantly synchronized.
Filtering and Searching
- Customizable filters allow you to specify any search criteria you want. - Filter Panel shows each filter as a folder, with a count of matching orders. - Clicking the filter folder instantly displays the matching orders. - Pre-installed filters help you get started right away.
Networking
- Connect all computers to the same ShipWorks database. - Automatic, immediate synchronization yields efficient processes and reduced errors. - Manage customer service and shipping from different locations, while staying connected. - Easy installation and setup.
Miva Merchant
- Batches Panel shows all batches and how many orders in each batch. - Filter the order display by batch. - Automatically detects when orders are moved from batch to batch from Miva admin. - Create batches directly from ShipWorks.
eBay Sellers
- Leave eBay feedback in bulk with customized presets. - Sell all feedback that has been left for you by buyers. - Track checkout status and send bulk payment reminders. - Downloads eBay checkout data, as well as address information entered in PayPal. - Automatically updates your "My eBay" status after processing shipments.
Configurable Interface
- Customize grid column order, sort order, and which columns to display. - Detail panels show all selected order details at a glance, on one convenient screen. - Customize panel size, location, and visibility. - Customize toolbars and context-menus.
Scale Support
- Zero-configuration scale support for serial ports - plug it in, and it just works. - NCI model 7010S (also known as the Stamps.com scale). - Fairbanks scales. - Metler Toledo scales. - Salter Brecknell 7010SB. - Supports the scale models listed above that include a serial port.
Administration
- Simple setup and installation, no knowldege of databases required. - Easily backup and restore all ShipWorks data in a single click. - When setting up networked installations, the main database is automatically detected.
Powerful Database
- Microsoft SQL Desktop Engine (MSDE) provide free with purchase of ShipWorks. - Fast, efficient, and maintains data integrity. - Built on the same engine as MS SQL Server.
Take control of your Merchant Email Notification with this full featured fulfillment module. This module provides complete design control of HTML email notification using the new Store Morph Technology™ based template. Use it in addition to or as a replacement for the standard text Merchant Email Notification. This module automatically installs and configures the default Email template, which can be further customized to meet your needs. The HTML Email is sent using Merchant Mail Server and Module Configuration settings.
The ADS HTML Merchant Email Notification Features:
Simple Module Installation, Configuration and Controls
Automatic installation and assignment of Default HTML Email template and settings.
Module provides complete design control of HTML email notification using the new Store Morph Technology™ based template.
Never worry about making template changes. Module utilizes new version history control.
Template is pre-configured to send an HTML Email similar to invoice page layout.
Provides controls for Email Subject, From and To, and CC Email Address.
Menu and Template based control of new features. No template editing 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.
Sample snap shot of a Merchant Notification Email Configuration Screen:
Sample snap shot of a Default Merchant Notification Email:
Module installation and functionality has the following requirements:
MIVA Merchant Version 5.0
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.
Now you can have greater control of Merchant functionality by seamlessly integrating external files and scripts into any of MIVA Merchant pages. This module provides store administrators and developers an ability to insert and manage content and/or execute scripts outside the Merchant system. You can even insert content from another server or domain connected to the internet. The module provides a way to insert/execute files in various ways; by inserting a content file(HTML or TEXT)) located in a script or data directories, executing a compiled MIVA Script(.mvc) file directly or with a required function, and calling a file or script loacated on the same server or another server. If you are familiar with MIVA Scripting language, this module gives you an ability to access and control Merchant arrays, global and local variables, data files, etc., without creating a custom component module. Just plug-in your Item Call to a file into any Merchant Template and customize the execution inside your file.
The ADS External File Pro Module Features:
Module automatically creates and configures the necessary item, when installed.
Smart Item monitoringp rovides quick access to Pages where the Item is used.
You can insert an appropriate Render Token in any page related template(s) to utilize module features.
Render Tokens can be used in Page Templates, Product List Layouts, Messages, Headers, Footers, etc..
Module includes five Render Tokens in order to provide various methods for inserting and/or executing external files and scripts. Depending on the type of a Token used, additional Parameter Information may also be included.
readscript - Token provides a way to read and render an external file located in the script directory, on the same server as Merchant installation. The inserted file may contain HTML or TEXT content, but does not have to use a specific file extension.
readdata - Token provides a way to read and render an external file located in the data directory, on the same server as Merchant installation. Since an external file is located in the Data directory, it would normally not be accessible by the public. You can use this functionality to display content not directly available. You can also use this feature with Merchant Availability Groups to insert specific content only available to that Availability Group members. The inserted file may contain HTML or TEXT content, but does not have to use a specific file extension.
run - Token provides a way to execute an external, compiled, MIVA Script file (.mvc) located in the script directory, on the same server as Merchant installation. There are no Function requirements in this method and only Global Merchant variables will be available.
function - Token provides a way to execute an external, compiled, MivaScript file (.mvc) located in the script directory, on the same server as Merchant installation. A Specific Function with parameters is used. Merchant Global, All_Settings, Settings, Module, Item and passed Parameter variables will be available to this function. An uncomiled MIVA Script file containing example Function is included with Module distribution. This function also contains an example Breadcrumb Navigation script which can be used on Category and Product Pages.
call - Token provides a way to call(read/execute) and render an external file located on any server, accessible through an HTTP call. Youc an also use this functionality to execute external script files. These files can be MIVA, PHP, ASP, FLASH, Perl, JAVA, CFM, etc..
Please Contact Us with any questions about module features.
Module installation and functionality has the following requirements:
MIVA Merchant Version 5.x
Settings and control this module provides are used in conjunction with a pre-installed ads-extfile Item, any Merchant related templates and an external customer supplied file.
MIVA Script Compiler is required to create and use executable MIVA Script files(.mvc). The compiler is available for a free download from MIVA.
HTML and Merchant templatescripting knowledge is required to make template modifications. MIVA orother Scripting language knowledge is required to create executable files. If you do not have these skills it is recommended you contactADS representative to get assistance with template design and customization.
Take control of your Customer Order Confirmation and Merchant Notification Emails with this full featured fulfillment module bundle.Save 20% by purchasing both modules together. These modules provide complete design control of HTML Emails by using the new Store Morph Technology™ based templates. Use them in addition to or as a replacement for the standard text Customer Order Confirmation and Merchant Notification Emails. These module automatically install and configure the default Email templates, which can be further customized to meet your needs. The HTML Email is sent using Merchant Mail Server and Module Configuration settings.
Customer Order Confirmation HTML Email Template - Reg. $49.95 - Module Details
The ADS Order Fulfillment HTML Email Modules Features:
Simple Module Installation, Configuration and Controls
Automatic installation and assignment of Default HTML Email template and settings.
Module provides complete design control of HTML email using the new Store Morph Technology™ based template.
Never worry about making template changes. Module utilizes new version history control.
Template is pre-configured to send an HTML Email similar to the invoice page layout.
Provides controls for Email Subject, To, and CC Email Address.
Menu and Template based control of new features. No template editing 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.
Module installation and functionality has the following requirements:
MIVA Merchant Version 5.0
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.
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
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
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
Sales, support and other inquiries between you and your customers are seemlessly integrated into your MIVA Merchant store. This module is for MIVA Merchant 5.x. We also have the corresponding module for an older version of Merchant.
Features: <- Easily integrate customer contact and inquiries - Collect typical name, email, subject and inquiry - Collect unlimited extra required and/or non-required fields - Hide your store's email addresses from spammer email address harvesters - Change the email address you want inquiries to go to through the admin panel - Launch the Contact Manager from Merchant or from a static page - Use a form or link to launch the Contact Manager - Assign the contact record to a specific technician or department with ease - Customer can select the target to send the inquiry to with a select list option - Contact is logged and is not effected when email servers are down - User interface is easily customized, even by html novices, from the module's admin configuration screen - Use store morph technologoy to fully customize the form - Department codes, descriptions and email addresses are configured through admin - Admin section allows you to search one or more criteria to find messages - Edit the status and/or respond to the sender - Can send autoresponse email to customer so they know you received their inquiry - Includes a contact tracking number in the email subject
Feature Details. Protect your email addresses. This module keeps yourstore's email address out of view of spammer email address harvesters. It also allows you to easily change the email address you want inquiries to go to without editing html pages.
Easy link to the contact form. You can launch the Contact Manager form from a button in the category column, in the nav bar or elsewhere within Merchant or from a static page. You can also easily use a http link format for launching the Contact Manager form from static pages or within Merchant.
Assign the inquiry. The Contact Manager allows you to assign the contact record to a specific technician or department with ease. That technician can then find their active contacts easily.
User interface look and feel. The Contact Manager form characteristics are controlled from the module's admin configuration screen. At the admin level you can change category column button text, optional category column button image, email subject, email to address, contact screen title, customer email prompt, customer inquiry prompt, background color, font face, font size, font color, message for the submission form, send button text, and optional send button image. Even for the html novice, the form's characteristics are easily altered in admin. In Merchant 5.x you can go a step farther if you are familiar with the store morph technology (SMT) and page template editing by fully customizing every aspect of the form. With the Merchant 5.x built in SMT you can make changes to the page and even rollback changes if you don't like what you see.
Customer can choose department. The module allows the customer to select the target to send the inquiry to with a select list option. This expedites the delivery to the specific technician/department's email address. As with the uncompiled version, the email addresses are hidden from email harvesting spammers.
Field inclusion and validation. Department codes, descriptions and email addresses are configured through admin. The standard collection fields are name, email, subject, department, and inquiry. However, you can also have an unlimited number of extra fields in the form. These fields can be required or optional. If required and the customer does not provide a response, the form will validate and redisplay so the missing info can be supplied. What extra fields you create and use is dependant on how you will use this contact form; e.g. requests for info, pricing, availability, product details, billing, shipping, or even for customer surveys prior to checkout.
Autoresponse receipt verification. When the customer submits their inquiry, the module can optionally send them an autoresponse that you have received their inquiry and how soon you will get back to them. That autoresponse email is composed and customized by you through the admin panel. You can also include the contact tracking number in the subject of the contact emails and responses, e.g. [EP #925]: How do I.....
Searchable contact records. The admin section allows you to search one one or more criteria to find messages you are interested in. You can then edit the status and/or respond to the sender.
The module currently fully supports the mivasql configuration of MIVA Merchant 5. It also supports MySQL as long as load balancing has the data stored on the single MySQL server. This would be the case in most of the server setups. For those that are not, we are in the process of converting the code for that remaining, very small group of MIVA Merchant stores. At this time we have not had a problem. Modules will be moved to the top of the queue as needed.
Have you ever wondered why you're not getting massive hits on your Miva Merchant Store when you have the best prices on the Internet? Ever searched the internet through a search engine only to find that some ancient, inefficient and cumbersome old site is getting all the hits that you deserve?
Well now its time to get serious, its time to get even... its time to bring in the Search Engine KILLER.
THE PROBLEM merchant.mv?thisandthat
The problem with Miva Merchant and other database driven stores is that the technology used to access and display the product information is NOT search engine friendly.. In fact, most search engines will ignore EVERY PAGE of your eStore!
Someone somewhere made the decision that URLs with arguments, information passed long with the URL eg. file.mv?argument1&argument2 etc, indicates that the page isn't worth indexing, but these arguments are essential to any database driven store. Some search engines even refuse to index pages that are .mv! (Northern Light for one).
As a result, your state of the art Miva Merchant Store is missing out on major search engine exposure, and your competitors lousy mall which they hand create using FrontPage97 is getting all the hits.. JUST BECAUSE EVERY PAGE IS A STATIC HTML PAGE.
In an ideal world, what you need is the sophistication of your Miva Merchant Mall and the search engine pulling power of a good old HTML site too.
THE SOLUTION Now YOU can live in that ideal world!
Search Engine Killer (or SEK for short) is perhaps the most significant software release for Merchant stores EVER!
While it adds NOTHING to the functionality of Merchant, it wages war on search engines - those sites who may well decide how much money you make next month.
It is a sophisticated complementary product which runs seperately from Merchant, but knows everything about your store!
The mirror site is:
100% HTML
Designed with the Search Engine in mind using the Title tag, Meta Tags, text placement, IMG ALT attributes and more to get you the best possible search engine ranking.
automatically generates HTML pages from the information stored within Merchant:
- an index.html page for submition to search engines with a link to every other generated page - an html page for each category and subcategory, eg. your_category_code.html which lists every product and links to.. - an html page for each product
product pictures througout! The SEK Mirror references the URL of the product images already online in your real merchant store!
multiple links on every html page to both the SEK Mirror pages (so that the search engines find and index every single page) and directly to your Merchant Mall..
dynamic referencing technology is used so that the links back to your Miva Merchant Mall are context sensitive. eg. SEK Mirror product pages click straight through to the appropriate BUY ONE page in your real Merchant Store!
remembers your previous preferences to allow ultra-fast regeneration after significant changes to your mall
SAME NAMING CONVENTIONS AS SEK1
the html files generated are named using the Merchant Category and Product codes you have specified in Merchnat so that even after a new mirror is generated the Search Engines find previously indexed files.
Even if search engines DID spider every page of your Merchant Store, there is NO WAY that it would get the same high rankings. Your SEK Mirrors site is built from the ground up with search engines in mind by a developer with many years of experience in site promotion.
and here is the trick..
EVERY PAGE IS DESIGNED TO GIVE THE IMPRESSION THAT IT IS YOUR STORE WHEN IT IS REALLY JUST A TEASER PAGE
What will it mean to your business to be able to submit a single html page to search engines and have their spider catalog every category and product you have?
How would you like to be able to strengthen your position by submitting an html page for each category that can also be submitted seperately?
Easily add Extra Product Fields to your store. Extra Fields can be of any type (character, number, boolean/logical, or memo), and each field can be displayed on the Product Display screen and the expanded format of the Product List, Categories & Search screens. Fully-customizable, template-based display of Extra Product Fields. Batch-oriented import utility handles very large data sets.
Summary of Features:
No limit on number of custom fields;
Custom fields can be character, number, Boolean/logical, or memo field;
Field lengths can be specified for character & number fields; memo fields have unlimited length;
Custom screen prompts can be specified for extra fields and for standard Miva Merchant fields;
Each Extra Field can be displayed on the Product Display screen and the expanded format of the Product List, Categories & Search screens;
Determine the order in which extra fields are displayed;
Display of extra fields can be hidden if value is empty or zero;
Extra fields added directly to Products field database, providing greater compatibility with other modules
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.
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.
Takecontrol of your Customer Order Confirmation Email with this full featuredfulfillment module. This module provides complete design control of HTML emailconfirmation using the new Store Morph Technology™ based template. Useit in addition to or as a replacement for the standard text Customer OrderConfirmation Email. This module automatically installs and configures thedefault Email template, which can be further customized to meet your needs.The HTML Email is sent using Merchant Mail Server and Module Configurationsettings.
The ADS HTML CustomerOrder Confirmation Email Features:
Simple Module Installation,Configuration and Controls
Automatic installationand assignment of Default HTML Email template and settings.
Module provides completedesign control of HTML email notification using the new Store Morph Technology™based template.
Never worry about makingtemplate changes. Module utilizes new version history control.
Template is pre-configuredto send an HTML Email similar to invoice page layout.
Provides controls forEmail Subject, To, and CC Email Address.
Menu and Template basedcontrol of new features. No template editing required, but is availablefor advanced users. HTML and template scripting knowledge is requiredto make template modifications. If you do not have these skills it isrecommended you contactADS representative to get assistance with template design and customization.
Sample snapshot of a Customer Order Confirmation Email Configuration Screen:
Sample snapshot of a Default Customer Order Confirmation Email:
Module installation andfunctionality has the following requirements:
MIVA Merchant Version5.0
No template editingis required, but is available for advanced users. HTML and template scriptingknowledge is required to make template modifications. If you do not havethese skills it is recommended you contactADS representative to get assistance with template design and customization.
Collect supplemental, required or non-required responses fromcustomers at checkout. You can add as many additional checkoutquestions to your form as you want, within reason. This module is for MIVA Merchant 5.x. We also have the corresponding module for an older version of Merchant.
Features: - Collect supplemental, required or non-required responses from customers at checkout - Export responses to a delimited flat file - View responses in the file with a searchable admin report - Display responses in the include modified invoice emails and batch reports and invoice screen - Include response data in the order export file created by our inexpensive EZ Batch Report module (sold separately) - Configure text label for each question to preceed the responses in the emails and reports - Special instructions for the order, e.g. shipping needs - Collect responses from survey or poll questions - Customer entered gift card messages - Questions displayed in a table which the store owner designs with standard HTML - Limit the display of questions based on specific product codes - Limit the display of questions based on the ship to country of the order - Used in conjunction with our Mail Manager module, activate sending of specific emails - Assign a fee to one response, for example gift wrapping fee, donation, or rush handling - Insert a negative fee (vs positive fee) for impromptu sales, etc - One or more responses can be required before customer can proceed - Highlighted error message when required response(s) are omitted - Tokens can be used to refill the responses if the page is redisplayed due to missing info - Our standard version contains the features you'd expect in competitors' pro version
Feature Details. The responses are exported to a delimited text file which can beimported into most database management systems for further analysis. Youcan also have those responses appear in the Miva Merchant Email notification and batchprocessing (modified email and batch modules included in the zip file). Use the module for the customer to add specialinstructions for the order, collect responses from survey or pollquestions, allow the customer to fill out gift card messages, include salesman orrepresentative code, etc.
The admin interface allows you to build the form withyour store's questions using standard html syntax. Hence,you can make the response collection table match the restof your store's look and feel. You can have text, radio, select drop down list, text area, and checkbox inputs designed the way you want them. Add css if you like or use typical fonts and table tags.
You can place the questions on one of the three checkout screens. You simply add the tokens to the page templates per the install doc.
You can also specify one or moreof the questions to be required. Customers will not be able to completethe checkout if they do not respond to the required questions.
You can purge old questions from the active file and place them in ahistorical file in order to improve response time during order batchprocessing retrieval. The optional order batch retrieval uses the modified core batch report which is included in the zip distribution file.
You can limit the display of Addendumquestions based on specific product codes. If you list productcodes in the admin input, the questions will only be displayedif one of those products is in the basket at checkout. Youcan also use the wild card product code like 1AA*. If theapplicable products all begin with the same characters, youcan use the asterisk. This can only be used for the beginningcharacters in the product codes.
You can alsolimit the display of questions to specific ship to countries.
You can optionally includethe questions in the emails along with the responses by using the modified email modules which are included in the zip distribution file.If using our Mail Manager (sold separately) module you can have a question (checkbox) which will trigger a specific email, e.g. opt-in mailinglist signup. You can also include the questions and responseson the invoice (last page after payment completes). Theresponses for the batch report are retrieved from an indexeddatabase for faster access.
You can alsoattach a fee to a specific answer to one question if youplace the questions on either the customer information orshipping/payment selection screens.
The included Addendum View report featureallows you to search (within admin) the addendum filefor specific responses. For example, you might have a questionfor a specific requested shipping date. Simply search the filefor orders which have requested the delayed shipping for thatdate. The order numbers can be returned and fed into our EZ Batchreport (sold separately) for a tailored report for a specific shipping date. Another popular use of Addendum is to collect the salesman or representativecode with an order. Not only can you display the code in the batch report,but if you use Addendum View to create a list of orders attributed to thatsalesman, you can make a batch printout for each salesmanwith only their orders on it if you are using our EZ Batch Report (sold separately). You can also include the Addendum responses in the order export file that EZ Batch creates.
Limitation: When used in a store which uses PayFlowlink, PayPal or iTransact payment systems, you will need to placeyour questions on either the customer information screenor the shipping and payment selection screen. Thosepayment systems transport the customer to another domain.Hence, the module needs to save the responses to a filebefore the customer is transported off-site. When thecustomer returns from the off-site payment screens backto your store, the responses will be retrieved for savingto flat file or display in your merchant notification email.
The included modified merchant email and batch reports will display the Addendum resposes. Additionally, the batch report can provide page breaks between each order for better printouts (incoices). Also, the merchant notification email allows you to insert tokens in the subject line so you can include things like the order number, order total, and customer name in the subject of the email.
Compare this module with our competitors' pro or advanced or ultimate versions. Those are just words tacked onto a module name. Don't let our low price fool you - compare features and you will find this module probably contains all of the features found in theirs plus we have several additional features. The Addendum module has been in use since Merchant version 1.x and continually enhanced with each version. Our competitors will try to keep up, but the simple choice is, why get a shadow when you can get the "original".
The module currently fully supports the mivasql configuration of MIVA Merchant 5. It also supports MySQL as long as load balancing has the data stored on the single MySQL server. This would be the case in most of the server setups. For those that are not, we are in the process of converting the code for that remaining, very small group of MIVA Merchant stores. At this time we have not had a problem. Modules will be moved to the top of the queue as needed.
Provide an easy interface within Miva Merchant for visitors to refer your site or specific product URL to their friends. It uses the built in Miva SMTP capability to send the email. You can use HTML formatted emails instead of plain text. Use the render token to place the Tell A Friend button on any page in the store. This module is for MIVA Merchant 5.x. We also have the corresponding module for an older version of Merchant.
The subject and body of the Tell a Friend email message is configurable through the Merchant admin interface. In addition to the easy to use, built-in form, there is an alternate template form for the customer to enter friend names and email addresses, plus an option to allow them to include a note. This template can be HTML customized to suit your look and feel. If you are not skilled at coding HTML, you can still use the default (built-in) form which is customized with colors, fonts, etc with easy inputs in admin.
You can choose to have a blind CC sent your store's email address. The module can also insert a log entry (date, from, to, product code if applicable) maintained in a flat file when referrals are sent.
If the customer sends the referral email when they are on a specific product screen, a second link to the product is included in the email. If you are using our Gift List module (Emporium Plus - Weiland), there is a convenient button on the bottom of the Gift List display that sends the Gift List URL to your friends.
You can embed certain tokens in the tell a friend email. For example, if you are using our Coupon Redemption (Emporium Plus - Weiland) module with its unique coupon code generation feature, you can insert a token like %module|couponrd|1~TELL-% in the body of the email. If you are on a product page when you send the email, the email can also contain the product name, image or thumbnail, and price by using tokens.
The emails can be multipart so that you can have both text and html sections of the email and the recipient browser will automatically select which section it is able to display.
You can have the Tell A Friend form on a page in Merchant or use it in a popup screen. You can display a thank you message after the submission and if you are using our coupon module, can generate an on-the-fly, unique coupon code.
The module currently fully supports the mivasql configuration of MIVA Merchant 5. It also supports MySQL as long as load balancing has the data stored on the single MySQL server. This would be the case in most of the server setups. For those that are not, we are in the process of converting the code for that remaining, very small group of MIVA Merchant stores. At this time we have not had a problem. Modules will be moved to the top of the queue as needed.
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Sort your shipping methods by cost, module name, or method name. Offer a free shipping option when any one of several parameters are met. Use the default layout within the existing user interface or a template with tokens which allows you to customize the method selection table. Select list or radio button group can be used to display the available methods. This module is for MIVA Merchant 5.x. We also have the corresponding module for an older version of Merchant.
Features: <- Sort shipping methods in the order you want them - Template with tokens allows methods as select list or radio buttons - Country configurable template header - Default layout for those who do not have skills with HTML and tokens - Free shipping option based on order subtotal - Free shipping option based on number of products - Free shipping option based on weight of the order - Free shipping option can be limited to specific availability or price groups - Free shipping option can be limited to specific location - Free shipping option can be related to specific products - Label for free shipping is configurable - Configurable default message if no options are calculated - When only one option, list is replaced with a single line display - Can hide or display shipping methods by ship to country location - Can have a different configurable message on the order payment and invoice screens and the notification emails for each shipping method using tokens
Feature Details. Sort your shipping methods by cost, module name, or method name. This Miva Merchant module can be used in conjunction with shipping modules which dynamically calculate cost, such as the UPS modules or the various World, State, or ZIP Code Zone modules.
The free shipping option can be implemented when the subtotal of the order or the number of products in the order exceeds the thresholds you establish in admin. Or you can allow free shipping when the weight of the order is less than your specified threshold. You also have theoption to give free shipping to all members of one or more designated availability groups or price groups. You can further configure the free shipping option by limiting it to specific countries (USA can be all states or just the contiguous states). You can also remove the free shipping option if certain products are ordered. It also has free shipping override, ie if every product in the basket is in your list of free shipping codes, then shipping is free no matter what the other parameters are set to. You definewhat the free shipping label displays, e.g. Free Ground Shipping.
The module also provides a default message if there are no shipping methods which can be calculated. This message replaces the default message in Merchant. While you can leave it as Unable to calculate shipping methods, you can change that to be more customer friendly, e.g. We will contact you to adjust shipping costs or To be determined.
Easily use the default layout within the existing user interface or a template with tokens which allows you to customize the method selection table. With the template you can replace the select list with a radio button group. You can also add a Select One option in the select list layout. When only one shipping method exists with the order, the list of methods is replaced with a single line display and no selection is required. The method value is passed as a hidden input to the next screen. The template can have a header section which is configurable for every different country or group of countries.
You can hide or limit the shipping methods based on ship to country. Hence, you can designate certain shipping methods for domestic and others for international shipping. For US, you can even designate the continental US; excluding Alaska and Hawaii from the domestic shipping methods. No need to buy a separate module to hide certain shipping methods from international shipping.
Each method can have a different configurable message (text or html) which is displayed usingtokens. This message can be displayed on the order payment screen (the screen after shippingmethod is selected) and on the invoice screen. It can also be in the customer and merchant notification emails if they can implement module tokens in the format %module|sortship|html_message%. This eliminates the need to install a separate, custom module for checkout messages or rely on theshipping module to have the message capability (many do not have it).
The module currently fully supports the mivasql configuration of MIVA Merchant 5. It also supports MySQL as long as load balancing has the data stored on the single MySQL server. This would be the case in most of the server setups. For those that are not, we are in the process of converting the code for that remaining, very small group of MIVA Merchant stores. At this time we have not had a problem. Modules will be moved to the top of the queue as needed.
The ultimate Miva Merchant autoresponder module - send specialized emails at the completion of the order. These emails are in addition to or in place of the standard emails which are sent at order completion, e.g. merchant notification, customer confirmation, vendor specific notification, and even cell phone emails. It also can send welcome emails when a new customer account is created. This module is for MIVA Merchant 5.x. We also have the corresponding module for an older version of Merchant.
Features: - Autoresponder - specialized emails at the completion of the order - Merchant notification and customer confirmation - Vendor and product specific templates - Can limit sending based on a specific attribute/option code for a product - Include coupons or promo codes when specific products ordered - Optionally require an input to allow the email, e.g. a response from Addendum - Easy to use checkbox configuration of vertical or horizontal layout emails - Highly configurable free form template layout emails with embedded tokens - HTML or text email formatting - Archive flat file is created for each template, easily track sales activity - Mail Manager Report module can display the flat file contents by time period or product - Ship to, bill to and other email addresses for each template - Send emails to your company's internal departments, e.g. shipping - Emails to web enabled cell phones as abbreviated messages - Open architecture so that other events can also trigger an automated response - Can resend emails when the customer knows and enters their order number and email address - Use render token to send an email from any pagein the store - Send a welcome email before the order completes and optionally include a promo code, customer login and password - Include 3rd party data with module tokens, e.g. Addendum responses - Display shipping and payment invoice messages - Create packing slip and label emails - Ship to country address formatted according to the applicable country's postal recommendations - Restrict email to a specified order dollar value range, reward big spending customers with a coupon - Restrict email to a specified list of countries, thus allowing for language specific emails
Feature Details. In admin, you create one or more template emails. Eachtemplate can be different, i.e. what it displays, how the data is oriented on the screen/paper, and what product(s) triggers the autoresponder. Most responses are triggered by the product codes purchased. Some example uses:
Email to any of your drop-ship manufacturers listing the Ship To address and the products to be shipped if using real time creditcard authorization. The module will sort out which drop shippergets which emails, including listing the products to be shipped. Unlike some other vendors' drop ship notification modules, this one only includesthe products belonging to the associated drop shipper. Thus a drop shipper doesnot see the products being supplied to the customer by other drop shippers when the order contains multiple product sources. Youcan still use the module if you are not using real time authorization, but you would send the email to your pending mailbox until manual processingverified the charge, then forward to the drop shipper. This would savehand entering the order. In addition to the email, an archive flatfile is created which you can use to easily track sales activity related to each of your drop-ship manufacturers.
Email to Ship To or Bill To or both thanking them for a donation to your sponsored charity on your site.
Email to your shipping department listing Ship To addressand products ordered if using real time credit card authorization. Products section can be cut/folded to result in a shipping label with your company address included. If notusing real time authorization, use the pending mailbox technique similarto the drop shipper scenario above.
Email a promo coupon code if a customer purchases a specificproduct or from a list of products
Email service, warranty, shipping and contact information on specific products or product lines
Send an email to your cell phone's inbox when orders are placed in your store (requires a cell phone plan that assigns an email address to your phone).
You own a mall with multiple stores within the mall. Thosestore owners rent the stores from you for a percentage of their gross. Use mail manager as an audit tool to track theirsales. In addition to the autoresponse email, mail manager produces a flat file with order ID, date, product name, product code, quantity, price for each, and price extended. Periodically retrieve that flat file and import into a spreadsheetfor easy analysis.
The included Mail Manager Report module can display the contents of that flat file through admin. It can filter the report by specific timeperiods (daily, weekly, monthly) within reason. The limits of your PC or server may prevent very lengthy reports for excessively long time periods. It can also limit the report to only one product code. Since the templates canbe designed for each vendor, you can create individual vendor flat files with a corresponding report for each vendor.
Literally, you can have a different autoresponder for everyproduct in your store.
However, Mail Manager has a somewhat open architecture sothat other events can also trigger an automated response. For example:
Send a welcome email before the order completes, but afterthe customer completes the registration process (for those thatcreate an account)
Send a thank you for rating a product (using our Rate This system)along with a coupon code for taking the time to do so
You can use the ifvar script or var token in these "other event" emails. For example, generate a unique coupon code with a module token and insert it in the welcome email to give the new customer an incentive to buy now.
Use a render token to send an email from any page in the store. For example, put it on the product page to send a specific email when a specific product's page is viewed by a customer who is logged in. The email goes to their password recovery address (but could be bill to or ship to address). If you want it sent to a hard coded address, e.g. yours to monitor traffic,you would put your email address in the 3rd parameter of the token. The uses of this feature are endless. Send a coupon to entice customers to buy when they visit specific product screens. Tell them about other products related to the one they just viewed.
As you can see, the uses of this Mail Manager are quite diverse. Some of the variable features configured through admin for each template are:
Show or hide any of the data elements
Orient your email either horizontally or vertically
There is also a free form template using an extensive list of tokens and mini-scripts to customize the emails that are sent at the time of order completion. They can vary from mimics of the standard merchant notification and customer confirmation emails to brief order notifications for better acceptance within cell phone emails. The emails can be plain text or HTML formattedemails for better readability. You can change the fonts, colors,layout and even add images to your confirmation and notificationemails. If your shipping and payment modules are configured withinvoice notices, these can be included in the emails with a token. You can include data from other 3rd party modules, like Addendum, by using tokens. You can also create packing slip and label emails with the "ship to" country address formatted according to the applicable country's postal recommendations when using the HTML template. In the free form template you canalso set the time so that it can be offset from the server time,thus display for a different time zone in each of your emails.
Customize your email and store's physical address
Designate email recipient, i.e. Ship To and/or Bill To and/or fixed email address
List full or partial Ship To and/or Bill To address
Restrict email to a specified order dollar value range, reward big spending customers with a coupon for their next visit
Restrict email to a specified list of countries, thus allowing for language specific emails
Resend order emails if the customer knows and enters the order number and email which match the actual order. The form for these two data elements can be placed anywhere you can edit the store user interface, e.g. headers, footers, welcome screen.
You can specify the product code and an attribute/option value that must also be met before the email will be sent. This is particularly useful when the emails are used for vendor notification. A certain product might bedrop shipped by two different vendors and the only difference is the selected attribute/option value.
Insert a "require" token that has to be met before the email will be allowed. As example,have a checkbox using Addendum to ask a customer if they want to be added to a list server (mailing list). Then if they check the box, the "yes" response is sent to Mail Manager. The Mail Manager can then generate a specifically formatted email to activate an email address at your list server, if you have one.
Write a different body for each of the email templates you add
List products and prices or just the products without prices
Link the email usage to one or more product codes or entire inventory with wildcard
No need to go to each product to link the email, a copy and paste froma flat text file will add hundreds instantly
I'd be surprised if you find that this capability exists anywhere in any mid-priced shopping cart system. Autoresponders that fill in the blanks are one thing, but this is a store owner, pre-planned autoresponse for a specific product. Within your store, you could have dozens of different responses (individual or grouped) or a wildcard response for all of the products. You can use itto make connections not directly related to sales, yetlinked to a specific sale.
Customer buys a kayak from your store. Tell them about the kayak camp 20 miles from your store and give them the 800number of the guy with the info about a big get together next month.
Customer buys an orchid from you which would lead you to believe he/she may have a specific variety you have been looking for. You autorespond with your want list for your nursery inhopes of finding the needle in a haystack.
As you can see, this list could be endless. Targetted, intelligent autoresponders are designed to increase your store'sbusiness and decrease the amount of time employees spend on sendingout product specific, emails.
The pre-formed templates are easy to configure and do not require programming experience. For the more experienced, you also have the option of using tokens and mini-scripts in free form templates. An example free form template is included with the install documents.
The Search Friendly Store Map module creates a static HTML page containing Search Friendly Links to all of the categories and products in your Miva Merchant store. When you provide an HTML link to the Store Map from your home page, search engines will read the map and will then be directed to catalog every category and product in your store.
The Search Friendly Store Map optionally uses short-style links in order to provide search engines with links that are more likely to be followed. When using a short-link style, this module should only be used with its sister-module, Search Friendly Links. The Search Friendly Links module understands the short links in the Store Map and interprets the short links so that your store links function properly. When used together, these two products greatly improve the possibility of having your storefront “spidered” by the search engines.
The Search Friendly Store Map optionally uses “directory style” short links which are then rewritten into Search Friendly Links using the Apache mod_rewrite commands described in the manual. This third (optional) style of link should only be used when Apache-style URL rewriting is available and the Search Friendly Links module is also installed. This format should provide optimal spidering, as all products and categories are seen as “static html” pages via the Store Map.
Key Benefits:
Generates a static HTML Store Map page from your Miva Merchant site
Static HTML page contains links to all category and product pages in your Miva Merchant site
All links in the Store Map are optionally “Search Friendly”
The Store Map page can be provided to search engines for “spidering”
The Store Map page can be made available on your website to give customers a quick way to navigate through your site
Map Headers and Footers are configurable so map can serve as a “splash page’
Static HTML “directory” style links using .htaccess rewriting:
ie: http://www.store.com/page/Store/Screen/Cat/Prod
Inserts a LINK tag in the HTML HEAD section of your Miva Merchant storefront
LINK tags tell a search engine to read the static HTML page and catalog all the category and product pages in the store map
Allows you to re-generate the static HTML page with the click of a button when you add more products or categories to your Miva Merchant storefront
Create an updated list of your category and product pages on the HTML page
When search engines “spider” the static HTML Store Map page created by the Search Friendly Store Map module, they will see every product and category in your store. The short links lead the spiders down to the actual, dynamic pages in your Miva Merchant site and the search engines can then catalog the dynamic pages. In essence, you are using a static HTML page that is easy to update and automatically uses short links to lure the spiders deep into the dynamic pages of Miva Merchant.
***NOTE: When using either of the optional links (Short-style links or Directory-style links) this module must be used in conjunction with its sister-module, Search Friendly Links. A mod_rewrite rule is required when using directory style links. Please consult your hosting provider to see if mod_rewrite is supported to determin if this link style will be available to you.
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.
Attract your shoppers attention to specific products by flagging them down as New, Featured, Special, etc. This module is packed with features like up to three, administration defined product flags, for your each of your products. Module is automatically configured with the above named flags, but can be easily changed to whatever you want. You can display text or icons, for each of the flags, on any of the product related screens such as Category, Product, Product List and Search. The module also provides a Template, for each of the flags, and Token Items to display a list of flagged products based on a specific Category or All flagged products. You can display any of the specific Product Flag Lists in any of your MIVA Merchant Pages. You can even control the number of products for each list and how the list is generated, random or standard order.
The ADS Product Flag Pro Module Features:
Two levels of flagged product display
Each assigned product displays text or icon flag(s) in Category, Product, Product List and Search pages. Store Administrator controls flag names, icons and optional flag links to explain a particular feature set.
Display a flagged product list, for each of the tree flags, on any Merchant page based on the product flag assignment. Display flagged products in a specific Category or All products. Control number of products in each list and and how the list is generated, random or standard order.
Automatic installation and assignment of SFNT, PROD, CTGY, PLST and SRCH pages with a required item.
Built-in, easy to customize templates for product list display of each of the tree flagged products types.
Menu-Driven control for Flag text, icons and a flag links, which can be used to take a customer to another page explaining a particular feature set.
Easy flag assignment on Product administration pages.
Built-in, user friendly import function makes product flag assignment to multiple products quick and easy.
List of token items and item placement suggestions to make installation quick and easy.
Items can be used on any of Miva Merchant template screens. This includes storefront, category, product, product list, search, etc.
HTML and Merchant 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.
Sample Search Results or Product List sceenshot with various flags displayed.
Sample Strore front sceenshot with random three Product Lists of flagged products.
Module installation and functionality has the following requirements:
MIVA Merchant Version 5.x+
Settings and control this module provides are used in conjunction with Item ads-prodflags and any Merchant related templates.
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.
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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