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Shop By Brand for Magento 2 User Guide
Table of Contents

1. Extension Installation Guide
2. Configuration
3. All Brands Page Settings
4. Brand Filter Function
5. Brand Search Settings
6. Featured Brand Settings
7. Brand Related Products
8. Brand Information
9. Sidebar Settings
10. Featured Brand Settings
11. Brand List Thumbnail

• 5.3. Category Brand
• SEO Settings
• Import Brands
• Manage Brands
• Attribute Properties
• Manage Labels
• Storefront Properties
• Select Brand on Product Edit Page
• Categories
• Shop By Brand Widget
• Shop By Brand in Frontend

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• Extension Installation
• For Magento Marketplace Customers
• Find the Composer name and version of the
  extension in the extensions composer.json file.
• Login to your SSH and run
• composer require meetanshi/magento-2-shop-by-brand
  
• Enter your authentication keys. Your public key
  is your username your private key is your
  password.
• Wait for Composer to finish updating your project
  dependencies and make sure there arent
• any errors.
• To verify that the extension installed properly,
  run the command
• php bin/magento modulestatus Meetanshi_ShopbyBran
  d
• By default, the extension is probably disabled.
• Enable the extension and clear static view files
• php bin/magento moduleenable Meetanshi_ShopbyBran
  d --clear-static-content
• php bin/magento setupupgrade
• For Magento version 2.0.x to 2.1.x - php
  bin/magento setupstatic-contentdeploy
• For Magento version 2.2.x above - php
  bin/magento setupstatic-contentdeploy f
• php bin/magento cacheflush

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• 2. Configuration
• To configure the extension, log in to Magento 2
  admin panel, move to Catalog gt Shop By Brand
• gt Configuration, where you can find various
  settings to configure the extension.
• Shop By Brand Enable or disable the Shop by
  Brand extension from here.
• Brand Attribute Select the attribute that you
  have already created for the brands. You can
  also create new brand attribute.
• Brand Route Enter the brands page URL slug here.
  It is set to brand by default.
• Brand Link Title Enter the title for the brands
  page that you want to show to the
• customers in the frontend. It is set to Brands
  by default.
• Show Brand In Select the sections where you want
  to show the brand link. You can select from the
  following options
• Toplink
• Footer Link
• Category
• Show Brands in Category Menu Select if you want
  to show the brands in the category menu. You can
  choose the brand showing style from the following
  types
• Drop-down type
• List Type
• What to Show Select brands information that you
  want to show in the category menu. You
• can choose from the following options
• Logo

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• All Brands Page Settings
• Customize and configure the All Brands Page
  which shows all the available brands on your
• store.
• Brand List Name Enter the name that you want to
  show above the brand list.
• Brand List Page Style Select the brand list page
  style from the following
• Alphabet View
• List View
• Display Option Select the Brand information that
  you want to show on the brand list page. You can
  choose from the following options
• Label Only
• Logo Only
• Label and Logo
• By default, it is set to Label and Logo.
• Brand Logo Width Enter the width (in pixels) for
  the brand logos in the brand list. You can set
  the logo width from 100px to 200px, it is set to
  165px by default.
• Brand Logo Height Enter the height (in pixels)
  for the brand logos in the brand list. You
• can set the logo height from 100px to 200px, it
  is set to 165px by default.
• Style Color of Brand Page Choose the color style
  of the brand list page.
• Show Brand Short Description Select Yes if you
  want to show the short description of the brand
  on the brand list page. By default, it is set to
  No.
• Show Brands Without Products Select Yes if you
  want to show the brands without products on the
  brand list page.
• Show Brand Product Quantity Select Yes if you
  want to show the product quantity of the

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• Brand Filter Function
• You can enable the brand filter function and
  configure the following settings for the brand
  filter function for the all-brands page
• Show Brand Categories Filter Select Yes if you
  want to filter the brands by categories on the
  all brands page.
• Show Brand Alphabet Filter Select Yes if you
  want to filter the brands by letters on the all
  brands page.
• Brand Alphabet Enter the letters to filter the
  brands by letters. A-Z alphabet series is set by
  default.

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• Brand Search Settings
• Enable the search block on the all brands page
  from here. Configure different settings for the
  search block and its functions on the all brands
  page from here.
• Show Search Block Select Yes to enable the
  search block and provide the brand search
  functionality on the all brands page.
• Min Chars Enter the minimum number of required
  characters the customers need to enter in the
  search field to display the results. It is set to
  1 by default.
• Number of Search Result Enter the number of
  search results that you want to show to the
  customers. It is set to 10 by default.
• Show Thumbnail Image Select Yes if you want to
  show the brand thumbnail in the search result on
  the all brands page.

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• Featured Brand Settings
• Show the featured brands on the all brands page
  and configure various settings, and brands
  display style as per your convenience.
• Show Featured Brands Select Yes if you want to
  show the featured brands on the all brands page.
• Display Featured Brands Style Select the display
  style of the featured brands on the all brands
  page from there following
• Slider View
• Simple View
• There must be at least two featured brands to
  show them in the slider view.
• Title Enter a title for the featured brands on
  the all brands page. It is set to Featured
  Brands by default.
• Display Information Enter the brand information
  that you want to show for the featured brands.
  You can choose from the following options
• Logo Only
• Label and Logo
• Embedded Code You can use the code provided here
  to embed the featured brands block at any place
  on your Magento store. Just configure the
  featured brands, copy the code, and paste it
  anywhere where you want to show the featured
  brands.

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• Brand Related Products
• Enable the brand related products to show other
  products from the same brand on the product
  page. Configure the brand related products using
  the following settings
• Show Related Products Select Yes if you want to
  show related products of the same brands on the
  product page.
• Title Enter the title that you want to show to
  the customers above the related products on the
  product page.
• Limit Enter the maximum number of related
  products that you want to show to the customers
  on the product page.

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• Brand Information
• Configure general settings for the brand
  information for the brand pages from here.
  Configure the following settings for the brand
  information
• Default Image Select the default image that you
  want to show for the brands without image.
• Default Block Select the default block for the
  brands.
• Show Brand Image On Brand Page Select Yes if you
  want to show the brand Image on the brand page.
• Show Brand Description On Brand Page Select Yes
  if you want to show the brand description on the
  brand page.
• Show Brand Static Block On Brand Page Select Yes
  if you want to show the static block on the
  brand page.

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• Sidebar Settings
• Enable the sidebar for the product category pages
  from here. Customize the sidebar settings and
  configure it at your convenience. You can show
  the following sections and configure their
  settings.
• Featured Brand Settings
• Show Featured Brands Select Yes to show the
  features brands in the sidebar.
• Title Enter a custom title to for the featured
  brands in the sidebar. It is set to
• Featured Brand by default.
• Show Title Select Yes to show the featured
  brands title on the sidebar.

• Brand List Thumbnail
• Show Brand Thumbnail Select Yes to show the
  brand thumbnail in the sidebar.
• Title Enter the title for the brand list in the
  sidebar. It is set to Featured Brand by
• default.
• Brands Qty Limit Enter the maximum number of
  brands that you want to show in the sidebar.

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• Category Brand
• Show Category Brand Select Yes to show the brand
  categories in the sidebar.
• Title Enter the title for the brand categories
  in the sidebar. It is set to Brand Category
• by default.
• Categorys Qty Limit Enter the maximum number of
  brand categories that you want to display in the
  sidebar.
• Show Brand Category Quantity Select Yes to show
  the number of brands in the specific brand
  category in the sidebar.

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• SEO Settings
• Enable the SEO settings for the shop by brand
  pages on you Magento store from here.
• NoIndex to Pagination Pages Select Yes to hide
  the pagination pages from the search engine
  crawlers by setting them to NoIndex.

• Import Brands
• Import your brands data by uploading the CSV
  file in the supported format. You can also
• download the sample CSV file for reference.
• Import Brands CSV Choose the CSV file of the
  brands data that you want to import.

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• Manage Brands
• Go to Catalog gt Shop By Brand gt Manage Brands to
  manage the brands on your store, add new brands,
  configure their labels for multiple stores, and
  edit information.
• Attribute Properties
• Under the Attribute information, click on
  Properties to configure the attribute properties
  for the shop by brands attributes. Configure the
  following settings for the attribute properties.
• Default Label Enter the default label for the
  Shop by Brands attribute to show in the product
  edit page.
• Catalog Input Type for Store Owner Choose the
  catalog input type for the store owner from the
  following options
• Dropdown
• Visual Swatch
• Text Swatch
• Values Required Select Yes if you want to set
  the Shop by Brand attribute value required.

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• Manage Options (Values of Your Attribute)
• Manage brand labels for the Admin users and
  multiple store views from this section. You can
  also choose the default brand for the products
  on your store. Manage the brands on your Magento
  store from here.
• Is Default Select any one of the brands to set
  it as the default.
• Admin Enter the brand label for the admin users.
• Default Store View Enter the brand label for the
  default store view.
• In case of multiple store views, multiple columns
  for different store views are shown for setting
  different brand attributes values store-wise.

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• Configure / Add New Brand
• You can configure the existing brands or add new
  brand by clicking on the respective buttons
  present under the Manage options section. You can
  add the brand information and meta information
  from here.
• Brand Information
• You can configure the following properties about
  the brand information
• Page Title Enter the page title for the specific
  brand to show on the brand page. The option
  label by the respective store will be used by
  default.
• URL Key Enter the URL key for the brand page of
  the respective brand here.
• Brand Image Upload the brand image of the
  respective brand here.
• Featured Select Yes to set the brand as a
  featured brand to show it under the featured
  brands.
• Short Description Enter the short description of
  the brand.
• Description Enter the brand description.
• CMS Block Select the CMS block for the brand
  page from here.

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• Meta Information
• Enter the meta information of the brand page from
  here. Configure the following meta information
  for the brands
• Meta Title Enter the meta title of the brand
  page.
• Meta Keywords Enter the meta keywords of the
  brand page.
• Meta Description Enter the meta description for
  the brand page.

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• Advanced Attribute Properties
• Configure advanced attribute properties for the
  shop by brands from here. Configure the following
  advanced properties
• Attribute Code Enter the attribute code without
  any spaces for internal purposes.
• Scope Set the scope for the attribute from here.
  You can select the scope from the following
  options
• Website
• Store View
• Global
• Unique Value Select Yes if you want to make the
  attribute value unique.
• Input Validation for Store Owner This option is
  not applicable for the Shop by Brands extension.
• Add to Column Option Select Yes to add the
  attribute to column options in the product grid.
• Use in Filter Options Select Yes to use this
  attribute to filter the products in the product
  grid.

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8.2. Manage Labels Set the attribute labels for
multiple store view from here. In case of
multiple store view, multiple columns will be
shown to set the attribute label for different
store views.

• Storefront Properties
• Manage the storefront properties of the attribute
  from here. The admin can configure the following
  storefront properties
• Use in Search Select Yes to use the attribute in
  search.
• Search Weight Enter the search weight of the
  attribute.
• Visible in Advanced Search Select Yes to make
  the attribute visible in the advanced search.
• Comparable in Storefront Select Yes to make the
  attribute comparable in the storefront.
• Use in Layered Navigation Select Yes if you want
  to make the brand attribute filterable with or
  without results.
• Use in Search Results Layered Navigation Select
  Yes if you want to use the attribute in the
  search results layered navigation.
• Position Enter the position of the attribute in
  the layered navigation block.
• Use for Promo Rule Condition Select Yes if you
  want to use the attributed for promo rule
  conditions.
• Allow HTML Tags on Storefront Select Yes if you
  want to allow the HTMLS tags of the attribute on
  the storefront.
• Visible on Catalog Pages on Storefront Select
  Yes if you want to show the attribute on the
  product catalog pages in the frontend.
• Used in Product Listing Select Yes if you want
  to use the attribute in the product listing
  page.
• Used for Sorting in Product Listing Select Yes
  if you want to use the attributes for sorting
  the products on the product listing page.

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9. Select Brand on Product Edit Page Once you
have created the brand attributes, and configured
them, you can easily assign the brands to the
products under the product edit page. Go to
Catalog gt Products, and click on any of the
products to go to product edit page. Now, you
will get Shop by Brands option, where you can
select the product brand from the brands that
you have configured in the Manage Brands section.
10. Categories Go to Catalog gt Shop by Brand gt
Categories to manage the brand categories. Here
youll find the list of all the brand categories
along with other information in a single grid.
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• Add New Category
• Click on Add New Category button on the top right
  corner to add new brand category.
• Category
• You can configure the brand category using the
  following options
• Name Enter the name of the brand category.
• URL Key Enter the URL key of the brand category.
• Store Views Select the applicable store views
  for the brand category.
• Status Enable or Disable the brand category from
  here.
• Meta Title Enter the meta title for the brand
  category page here.
• Meta Keywords Enter the meta keywords for the
  brand category page here.
• Meta Description Enter the meta description for
  the brand category page here.
• Meta Robots Select the Meta robots for the brand
  category page from here. You can choose from the
  following options
• INDEX, FOLLOW
• NOINDEX, NOFOLLOW
• NOINDEX, FOLLOW
• INDEX, NOFOLLOW

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Brands Manage the brands for the category from
here. Assign brands to the category and select
the applicable store views.
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• Shop By Brand Widget
• The Shop By Brand extension provides different
  widgets to show the brands on various pages in
  Magento. Go to Content ? Widgets to get the list
  of the active widgets in your store.
• Click on Add Widget button on the top right
  corner of the widget grid and select the
  following
• Type Select the Widget that you want to enable
  on your store. The extension adds three new
  widgets to the list, you can choose any from the
  following
• Meetanshi Brand Category ID Widget
• Meetanshi Brand Option ID Widget
• Meetanshi Featured Brand Widget
• Design Theme Select the Magento design theme
  that you want to apply.
• After selecting the widget and design theme,
  click on continue to configure the respective
  widget that you have selected.

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• Brand Category ID Widget
• The Brand Category ID widget allows showing
  brands by category IDs on specific Magento pages
  in the frontend. You can configure the widget
  using the following properties
• Storefront Properties
• Type Select the type of widget here.
• Design Package/Theme Select the applicable
  Magento theme or package for the widget.
• Widget Title Enter the widget title to show in
  the backend.
• Assign to Store View Select all the applicable
  store views where you want to enable the widget.
• Sort Order Enter sort order for the widget in
  case multiple widgets in same container.
• Layout Updates
• Display on Select areas where you want to show
  the widget.
• Page Select the page for showing the widget.
• Container Select the container on the selected
  page to show the Shop By Brand widget.

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• Widget Options
• Select the Widget Options in the left panel to
  configure how you want the widget to display
• brands in the frontend. Here you can configure
  the following properties
• Title Enter a custom title for brand category ID
  widget that you want to show on the frontend.
• Show/Hide Widget Title Select Yes to show the
  widget title on the frontend.
• Input Category ID Enter the category IDs of the
  brands (separated by comma) that you want to
  display under the widget. You can get the
  category Ids of the brands from the categories
  grid.

Brand Category ID Widget in Frontend Once
configured, the Brand Category ID widget shows
brands of specific categories on the frontend
pages.
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• Brand Option ID Widget
• The Brand Option ID widget allows showing brands
  by option IDs on specific Magento pages in the
  frontend. You can configure the widget using the
  following properties
• Storefront Properties
• Type Select the type of widget here.
• Design Package/Theme Select the applicable
  Magento theme or package for the widget.
• Widget Title Enter the widget title to show in
  the backend.
• Assign to Store View Select all the applicable
  store views where you want to enable the widget.
• Sort Order Enter sort order for the widget in
  case multiple widgets in same container.
• Layout Updates
• Display On Select all the pages where you want
  to show the brands through option IDs.
• Products Select all or specific products to show
  the brands by option IDs using the widget.
• Container Select the container for showing the
  widget.

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• Widget Options
• Select the Widget Options in the left side
  panel to configure the widget and the brands that
  you want to show on the front end. Here you can
  configure the following properties for the
  widget
• Title Enter a custom title for brand option ID
  widget that you want to show on the frontend.
• Show/Hide Widget Title Select Yes to show the
  widget title on the frontend.
• Input Option ID Enter the Option IDs of the
  brands (separated by comma) that you want to
  display under the widget. You can find option ID
  of the brands from the Manage Options grid under
  the Manage Brands.

Brand Option ID Widget in Frontend Once
configured, the Brand Option ID widget shows
specific brands by Option IDs on the frontend
pages.
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• Featured Brands Widget
• The Featured Brands widget allows showing the
  featured brands on specific Magento pages in the
  frontend. You can configure the featured brands
  widget using the following properties
• Storefront Properties
• Type Select the type of widget here.
• Design Package/Theme Select the applicable
  Magento theme or package for the widget.
• Widget Title Enter the widget title to show in
  the backend.
• Assign to Store View Select all the applicable
  store views where you want to show the featured
  brands through the widget.
• Sort Order Enter sort order for the widget in
  case multiple widgets in same container.
• Layout Updates
• Display on Select areas where you want to show
  the widget.
• Container Select the container on the selected
  page to show the featured brands through the
  widget.

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• Widget Options
• Select the Widget Options in the left panel to
  configure how you want the widget to display
  featured brands in the frontend. Here you can
  configure the following properties
• Title Enter a custom title for featured brands
  widget that you want to show on the frontend.
• Show/Hide Widget Title Select Yes to show the
  widget title on the frontend.

Featured Brand Widget in Frontend Once
configured, the widget shows featured brands on
specific page in the frontend.
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• Shop By Brand in Frontend
• The shop by brand is displayed on the frontend as
  per the configurations set in the backend by the
  admin users.
• Homepage
• The homepage shows the shop by brand option in
  the top menu and the footer.

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• All Brands Page
• The brands page displays the featured brands
  along with the filter options as per the all
  brands page configuration in the backend.

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• Brands Search
• The search box is displayed on the brands page
  and shows the results when the customer enters
  the minimum characters as configured in the
  backend. The brand information is displayed in
  the result as per the configuration in the search
  settings.

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• Brand in Popup View
• If enabled, the customers can view the brands in
  a popup view from the all brands page. It
  displays the brand information along with the
  related products from the brand.

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• Brand Page
• The brand page in the frontend shows the brand
  information along with the featured brands and
  products as per the configuration.

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