Linking Categories for Multi-Vendor

The module assigns the supplier's goods an additional category corresponding to the store category and makes it the main one. The buyer, entering the storefront, will see the tree of categories of the online store.


SCOPE OF APPLICATION

Suitable for large marketplaces with a large number of sellers.


APPLICATION EXAMPLE

The seller uploads his products, after which he personally distributes them to the categories of the marketplace.


SPECIFICATIONS
  • Associates seller categories with marketplace categories;
  • Binds the seller's products to the marketplace category;
  • Group change of the category for the selected supplier's products from the list;
  • CRON check;
  • The type of product category (main or additional) is set in the module settings.

MODULE SETTINGS

1. To configure a module, go to the "Modules" tab, in the pop-up menu, select "Modules Management" and the "MAURISWEB" section.



2. In the list that opens, select the module you are interested in and click on its name, highlighted in blue or black.



3. On the page that opens, select the "Basic settings" tab, go to the "Licensing" section and in the "License key" field enter the license key that is available in your account at www.maurisweb.ru in the list of purchased modules and sent to you by email.



4. In the "Available domains" and "Test domains" sections, check the correctness of the specified domains. You can add additional domains by clicking on the white "Add Domain" button on the right side of the page. The total number of domains should not exceed three.


 

5. Go down below, select the "Basic settings" section and tick the box "Save data when removing the module" so as not to lose them when reinstalling the module.

 

6. Go to the "Settings" tab. Check the box next to "Do not show products if main category is hidden or disabled". In this case, hidden and disabled products will not be displayed on the storefront.




7. Go to Sellers to Exclude. Select from the list of those sellers whose products you do not want to link. You can add multiple sellers. To do this, left-click on the seller's name while holding down the CTRL key. Likewise, this selection can be removed.




8. Check the box next to "Apply for approved products right away." In this case, the settings you specify will be applied by default to approved products.




9. Check the "Add as main category" checkbox. In this case, the settings you specify will be applied by default to approved products. Recommended for testing in test mode.



10. Go to the "CRON" tab. To set up automatic linking of categories, copy the CRON command from the "Apply by CRON" item and enter it into the scheduler.




11. Go to the "CRON" tab. To set up automatic linking of categories, copy the CRON command from the "Apply by CRON" item and enter it into the scheduler.



12. Click the blue "Save" button in the upper right corner of the panel to make your changes.


PRIVILEGE

1. In order to set privileges, go to the "Customers" tab and select the "User groups" section.




2. Select the required user group by clicking on its name highlighted in blue.



3. In the window that appears, select the "MW: Categories" section and check the "Link categories and products" box to enable the user to link categories and products.



4. Save your changes by clicking on the blue "Save" button in the lower right corner of the window.





FUNCTIONALITY OF THE MODULE

LINK GOODS

1. Go to the "Products" tab and select the "Relationship of categories and products" section.




2. On the page that opens, in the additional menu located on the right side of the screen, go to the "Link Products" tab.



3. At the bottom of the menu, you can use the advanced search. To select a seller, click on the arrow next to the name highlighted in blue. Select the desired value from the pop-up list.




4. Under "Category", expand the list and select the category you are looking for.




5. If the desired product can be found by name, then just fill in the "Name" item.




6. To link products, you must first designate a category. This item is mandatory and if you do not fill it in, then the linking of goods will not occur. To do this, click on the input field in the "Category" item. The search menu will open. The product category can be selected manually, or you can enter a search query.




7. After selecting a category, in the list of products, select those that you want to link. To do this, check the boxes next to the product name.




8. After all the required products have been selected, click on the blue "Link" button in the upper right corner of the panel.




9. After linking, the marked products will disappear from the general list.




10. To view related products, go to the "Related Products" tab.




11. To remove items from the list, click on the gear-shaped button in the upper right corner and select "Remove Selected".




12. Go to the "Manage Related Products" section. This is where related categories are moderated.




13. A table will open, which indicates the product, its category, and there is also an option to approve or reject a bundle of products. To do this, in the very last column, you need to click on one of the buttons: "Reject" (thumbs down) or "Approve" (thumbs up).




14. After clicking on one of the buttons, an additional window will open, where you must specify the reason for rejection, approval. To do this, enter the text in the "Reason" field.




15. After the reason is entered, save the changes by clicking on the blue "Reject" (or "Approve") button in the lower right corner of the window.




16. After moderation, the value in the "Status" column for this product will change. However, goods and categories are linked by CRON, so if you notice that the link has not yet been formed, wait for the next CRON check.




17. There is also the possibility of group moderation of related products. To do this, check the box for the desired products (or all products by ticking the topmost item), then click on the blue gear-shaped button in the upper right corner of the panel. For moderation, select one of the three options: "Approve Selected", "Reject" Selected "," Delete Selected ".




CONNECTING CATEGORIES


1.Go to the "Link Categories" tab.




2. First of all, select the desired seller. To do this, use the search menu from the additional menu on the right.




3. Once the desired seller is selected, click on the white "Find" button in the search menu.



 

4. The categories available for linking are displayed in the left column of the main menu. To select them, you must put a check mark next to the name.




5. The right column will display those categories with which the selected one can be linked. To do this, select the desired category and mark it with a tick.




6. After the required category is selected, it and all others will be blocked.




7. The link between the categories is displayed in the left column.




8. To conduct moderation, go to the "Manage Related Categories" tab.




9. The related categories appear on this page.




10. You can reject or approve the link of categories in the same way as in paragraphs 13-15 of the section "Link of goods".




11. If there are many related categories, you can conduct group moderation.





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