Featured Products v1.1.0
Frequently Asked Questions
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How to disable your extension?
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To disable any of our extensions, please, follow this algorithm:
1. Edit app/etc/modules/Neklo_XXX.xml file (where XXX stands for the extension name/code).
2. Change "true" to "false".
3. Clear the cache.
As soon as you have done it the extension is disabled completely, meaning it no longer affects any Magento functionality.
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How to install a Magento extension by NEKLO?
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1. 1. Disable Compilation mode if it is enabled (System - Tools - Compilation).
2. Unpack the archive purchased from our Magento Store and copy the contents of the ‘extension’ folder to the root folder of your Magento installation.
3. Log out from Magento Admin panel if you are logged in and then log back.
4. Clear the cache. If Cache Control is enabled in Magento go to ‘System > Cache Management’ section, select ‘Refresh’ under ‘All Cache’ drop-down menu and press ‘Save Cache Settings’.
5. Go to ‘System > Configuration > NEKLO tab > Extensions & Contact’ section and check the list of extensions installed for the name of your purchased extension. If it is in the list the installation is complete.
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How to translate an extension?
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There are two options for translating your Magento extension.
1. Please open app/locale/en_US/ Neklo_XXX.csv, copy it to your locale folder, for example to app/locale/de_DE/ Neklo_XXX.csv and change the wording after the "," so the line will look like "Product review","Testbericht".
2. If there are the necessary language packs installed, you can use inline translation. To do that, please, go to admin/system/configuration/ developer, choose the storeview you want to translate and enable inline translation for it. Then go to the front end, select text and translate.
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How to uninstall the extension?
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To completely uninstall any of our extensions, first start from disabling it. To disable the extension, please follow the next steps:
1. Edit … file (where XXX stands for the extension name/code).
2. Change "true" to "false".
3. Clear the cache.
At this point the extension is completely disabled and is not visible for Magento.
Now you can safely remove the extension files, although it is not necessary.
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How to update NEKLO extension?
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1. Log in into your account
2. Download the extension (it will be always the latest extension version)
3. Unpack the downloaded folders
4. Disable the Compilation mode in Magento
5. Upload the overwriting existent files of our extensions to Magento root folder (please note that if you customized the files of our extension, the customizations will be overwritten)
6. Refresh site cache (if it's enabled)
7. Re - run the Compilation mode
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I’m getting this error: SQLSTATE[23000]: Integrity constraint violation. What shall I do?
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Next time, please, disable the compilation mode prior to uploading the extension files to your server.
And now, please, follow these steps:
1. Open app/etc/local.xml
2. Replace
<disable_local_modules>false</disable_local_modules> with
<disable_local_modules>true</disable_local_modules>
3. Log in to admin panel and disable the compilation.
4. Revert the changes in the local.xml
5. Clear the cache.
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I’m running several stores, shall I buy a separate extension for each of them or it is possible to use one extension?
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You can use one extension per one live Magento installation. It means that if you run multiple stores on same one Magento installation, you just buy our extension once and then use it for all your stores.
In case your stores run on separate live Magento installations, you need to buy an extension for each of them.
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There’s a "404 Not Found" error when opening configuration page.
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Please, log out and then log back into the backend, so Magento can refresh permissions.
Grow the average order size by cross-selling
Featured Product by Category is an effective tool for cross-selling. The extension improves customer experience and, as a result, leads to better sales.
One of the key factors that affect how buyers make a purchase decision is their desire to keep up with peers. Here, to show your featured products on a product category page is the best way to induce customers gently to buy from you. With the Featured Product by Category extension by Neklo, you will be able to display featured products on a Category page either manually or automatically.
Cater for impulsive desires of your customers
Another factor driving sales is impulse buying. When customers come to a store, appealing images of featured products serve as a trigger for action, and they tend to buy occasionally. Featured Product by Category helps you to leverage this psychological aspect and sell more.
The extension allows you to place a block or a slider of Featured Products in any part of the Category page. Well-designed, it will look good in any store. Packed with great features, Magento cross sell extension is a great marketing tool, it will enhance the functionality of your Magento 2 store and help you get a better sales outcome.
Collect your own favourites
Log Monitoring allows you to be involved with logs and reports at your own pace. Whether you want to hunt down a single error or see the whole picture, there is an option for you. In the General Settings, there is ‘Select var/log Error Level to Fetch var/log Data’ container, in which you can select the error types to be fetched and documented in your Grids. You can choose as many levels as you want, both one or many. You can view the details for every log and report directly in the grids, but don’t forget to save your choice in Configuration.
Put the worthy products in the spotlight
The featured products is a collection of your choice, gathered from a single or multiple categories.Go to Catalog > Categories to start adding product to the features list. Features products is an additional tab that presents all your product in a Grid with filters. You can sort products by different values. To view all of them, change the preset ‘No’ value to ‘yes’, and you will see the whole list of the products in this category. In the first column of the Grid you can mark the products that will make it to favourites.
Important notice: if you mark more products than it is stated in the ‘Number of products in the list’, some of the products may be left out from being shown in the tab, depending on the Position setting chosen value.
Configure widgets to your terms
The products you have chosen need a frame in form of a widget, so proceed with creating one. The settings you need are located at Content > Widgets > Add a widget. For the extension to work properly, please make sure the design theme you choose is the same as you use in your store.
Define storefront properties
You have settings that define how your widget works on the storefront and where it is located for the customer to use. You can put your widget anywhere on the page.
- Choose the widget title for the backend Grid
- Assign the widget to the store you use it on
- Apply the sort order for the widget in a container
Add multiple playout updates
You can assign the widget to different pages using different layout updates and its settings variety. The widget with the same contents can be shown both on every page of the store or only on specified store pages.
Decide on widget contents in Widget Options
Set the order for the products to be shown in the Featured tab
If you prefer a certain order for your products to bу laid out, set a Position or a Random option in widget options, in Product list sorting. Is you want a specific custom order, go to Catalog > Categories and mark a few products one by one.
- Give the tab with featured products a name
- Set cache lifetime for this widget to work properly
- Define a number of products the customer will see in the tab
- Choose navigation elements like bullets or arrows to fit your page style
Choose how many items you want to be permanently featured
There is a field called ‘Number of items in list’ where you can put a number of products you want to be displayed at the storefront. You can include as many products into the featured list as you want, but the displayed number is the restriction to that quantity. If you want to have a certain number of products in the view when a customers views the tab, you can put that number in ‘Number of products in view’.
How to install Featured Products by Category for Magento 2?
To install Featured Products by Category for Magento 2, you need to have FTP/SSH access details.
- Unpack a zip file you have downloaded.
- Upload the files from the zip file into the root folder of your Magento 2 installation. Please note that it is advisable to merge the files in the folders, not to replace them. On MacOS, use Transmit option.
- Connect to your Magento directory with SSH.
- Run the following commands from the command line:
bin/magento module:enable Neklo_Core
bin/magento module:enable Neklo_CategoryFeaturedProducts
bin/magento setup:upgrade
bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy - In your admin panel, go to System > Cache Management and flush Magento cache.
- Log out from Magento and login to reload ACL (account control level) rules.
- To start working with the extension, go to Stores > Configuration > NEKLO > Featured Products and enable the extension. After that, you can proceed to Catalog > Categories to select featured products.
Frequently Asked Questions
2. Unpack the archive purchased from our Magento Store and copy the contents of the ‘extension’ folder to the root folder of your Magento installation.
3. Log out from Magento Admin panel if you are logged in and then log back.
4. Clear the cache. If Cache Control is enabled in Magento go to ‘System > Cache Management’ section, select ‘Refresh’ under ‘All Cache’ drop-down menu and press ‘Save Cache Settings’.
5. Go to ‘System > Configuration > NEKLO tab > Extensions & Contact’ section and check the list of extensions installed for the name of your purchased extension. If it is in the list the installation is complete.
In case your stores run on separate live Magento installations, you need to buy an extension for each of them.
And now, please, follow these steps:
1. Open app/etc/local.xml
2. Replace
<disable_local_modules>false</disable_local_modules> with
<disable_local_modules>true</disable_local_modules>
3. Log in to admin panel and disable the compilation.
4. Revert the changes in the local.xml
5. Clear the cache.
1. Edit … file (where XXX stands for the extension name/code).
2. Change "true" to "false".
3. Clear the cache.
At this point the extension is completely disabled and is not visible for Magento.
Now you can safely remove the extension files, although it is not necessary.
1. Edit app/etc/modules/Neklo_XXX.xml file (where XXX stands for the extension name/code).
2. Change "true" to "false".
3. Clear the cache.
As soon as you have done it the extension is disabled completely, meaning it no longer affects any Magento functionality.
1. Please open app/locale/en_US/ Neklo_XXX.csv, copy it to your locale folder, for example to app/locale/de_DE/ Neklo_XXX.csv and change the wording after the "," so the line will look like "Product review","Testbericht".
2. If there are the necessary language packs installed, you can use inline translation. To do that, please, go to admin/system/configuration/ developer, choose the storeview you want to translate and enable inline translation for it. Then go to the front end, select text and translate.
2. Download the extension (it will be always the latest extension version)
3. Unpack the downloaded folders
4. Disable the Compilation mode in Magento
5. Upload the overwriting existent files of our extensions to Magento root folder (please note that if you customized the files of our extension, the customizations will be overwritten)
6. Refresh site cache (if it\'s enabled)
7. Re-run the Compilation mode
Reasons to choose NEKLO
We have a qualified support team that is always there to help. We look forward to challenges and approach each of them with an open mind and a nonstandard way of thinking. If there is a problem, we know the solution.
We earned the right to be trusted and proud of the work we have done. We completed many tasks and have a lot to come. We have worked on broad range of domains such as e-Business, Supply Chain Management, Pharmaceuticals, Healthcare, Education, Data Warehousing and more.
We deliver solutions that that we know will work. 40% of our developers are Magento, Oracle and Zend certified. We are enthusiastic about what we do, we are the experts in the field of eCommerce and have a portfolio worth a look.
