Change Date, Add Information and Show Car Info

  • Resolved Demonipo

    (@demonipo)


    4 months, 1 week ago

    Good afternoon,

    I’m working on a manufacturer website that aims to show visitors what products their cars would be compatible with. We decided to start with wind-wipers as they seemed, and have proven to be, the hardest ones to handle.

    Due to their request, they wanted the Year dropdown element to show a string with the month and year of both start and end of production, as to reduce the amount of options shown. They also wanted to not have to choose every category and subcategory, as choosing only the car, model and year leads to no results being found (i’ve found how to remove the categories, but the problem persists).

    Finally, possibly the most complex request: the wind-wipers have different adapters and sizes that must be shown when searching separated from the product (https://www.mastersensor.com/pt/produtos/pesquisa-avancada this website shows how they would like to present them) in their own boxes. I thought if there could be a way to add those specifications about the car to the YMM Data without them having to be searchable and filling those boxes in dynamically. In case the explanation seemed confusing: when searching specifically for wind-wipers of car X, the search result page would show car X’s wind-wipers specs on pre-existing boxes that were filled in automatically with the information provided to the plugin.

    • This topic was modified 4 months, 1 week ago by Demonipo.
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  • Plugin Author Pektsekye

    (@pektsekye)

    Hello,

    >Year dropdown element to show a string

    You can use the “Make Model Engine” version of this plugin:
    https://hottons.com/ymm_modifications

    Then rename capital word “Engine” to “Year” in the files:
    wp-content/plugins/ymm-search/etc/config.php
    wp-content/plugins/ymm-search/view/frontend/templates/product/view/tabs/restriction.php

    So that you will have a year field that can accept text values.

    > leads to no results being found

    If it happens only for certain makes then maybe those makes are liked to products that were deleted or disabled.

    Try to export ymm data as a .csv file. Check if all makes are correct and then import the .csv file back with the “delete existing values” checkbox selected.

    > a way to add those specifications about the car to the YMM Data without them having to be searchable

    It is possible to use the modification:
    “Add notes to applicable vehicles”
    https://hottons.com/ymm_modifications_other

    –

    Or to use a version of this plugin that uses “Attribute mapping”:
    https://hottons.com/ymm_modifications

    The attribute mapping feature allows to specify extra data for each make and model. Then it is possible to find and display that extra data for the selected car model.

    Stanislav

    Thread Starter Demonipo

    (@demonipo)

    If it happens only for certain makes then maybe those makes are liked to products that were deleted or disabled.

    Unfortunately, it happens with all brands that were added. No products have been deleted which makes it even weirder that it’s happening, as they properly show results when a category is selected.

    Or to use a version of this plugin that uses “Attribute mapping”:

    Looking at the screenshots, it seems that the information is shown on the product page. However, what if I want to show that in the search results page? In my situation with the wind-wipers, a car will only have 2 options (front and back if applicable) of products it’s compatible with.

    If needed, I can share backoffice access to the website through email so you can test any solutions.

    Thread Starter Demonipo

    (@demonipo)

    Can’t edit my reply for some reason, so I want to add this:

    I’ve imported and formatted the CSV files to what both plugins ask for without success (despite getting a successful message). Did everything as you told me, so I find this weird. I assume the cars should show up when I search for them in the YMM restriction box in the product edit page?

    Plugin Author Pektsekye

    (@pektsekye)

    Hello,

    > Unfortunately, it happens with all brands that were added

    You can send a link to the page where I can see it to my email [email protected] so I can check it.

    Stanislav

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