Some customers may prefer to find products by the manufacturer. X-Cart shopping cart software allows you to create manufacturers and assign products to them. Products sorted by the manufacturers can be seen by your customers through the Manufacturers menu in the customer zone.
Both administrators and providers have the ability to create manufacturers and assign products to them.
Note. You can find information on assigning products to a manufacturer in the topic 'Defining the Product Manufacturer' in the 'Managing Products and Orders (Provider)' section.
Only administrators can activate manufacturers and set up their order in the manufacturers list. Thus, when a new manufacturer is created by a provider, the administrator needs to specify its position number and activate it. New manufacturers do not appear on the storefront until they are activated.
Click on Manufacturers in the Management menu. The 'Manufacturers list' will appear.
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1: Manufacturers list.
Click on Add new. 'Manufacturer details' form will be opened.
Picture 2: Manufacturer details form.
Enter the title for the new manufacturer in the appropriate field.
Use Browse to locate the manufacturer's logo and select it for the manufacturer.
Enter the description.
Enter the URL of the manufacturer's site.
Enter the position number.
Select the 'Availability' check box to make the manufacturer active.
Click on Save.
You can use the Add Manufacturer link to add more manufacturers to the list.
Open the 'Manufacturers list'.
Click on the manufacturer you want to modify.
Change the necessary details.
Click on Save.
Administrators can modify any manufacturers in the store. Providers can modify only the manufacturers they created themselves.
Note. If products of more than one provider are assigned to a manufacturer, the provider who created this manufacturer will not be able to rename it.
Open the 'Manufacturers list'.
If necessary, change the position number of one or more manufacturers.
Select the check boxes in the 'Active' column for the manufacturers you want to be displayed on the storefront. Unselect the check boxes for the manufacturers you want to be temporarily disabled.
Click on Update.
Open the 'Manufacturers list'.
Select the check boxes next to the manufacturers you want to delete.
Click on Delete selected.
Administrators can delete any manufacturers in the store. Providers can delete only the manufacturers they created themselves.
Note. If products of more than one provider are assigned to a manufacturer, the provider who created this manufacturer will not be able to delete it.
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