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The OpenUI Extension Module Kit features 32 extensions. LICENSE IS PER DOMAIN.
The Plug N Play Pack #4 includes the abilities to:
## Indicates user configurable in Admin through Sytem Extension Configuration.
Begin_Screen & General
cattreemouseover.mv - ## - Creates Mouseover effect on links throughout store. Colors and Fonts set in Admin Interface. Works in IE Only.
chgpriceall.mv - ## - Change the Field Label of Price on all screens. Your new label set in Admin Interface.
ifzeroprice.mv - ## - Eliminates display of $0.00 when price is zero. User can replace price with a message. Message can be email link that includes Product Code and name in the subject line. Create the email address. Select to display or not display "Add" and "Buy" buttons. Select which screens will be effected. Admin Interface control.
logoutcattree222.mv - Places logout link below customer name in the Category Tree. Merchant 2.22 only.
navbargone.mv - Remove Navigation Bar from top of display all screens.
nocattree.mv - Removes the Category Menu display from the Category Tree. Remainder of Category Tree functions still active.
nopriceifzeroall.mv - If price is $0.00 it will not display on any screens.
altnavbar.mv - Replace top NavBar with HTML menu. Works on all servers.
Category Screen
EZthumbCAT.mv - ## - Create your own Thumbnail Display on the Category Screen. Select the number of thumbs per row, whether other information displays to the right or below the thumb. Select Product Information you wish to display. Create additional Table to contain your display. Table features set in admin. Features selectable through Admin Interface.
addcodecat.mv - Adds Product Code to Category Screen.
addwtcat.mv - Adds Weight display to the Category Screen.
Product Display Screen
addtobuyprod.mv - Change "Add to Basket" to "Buy Now" and take customer to Checkout on Product Display Screen.
noqtybsktcodeprod.mv - Remove Quantity in Basket and Code from Product Display Screen.
popupimgprod.mv - Clicking on the Image in the Product Display calls a Popup Window 450 X 450 to display Detail View. Places "Click for larger view" below image. Images named with "Product_Code.jpg" are automatically called from the graphics/00000001 file.
Product List Screen
moreinfoplst.mv - Replaces "Add to Basket" and "Buy one Now" with "More Info" button that directs customer to the Product Display Screen.
noaddplst.mv - Removes "Add to Basket" from Product Display Screen.
nobuttonsplst.mv - Removes "Add to Basket" and "Buy One Now" buttons from Product Display Screen. nobuyplst.mv - Removes "Buy One Now" button from Product Display Screen.
nocodeplst.mv - Removes Product Code and Makes link from Product Name in Product List Screen
nonameplst.mv - Removes Product Name from the Product List Screen.
nopriceplst.mv - Removes Price from the Product List Screen.
Search Screen
noaddsrch.mv - Removes "Add to Basket" button from Search Screen.
nobuttonssrch.mv - Removes "Add to Basket" and "Buy One Now" buttons from Search Screen.
nobuttonsmoreinfosrch.mv - Replaces "Add to Basket" and "Buy One Now" buttons with "More Info" button that takes customer to the Search Screen.
nobuysrch.mv - Removes "Buy One Now" button from Search Screen.
nocodesrch.mv - Removes Product Code and Makes link from Product Name in Search Screen
nonamesrch.mv - Removes Product Name from Search Screen
nopricesrch.mv - Removes Price display from the Search Screen. Invoice Screen
nostoretimeinv.mv - Removes Time Stamp from Invoice Screen. OUI 2.60 and above only.
nostoreaddrinv.mv - Removes Company Name and Address information from Invoice Screen. OUI 2.60 and above only. Checkout Screens
altfieldscheckout.mv - ## - "Ship to:", "Bill to:", "Fax Number:" and "Company" field labels can be changed through Admin Interface. Changes display on all Checkout Screens and Invoice Screen.
noshipcheckout.mv - ## - Remove Shipping Selection Box and Shipping Price from all Checkout Screens and Invoice. Add your message as replacement through Admin Interface and select where to display.
Almost all of these Extension Modules are completely "Plug-N-Play". Designed/Written by Luray Williams.
If you are not using OUI version 2.45 or above you must upgrade to at least version or these modules may not run correctly. The latest version of Open UI can be downloaded at http://www.openui.org
Customers receive access to a private support forum at the DesignExtend Miva Merchant Discusson Boards. Full instructions on installation included.
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).
This OpenUI extension module removes the prices for products that are zero and replaces them with custom text, which may include HTML - for example, "Price Varies by size" or "Call for current pricing".
An OUI System Extension that tweaks the Miva Merchant category and product screens for improved search engine rankings. Particularly designed with the Google search engine in mind, but may apply to other major search engines as well.
Adds an ALT attribute to the product image on the product screen, consisting of product name and product code.
Displays the product name before the store name in the product screen title bar.
Displays the category name before the store name in the category screen title bar.
This set consists of images and buttons along with a NavBar Button Swap Module, modifying the existing Miva Merchant Navigation Bar. As a shopper moves from one store section to another, the relevant button image changes to reflect the area of the store.
For example, while using the Search Screen, all the NavBar images will display the usual image that is configured as the default images in Miva Admin. However, the Search Button image would be swapped out for a unique image, distinctly identifying the store area they are in.
What you get:
Navbar Button Swap Module: (Requires Miva Merchant 4.x and OpenUI)
Swaps the relevant NavBar button with an alternate button as the user browses from one storefront area to another (screen dependant).
Storefront
Account
Products
Search
Basket
Checkout
Invoice
Tightens the NavBar display, no more spaces between NavBar images.
Adds an expanding and collapsing image bar below the NavBar.
Replaces Checkout Button on the Invoice screen with a non-clickable Invoice button.
Designed specifically to be used with this Graphics Pak.
Miva Merchant NavBar Buttons: 8 Darker Navigation Bar Swap Buttons. 7 Lighter Navigation Bar Buttons. (can also be used for Mouse-Over effects on a custom NavBar)
Miva Merchant (v3.x or above) Specific Buttons: 13 Buttons for use on a white background. 2 Product List specific on a transparent background.
Various non-Miva buttons: 36 Various buttons for use on a white background.
Suggested Color and Style Usage. This includes a list of selected color codes designed to work nicely with Miva Merchant and the chosen Graphics Pak.
This set consists of images and buttons along with a NavBar Button Swap Module, modifying the existing Miva Merchant Navigation Bar. As a shopper moves from one store section to another, the relevant button image changes to reflect the area of the store.
For example, while using the Search Screen, all the NavBar images will display the usual image that is configured as the default images in Miva Admin. However, the Search Button image would be swapped out for a unique image, distinctly identifying the store area they are in.
What you get:
Navbar Button Swap Module: (Requires Miva Merchant 4.x and OpenUI)
Swaps the relevant NavBar button with an alternate button as the user browses from one storefront area to another (screen dependant).
Storefront
Account
Products
Search
Basket
Checkout
Invoice
Tightens the NavBar display, no more spaces between NavBar images.
Adds an expanding and collapsing image bar below the NavBar.
Replaces Checkout Button on the Invoice screen with a non-clickable Invoice button.
Designed specifically to be used with this Graphics Pak.
Miva Merchant NavBar Buttons: 8 Darker Navigation Bar Swap Buttons. 7 Lighter Navigation Bar Buttons. (can also be used for Mouse-Over effects on a custom NavBar)
Miva Merchant (v3.x or above) Specific Buttons: 13 Buttons for use on a white background. 2 Product List specific on a transparent background.
Various non-Miva buttons: 36 Various buttons for use on a white background.
Suggested Color and Style Usage. This includes a list of selected color codes designed to work nicely with Miva Merchant and the chosen Graphics Pak.
This set consists of images and buttons along with a NavBar Button Swap Module, modifying the existing Miva Merchant Navigation Bar. As a shopper moves from one store section to another, the relevant button image changes to reflect the area of the store.
For example, while using the Search Screen, all the NavBar images will display the usual image that is configured as the default images in Miva Admin. However, the Search Button image would be swapped out for a unique image, distinctly identifying the store area they are in.
What you get:
Navbar Button Swap Module: (Requires Miva Merchant 4.x and OpenUI)
Swaps the relevant NavBar button with an alternate button as the user browses from one storefront area to another (screen dependant).
Storefront
Account
Products
Search
Basket
Checkout
Invoice
Tightens the NavBar display, no more spaces between NavBar images.
Adds an expanding and collapsing image bar below the NavBar.
Replaces Checkout Button on the Invoice screen with a non-clickable Invoice button.
Designed specifically to be used with this Graphics Pak.
Miva Merchant NavBar Buttons: 8 Darker Navigation Bar Swap Buttons. 7 Lighter Navigation Bar Buttons. (can also be used for Mouse-Over effects on a custom NavBar)
Miva Merchant (v3.x or above) Specific Buttons: 13 Buttons for use on a white background. 2 Product List specific on a transparent background.
Various non-Miva buttons: 36 Various buttons for use on a white background.
Suggested Color and Style Usage. This includes a list of selected color codes designed to work nicely with Miva Merchant and the chosen Graphics Pak.
The Cascading PopUp! Menu system replaces the standard Miva Merchant category tree with a JavaScript/DHTML based pop-up menu bar. The menu is highly configurable, and provides numerous display options. The menu system provides both vertical and horizontal layouts, and allows the storeowner to create additional custom menus.
Key Benefits
PopUp style menu navigation
Horizontal and vertical menus supported
Ability to limit menu depth to a set number of levels
Menus can be positioned relative to any HTML element on screen
Highly configurable display options including:
Pixel width and height of each menu level
Transparency/opacity for each menu level
Border thickness and color for each menu level
Font color for each menu level
Background color for each menu level
Font type & size with bold options
Roll-over settings for each menu level
Drop shadow display option
Vertical and Horizontal spacing control
Advanced menu system features
Menu pop-up and hide timing controls
Two-speed menu scrolling when list rolls of bottom of screen
Scrolling speed controls
Configurable and uploadable menu scrolling indicators
Additional menu items can be added at top and bottom of existing category tree
menus, with additional bonus menu additions when using level-limiting
SB21/ModStop style “hidden” categories are retained
Special “non-clickable” parent categories can be configured
Can use static JavaScript library, uploadable for browser side caching and faster page
loading
Menus can be configured to allow customer to disable and re-enable pop-ups in the event
of browser incompatibilities
Cross-browser and cross-platform capable; all major browsers supported
Cross Browser Compatibility: The DHTML menu system has been tested to work with the following browsers:
IE6/Win
IE5/IE5.5/Win
IE4/Win
NS4/Win
Mozilla/Win (e.g. NS6)
Opera5/Win
Opera6/Win
IE5/Mac
NS4/Mac
Konqueror2.2.2/Linux
Incompatible Browsers: All v3.x browsers as these do not support DHTML. Customers with incompatible browsers should be provided the option to view the store without DHTML using the provided enable/disable features.
Please note: The Cascading PopUp! Menus (Advanced) module re-constructs the Miva Merchant category tree and therefore, is best used on storefronts that do not have an extremely large number of category groupings (i.e., thousands of categories).[Product Manual][Marketing Brief]
The OpenUI Look & Feel module replaces your MMUI and provides central 'hooks' through which module developers may add features and performance enhancing solutions without having to reinvent the wheel with each Merchant release.
The OpenUI Look & Feel module replaces your MMUI and provides central 'hooks' through which module developers may add features and performance enhancing solutions without having to reinvent the wheel with each Merchant release.
This Developer's Kit contains the files that show where the hook points are located in each sub-module.
This kit is NOT required to use the OpenUI in your store. It is ONLY needed to write/develop OpenUI add-on modules.
Easier to read OpenUI sub-module hook-points/variables/functions/etc
Listing on the OpenUI Partner page
Banner Ads on the OpenUI website
Access to module development support by myself
VendorID Block (for compiled OpenUI modules)
Access to Private Developer Forums on OpenUI website
The OpenUI Look & Feel module replaces your MMUI and provides central 'hooks' through which module developers may add features and performance enhancing solutions without having to reinvent the wheel with each Merchant release.
This Developer's Kit contains the files that show where the hook points are located in each sub-module.
This kit is NOT required to use the OpenUI in your store. It is ONLY needed to write/develop OpenUI add-on modules.
Easier to read OpenUI sub-module hook-points/variables/functions/etc
Listing on the OpenUI Partner page
Banner Ads on the OpenUI website
Access to module development support by myself
VendorID Block (for compiled OpenUI modules)
Access to Private Developer Forums on OpenUI website
For compiled v4.14-4.23.x stores, this product has been replaced by the OpenUI Advanced, and OpenUI Basic, products...
The OpenUI Look & Feel module replaces your MMUI module and provides central 'hooks' through which module developers may easily add features and performance enhancing solutions without having to reinvent the wheel with each Merchant release.
UDPATED VERSION - NEW AND IMPROVED!
We went all out with this latest release of the OpenUI. We have included the following enhancements:
OpenBatches™ - This simplifies order processing in Miva Merchant like never before. You no longer have to go back and forth between the left-hand tree and right-hand main window. From the right hand main window, searchable lists allow you to search, view, edit, or delete batches. This screen also allows you to view orders within a particular batch via OpenOrders™, shows if you have new orders, and even enables you to create a new batch. This all happens from ONE interface.
OpenOrders™ - Using the main window, you now have a searchable order list that allows you to filter by all orders, only unbatched orders, or by orders within an individual batch. You can further filter by order number, product code, order total range, and by date and time range. From this screen, you can also edit and delete individual orders. Once again, this all happens in ONE interface.
An optional statistics interface that works with both the OpenBatches™ and OpenOrders™can be unlocked with the purchase of an OpenUI Pro license key. Find out your top sellers, revenue generators, sales by the hour and day, and much MORE! Read More Detailed Information!
This additional license key is solely for statistics features and will have NO impact on existing or future OpenUI installations. All stores will continue to function with the same capabilities as before and include the great features listed below.
Shorter URLS for Google - It was recently announced in a newsletter geared toward search engines and Miva Merchant that category and product pages without the store code in the url were being readily indexed by the top search engine in the world, Google. If you only have one store, the OpenUI will automatically remove the store code from all urls in the category tree, product list, search results, and basket contents screen. If you have two stores, your store code will remain in the url.
Example:Instead of merchant.mv?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=CODE&Category_Code=CATEGORY, it will be: merchant.mv?Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=CATEGORY This applies to compiled stores with the mvc extension as well.
Feature added based on recommendations from JMH Web Services (jmhonline.net). *This information has been updated to reflect new findings from JMH. Google now does not have a problem with the store code.
Category and Product Names First in Title Tags- Miva Merchant and previously the OpenUI put your store name before the category and product names in their respective screens title tag (i.e. Store Name: Category or Product Name). Depending on the length of your store name, your category and product titles may not be appearing in your search engine listings title phrase! With the new and improved OpenUI, your category and product titles will be first in the title tag, resulting in better listings within search engines (i.e.Category or Product Title: Store Name).
Feature added based on recommendations from JMH Web Services (jmhonline.net).
A New (Optional) Interface for the Miva Merchant Navigation Bar (navbar)- You now have better (and more) control over which navigation buttons are displayed, as well as many other features including:
Ability to specify cellpadding and cellspacing of navbar.
Optional navbar background image.
Options to align navbar (i.e. Full, Center, Left, Right).
Ability to change navbar buttons including the logo to space, text, etc.
Token replacement in the Cell "links" can be done using the %VAR(varname )% convention. For example, to include the g.sessionurl, just use "%VAR(g.sessionurl)%". To include the store id, use "%VAR(Stores.d.id)%". Most available variables can be used, but they will all be filtered through the encodeentities() function before they are substituted.
Feature added based on recommendations from Rich Chatfield (customMvDesign.com).
Support for New Attribute Types Built-In- New Attribute Types were previously only supported in the uncompiled versions of Miva Merchant, but will now be in both the compiled and uncompiled versions, and will not require the Admin Extension installation.
Support for module Order Tabs Built-In- module Order Tabs were previously only supported in the uncompiled versions of Miva Merchant, but will now be in both the compiled and uncompiled versions, and will not require the Admin Extension installation.
Body and Head Tag Options - You don't need additional modules anymore for these two fields if you use the latest version of the OpenUI! Include javascript, cascading style sheets, meta tags, margin height and width, preload images, and much more. For example:
<Select One> Option for Drop-Down Lists - You can now include Select One as the default prompt for attributes, shipping options, and payment option drop-down lists. The default prompt is also customizable for each one. (i.e i.e <Choose Color>, <Select A Shipping Method>, <Select Payment Method>)
The OpenUI Look & Feel Pro License Key unlocks a special feature of the latest OpenUI module. Once you unlock this feature with your license, you will be able to see the total stats for the orders in one batch, all unbatched orders, or all orders regardless of classification. The stats page gives a total sales summary, and then breaks the total sales down by day-of-the-week and time of day (by the hour) the orders were made. The stats page also lists the top selling products and top revenue generators for the specified parameters. The stats are based on the filtering options you currently have set, allowing you to specify exactly what information you would like to generate. For example, if you are in the customer screen on the OpenOrders™ tab and click on the stats button, you will see the stats of that customer's order only. If you have filtered the orders based on the order total and the date range, then the stats will be based on this filter. The stats button gives you immense flexibility because it allows you to view stats using a single filter or any combination of filters. For example, you can see the top 20 products from those that purchased SOMEPRODUCT, or those that have spent over a designated amount....or use both filters. All these resources are available simply by clicking the stats button, which appears on both the OpenOrders™and OpenBatches™ screens.
This additional license key is solely for the new stats features and will have NO impact on existing or future Open UI installation. All stores will continue to function with the same capabilities as before. You can purchase a key by clicking here.
If purchased separately, it would total $169.85! Get it now for only $209.95! It's like getting the OpenUI Look & Feel for FREE!
The OpenUI Look & Feel module replaces your MMUI module and provides central 'hooks' through which module developers may easily add features and performance enhancing solutions without having to reinvent the wheel with each Merchant release.
If you don't know which OpenUI product you need, then THIS IS THE ONE!
The OpenUI Advanced (formerly OpenUI Standard) is ULTIMATE enhancement for your Miva Merchant store! Too many features to even begin to list, and all for a VERY LOW PRICE!! It gives you all of the features you are already used to from OpenUI Look & Feel Basic, and the following addons are include:
And the new OpenUI Turbo (double your OpenTokens speed!)
The OpenUI Look & Feel module replaces your MMUI module and provides central 'hooks' through which module developers may easily add features and performance enhancing solutions without having to reinvent the wheel with each Merchant release.
UDPATED VERSION - NEW AND IMPROVED!
We went all out with this latest release of the OpenUI. We have included the following enhancements:
OpenBatches™ - This simplifies order processing in Miva Merchant like never before. You no longer have to go back and forth between the left-hand tree and right-hand main window. From the right hand main window, searchable lists allow you to search, view, edit, or delete batches. This screen also allows you to view orders within a particular batch via OpenOrders™, shows if you have new orders, and even enables you to create a new batch. This all happens from ONE interface.
OpenOrders™ - Using the main window, you now have a searchable order list that allows you to filter by all orders, only unbatched orders, or by orders within an individual batch. You can further filter by order number, product code, order total range, and by date and time range. From this screen, you can also edit and delete individual orders. Once again, this all happens in ONE interface.
An optional statistics interface that works with both the OpenBatches™ and OpenOrders™can be unlocked with the purchase of an OpenUI Pro license key. Find out your top sellers, revenue generators, sales by the hour and day, and much MORE! Read More Detailed Information!
This additional license key is solely for statistics features and will have NO impact on existing or future OpenUI installations. All stores will continue to function with the same capabilities as before and include the great features listed below.
Shorter URLS for Google - It was recently announced in a newsletter geared toward search engines and Miva Merchant that category and product pages without the store code in the url were being readily indexed by the top search engine in the world, Google. If you only have one store, the OpenUI will automatically remove the store code from all urls in the category tree, product list, search results, and basket contents screen. If you have two stores, your store code will remain in the url.
Example:Instead of merchant.mv?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=CODE&Category_Code=CATEGORY, it will be: merchant.mv?Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=CATEGORY This applies to compiled stores with the mvc extension as well.
Feature added based on recommendations from JMH Web Services (jmhonline.net). *This information has been updated to reflect new findings from JMH. Google now does not have a problem with the store code.
Category and Product Names First in Title Tags- Miva Merchant and previously the OpenUI put your store name before the category and product names in their respective screens title tag (i.e. Store Name: Category or Product Name). Depending on the length of your store name, your category and product titles may not be appearing in your search engine listings title phrase! With the new and improved OpenUI, your category and product titles will be first in the title tag, resulting in better listings within search engines (i.e.Category or Product Title: Store Name).
Feature added based on recommendations from JMH Web Services (jmhonline.net).
A New (Optional) Interface for the Miva Merchant Navigation Bar (navbar)- You now have better (and more) control over which navigation buttons are displayed, as well as many other features including:
Ability to specify cellpadding and cellspacing of navbar.
Optional navbar background image.
Options to align navbar (i.e. Full, Center, Left, Right).
Ability to change navbar buttons including the logo to space, text, etc.
Token replacement in the Cell "links" can be done using the %VAR(varname )% convention. For example, to include the g.sessionurl, just use "%VAR(g.sessionurl)%". To include the store id, use "%VAR(Stores.d.id)%". Most available variables can be used, but they will all be filtered through the encodeentities() function before they are substituted.
Feature added based on recommendations from Rich Chatfield (customMvDesign.com).
Support for New Attribute Types Built-In- New Attribute Types were previously only supported in the uncompiled versions of Miva Merchant, but will now be in both the compiled and uncompiled versions, and will not require the Admin Extension installation.
Support for module Order Tabs Built-In- module Order Tabs were previously only supported in the uncompiled versions of Miva Merchant, but will now be in both the compiled and uncompiled versions, and will not require the Admin Extension installation.
Body and Head Tag Options - You don't need additional modules anymore for these two fields if you use the latest version of the OpenUI! Include javascript, cascading style sheets, meta tags, margin height and width, preload images, and much more. For example:
<Select One> Option for Drop-Down Lists - You can now include Select One as the default prompt for attributes, shipping options, and payment option drop-down lists. The default prompt is also customizable for each one. (i.e i.e <Choose Color>, <Select A Shipping Method>, <Select Payment Method>)
The OpenUI Look & Feel Pro License Key unlocks a special feature of the latest OpenUI module. Once you unlock this feature with your license, you will be able to see the total stats for the orders in one batch, all unbatched orders, or all orders regardless of classification. The stats page gives a total sales summary, and then breaks the total sales down by day-of-the-week and time of day (by the hour) the orders were made. The stats page also lists the top selling products and top revenue generators for the specified parameters. The stats are based on the filtering options you currently have set, allowing you to specify exactly what information you would like to generate. For example, if you are in the customer screen on the OpenOrders™ tab and click on the stats button, you will see the stats of that customer's order only. If you have filtered the orders based on the order total and the date range, then the stats will be based on this filter. The stats button gives you immense flexibility because it allows you to view stats using a single filter or any combination of filters. For example, you can see the top 20 products from those that purchased SOMEPRODUCT, or those that have spent over a designated amount....or use both filters. All these resources are available simply by clicking the stats button, which appears on both the OpenOrders™and OpenBatches™ screens.
This additional license key is solely for the new stats features and will have NO impact on existing or future Open UI installation. All stores will continue to function with the same capabilities as before. You can purchase a key by clicking here.
The OpenUI Look & Feel Basic...this is the low-cost, entry-level OpenUI Look & Feel product that is required for running the many 3rd Party Modules currently available. (formerly OpenUI Standard)
It can be enhanced with OpenUI addons, such as the following:
And the new OpenUI Turbo (double your OpenTokens speed!)
The OpenUI Look & Feel module replaces your MMUI module and provides central 'hooks' through which module developers may easily add features and performance enhancing solutions without having to reinvent the wheel with each Merchant release.
UDPATED VERSION - NEW AND IMPROVED!
We went all out with this latest release of the OpenUI. We have included the following enhancements:
OpenBatches™ - This simplifies order processing in Miva Merchant like never before. You no longer have to go back and forth between the left-hand tree and right-hand main window. From the right hand main window, searchable lists allow you to search, view, edit, or delete batches. This screen also allows you to view orders within a particular batch via OpenOrders™, shows if you have new orders, and even enables you to create a new batch. This all happens from ONE interface.
OpenOrders™ - Using the main window, you now have a searchable order list that allows you to filter by all orders, only unbatched orders, or by orders within an individual batch. You can further filter by order number, product code, order total range, and by date and time range. From this screen, you can also edit and delete individual orders. Once again, this all happens in ONE interface.
An optional statistics interface that works with both the OpenBatches™ and OpenOrders™can be unlocked with the purchase of an OpenUI Pro license key. Find out your top sellers, revenue generators, sales by the hour and day, and much MORE! Read More Detailed Information!
This additional license key is solely for statistics features and will have NO impact on existing or future OpenUI installations. All stores will continue to function with the same capabilities as before and include the great features listed below.
Shorter URLS for Google - It was recently announced in a newsletter geared toward search engines and Miva Merchant that category and product pages without the store code in the url were being readily indexed by the top search engine in the world, Google. If you only have one store, the OpenUI will automatically remove the store code from all urls in the category tree, product list, search results, and basket contents screen. If you have two stores, your store code will remain in the url.
Example:Instead of merchant.mv?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=CODE&Category_Code=CATEGORY, it will be: merchant.mv?Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=CATEGORY This applies to compiled stores with the mvc extension as well.
Feature added based on recommendations from JMH Web Services (jmhonline.net). *This information has been updated to reflect new findings from JMH. Google now does not have a problem with the store code.
Category and Product Names First in Title Tags- Miva Merchant and previously the OpenUI put your store name before the category and product names in their respective screens title tag (i.e. Store Name: Category or Product Name). Depending on the length of your store name, your category and product titles may not be appearing in your search engine listings title phrase! With the new and improved OpenUI, your category and product titles will be first in the title tag, resulting in better listings within search engines (i.e.Category or Product Title: Store Name).
Feature added based on recommendations from JMH Web Services (jmhonline.net).
A New (Optional) Interface for the Miva Merchant Navigation Bar (navbar)- You now have better (and more) control over which navigation buttons are displayed, as well as many other features including:
Ability to specify cellpadding and cellspacing of navbar.
Optional navbar background image.
Options to align navbar (i.e. Full, Center, Left, Right).
Ability to change navbar buttons including the logo to space, text, etc.
Token replacement in the Cell "links" can be done using the %VAR(varname )% convention. For example, to include the g.sessionurl, just use "%VAR(g.sessionurl)%". To include the store id, use "%VAR(Stores.d.id)%". Most available variables can be used, but they will all be filtered through the encodeentities() function before they are substituted.
Feature added based on recommendations from Rich Chatfield (customMvDesign.com).
Support for New Attribute Types Built-In- New Attribute Types were previously only supported in the uncompiled versions of Miva Merchant, but will now be in both the compiled and uncompiled versions, and will not require the Admin Extension installation.
Support for module Order Tabs Built-In- module Order Tabs were previously only supported in the uncompiled versions of Miva Merchant, but will now be in both the compiled and uncompiled versions, and will not require the Admin Extension installation.
Body and Head Tag Options - You don't need additional modules anymore for these two fields if you use the latest version of the OpenUI! Include javascript, cascading style sheets, meta tags, margin height and width, preload images, and much more. For example:
<Select One> Option for Drop-Down Lists - You can now include Select One as the default prompt for attributes, shipping options, and payment option drop-down lists. The default prompt is also customizable for each one. (i.e i.e <Choose Color>, <Select A Shipping Method>, <Select Payment Method>)
The OpenUI Look & Feel Pro License Key unlocks a special feature of the latest OpenUI module. Once you unlock this feature with your license, you will be able to see the total stats for the orders in one batch, all unbatched orders, or all orders regardless of classification. The stats page gives a total sales summary, and then breaks the total sales down by day-of-the-week and time of day (by the hour) the orders were made. The stats page also lists the top selling products and top revenue generators for the specified parameters. The stats are based on the filtering options you currently have set, allowing you to specify exactly what information you would like to generate. For example, if you are in the customer screen on the OpenOrders™ tab and click on the stats button, you will see the stats of that customer's order only. If you have filtered the orders based on the order total and the date range, then the stats will be based on this filter. The stats button gives you immense flexibility because it allows you to view stats using a single filter or any combination of filters. For example, you can see the top 20 products from those that purchased SOMEPRODUCT, or those that have spent over a designated amount....or use both filters. All these resources are available simply by clicking the stats button, which appears on both the OpenOrders™and OpenBatches™ screens.
This additional license key is solely for the new stats features and will have NO impact on existing or future Open UI installation. All stores will continue to function with the same capabilities as before. You can purchase a key by clicking here.
The module lets you configure the product page html to your liking. It provides an interface for you to enter the specific HTML that you want to use to display the products in your store. You create templates which you can then assign to selected products. In your templates, you can use tokens to represent the normal Merchant product fields. For example, you can use the token %prodname% to represent where you want the product's name to be displayed. Making changes like moving the attributes or removing the "product weight" are as simple as tweaking the HTML used to display the page. A template is preinstalled which is identical to the standard Merchant product 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.
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 Product page and is not compatible with any other module which modifies the product 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 product 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). Go here for instructions on making that modification.
The Search Friendly Links module replaces the links in the category tree and category pages of Miva Merchant with “short links” that are more search engine friendly. Miva Merchant uses long links with 4 variables. Some search engines will not follow these links while they will follow shorter links with fewer variables.
Key Benefits
Generates short-links in the category tree and category pages in Miva Merchant
Interprets short-links from any web page or email
Benefits of shorter links
Short links are generally more likely to be followed by Search Engine spiders
Easy to write (and remember) direct links to products and categories in your store
Long links may word-wrap in some email systems, causing them not to link properly
Shorter links are less likely to word wrap
Search engines frequently will not read links with multiple variables (a.k.a. “long links”) such as those produced by Miva Merchant
A typical Miva Merchant link such as:
http://www.yourstore.com/pathto/merchant.mv? Store_Code=ST&Screen=SFNT&Category_Code=CTGY1&Product_Code=PRD1
The reduction in the number of variables helps with search engine spiders
Short links are always interpreted and understood by your store when the module is installed and turned on. Therefore, any “short” external link can be used even if you have turned off the display of the short links.
Long links are always interpreted and understood by your store; so previous search engine listings and external links continue to work normally.
The “display” of the short links in your store can be disabled, though the store will continue to interpret the short links from external sources (ie: the companion product Search Friendly Store Map, emails and mailing list, etc)
The Search Friendly Links module can produce best results when used in conjunction with the companion product Search Friendly Store Map. The store map product will generate a static HTML page containing Search Friendly Links to every product and category in your store! Search engines tend to give static HTML pages (and the links on these pages) higher precedence and ranks. When used together, these two products generally enhance search engine positioning.
New In v4.02/v4.52:
Directory Style Short Links: http://www.yourstore.com/page/SC/PROD/CAT1/PROD1
OpenUI Token and Copernicus OpenUI SuperMod Template Compatible
***NOTE: In order to generate the short links with only one variable, each of the included variables are separated with a forward-slash ("/") character. Thus, no category or product should have this character in the category or product code.
Example Usage
A storefront owner that sells cakes and jelly beans online wants to improve the search engine positioning of the store. He has an attractive storefront and has made it very customer friendly (yep, you guessed it – he’s using the Copernicus Customer Service Suite) but the only shoppers who come to his site are repeat customers who originally heard about his site through “word of mouth.” He knows that if he could just get listed in the major search engines he could increase his sales, but he can’t understand why his site has not been “spidered” by the search engines. He’s not ready to “pay per click” with search engines like Overture, he just wants to get listed.
As a result of his frustration about his search engine placement (or actually, lack thereof), the storefront owner has been learning a lot about search engine optimization (SEO). He has learned that the reason his website has no placement on the search engines is because Miva Merchant produces dynamic pages with links that are not read by the spiders and robots sent out by search engines to find websites. The links are too long (those spiders are so impatient!) and spiders disqualify them due to having too many variables. Of course, he knows that it’s also very important that his pages are full of good content that can be easily logged by the search engines.
The Solution: The Search Friendly Links module will quickly solve the long links problem that this storefront is having. The Search Friendly Links module turns the long links for each category and product page into “short links” that are easily read by those spiders and robots. Further, he likes to make posts to the “Dessert-lovers” email forum; but every time he posts a link to one of his products, the links are so long they “word-wrap” and become un-clickable! So he installs the Search Friendly Links module, and starts posting short links to his products. Now his links look better in his store and his email, and the spiders are happier too!
You've got your store spidered by the search engines, you're showing up in the search engine results, but you just can't seem to improve your rankings...Search Engine Tweak Pro (SETPro) is here to help!
Search engines take into account many factors when ranking web results, and one of the most important is proper page content optimization. Miva Merchant's dynamic page creation is not designed to be search engine friendly with how it creates and displays the page content. This is where SETPro comes in to play with a number of optimizations and enhancements for product and category screens. These optimizations are primarily done with the Google search engine in mind, but are also relevant to most other popular search engines.
PRODUCT SCREENS:
Product Name Tags:
Allows you to set the product names on the product screens to a preferred heading tag, bold, or none (
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The keywords to focus on for an individual product page are typically contained within the product name. Making the product name a larger font size using the heading tags, compared to most of the other page content, adds extra weight to those keywords when rankings are determined.
Remove Store Name In Product Title Bar:
Optionally strips out the store name in the product screen title bars.
Page titles are extremely important to search engines. Miva Merchant adds the store name in the browser window's title bar along with the product name. This is a good thing, but it may also make it undesireable by diluting the product name keywords with an unnecessary store name, thus giving less weight to your keyword focus.
Product Description at Top of HTML Body:
Optionally placed at the very top of the page, just after the
tag in the page code, this displays the product name followed by the first 200 characters of the product description. Any HTML used in the description is stripped out before being displayed at the page top.
Stock Miva Merchant nests a considerable amount of hidden tables within one another. It makes for an adequate display but search engines don't see page content as the viewer does. That creates a large amount of page code that pushes the product descriptions far down the page, even possibly tripping up some older search engines. It's best to have your real keyword content as far up the page code as possible, creating more keyword weight and improving relevancy for the product pages. It's recommended to use either this option or the commented out feature described below, but not both.
Commented Out Product Description at Top of HTML Body:
Optionally placed at the very top of the page, just after the
tag in the page code. This option adds the product name followed by the first 200 characters of the product description text, commented out (hidden from view). Any HTML used in the description is stripped out before it's added to the top of the page code.
This is the same as the product description display above, except that the description and title are commented out, essentially invisible, at the top of the page. Most search engines will ignore comment tags but some may take them into account. This is an elegant alternative to actually displaying the product name with description at the top of the page, leaving the page as it's meant to be displayed. It's recommended to use either this option or the displayed product description feature described above, but not both.
CATEGORY SCREENS:
Category Name Tags:
Allows you to set the category names on the category screen, to a preferred heading tag, bold, or none (
,
,
,
, ).
The keywords to focus on for an individual category page are typically contained within the category name. Making the category name a larger font size using the heading tags, compared to most of the other page content, adds extra weight to those keywords when rankings are determined.
Remove Store Name In Category Title Bar:
Optionally strips out the store name in the category screen title bars.
Page titles are extremely important to search engines. Miva Merchant adds the store name in the browser window's title bar along with the category name. This is a good thing, but it may also make it undesireable by diluting the category name keywords with an unnecessary store name, thus giving less weight to your keyword focus.
Product Links in Line-Item Listings:
Optionally replaces the product name with a linked product name, when a line-tem listing is used. This is mainly for category screens, but also applies to related products, search results, and product list screens.
Search Engines add additional keyword weight to pages using those keywords contained in incoming anchor text (links) from other pages.
Product Short Description in Line-Item Listings:
Optionally adds a short product description under the product name when a line-item listing is used. Mostly used for category screens, but also applies to related products, search results, and product list screens when line-item formatting is used. Choices are:
None
Product Description (First 200 characters with stripped out HTML code)
Product Short Description (Displays from the OpenUI Short Description Field)
Particularly helpful with non-descriptive category screens or related product areas, by adding more useful content for search engines to index. Also useful for adding varied keyphrases by use of the product's Short Description field.
