The purpose of this sidebox is to allow the scroll list that is the default for listing manufacturers to be replaced by a list of links tat can be easily styled using CSS. The mod is fully compatible with all versions of Zen Cart up from 1.3.0 until the current release (1.3.7.1) and is expected to continue to be comaptible with all 1.3.x series releases and hopefully beyond.
Changes for version 4.1.
Restructures database queries to allow pre-existing Zen Cart switch to operate properly and adds a debug facility.
Changes for version 4.
Add a switch in the manufacturers_list.php file (line 20) to allow the display of product counts after each manufacturer's name.
Changes for version 3.
Add a switch in the manufacturers_list.php (line 17) to allow the display of simple textual links or links containing the manufacturers images.
Changes for version 2.
Unzip the release package and drag the includes folder into the root folder for your site (that's the one with an includes folder already as well as images, cache, media and a number of others).
Add styles to your stylesheet to manage the layout and appearance of the links. For example, if your template is based on the Classic Template, the follow styles will remove bullet points and align the links to look and behave like the links in other sideboxes (except categories)
#manufacturerslistContent ul {
list-style:none;
padding:0;
}
Go to Admin > Tools > Layout Boxes Controller, select the box and choose the column in which you would like to place it and its sort order to determine how high it will appear in that column.
If you have any problems applying this add-in first consult its wiki entry
to see if that problem has already been answered. If not post a query at its Zen Cart support thread.
This add-in has been brought to you by www.kuroiwebdesign.com.