The JoomlaXTC Virtuemart Advanced Manufacturers module gives you the power to showcase your product manufacturers in a whole new way. Using the custom JoomlaXTC XTS system you can layout your manufacturers module in list, column or row format. The lack of Manufacturer Logos in Virtuemart has been overcome with this module - Simply add your Manufacturer logos to the Manufacturers Folder and name them with the Virtuemart Manufacturer ID and now you have logo's for each Manufacturer!
Installing the package:
The Virtuemart Advanced Manufacturers Module install like all Joomla Modules via the Extensions Install area of your Joomla Administrator.
After installing the module create a new folder of manufacturer logos. In order for the module to read the logo you need to name the image the manufacturers id#. You can find these by Opening your Virtuemart Administrator panel and select List Manufacturers. To the left of each manufacturer you will find the manufacturer id.
Once you have added your logos to a folder - name the manufacturers ... and then upload it to the root images folder in your Joomla install.
Configuring the Module:
Rows: The Number of Rows
Columns: The Number of Display Columns
Sort Mode: Random Or By Name
Header HTML / CSS: Custom HTML Header Area
Manufacturers XTS: Style your display here using the quick tag codes
Footer HTML / CSS: Custom HTML Footer Area
Manufacturer filter: Disable certain Manufacturers from display
Image folder: Select the folder where your images are located in your root / images folder
Custom Size: Select this to resize the images on the fly
Image Width: Custom Width
Image Height: Custom Height
Module Suffix Class: Joomla Suffix Class
Layout Examples
To display the manufacturer image and link to a browse page of their products use this code in the Manufacturer Box HTML XTS window:
< div style="float:left; margin-left:12px;">< a href="{browse_page}">< img src="{image}" border="0" alt="{name}" />< /a>< /div>< /p>
