VM2 Bug mf_name Title is not showing -> Manufacturer products page

lipes · May 16, 2012, 00:09:02 AM

In Manufacturer Page Layout if you click in any manufacturer go to Manufacturer Product Page then you dont see the Manufacturer Title Name

I've tryed this:
<?php echo $this->category->category_name; ?> (is the default)
<?php echo $this->manufacturer->mf_name; ?> i've inserted this but doesnt work ...

Shows a empty <h1></h1> in every online VM2 websites ...
any suggestion to solve this problem?

(even the manufacturer description or category_description doesnt work...)

Milbo · May 18, 2012, 18:02:34 PM

Please provide a link, so that I know which view and layout you mean. And what is the actual error?

lipes · May 18, 2012, 21:40:12 PM

i am yet testing the VM2 in my pc localhost .. but i will search a free host in next minutes (and download that things) - http://outros.net23.net/
i even dont choose yet the webhost provider ... i am thinking in next weeks i could select one (something cheap like cloud host because my fathers store its too small and even dont know if the store goes to bankrupt zone... $:-\$ i am trying to change the way (helping my fathers) to dont lose our home and our things at home to the Bank ......)

let me please configure that free account hosting first.

lipes · May 18, 2012, 22:02:12 PM

But while i am uploading the zip of joomla and vm (http://outros.net23.net/) .. and set up that.. ... i can send you some VM2 websites links with the same problem

We could select one Manufacturer in the List: http://demo.mobilemews.com/vm2/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&view=manufacturer
- and then we hit "View all Manufacturer Products" (index.php?option=com_virtuemart&view=manufacturer&virtuemart_manufacturer_id=1)
- and we go to 3rd step that is the List of Products of The Manufacturer that we want.... ( index.php?option=com_virtuemart&view=category&virtuemart_manufacturer_id=1 )
If we check the HTML code you'll find in every site an empty <h1></h1> with no manufacturer name

Code Select

<class="browse-view">
<h1></h1>

Another VM2 websites with same problem like i'm having in my test website:
- http://demos.virtueplanet.com/shiny/manufacturer/bliddyspam
- http://www.shape5.com/demo/shopping_bag/index.php/features-mainmenu-47/style-and-layout-options/virtuemart-styling/virtuemart/manufacturer/manufacturer-example
- http://www.flexiblewebdesign.com/virtuemart-2-template-fashionmart/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&view=manufacturer
etc ....
and many more without that Manufacturer Name
but i dont know how to solve this :-/

UPDATE: (seems like i cant install the Virtuemart Files in that free host.. give an error:
Error 324 (net::ERR_EMPTY_RESPONSE) )

lipes · May 20, 2012, 21:00:08 PM

Hi Milbo, did you see/checked this problem?

jjk · May 20, 2012, 23:33:39 PM

Hi Lipes,

In my case the title tag in the source code is filled by my Joomla site name (set in Joomla configuration), followed by the VM2 manufacturer name (set in VM2 'Manufacturers' ). Did you fill both fields?
(You should have a list of your manufacturer names in the VM2 Manufacturer list and you need to assign each product to a manufacturer of course)

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lipes · May 21, 2012, 00:28:51 AM

jjk: Hi

The Title of the browser in <head> ...<title>Manufacturer + (Manufacturer_Name)</title> it's working since VM2.0.0

... (in my site doesn't show the website name)

Of course i've got all 'manufacturer names' filled in the index.php?option=com_virtuemart&view=manufacturer .. all manufacturers in the List have different names.
The problem its that we cant see that name in the Front Page of the website
See this:
http://outros.net23.net/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&view=category&virtuemart_manufacturer_id=1&Itemid=105
No <h1></h1> Manufacturer title ...
and if you visit many VM2 websites around this forum they have same problem... when people visit the manufacturer page they cant see the Manufacturer name displayed in the site... only in browser tab.

More examples:
(1) - http://demos.virtueplanet.com/shiny/manufacturer/bliddyspam (No bliddyspam text in H1)
(2) - http://www.shape5.com/demo/shopping_bag/index.php/features-mainmenu-47/style-and-layout-options/virtuemart-styling/virtuemart/manufacturer/manufacturer-example (No Manufacturer text in H1)
(3) - http://jdemo.mowebso.com/25_templates/ecommerce/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&view=category&virtuemart_manufacturer_id=1 (No Apple text in H1)
(4) - http://devshop.bellussi.com/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&view=category&virtuemart_manufacturer_id=8 (No Manufacterer text: Belcanto)
(5) - http://www.lpctents.com/component/virtuemart/manufacturer/brookstone (No Manufacterer text: Brookstone)
(6) - http://www.flexiblewebdesign.com/virtuemart-2-template-fashionmart/virtuemart-frontpage/manufacturer/calvin-klein (No calvin klein <h1></h1> text
(7) - http://www.linelab.org/virtuemart-templates/index.php/virtuemart-2-example/manufacturer/manufacturer-example (no Manufacturer 0 text in h1)
....
and many many VM2 websites around the world with the same problem...

I dont know if you could understand what i am talking about (i am not native english) and sometimes i may dont use the correct terms to tell what i am thinking or seeing ... sorry.. but i think that this is a problem. I talked this too 1 month ago (but no solution yet): http://forum.virtuemart.net/index.php?topic=101844.0

<div class="browse-view">
<h1><?php echo $this->category->category_name; ?></h1>

This only displays the Category Name. Not the Manufacturer Name...
If you're visiting the Manufacturer Page you dont see the Manufacturer name on that page... it's Bad!!!

jjk · May 21, 2012, 09:18:40 AM

Can you confirm that the following is what you are trying to explain?

In the source code of a FE category view you will find a <h1>Category Name</h1> tag like this:

</div> 
<h1>Category Name</h1>

If you select a manufacturer from the menu, the view that shows the "View all Manufacturer Products" has an h1 tag in the source:

<div id="system-message-container">
</div>
<div class="manufacturer-details-view">
<h1>Manufacturer Name</h1>

But if you click on the "View all Manufacturers Products" link, the manufacturer products view contains only an empty <h1></h1> tag in the source.
This is the place where you want <h1>Manufacturer Name</h1>

Correct?

PRO · May 21, 2012, 11:12:54 AM

lipes,

fixed

*pending*

zvenson · June 25, 2012, 15:34:12 PM

same problem here. is this fixed or pending? .... confusing ...

perlarenee · July 27, 2012, 16:18:05 PM

if this has been solved can someone please post the fix? What can i place in the browse page that will display the manufacturer name and description and image if you're viewing a manufacturer browse page?

PRO · July 27, 2012, 19:43:54 PM

Quote from: perlarenee on July 27, 2012, 16:18:05 PM
if this has been solved can someone please post the fix? What can i place in the browse page that will display the manufacturer name and description and image if you're viewing a manufacturer browse page?

its fixed in the latest release

what version are you using
?

lipes · July 27, 2012, 20:22:33 PM

Hi Banquet. It's not fixed at all points: MF Name it's fixed, but not the Mf Description .....

I've got the answer here: http://forum.virtuemart.net/index.php?topic=103764.msg346100#msg346100

we can apply to our template some solution but it's a "dirty solution" and "not suiteable to the core" like Milbo explained ...

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