Manufacturers
J2Commerce (formerly known as J2Store)
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J2Commerce (formerly known as J2Store)
Last updated
This page contains information about the manufacturers of the products that are listed in J2Commerce.
Manufacturers are listed with the following details:
Company
Tax Number
Address
City
Zip
Phone and Mobile
Country
Zone
Before you can add a manufacturer to a product, you have to create the manufacturer.
Step 1: Go to Components > J2Commerce > Catalog > Manufacturer
Step 2: Select 'New'
Step 3: Fill in all of the boxes with the manufacturer's information
The image shown below is how a manufacturer is added.
To add the manufacturers to the product, follow the below instructions:
Navigate to Content > Articles. Find your product
Open the Product. Click on J2Commerce (or J2Store cart) > the 'General' tab.
Click on the manufacturer's dropdown box.
The list of available manufacturers will be available.
Choose your manufacturer and save.
Navigate to Menus > Manage. Find your product’s menu and open it
Click on the 'Product View Options' tab
Set the option Brand to 'Yes'
This would display the associated brand on the product view as follows:
Frontend
Once you associate manufacturers with the appropriate products, you can also let users filter products based on brands.
Post linking brands with the concerned products. Navigate to Menus > Manage.
Open your product menu > Category View Options tab.
Scroll down to the Filters section. Set the option: Manufacturer/brand filter to Show.
Set the option Manufacturer filter listing type to Show all filters.
Once the manufacturer filters are enabled, the filters would be listed and users can filter the products based on brands.
