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The Multiple Category Columns Plus Module is designed to display products in two or more columns on a store's category (CTGY) screens. It is similar to our Multiple Category Columns module, but allows the store admin to override the default settings for individual categories. For example, a store administrator may choose to display most categories in two columns, but override those settings so that category ABC displays in three columns, and category XYZ displays in one column. The opening table tag and individual td tags can also be customized, allowing the administrator to align the table or content center, left, or right; to apply CSS selectors; to apply background colors, etc.
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
Feature Details. 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.
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.
This module gives you template access to the actual links so you can change them to be more search engine friendly. MIVA Merchant 5 out-of-the-box does not currently provide template access to the category tree links. I suspect they probably will open it up some time in the future. Until then, this module gives you that access.
Features: >- Provides full access to the category tree links - Create links which are optimized for search engine recognition - Provides ability to place subcategory navigation on the category screen - Displays category page breadcrumb navigation
Feature Details. Category Tree Access: The category tree template can be edited from the store edit screen at the tab "My Category Tree" or from any of the page template screens. The template is global and as such, you only need tomake changes in one location. Those changes will be reflected in all of the screens you haveadded this template item to.
If you have .htaccess re-write capability on your domain, you can even create directory style links. As an example, you can change a link like: http://www.pinemporium.com/merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=1AA&Store_Code=PE into http://www.pinemporium.com/c/1AA/Software.html In addition to creating a short url, you can include the product or category name in the urlto provide more keyword visibility to search engines.
Subcategory Navigation: You can list the subcategories of a parent category on the right (main) side of the screen, e.g. right under the parent category title/name. You can create multiple columns, thereby taking up less screen real estate when you have categories with large numbers of subcategories.
Category Breadcrumb Navigation: On the category screen you can display the currentcategory and the heirarchy of its parent categories up to the store root level.
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.
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.
The Multiple Category Columns module allows you to display products on the category page in multiple columns. It also provides you with control over the opening table tag, allowing you to (if desired) turn on borders, specify a width, and more.
Volume pricing at the category level. Easily offer a fixed discount (not percentage) based on the number of items in the basket and the categories those items are in. We also have the corresponding module for an older version of Merchant.
Features: - Discount based on number of items ordered - Set up to 4 tiers of discounts per category group - Can have 8 groups (each containing one or more categories), each with 4 different discount tiers - Category wide, multi-category or store wide discounts - Optionally apply discount after other discounts have lowered the subtotal - Discount shows at checkout as separate line item - Optionally display updated discount in basket prior to checkout - Can use wildcard instead of entering category codes for the group - Can either include or exclude a single price group, e.g. Wholesale, to be able to use the discount
Feature Details: In admin, the store owner configures the trigger levels (number of items needed to activate the discount) and thecorresponding fixed amount off. The store owner can designate 1 - 4 trigger levels so that he/she can vary thediscount based on the number bought. Reward the customer; the more the customer buys, the higher the discount.
The storeowner then includes a list of category codes that willbe used in the calculation. Use this module for category-wide or store-wide fixed discounts. If using store-wide, make sure the discount doesn't exceed the priceof the potentially summed products. If using category-wide,make sure the discount does not exceed the price of the lowestpriced product in the category.
The discount amount will appear during checkout on the screen after the customer has entered their shipping method. You can optionally display the discount in the basket prior to checkout.
In admin you can setup eight separate groups withtheir own four-tiered discount and categories. Hence, if you want to discountone category of products with one set of rules (levels) and another category with a different set of rules, you can now do this. Multiple categories can be assigned to each group. As the basket is scanned, the discount is applied based on each group's rules, then summed together at checkout. You can optionally display the updated discounts prior to checkout in the regular basket screen, recalculating and updating discounts based on changing basket contents.
You can choose one price group, e.g. Wholesale, which is not eligible for the discount since they presumably already benefit from significantly lower prices. Or if you don't want to exclude, you can include the one group. This would be useful if you want to apply a fixed amount off for that price group rather than use Merchant's percent off price group calculations. This would allow you to discount different fixed amounts from different groupings (categories) of products.
You can use the asterisk (*) to replace the category codes. When the module encounters the asterisk instead of category codes, it considers all further products eligible. As example, the asterisk in the first group would make all products in the store eligible for the discount. On the other hand, category codes in the first group would apply the first group rules to those categories. Then if there is an asterisk in the second group, all other products in the store woulduse those discount rules.
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.
Display your Items in three across rows (like our store.) It will show this layout instead of the Expanded Product View. Choose the items youwant to display with the Category Layout that comes with Miva Merchant.
The OpenUI Extension Module Kit features 32 extensions. LICENSE IS PER DOMAIN.
The Plug N Play Pack #3 includes the abilities to:
Replace Category Tree with Alternate HTML Menu. Requires HTML file in Root Directory.
Move Top Navigation Bar to the Left Column. Category menu eliminated or, if one exists, replaced with an html file on top of page.
Remove all Account and Login Functions.
Gentle Forced Login! Remove Price, Add to Basket and Buy One Now buttons from all Screens until Login.
Remove Search Button from Navigation Bar. With this, you will likely use a search form in Category Tree.
Place HTML above the NavBar. Requires HTML file in Root Directory.
Basket Contents Required Before Checkout all Screens. Requires gifs, see insts in top of module file.
Category Screen Table Display with Quantity Select Option. Displays grey button or gif.
Tighten display on Category Screen and Product Display and Store Front. Removes space at top and left of main body display.
Create Horizontal Display of Four Thumbnails in a Row on the Category Screen. Displays only Thumbnail Images.
Place Thumbnail Image on the right of the Product Name, Price, Quantity in Basket and Add to Basket button on Category Screen. Tight vertical display with horizontal rule.
Replace Weight with More Info popup JavaScript on Product Display. Requires HTML file in Root Directory and installation of javapophead.mv.
Header portion of JavaScript. Creates a 330 x 250 window. Can be used with your own JavaScript or programs in this Pack.
Image displayed on the right of information on the Product Display Screen.
Move All Text and Add to Basket to Right of Image in Product Display. Tightens display.
Display two columns of thumbnail images with price and add to basket button on search screen. Requires Add to Basket gif.
Display Category Tree and two columns of thumbnail images with price and add to basket button on search screen. Requires Add to Basket gif.
Display three columns of thumbnail images with price and add to basket button on search screen. Requires Add to Basket gif.
Display Category Tree and three columns of thumbnail images with v - price and add to basket button on search screen. Requires Add to Basket gif.
Move Search for: box to top of Category Tree. Removes Search for: box from top of main body. Category Tree displays on Search Screen.
Search in Category Tree, Two thumbs in a Horizontal Row Search Screen Display. Removes Search for: box from top of main body. Category Tree displays on Search Screen. Requires Add to Basket gif.
Search in Category Tree, Three thumbs in a Horizontal Row Search Screen Display. Removes Search for: box from top of main body. Category Tree displays on Search Screen. Requires Add to Basket gif.
Remove Search box from Search Results Display.
Display four columns of thumbnail images with price and add to basket button on search screen. Requires Add to Basket gif.
Place Thumbnail Image on the Attribute Screen.
Place full sized image on the attribute Screen.
Add Hyperlink to Product Name on Product List Screen.
Display Two Columns of thumbnail images with price and add to basket button on Product List screen. Requires Add to Basket gif.
Display Three Columns of thumbnail images with price and add to basket button on Product List screen. Requires Add to Basket gif.
Display four columns of thumbnail images with price and add to basket button on Product List screen. Requires Add to Basket gif.
Display Category Tree and Two Columns of thumbnail images with price and add to basket button on Product List Screen. Requires Add to Basket gif.
Display Category Tree and Three Columns of thumbnail images with price and add to basket button on Product List Screen. Requires Add to Basket gif.
All extensions are designed to just Plug AND PLay in OpenUI stores. Designed/Written by Luray Williams.
Customers receive access to a private support forum at the DesignExtend Miva Merchant Discusson Boards. Full instructions on installation included.
If you want to change the way your CategoryTree looks, then this is the OpenObject library you need. It allows you full control over the display the category tree, while leaving the actual database code in compiled MivaScript! The best of both worlds!
This creates a number of OpenObjects. These include:
OOLTREEPLS_CATTREE -- Main Category Tree Object
OOLTREEPLS_CATTREE_SKIP -- Allows you to reconfigure how to determine which categories are skipped.
OOLTREEPLS_CATTREE_HEADER_IMAGE_NOLINK -- Allows you to change how a "header" category "tree image" is displayed. Header categories are those with an underscore as the 2nd character of the category's code.
OOLTREEPLS_CATTREE_HEADER_TEXT_NOLINK -- Allows you to change how a "header" category "text name" is displayed. Header categories are those with an underscore as the 2nd character of the category's code.
OOLTREEPLS_CATTREE_TOP_IMAGE -- Allows you to change how a "top-level" category "tree image" is displayed. Top-level categories are those with no parent.
OOLTREEPLS_CATTREE_TOP_IMAGE_NOLINK -- Allows you to change how a "top-level" category "tree image" (selected) is displayed. Top-level categories are those with no parent.
OOLTREEPLS_CATTREE_TOP_TEXT -- Allows you to change how a "top-level" category "text name" is displayed. Top-level categories are those with no parent.
OOLTREEPLS_CATTREE_TOP_TEXT_NOLINK -- Allows you to change how a "top-level" category "text name" (selected) is displayed. Top-level categories are those with no parent.
OOLTREEPLS_CATTREE_PARENT_IMAGE -- Allows you to change how a "parent-level" category "tree image" is displayed. Parent-level categories are those with 1 or more children.
OOLTREEPLS_CATTREE_PARENT_IMAGE_NOLINK -- Allows you to change how a "parent-level" category "tree image" (selected) is displayed. Parent-level categories are those with 1 or more children.
OOLTREEPLS_CATTREE_PARENT_TEXT -- Allows you to change how a "parent-level" category "text name" is displayed. Parent-level categories are those with 1 or more children.
OOLTREEPLS_CATTREE_PARENT_TEXT_NOLINK -- Allows you to change how a "parent-level" category "text name" (selected) is displayed. Parent-level categories are those with 1 or more children.
OOLTREEPLS_CATTREE_CHILD_IMAGE -- Allows you to change how a "child-level" category "tree image" is displayed. Child-level categories are those with no children.
OOLTREEPLS_CATTREE_CHILD_IMAGE_NOLINK -- Allows you to change how a "child-level" category "tree image" (selected) is displayed. Child-level categories are those with no children.
OOLTREEPLS_CATTREE_CHILD_TEXT -- Allows you to change how a "child-level" category "text name" is displayed. Child-level categories are those with no children.
OOLTREEPLS_CATTREE_CHILD_TEXT_NOLINK -- Allows you to change how a "child-level" category "text name" (selected) is displayed. Child-level categories are those with no children.
The main category tree object (OOLTREEPLS_CATTREE) is a drop-in replacement for the standard OUI2_CATTREE object. By default, it functions the same as the OUI2_CATTREE object, but since the database code for the tree is compiled, it will run faster.
You can also use this object manually by calling it as such:
%OBJ(OOLTREEPLS_CATTREE)%
It also supports a number of different "filter" options, that allow you to automatically filter out (or skip) what categories are actually displayed. These filters, and how they are used, are:
%OBJ(OOLTREEPLS_CATTREE||ALPHA)% -- Will only display categories that begin with an alphacharacter, upper or lower case (A-Z, a-z).
%OBJ(OOLTREEPLS_CATTREE||ALNUM)% -- Will only display categories that begin with an alpha or numeric character, upper or lower case, or a number (A-Z, a-z, 0-9).
%OBJ(OOLTREEPLS_CATTREE||DIGIT)% -- Will only display categories that begin with an numeric character (0-9).
%OBJ(OOLTREEPLS_CATTREE||CHAR:{chr})% -- Will only display categories that begin with the specified character.
By default, all categories are displayed with one of four "style" classes. These will be specified in the anchor tag (for links), or
via the span tag (for non-links). Of course, this can be changed by editing the objects defined above.
cattree_header -- Header categories are those with an underscore as the 2nd character of the category's code.
cattree_top -- Top-level categories are those with no parent.
cattree_parent -- Parent-level categories are those with 1 or more children.
cattree_child -- Child-level categories are those with no children.
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
Feature Details. 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.
Volume pricing at the category level. Easily offer a discount based on the number of items inthe basket and the categories those items are in. This module is for MIVA Merchant 5.x. We also have the corresponding module for an older version of Merchant.
Features: - Discount based on number of items ordered - Set up to 4 tiers of discounts per category group - Can have 8 groups (each containing one or more categories), each with 4 different discount tiers - Category wide, multi-category or store wide discounts - Optionally apply discount after other discounts have lowered the subtotal - Discount shows at checkout as separate line item - Optionally display updated discount in basket prior to checkout using render token - Can use wildcard instead of entering category codes for the group - Can exclude a single price group, e.g. Wholesale, from receiving the discount
Feature Details: Thedefault is to calculate product charges in the specifiedcategory(ies) (including attribute charges) to determinethe subtotal to discount. You canoptionally include non-product charges in the calculation.
In admin, the store owner configures the triggerlevels (number of items needed to activate the discount) and thecorresponding percentage off. The store owner candesignate 1 - 4 trigger levels so that he/she can vary thepercentage discount based on the number bought. Reward thecustomer; the more the customer buys, the higher thediscount percentage.
The storeowner then includes a list of category codes that willbe used in the calculation. Use this module forcategory-wide or store-wide discounts.
The discount amount willappear during checkout on the screen after the customer hasentered their shipping method. This allows Merchant toinclude (optionally) any miscellaneous fees or coupons redeemedon the Shipping - Payment selection screen so the subtotal willbe adjusted before the discount.
In admin you can setup eight separate groups withtheir own four-tiered discount and categories. Hence, if you want to discountone category of products with one set of rules (levels) and another categorywith a different set of rules, you can do this. Multiple categories can beassigned to each group. As the basket is scanned, the quantities are subtotaledfor each group. The discount is applied based on each group's rules, then summedtogether at checkout. You can optionally display the updated discounts prior to checkout in the regular basket screen, recalculatingand updating discounts based on changing basket contents.
In admin, you can chooseone price group, e.g. Wholesale, which is not eligible for the discount since theypresumably already benefit from significantly lower prices.
You can use the asterisk(*) to replace the category codes. When the module encounters the asterisk instead ofcategory codes, it considers all further products eligible. As example, the asterisk inthe first group would make all products in the store eligible for the discount. On the other hand,category codes in the first group would apply the first group rules to those categories.Then if there is an asterisk in the second group, all other products in the store woulduse those discount rules.
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 sorter module gives you the ability to sort your Miva Merchant categories and products very quickly from an easy to use, admin interface. The typical sort time for700+ products is 1-2 seconds. In the latest version of the module, you can also capture the number of products in each category for quick lookup at runtime for use in the category tree or other Merchant pages. This module is for MIVA Merchant 5.x. We also have the corresponding module for an older version of Merchant.
Features: - Sort categories by name, code or entry date - Sort products by name, code, price or entry date (ascending or descending) - Sort entire store or sort one category at a time - Sort products within categories by name, code, price or entry date (ascending or descending) - Categories do not all have to be sorted the same way - Move specific products to the top of the product list, search and category pages with a quick mass input - Display an image before the product name for products with a sort order number lower than the trigger number established by the store owner - Count products in each category for later display at runtime to reduce server load and page view time
Feature Details. You can sort the categories by name, code, or entry date. Many stores find that their categories are best sorted by category code rather thancategory name. This way they can create codes which will put their categoriesin the order they want. While most may actually coincide with category namesbeing alphabetical, stores can rearrange the categories to put things like "Specials"or "Close Out" at the top of bottom of the list. The customer does not see the category code, they only see the results of the sorted list.
The products can be sorted by name, code, price, or entry date. The product sorting can be done either as either ascending or descending. Moststores will sort the products by name. The very quick sort is done storewide with a couple button clicks. The storewide sort results in the products being sorted in all of the category screens, the product list screen, and the search screen.
You can sort the products within individual categories differently than the sorting in the store at large. So while the product list and most categories might be sorted alphabetically, you could have others sorted by price as ascending or descending. You can sort theproducts by a specific category and then on the next screen, make minor changes to re-arranged that sorting. This gives you the ability to move certain products to thetop for more customer visibility.
You can also move to the top of the list up to 999 product codes in the orderyou want them. They can appear before any other products on the product list, search and each category screen. This ability to assign a sort order number also makes it possible to display an image, e.g. new or hot, to all products with a sort order number less than the trigger you assign using a token.
You can also elect to count the products in each category. If you do, the counts willbe available at runtime in Merchant. By having the data in a quick lookup table, Merchant does not have to count the products in each category as it displays the category list in a 3rd party module's category tree. It simply shows the previously stored totals. This option cannot be used in stores which use availability groups to hide products fromsome customers because the totals would show the amounts for all products in eachcategory. The sorter module uses a token to display the products-in-category total after the category name if you are using a 3rd party category tree template module.
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.
This display module allows you to configure your store's category screens with the use of thumbnail images for your products.
With Thumb Wizard, you can:
Select the Number of Thumbnail Images to display in each row.
Set Global Pagination for all Categories.
Select Product Fields to be displayed with option to display to the right or below the image.
Select Add, Buy and More Info Buttons.
Configure the Total Table/Cell control of Main Body.
The auto image feature eliminates the need to add a path to the thumbnail when setting up the product.
You can also opt to:
Display a default image if no image is available for a product (eliminates "image not found" boxes).
Display an Alternate Short Description Two different ways.
Display MSRP, Savings and Price 3 ways:
Use the Cost field to set MSRP and display savings as difference or Percentage.
Use a Percent markup over Price to extablish MSRPand display savings as difference or Percentage.
Use Price Groups to set discount and display normal price as MSRP and savings the difference between Price and Adjusted Price.
Select whether "Savings" is displayed as actual amount or percentage.
Create your own labels for "MSRP", "Savings" and "Your Price".
Control the Font size, color and bold control.
Select screens to display the above information.
Have independent and simultaneous control over products with a Price of Zero
Create your own message to replace "Price". Add email Link to your message. Email link includes Product Code and Name in Subj Line.
Select screens to display the above information.
Remove "Add" and "Buy" buttons on products with Zero Price.
Thumb Wizard is compatible with all Wizard series modules, as well as William Weiland's Inventory Management module.
NOTE: This module will not work with most other third party modules that display changes to the Category Screen. Unfortunately moving the location of the displayed elements also removes the hooks required for other modules.
The Thumb Wizard Pro is a Category Screen display control module designed to use unique displays for different categories.
This module will allow you to create up to six different Expanded Layouts controlling the number of Columns, Text Position and Pagination for specified categories. You may also create one Line Layout.
User Friendly for any skill level, use Checkboxes, Tokens or both to create your display. Fully compatible with any third party modules designed to use Open UI Tokens.
Current users of the Thumb Wizard will find a vast amount of additons and improvements.
Features:
Options to customize category screen layout, including forcing all categories to a specific display. You can change the positions of text, set number of columns, set pagination and tighten up displays. You can even set specific categories to display different ways pased on the category code prefix.
Supports OpenUI Token Usage - five token entry boxes are available for both above and below product thumbnail images, allowing you to enter an unlimited amount of additional content.
You choose the fields! You select which fields display on the category screen. You can choose to include or NOT include image, name, price, etc.
Set table cell parameters - you can set specific widths of each table's cell, and set alignment of images and text.
Add functional elements like a quantity box or force the customer to basket screen after adding a broduct. You can even include a short description of each product, based on XX amount of characters from the product's full description.
Activate Inventory Management
Activate the Price Wizard or Price Wizard Pro
Activate Flexible Product Description (module), Volume Pricing (module) or More Info buttons
Add Horizontal Ruling
Set absolute image heights or widths
Auto display of images - if you name all thumbnails the same as your product code (with th), you can have those images auto called in, with NO NEED to add them through the Miva Merchant admin!
Default Images and Image Names - if there's no product thumbnail, you can set an auto image to display.
Active Popup Windows - customize the text, the image, window widths, heights and more.
Volume pricing at the category level. Easily offer a fixed discount (not percentage) based on the number of items in the basket and the categories those items are in.
Features: - Discount based on number of items ordered - Set up to 4 tiers of discounts per category group - Can have 8 groups (each containing one or more categories), each with 4 different discount tiers - Category wide, multi-category or store wide discounts - Optionally apply discount after other discounts have lowered the subtotal - Discount shows at checkout as separate line item - Optionally display updated discount in basket prior to checkout if using compiled OpenUI - Can use wildcard instead of entering category codes for the group - Can exclude a single price group, e.g. Wholesale, from receiving the discount - MMUI and OpenUI compatible
Feature Details: In admin, the store owner configures the trigger levels (number of items needed to activate the discount) and the corresponding fixed amount off. The store owner can designate 1 - 4 trigger levels so that he/she can vary the discount based on the number bought. Reward the customer; the more the customer buys, the higher the discount.
The store owner then includes a list of category codes that will be used in the calculation. Use this module for category-wide or store-wide fixed discounts. If using store-wide, make sure the discount doesn't exceed the price of the potentially summed products. If using category-wide, make sure the discount does not exceed the price of the lowest priced product in the category.
The discount amount will appear during checkout on the screen after the customer has entered their shipping method.
Additional features. In admin you can setup eight separate groups with their own four-tiered discount and categories. Hence, if you want to discount one category of products with one set of rules (levels) and another category with a different set of rules, you can now do this. Multiple categories can be assigned to each group. As the basket is scanned, the discount is applied based on each group's rules, then summed together at checkout. If you are using the OpenUI, you can optionally display the updated discounts prior to checkout in the regular basket screen, recalculating and updating discounts based on changing basket contents. In admin, you can choose one price group, e.g. Wholesale, which is not eligible for the discount since they presumably already benefit from significantly lower prices. You can use the asterisk (*) to replace the category codes. When the module encounters the asterisk instead of category codes, it considers all further products eligible. As example, the asterisk in the first group would make all products in the store eligible for the discount. On the other hand, category codes in the first group would apply the first group rules to those categories. Then if there is an asterisk in the second group, all other products in the store would use those discount rules.
MMUI and OpenUI compatible. No editing of mv files required for either user interface for standard functioning. Optional display in the basket before checkout requires OpenUI. Configuration is setup through Merchant Admin.
Volume pricing at the category level. Easily offer a discount based on the number of items in the basket and the categories those items are in.
Features: (some features are only in the compiled version - see details) - Discount based on number of items ordered - Set up to 4 tiers of discounts per category group - Can have 8 groups (each containing one or more categories), each with 4 different discount tiers - Category wide, multi-category or store wide discounts - Optionally apply discount after other discounts have lowered the subtotal - Discount shows at checkout as separate line item - Optionally display updated discount in basket prior to checkout if using compiled OpenUI - Can use wildcard instead of entering category codes for the group - Can exclude a single price group, e.g. Wholesale, from receiving the discount - MMUI and OpenUI compatible
Feature Details: The default is to calculate product charges in the specified category(ies) (including attribute charges) to determine the subtotal to discount. You can optionally include non-product charges in the calculation.
In admin, the store owner configures the trigger levels (number of items needed to activate the discount) and the corresponding percentage off. The store owner can
designate 1 - 4 trigger levels so that he/she can vary the percentage discount based on the number bought. Reward the customer; the more the customer buys, the higher the discount percentage.
The store owner then includes a list of category codes that will be used in the calculation. Use this module for category-wide or store-wide discounts.
The discount amount will appear during checkout on the screen after the customer has entered their shipping method. This allows Merchant to include (optionally) any miscellaneous fees or coupons redeemed on the Shipping - Payment selection screen so the subtotal will be adjusted before the discount.
Additional features are in the compiled version of the module for
Merchant 4.14 and newer. In admin you can setup eight separate groups with their own four-tiered discount and categories. Hence, if you want to discount one category of products with one set of rules (levels) and another category with a different set of rules, you can now do this. Multiple categories can be assigned to each group. As the basket is scanned, the quantities are subtotaled for each group. The discount is applied based on each group's rules, then summed together at checkout. If you are using the OpenUI, you can optionally display the
updated discounts prior to checkout in the regular basket screen. In admin, you can choose
one price group, e.g. Wholesale, which is not eligible for the discount since they
presumably already benefit from significantly lower prices. You can use the asterisk (*) to replace the category codes. When the module encounters the asterisk instead of category codes, it considers all further products eligible. As example, the asterisk in the first group would make all products in the store eligible for the discount. On the other hand, category codes in the first group would apply the first group rules to those categories. Then if there is an asterisk in the second group, all other products in the store would use those discount rules.
MMUI and OpenUI compatible. No editing of mv files required for either user interface for standard functioning. Configuration is setup through Merchant Admin.
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).
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. 
