VirtueMart

h1. VM2 Manufacturers Menu

Note: the user manual has been moved here http://docs.virtuemart.net/

Shoppers can search your products using the manufacturer's names.  If you want customers to be able to search manufacturers by categories, first create the manufacturer categories in Manufacturer Categories.

h2. Manufacturers - Manufacturers Menu

h3. Manufacturer Name	

In this box, enter the manufacturer's name that you want to appear to the customer.	

h3. Published	

Select NO to hide or YES to be visible to customers in the Manufacturers page.	

h3. SEF Alias	

Search engine friendly or human readable addresses, i.e. real words instead of numbers and a jumble of code. EXAMPLE: yourstore.com/manufacturers-name. VirtueMart will automatically assign this if you leave it blank.	

h3. Category Name	

Select the category for the manufacturer's name or leave blank to be available to all categories.	

h3. Manufacturer URL and Email 

OPTIONAL: Enter the web url of the manufacturer's website and contact email of the manufacturer. 

h3. Description Box	

A short description about the manufacturer or select an already published article by clicking 

Article Button below the Description Box.  

h2. Manufacturers - Manufacturer Categories Menu

If you have a lot of manufacturers and want customers to be able to search manufacturers by categories, create them here, and then add the manufacturers in Manufacturers Menu.

h3. Manufacturer category Name 		

h3. Published 	

Select NO to hide or YES to be visible to customers in the Manufacturers page.	

h3. Manufacturer category Description 	

The description you want to appear when customers are searching for this page.