Display manufacturer list on category page
 

HI,

I have searched for this but only found posts for displaying manufacturer on product page.

I would like to display available manufacturers on category/subcategory page.

If any product in that category has manufacturer specified it would display a list of those manufacturers below or above product list.

Is there a post somewhere that has covered this, is it possible and how would I go about it?

Using X-Cart 4.4.2

Please point me in the right direction.

Thanks.

Re: Display manufacturer list on category page
 

Use webmaster mode and look at the variables assigned on those pages. Here is a tut if you are not familiar with this method:http://forum.x-cart.com/showthread.php?p=335522 #2 on the list currently.

If you can see the variables, you should be good to go to write some Smarty code, if they are not assigned you will need to dive into the DB with PHP and assign them.

Kind of a generic response, but hopefully it will help.

Re: Display manufacturer list on category page
 

Thanks Mike, I'll try my best but not really sure what variables to look for, where will they be displayed?

I'm surprised that this is not default function in x-cart.

Re: Display manufacturer list on category page
 

Products shown on products list pages have manufacturerid specified for them in the product array but not the manufacturer name. If you want to show a list of manufacturers this will stillhas to be custom coded within php to assign the list to smarty with names

Re: Display manufacturer list on category page
 

Hey Steve :)

Are there any examples on forums that you are aware of?

Thanks.

Re: Display manufacturer list on category page
 

Not aware of anything like this but there could be something in here. Try searching again. And you know my email if you need professional help with this

Re: Display manufacturer list on category page
 

Try this ...

http://www.xcartmods.co.uk/x-cart-filter-by-manufacturer.html

Re: Display manufacturer list on category page
 

Depending on the skin, the list of Manufacturers should always show in the menu on the side on all pages. Also check that the box is checked in the Manufacturers settings.

Re: Display manufacturer list on category page
 

They do but it always displays ALL manufacturers, i'd like to display only manufacturers that exist in products belonging to category you are viewing, if that makes sense.

Displaying all manufacturers on homepage is fine but once you click on category it should only display manufacturers from products in that category.

Re: Display manufacturer list on category page
 

You could do something like this on the product listing or subcategories tpl (untested):