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1 Power Search v5 Emporium Plus / Miva Central

The purpose of Power Search is to allow a customer to search one or more fields which are allowed by the store owner. The store owner can choose any fields within the products database and/or the custom product fields (Miva Corp built-in utility module) database to be searchable. This module is for MIVA Merchant 5.x. We also have the corresponding module for an older version of Merchant.

Features:
- Implements field specific, keyword searching
- Uses store morph technology to build templates with version history
- Customer selects the fields to search and the sort order they want the results displayed
- Search the whole store or limit to one category
- Search by all (AND), any (OR), exact phrase, or begins with
- Display total found, number of pages, and links to each page when the results exceed one page
- Use the same product list layout as original search or alter for your needs
- Can limit search to a specific price range
- Use in conjunction with the Emporium Plus Tell A Friend module to send searches to a friend
- Product page "return to search" link takes customers back to the same search page
- View admin log of searched words/phrases for marketing and keyword identification
- Maintain compatibility with 3rd party modules which use the MIVA Corp custom product fields
- Create pre-defined select list searches on a single field
- License per domain/mall

Feature Details.
Easily editable templates. The module has five templates which can be used for each section of the search page. The templates have full versionhistory and use standard Merchant 5 template coding for easy update and rollback of changes. Each template is pulled into the location you want it on the search page using a render token. The templates are field selection, category selection,search scope/type, page counter and links, and product list layout.

Search specific fields and sort results. Allow a customer to search one or more fields which are made selectable by the store owner. The store owner can choose, in the admin screen, any fields within the products database or the MIVA Merchant built in custom product fields database to be available. The Power Search module uses a mirror database of your products, custom fields and categories; much like the big search engines use. By creating a mirror before the search is made, many operations to join multiple databases togethercan be avoided, so the customer gets a much faster search. Customers can also sort the results on fields like name, code, price, cost, when they were added to the store, or the default display order the store owner established for productlists. The build of the mirror database goes quite quickly and is a maintenance procedure you will do periodically. The small amount of time you take to build the mirror will save your customers significant amounts of time in their searches vs searches which don't use an optimized mirror database. Buildingthe mirror is not required just because products are added, deleted, or edited; as those processes update the mirror automatically without needing a rebuild. See the install doc for details.

Category selectable. Customers can use the category selector to select just one category to search. The default is to search the whole store. You can use the built in token which lists all categories with one or more products in them oryou can build your own select list of only certain categories.

Multiple search types. The customer can select how they want to search the database. The default is to search for products where all (boolean AND) of the keywords entered are found in the record. The customer can broaden that search so that any (boolean OR) of the words are found in the record. They can search by exact phrase so that the words must appear in thesame order in the record as was entered in the search input. They can also search the fields where the data in the field begins with the search string. This is useful for things like finding all of the products whose NAME begins with a specific letter and allows you to have a list of A-Z links that implement that specific search.

Advanced pagination. The module can display the total number of products found which match the search condition. Additionally, the pagesare numbered, e.g. Page 3 of 20, when results exceed the configurable number of products per page. You can also display alist of page numbers and links to those pages so the customer can jump to the page they want to look at. This pagination is similar to that used in the Emporium Plus Category Manager module.

Product layout template can be customized. In the 'srch' page template, there is a "search results layout". If you are happy with that layout, you can copy and paste the contents of that template into the Power Search module's product layout template. You can then modify the layout in the Power Search admin screen.

Price range searching. While searching the price field might be useful in some cases, a more popular search is price range. Within the searchable fields section, the customer has the option of entering a low and high price to create a range. If left blank, the search will not be filtered by price range.

Tell a friend module interface. If the store is using the Emporium Plus Tell A Friend module, customers can send the search string from Power Search to friends. The link in the email will go to the same page of products that the customer was on when they clicked the Tell A Friend button.

Return to search page link. After going to the product page from a Power Search rendered search, a convenient "return to search" link on the product page can bring the customer back to the original search page.

Search log with admin report. In admin, you can view the log of search words/phrases which your customers have used. This helps you from a marketing standpoint to determine the most sought after products and possibly the need to carry a new product. Additionally, it helps you identify keywords which might be useful to include in the narrative descriptions or the meta tags for search engine submissions and even local searches in your store. As example, while you might have a product called flip flops, customers might be searching for thong sandals (which is the same thing). But if you had not used those words in your description, you may have lost the sale. The log can be purged in the admin screen to reduce its size as desired.

Optimized search of built-in custom product fields. This module does not require that you use a proprietary 3rd party module for the custom product fields. It uses the built-in custom product fields module from MIVA Corp, thereby ensuring compatibility with other 3rd party modules which use those same custom product fields. No need to go down that proprietary datafield path of no return. As example, the Emporium Plus Template Data Feed module can use the built-in custom product fields to populate feeds to just about any search engine and shopping index with those "special" fields those indexes require.

Live examples. We cannot link to our demo Merchant 5 store from MivaCentral so if you'd like to see a couple of the live pages demonstrating searches, please contact us for the link. You can check out the selected field search in our test store which has about 600 products with multiple custom product fields. Try some searches so you can get an idea of search speed.

Pre-defined selectors. The Power Search function can also be used for pre-defined select pulldowns in your store. An example of genre and decade searches are in the lower left column of our test store's storefront screen. It will search a specific field, with store owner pre-defined selections. This same technique can be used for things like manufacturer searches if you have a manufacturer field in your custom product fields.

Liberal licensing. License is for ONE domain/mall. Within that single mall, it can be used in multiple stores without additional licenses.

This module requires that you are using MIVA Engine v5.03 or newer. When you log into admin, you can see which version of the engine is in use in your store.

Searchable field configuration

Template editor with version history

Customer viewed search screen

Token placement on the srch page template

Power Search log review in admin screen

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2 Power Search Weiland / Miva Central

The Power Search module is a plugin module which implements field specific, keyword searching within a Miva Merchant 2.x storefront. License is for ONE mall. Within that single mall, it can be used in multiple stores without additional license.

The purpose of powrsrch.mv is to allow a customer to search one or more fields which are made selectable by the store owner. The store owner can choose any fields within the products.dbf structure to be available. If you have an altered products.dbf structure, it will even allow selection of those additional fields (see screen shot below).

You can also exclude a word or phrase. An example of an exclude word usage might be: You sell health food but want the ability for customers to NOT list ingredients they are allergic to. So in the product name field you might have Soup. Then if you have a field in your database called Ingredient the customer could check the name and ingredient fields for searching. In the keyword input they would put soup. In the exclude input they could put MSG. It would search both fields. If it found soup in either it would compile those products to the list. But if the word MSG appeared in either field, it would remove it from the list.

Specific category, if selected, allows one category only searches. This feature may be too intimidating if you have hundreds of categories as the pull down select would be quite long.

New for the compiled version is the ability to specify a price range for the search. Also, in the compiled version we added the ability to display links to numbered pages when the search results exceed the number of matches displayed on a single page. You can use OpenUI Tokens to place the search form in several locations in your store. You also have the ability to replace the default form with one which you design with your own html (for those who know how to write html forms). The alternate html form can also be placed at one of seven different locations on the storefront screen. You'll use the default form as a template and can then add your own layout to improve the look and feel. Also if you are using the compiled Power Search AND the compiled Tell A Friend module, customers can send the search string from Power Search to friends. The store owner also has the ability to allow customers to search the category headers and footers for the search word. Because this may slow the search, you should only use it if your store has a moderate number of categories, e.g. 100 or less. Faster servers may get decent search times with many more than that though. Added new search algorythms "Any of these", Exact phrase", and "Start at beginning". Store owners can create a list of words which will not be searched in the "All of these" or "Any of these" searches. These are words like a, an, the, and, or. It will not exclude those words in the "Start at the beginning" or "Exact phrase" searches. If you choose to use the "search single category" listing, you can modify that from the admin control panel and only list certain categories in the select list, but provide searches of all of their sub-categories. This top down search adds greater flexibility over how broad you will allow your customers to filter the categories. After going to the product page from a Power Search rendered search, a convenient "return to search" link on the product page will bring the customer back to the original search page if using OpenUI.

Power Search (version 4.63) has been tested with OpenDB (version 2.2) and is compatible. In tests by James at Copernicus, the Power Search improved the performance of the already, very fast, SQL searches.
118k products in the database, 2456 categories, two search terms "PC133 RAM"
- Normal Miva Merchant Search: ~60 seconds
- OpenDBv2 Standard Search: TT time=07s0620u
- OpenDBv2 Power Search (limit to code, name & desc fields and no category specific search): TT time=05s0259u

For store owners who have found their searches take too long, you can reduce the search time by only searching one or two fields. The Merchant default is eight fields, including fields such as weight. Now, how useful is that? Finally.... the store owner has control without editing the db.mv code library.

The total number of products found is displayed along with the list of products matching the search criteria.

In admin, you can view the log of search words/phrases which your customers have used. This helps you from a marketing standpoint to determine the most sought after products. Additionally, it helps you identify keywords which might be useful to include in the narrative descriptions or the meta tag for search engine submissions.

This module works with both the MMUI and OpenUI User Interfaces (versions 2.22-4.x). If using the MMUI, six edits in the mmui.mv file are required, and one optional edit if you want to remove the archaic standard Merchant, keyword search. If you have compiled Merchant (4.14 or newer) that requires editing and re-compiling, so for compiled Merchant, OpenUI is required unless you have the compiler license. If you are using the OpenUI, Power Search plugs into the OpenUI without editing OpenUI modules and there is no need for compiling in Merchant 4.14 and newer.

See the screen shot below, then check out the selected field search in our store. We have about 600 products in our store so you can get an idea of search speed on a moderate speed server.

The Power Search function can also be used for pre-defined form pulldowns in your store. As an example, the genre and decade searches on the left side of this screen search a specific field, with store owner pre-defined selections. This same technique can be used for things like manufacturer searches if you have a manufacturer field in your products.dbf.

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3 Super Search w/ Extra Product Fields v5 Latu /

Give your customers the superpower to find the products they are searching for. The latu.net Super Search with Extra Product Fields module provides superior search capabilities and results for your Miva Merchant 5 store. Boolean-style search can be by any word (OR), all words (AND), or the exact phrase. Search results can also be limited to a specific category. Extra Searchable Product Fields can be added - with administrative control of which fields are searched. Integrated, admin-friendly product import and export. Super Search demo screen is provided for administrative testing of search results.

Search by Keyword(s) or Phrase

  • Product search can be by one or more keywords or by an exact phrase. An optional selection menu can be displayed on the search screen for selecting the search type.
  • Boolean Search Types:
    • At least one of the words (OR)
    • All of the words (AND)
    • The exact phrase

Search by Category

  • Product search can be limited to a specific category.
  • Search results within a category maintain the sorting order of that category.

Searchable Extra Product Fields

  • Extra Fields can be Character, Number, Boolean/Logical, or Memo field
  • Field lengths can be specified for Character & Number fields; memo fields have unlimited length
  • Extra Fields can be included in the Product List Layouts of the PLST Product List, CTGY Category Display, or PROD Product Display pages
  • No limit on number of Extra Fields

Search Fields

  • Complete administrative control of which product fields are searched.
  • For both standard product fields and Extra Product Fields

Search Results Summary

  • Optional Search Results summary displays the total products found.

  • Example:
    Total Number of Products Found: 186

Product Import & Export

  • Integrated, Admin-Friendly Product Import and Export
  • Complete administrative control of import & export fields
  • Including standard product fields and Extra Product Fields
  • Select which fields are imported & export and configure the field order
  • Import/export configuration is saved
  • Batch-oriented process allows for importing & exporting of very large data sets

Product Search Demo

  • An admin-friendly product search demo screen is provided for testing search results.
  • Search by keyword(s) or phrase
  • Search by boolean type and by category
  • Select sorting order of results
  • Select which fields are searched

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4 Search Manager Viking Coders / Miva Central

This module provides your store with a more configurable and robust search page. It permits you to offer your customer the option to search categories and attributes and to limit their search to particular fields in the Products database. Searches can be made case sensitive, restricted to searching only the entire phrase, and made to use either AND or OR. In addition, the module provides for the separate configuration of keywords for your products and those keywords can be included in the search. The module supports the Viking Coder's Additional Product Fields Manager module and you can provide your customers with the ability to search the fields that you have configured for your products. All of the configurable options, including the particular fields to search on, can selectively be made default options and hidden from your customers. In this way you can restrict the search to only those fields you want your customers to search in.

The module comes with two distinct admin interfaces. One provides for the simple configuration of a default layout for the search page and display of results. For those familiar with HTML and looking for a specific layout, there is a template based configuration option which provides for complete token and template based control over the layout of the search page and results listing. Support is also provided for Third Party modules in the same manner as my Category Page Templates and Product Page Templates modules.

A sampling of the module's features:

  • Can be configured to replace the standard Merchant Search link and will use the same search button. So you can have the standard search link instead point to the Search Manager search page
  • The search page can be linked to from a static link with a link of the form:
    áááhttp://yoursite.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=SRCHM&Store_Code=storecode
  • Customers can search the categories for their search terms and the results are displayed above the product results (in the standard display format; they can go anywhere you want with the template formatting).
  • Customers can restrict the search to find only the entire phrase they entered by surrounding the search terms in double quotes. Eg. "Clown nose" will find only those products which contain the exact phrase "Clown nose"
  • Keywords can be saved for each product and category and those can be used to search in. To search the keywords for the products is an option for the products. The keywords are searched automatically for the categories. In both cases a tab is added to the individual category and product screens so that the keywords can be added.
  • You can redirect customers who add products from the results listing either back to the search page or to the basket.
  • All of the buttons (eg. "search", "add to basket", "previous", etc.) are configurable w/ images and alternate text.
  • When using the Template formatting option, you can use tokens to add drop down select lists with terms your customers might want to search for. They can then search for those with a simple selection from the list.
  • When using the Template formatting option, you can provide the customer with the option to sort the displayed results ascending or descending by product name, product code, or product id.
  • When using the Template formatting option, you can use multiple search fields to prompt your customer to search for multiple terms. For example, you could provide a field for "title" and a field for "author" to prompt our customer to narrow their search
  • Ability to search category headers and footers.

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5 Search Engine Killer Wump Services / Miva Central

Have you ever wondered why you're not getting massive hits on your Miva Merchant Store when you have the best prices on the Internet? Ever searched the internet through a search engine only to find that some ancient, inefficient and cumbersome old site is getting all the hits that you deserve?

Well now its time to get serious, its time to get even... its time to bring in the Search Engine KILLER.

THE PROBLEM
merchant.mv?thisandthat

The problem with Miva Merchant and other database driven stores is that the technology used to access and display the product information is NOT search engine friendly.. In fact, most search engines will ignore EVERY PAGE of your eStore!

Someone somewhere made the decision that URLs with arguments, information passed long with the URL eg. file.mv?argument1&argument2 etc, indicates that the page isn't worth indexing, but these arguments are essential to any database driven store. Some search engines even refuse to index pages that are .mv! (Northern Light for one).

As a result, your state of the art Miva Merchant Store is missing out on major search engine exposure, and your competitors lousy mall which they hand create using FrontPage97 is getting all the hits.. JUST BECAUSE EVERY PAGE IS A STATIC HTML PAGE.

In an ideal world, what you need is the sophistication of your Miva Merchant Mall and the search engine pulling power of a good old HTML site too.

THE SOLUTION
Now YOU can live in that ideal world!

Search Engine Killer (or SEK for short) is perhaps the most significant software release for Merchant stores EVER!

While it adds NOTHING to the functionality of Merchant, it wages war on search engines - those sites who may well decide how much money you make next month.

It is a sophisticated complementary product which runs seperately from Merchant, but knows everything about your store!

The mirror site is:
  • 100% HTML
  • Designed with the Search Engine in mind using the Title tag, Meta Tags, text placement, IMG ALT attributes and more to get you the best possible search engine ranking.
  • automatically generates HTML pages from the information stored within Merchant:
- an index.html page for submition to search engines with a link to every other generated page
- an html page for each category and subcategory, eg. your_category_code.html which lists every product and links to..
- an html page for each product
  • product pictures througout! The SEK Mirror references the URL of the product images already online in your real merchant store!
  • multiple links on every html page to both the SEK Mirror pages (so that the search engines find and index every single page) and directly to your Merchant Mall..
  • dynamic referencing technology is used so that the links back to your Miva Merchant Mall are context sensitive. eg. SEK Mirror product pages click straight through to the appropriate BUY ONE page in your real Merchant Store!
  • remembers your previous preferences to allow ultra-fast regeneration after significant changes to your mall
  • SAME NAMING CONVENTIONS AS SEK1
  • the html files generated are named using the Merchant Category and Product codes you have specified in Merchnat so that even after a new mirror is generated the Search Engines find previously indexed files.
  • Even if search engines DID spider every page of your Merchant Store, there is NO WAY that it would get the same high rankings. Your SEK Mirrors site is built from the ground up with search engines in mind by a developer with many years of experience in site promotion.
and here is the trick..

EVERY PAGE IS DESIGNED TO GIVE THE IMPRESSION THAT IT IS YOUR STORE WHEN IT IS REALLY JUST A TEASER PAGE

What will it mean to your business to be able to submit a single html page to search engines and have their spider catalog every category and product you have?

How would you like to be able to strengthen your position by submitting an html page for each category that can also be submitted seperately?

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6 Category Manager v5 Emporium Plus / Miva Central

The Category Manager module allows you to have multiple category templates in a single store. You can have a different template for every category in your store if you want. The templates use the standard store morph technology template editor in MIVA Merchant 5. While basic knowledge of how to edit MIVA Merchant 5 templates is required, there are two example templates provided in addition to the built in ctgy page template. Getting started is not that difficult. Don't miss our introductory price of this versatile module.

Features:
- Multiple category templates in a single store
- One or more categories can be assigned to use a specific template
- Default template is used for categories which do not have a custom template assigned
- Custom pagination in addition to the default Previous and Next buttons
- Can limit products displayed per page to a specific number for each template or can list all on one page
- Customer can sort products within the category in real time dynamically
- Breadcrumb navigation included
- Sub-category navigation included

Feature Details.
Multiple page templates. Using the built-in store morph technology, you can edit the page templates just like the built-in page templates, including recall, notes, and indexing of previous versions. Include typical render tokens on the custom category pages from other 3rd party modules (sold separately) which you have in your store, e.g. rate this, wait list, best seller, and others.

Easy assignment of categories to templates. Once you create the template you can assign one or more categories to it. This can be done from the Category Edit screen or if you are using the Emporium Plus Category Import module (sold separately), you can import the template assignment right along with importing new categories into the store. No need to import the categories with one module and then use a separate module to assign them to templates.

Default page for unassigned categories. The default ctgy page template is used for all categories which have not been assigned to a specific custom template. This makes processing more efficient as the Category Manager runs a quick lookup to determine if it needs to run certain more complex processing routines, like advanced pagination.

Advanced page navigation. Several pagination variables are available to write detailed page navigation links. You can have the typical 1 2 3 4 etc. Or you can break up long lines with arrows, dots, dashes, etc to fill in a gap. You can also display the page number of the total number of pages. This pagination is similar to that used in the Emporium Plus Power Search module for Merchant 5. As a point of reference for the customer, you can even include how many products are listed in the category.

Flexible pagination. Each category template can have a different setting for the number of products to display on a page. Initially, the customer will see the number you set. However, customers using broadband may want to see all the product in a category on a single page, so there is an option to list all.

On-the-fly sorting. The products are initially displayed in the sort order which the store owner has previously setup in the normal admin sorting. The customer can then change the sort order based on their desires. Available sort fields are name, code, price, date items were added to the store, or the default store setup. They can be sorted ascending or descending.

Breadcrunb navigation. The module includes optional breadcrumb navigation. An array is created which holds the current category name and its parents up to the top level category. With standard MIVA Merchant template code, you can create a quick link to higher categories like Home > Software > Developer Bundles

Sub-category navigation. You can display the sub-categories of a parent category on the category page, e.g. below the parent category's name. The array can be displayed like you want it using standard MIVA Merchant template code.

We cannot link to our demo stores from MivaCentral so if you'd like to see a couple of the live pages demonstrating single or multiple column layout of products, please contact us for links. Those pages demonstrate the variable layout of products, breadcrumb navigation, on-the-fly sorting, and sub-category navigation.

The module currently fully supports the mivasql configuration of MIVA Merchant 5. It also supports MySQL as long as load balancing has the data stored on the single MySQL server. This would be the case in most of the server setups. For those that are not, we are in the process of converting the code for that remaining, very small group of MIVA Merchant stores. At this time we have not had a problem. Modules will be moved to the top of the queue as needed.

Create a custom template

Assign a custom template to a category

Example category page display with navigation

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7 Tell A Friend Weiland / Miva Central

Provide an easy interface for visitors to refer your site URL to their friends. It uses the Miva SMTP capability. The subject and body of the Tell a Friend email message is configurable through the Merchant admin interface. The form colors and fonts that the customer sees is also configurable in admin. You can choose to have a blind CC sent to the store email address and a log entry (date, from, to, product code - if applicable) maintained in a flat file when referrals are sent. If the customer sends the referral email when they are on a specific product screen, a second link to the product is included in the email. In Merchant 4.x and if you are using our Gift - Wish List module, there is a convenient button on the bottom of the Gift List display that sends the Gift List URL to your friends.

The module is MMUI and OpenUI compatible. If using the MMUI, two edits are required in the mmui.mv. With MMUI, you can place the button just about anywhere on the screen that you want it, the most common location being at the bottom of the category column. With the OpenUI, you can select through admin among the eight possible locations.

New in the compiled version is compatibility interface with the OpenUI Tokens and Viking Coders product template module. Place the Tell-a-Friend button on the product page so that it better fits your desired look. Also, new in the compiled version is the ability to send the search string to a friend if your store is also using our Power Search module. Clicking the link will reproduce the search the original friend had created with Power Search prior to sending the Tell-a-Friend email.

In the compiled version, you can use this module with the standard MMUI, as mmui.mv edits are not required in Merchant versions 4.14 and newer.

New in the compiled version is an alternate template form for the customer to enter friend names and email addresses, plus an option to allow them to include a note. This template can be HTML customized to suit your look and feel. If you are not skilled at coding HTML, you can still use the default (built in) form which is customized with colors, fonts, etc with easy inputs in admin.

New in the compiled version is the ability to embed certain tokens in the tell a friend email. For example, if you are using our Coupon Redemption module with its unique coupon code generation feature you can insert a token like %module|couponrd|1~TELL-% in the body of the email. If you are on a product page when you send the email, the email can also contain the product name, image or thumbnail, and price by using tokens. Also, new in the compiled version is the ability to send the email as HTML formatted instead of plain text.

New in the compiled version is the ability to send the search string to a friend if your store is also using our Power Search module. Clicking the link will reproduce the search the original friend had created with Power Search prior to sending the Tell-a-Friend email. This is similar to the link you can send for the Gift/Wish list if you are using our Gift List module.

The compiled version of this module can use OpenTokens instead of hook points within OpenObjects. The OpenDesigner screen lists the OpenObjects which can replace all or some screens within the OpenUI user interface. The OpenObjects provide a template screen which contains the existing hook points (backward compatibility), OpenToken capability, and the ability to move output around within the OpenObject screen. Since the tokens in this module conform to OpenToken functionality, they may be used in other template type screens like those provided by Viking Coders. Place the Tell-a-Friend button on the Merchant pages so that it better fits your desired look.

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8 Search Logger Wump Services / Miva Central

Information is POWER! The bigger the store, the harder it is to find things - and when people can't find something, what do they do? They SEARCH

With Search Logger you can see what people are looking for. You can use this information to: Change your product descriptions to include the words that customers use when looking for things and know what people are looking for. If you don't sell it then maybe you should!

Search Logger keeps track of all searchs made at your store through the standard Merchant Search Screen and gives you access to the results including: Date time, Search String, Result ( success or failure ), and Customers IP address ( so you can group searches by person )

You can view and reset this log through your Merchant Admin screen.

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9 Fast Data Feed for Froogle TM v5 Emporium Plus / Miva Central

Export your Miva Merchant product data in the basic file format required for FroogleTM (� 2002 Google) data feed submissions for inclusion in their ecommerce search engine. Fields included: product_url, name, description (html removed), price, image_url, category, offer_id (code). This module is for MIVA Merchant 5.x. We also have the corresponding module for an older version of Merchant.

Most agree, Google is the mother of all search engines onthe Internet. Their feature to create a listing of actual items for sale across the Internet, rather thanpages with hits on keywords, is a bold attempt to better target customers and buyers in a symbiotic relationship. This is a giant leap in eCommerce, providing comparison shopping using the Google search engine. If you are a MivaMerchant store owner you CANNOT afford to miss this opportunity, especially since inclusion in the FroogleTMindex is free. How much have youinvested in getting your store's search engine rankings?

A big side benefit to getting listed in FroogleTM is that the Google company is spidering your site, thus it may increase the number of your pages listed in Google. Coincidentally, my site went from 1220 to 1350 pages in Google within a week after submitting the first data feed to FroogleTM. I had an additional 130 which had been previously overlooked. There is no direct indication that listing in Froogle will effect your listing in Google, only time will tell.

A module designed for the specific purpose of creatinga data feed for FroogleTM (rather than a generic data export)can include features which make it the best solution for the task:
  • Include an affiliate code in the URLs so that youcan better track where actual sales are coming from
  • If your store is a single store in the domain, you can remove the Store_Code from the URL to aid in search engine spidering
  • Fast Data Feed plugin module creates the datafeed flat file directly from your admin
    • Frequent, no hassle submissions keep your data currentin FroogleTM
    • Eliminates the need to copy product and category databases from the server to your PC to produce a flat file export with software such as MS Excel
    • Uses your data as it exists within admin at the moment it is run
  • Control over category insertion
    • Limit export to specific categories
    • Automatically builds the category hierarchy from each product's category up to top level category
    • Optionally modify category placement, overriding actual category hierarchy
  • Removes html from your product descriptions; convertingthe brackets to escaped characters or even hiding html using the !-- technique did not satisfy FroogleTM support staff - it must be completely removed
  • Included in the module are features to eliminate timeouts when generating the data feed export of large numbers of products
  • Exports to your documents directory rather than yourdata directory for ease of capture and transmittal
Don't delay. The FroogleTM index is a great way to list your products in a major search engine.

Steps
  • Submit request to FroogleTM for acceptance into the program
  • Install this module and run it
  • Once accepted, FTP resulting (username).txt flat file to FroogleTM
  • Check your pages in FroogleTM when they show up

    If you are going to submit to indexes in addition to Froogle, you might want to take a look at our Template Data Feed. It can create data feeds in just about any order the specification requires.

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    10. ShipWorks v5 - Powerful Shipping and Order Management Software


    What is ShopInvoice?

     
    ShopInvoice is a powerful, easy-to-use, and affordable desktop application that greatly simplifies the day-to-day business of Miva Merchant users. From professionally printed invoices and packing slips to Internet postage and fully-integrated UPS shipping, labeling, and tracking features, ShopInvoice is the most versatile and innovative application available to Miva Merchant users today.

    Key Benefits

    Save countless hours on order fulfillment tasks
    Ship accurately and cost effectively
    Send shipping and tracking notifications
    Create a professional, lasting impression
    Seamlessly integrates with your Miva Merchant store.

    Read the overview and take the quick tour.

    ShipWorks Features

    Compatible Carts- eBay & eBay Stores
    - Marketworks
    - Miva Merchant
    - ShopSite
    - Yahoo! Stores
    Automatic Downloads-
    - Bulk downloading of rates and transit times. 
    - Bulk downloading and printing of live UPS labels.
    - Supports multiple packages, tokenized reference numbers, and Quantum View Notify.
    - Supports standard and thermal printers, multi-up label sheets, and combined invoice and labels.
    UPS WorldShip- Directly communicates with WorldShip; no manual import or export required.
    - Customizable tokenized reference numbers printed on labels.
    - Supports Quantum View Notify.
    - Automatically imports service used, shipment weight, total cost, and tracking number after processing.
    U.S.P.S. Label Download- Integrated directly with USPS for downloading live labels (without postage).
    - Perfect for business with their own postage meters.
    - Delivery confirmation is free for Priority Mail, and only $0.13 for First Class.
    Stamps.com- Directly communicates with the Stamps.com; no manual import or export required.
    - Supports stealth postage mode.
    - Customizable tokenized memo's printed on labels.
    - Address verification and correction.
    - Automatically imports tracking number after processing.
    Endicia DAZzle- Directly communicates with DAZzle; no manual import or export required.
    - Customizable tokenized rubber stamps printed on labels.
    - Automatically imports tracking number and total cost after processing.
    Shipment Creation- Shipment address pre-filled based on order shipping information.
    - Create multiple shipments, using multiple carries, for each order.
    - Product weights automatically downloaded. (eBay and Miva)
    - Customer-chosen shipping method automatically downloaded. (Yahoo! and Miva)
    - Quickly enter weights using zero-configuration scale support.
    Shipment Tracking- Integrated UPS and U.S.P.S. tracking for support personnel.
    - Send bulk email to customers with clickable tracking links.
    - Tracking numbers automatically imported and saved after processing shipments.
    Shipping Labels- Supports inkjet, laser, and thermal printers (such as Dymo and Eltron).
    - Print full page shipping labels, or multi-up sheets.
    - Print all-in-one forms that combine invoices\packing slips and the shipping label.
    - Print standard Avery (or any brand) address labels using customizable XSL and HTML.
    - SureSize™ technology ensures every address and graphic fits on every label.
    HTML Templates- Includes email, invoice, packing slip, reporting, and exporting templates.
    - Customizable, powerful, well-documented XSL template format.
    - Specify which printer (supports networked printers) and paper tray to which each template should print.
    - Powerful "conditions" can be embedded in templates.
    Invoices & Packing Slips- Plenty of royalty-free, customizable XSL templates (see the Gallery).
    - Print pick-lists for warehouse staff to efficiently pack shipments.
    Reports- See exactly what your customers are buying, and how much of it.
    - XSL template based, completely customizable.
    - Evaluate various aspects of your business.
    Generic Export- Customizable exporting of any data, to any format.
    - Export bulk data to .htm, .txt, or .csv.
    - Easily integrate with your existing software, such as MOM and Great Plains Accounting.
    Email- Integrated email with viewable history for each order and customer record.
    - Built-in WYSIWYG email editor.
    - Send email in bulk, with one click.
    - Send payment requests, shipping notifications, and clickable tracking numbers.
    - Send invoices, product announcements, and targeted advertisements.
    - Plenty of included, customizable XSL templates.
    - Ability pecify a specific email account each template should be sent with.
    Order Status- Customizable order status allows tracking each order through your business flow.
    - Use with filters to display a running count of how many orders are in each status.
    - Send emails to customers with order status updates.
    Add and Edit Orders- Add manual orders, such as orders taken by phone.
    - Add and edit order items, charge details, and notes.
    - Modify and correct order details when customers call in.
    Customer Service- "Quick Search" fields look up customers and order numbers instantly.
    - All order information, including notes, status, and tracking information are immediately visible.
    - Keep customers up-to-date with shipping and status notifications.
    - Incredible networking support keeps customer service reps and shipping stations constantly synchronized.
    Filtering and Searching- Customizable filters allow you to specify any search criteria you want.
    - Filter Panel shows each filter as a folder, with a count of matching orders.
    - Clicking the filter folder instantly displays the matching orders.
    - Pre-installed filters help you get started right away.
    Networking- Connect all computers to the same ShipWorks database.
    - Automatic, immediate synchronization yields efficient processes and reduced errors.
    - Manage customer service and shipping from different locations, while staying connected.
    - Easy installation and setup.
    Miva Merchant- Batches Panel shows all batches and how many orders in each batch.
    - Filter the order display by batch.
    - Automatically detects when orders are moved from batch to batch from Miva admin.
    - Create batches directly from ShipWorks.
    eBay Sellers- Leave eBay feedback in bulk with customized presets.
    - Sell all feedback that has been left for you by buyers.
    - Track checkout status and send bulk payment reminders.
    - Downloads eBay checkout data, as well as address information entered in PayPal.
    - Automatically updates your "My eBay" status after processing shipments.
    Configurable Interface- Customize grid column order, sort order, and which columns to display.
    - Detail panels show all selected order details at a glance, on one convenient screen.
    - Customize panel size, location, and visibility.
    - Customize toolbars and context-menus.
    Scale Support- Zero-configuration scale support for serial ports - plug it in, and it just works.
    - NCI model 7010S (also known as the Stamps.com scale).
    - Fairbanks scales.
    - Metler Toledo scales.
    - Salter Brecknell 7010SB.
    - Supports the scale models listed above that include a serial port.
    Administration- Simple setup and installation, no knowldege of databases required.
    - Easily backup and restore all ShipWorks data in a single click.
    - When setting up networked installations, the main database is automatically detected.
    Powerful Database- Microsoft SQL Desktop Engine (MSDE) provide free with purchase of ShipWorks.
    - Fast, efficient, and maintains data integrity.
    - Built on the same engine as MS SQL Server.

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    11 Contact Manager v5 Emporium Plus / Miva Central

    Sales, support and other inquiries between you and your customers are seemlessly integrated into your MIVA Merchant store. This module is for MIVA Merchant 5.x. We also have the corresponding module for an older version of Merchant.

    Features:
    <- Easily integrate customer contact and inquiries
    - Collect typical name, email, subject and inquiry
    - Collect unlimited extra required and/or non-required fields
    - Hide your store's email addresses from spammer email address harvesters
    - Change the email address you want inquiries to go to through the admin panel
    - Launch the Contact Manager from Merchant or from a static page
    - Use a form or link to launch the Contact Manager
    - Assign the contact record to a specific technician or department with ease
    - Customer can select the target to send the inquiry to with a select list option
    - Contact is logged and is not effected when email servers are down
    - User interface is easily customized, even by html novices, from the module's admin configuration screen
    - Use store morph technologoy to fully customize the form
    - Department codes, descriptions and email addresses are configured through admin
    - Admin section allows you to search one or more criteria to find messages
    - Edit the status and/or respond to the sender
    - Can send autoresponse email to customer so they know you received their inquiry
    - Includes a contact tracking number in the email subject

    Feature Details.
    Protect your email addresses. This module keeps yourstore's email address out of view of spammer email address harvesters. It also allows you to easily change the email address you want inquiries to go to without editing html pages.

    Easy link to the contact form. You can launch the Contact Manager form from a button in the category column, in the nav bar or elsewhere within Merchant or from a static page. You can also easily use a http link format for launching the Contact Manager form from static pages or within Merchant.

    Assign the inquiry. The Contact Manager allows you to assign the contact record to a specific technician or department with ease. That technician can then find their active contacts easily.

    User interface look and feel. The Contact Manager form characteristics are controlled from the module's admin configuration screen. At the admin level you can change category column button text, optional category column button image, email subject, email to address, contact screen title, customer email prompt, customer inquiry prompt, background color, font face, font size, font color, message for the submission form, send button text, and optional send button image. Even for the html novice, the form's characteristics are easily altered in admin. In Merchant 5.x you can go a step farther if you are familiar with the store morph technology (SMT) and page template editing by fully customizing every aspect of the form. With the Merchant 5.x built in SMT you can make changes to the page and even rollback changes if you don't like what you see.

    Customer can choose department. The module allows the customer to select the target to send the inquiry to with a select list option. This expedites the delivery to the specific technician/department's email address. As with the uncompiled version, the email addresses are hidden from email harvesting spammers.

    Field inclusion and validation. Department codes, descriptions and email addresses are configured through admin. The standard collection fields are name, email, subject, department, and inquiry. However, you can also have an unlimited number of extra fields in the form. These fields can be required or optional. If required and the customer does not provide a response, the form will validate and redisplay so the missing info can be supplied. What extra fields you create and use is dependant on how you will use this contact form; e.g. requests for info, pricing, availability, product details, billing, shipping, or even for customer surveys prior to checkout.

    Autoresponse receipt verification. When the customer submits their inquiry, the module can optionally send them an autoresponse that you have received their inquiry and how soon you will get back to them. That autoresponse email is composed and customized by you through the admin panel. You can also include the contact tracking number in the subject of the contact emails and responses, e.g. [EP #925]: How do I.....

    Searchable contact records. The admin section allows you to search one one or more criteria to find messages you are interested in. You can then edit the status and/or respond to the sender.

    The module currently fully supports the mivasql configuration of MIVA Merchant 5. It also supports MySQL as long as load balancing has the data stored on the single MySQL server. This would be the case in most of the server setups. For those that are not, we are in the process of converting the code for that remaining, very small group of MIVA Merchant stores. At this time we have not had a problem. Modules will be moved to the top of the queue as needed.

    Screen shot showing contact search screen

    Screen shot shows results of search in admin

    Easy configuration for user interface screen

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    12 Product Flags Pro v5 Advanced Development Solutions / Miva Central

    Attract your shoppers attention to specific products by flagging them down as New, Featured, Special, etc. This module is packed with features like up to three, administration defined product flags, for your each of your products. Module is automatically configured with the above named flags, but can be easily changed to whatever you want. You can display text or icons, for each of the flags, on any of the product related screens such as Category, Product, Product List and Search. The module also provides a Template, for each of the flags, and Token Items to display a list of flagged products based on a specific Category or All flagged products. You can display any of the specific Product Flag Lists in any of your MIVA Merchant Pages. You can even control the number of products for each list and how the list is generated, random or standard order.

    The ADS Product Flag Pro Module Features:

    • Two levels of flagged product display
      • Each assigned product displays text or icon flag(s) in Category, Product, Product List and Search pages. Store Administrator controls flag names, icons and optional flag links to explain a particular feature set.
      • Display a flagged product list, for each of the tree flags, on any Merchant page based on the product flag assignment. Display flagged products in a specific Category or All products. Control number of products in each list and and how the list is generated, random or standard order.
    • Automatic installation and assignment of SFNT, PROD, CTGY, PLST and SRCH pages with a required item.
    • Built-in, easy to customize templates for product list display of each of the tree flagged products types.
    • Menu-Driven control for Flag text, icons and a flag links, which can be used to take a customer to another page explaining a particular feature set.
    • Easy flag assignment on Product administration pages.
    • Built-in, user friendly import function makes product flag assignment to multiple products quick and easy.
    • List of token items and item placement suggestions to make installation quick and easy.
    • Items can be used on any of Miva Merchant template screens. This includes storefront, category, product, product list, search, etc.
    • HTML and Merchant template scripting knowledge is required to make template modifications. If you do not have these skills it is recommended you contact ADS representative to get assistance with template design and customization.

    Sample Search Results or Product List sceenshot with various flags displayed.

    Sample Strore front sceenshot with random three Product Lists of flagged products.

    Module installation and functionality has the following requirements:

    MIVA Merchant Version 5.x+

    Settings and control this module provides are used in conjunction with Item ads-prodflags and any Merchant related templates.

    HTML and template scripting knowledge is required to make template modifications. If you do not have these skills it is recommended you contact ADS representative to get assistance with template design and customization.

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    13 Custom Customer Fields Interface v5 Emporium Plus / Miva Central

    This interface module will display and retrieve customer entered information relative to customer accounts on the account create, account edit, and order customer information screens. You can even use it with the Emporium Plus Mail Manager module (sold separately) to include the information in the order notification emails.

    Interface with built-in custom customer fields: The built in custom customer fields module from MIVA Corp establishes the databases and provides an admin side interface for the store owner to enter custom customer data. This module provides the merchant public side for the customer to enter data into those custom fields.

    Easy token implementation: Easily place tokens on the customer information collection screens using the standard MM5 template script. You can use the common "foreach" loop to display all of them together or you can break each field out for display in various parts of the screen. For example, you may want to collect a second address line just below the first address line and then later in the screen collect the company rep the customer deals with. To view the actual look of the screen, you can go to our pinemporium.com test store and create an account. You can change values in the fields with the account edit selection on the nav bar.

    Flat file export: When a new customer account is created, all of the standard field values except the pgrpcount and password are saved to a flat file log. In addition to the standard fields, values entered into the custom fields are also saved to the flat file. Additionally, date and time fields are exported so you can determine exactly when a new customer account was created. The flat file is | delimited and can be FTPd to your PC with your FTP software and then imported into other programs. You can periodically delete the flat file and it will be recreated with the next new customer account creation.

    Search new customer log: You can search the flat file log created when new customers sign-up. You can search on keyword, single date, and/or date range. The standard and custom fields will be displayed. The log display includes a link to the actual customer records so you can edit and make changes if needed.

    Interface with email modules: The custom field values can be displayed in the merchant and customer notification emails if you are using the Emporium Plus Mail Manager module (sold separately) to generate them.

    Limitations:

    • Custom customer fields are used for customer records. If the customer does not create or have an existing account, there is no place to save or use the information. Hence, on the 'OCST' checkout screen, it is best to wrap the custom customer field inputs within a conditional check for customer ID.
    • There is no validation to ensure the custom fields are filled in. Therefore, they are all optional.
    • If you want to display the custom customer fields in the notification emails, you will need to use an email module capable of using custom field tokens, for example the Mail Manager.
    • The inputs will disable html and SQL injection hacks. It is expected customers will be entering text or checkbox entries. While textarea inputs can be used, internal actions will be taken to reduce hacker attempts. So if you need custom fields that will accept html, this module is not for you.

    Screen shot showing customer info collection form

    Search new customer log

    New customer log display

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    14 Search Friendly Links Copernicus / Miva Central

    The Search Friendly Links module replaces the links in the category tree and category pages of Miva Merchant with “short links” that are more search engine friendly. Miva Merchant uses long links with 4 variables. Some search engines will not follow these links while they will follow shorter links with fewer variables.

    Key Benefits

    • Generates short-links in the category tree and category pages in Miva Merchant
    • Interprets short-links from any web page or email
    • Benefits of shorter links
      • Short links are generally more likely to be followed by Search Engine spiders
      • Easy to write (and remember) direct links to products and categories in your store
      • Long links may word-wrap in some email systems, causing them not to link properly
      • Shorter links are less likely to word wrap
      • Search engines frequently will not read links with multiple variables (a.k.a. “long links”) such as those produced by Miva Merchant
      • A typical Miva Merchant link such as:
        http://www.yourstore.com/pathto/merchant.mv? Store_Code=ST&Screen=SFNT&Category_Code=CTGY1&Product_Code=PRD1

        is shortened to:

        http://www.yourstour.com/pathto/merchant.mv?page=ST/SFNT/CTGY1/PRD1
        or: http://www.yourstore.com/page/ST/SFNT/CTGY1/PRD1

        The reduction in the number of variables helps with search engine spiders

    • Short links are always interpreted and understood by your store when the module is installed and turned on. Therefore, any “short” external link can be used even if you have turned off the display of the short links.
    • Long links are always interpreted and understood by your store; so previous search engine listings and external links continue to work normally.
    • The “display” of the short links in your store can be disabled, though the store will continue to interpret the short links from external sources (ie: the companion product Search Friendly Store Map, emails and mailing list, etc)
    The Search Friendly Links module can produce best results when used in conjunction with the companion product Search Friendly Store Map. The store map product will generate a static HTML page containing Search Friendly Links to every product and category in your store! Search engines tend to give static HTML pages (and the links on these pages) higher precedence and ranks. When used together, these two products generally enhance search engine positioning.

    New In v4.02/v4.52:
    • Directory Style Short Links: http://www.yourstore.com/page/SC/PROD/CAT1/PROD1
    • OpenUI Token and Copernicus OpenUI SuperMod Template Compatible


    ***NOTE: In order to generate the short links with only one variable, each of the included variables are separated with a forward-slash ("/") character. Thus, no category or product should have this character in the category or product code.

    Example Usage A storefront owner that sells cakes and jelly beans online wants to improve the search engine positioning of the store. He has an attractive storefront and has made it very customer friendly (yep, you guessed it – he’s using the Copernicus Customer Service Suite) but the only shoppers who come to his site are repeat customers who originally heard about his site through “word of mouth.” He knows that if he could just get listed in the major search engines he could increase his sales, but he can’t understand why his site has not been “spidered” by the search engines. He’s not ready to “pay per click” with search engines like Overture, he just wants to get listed.

    As a result of his frustration about his search engine placement (or actually, lack thereof), the storefront owner has been learning a lot about search engine optimization (SEO). He has learned that the reason his website has no placement on the search engines is because Miva Merchant produces dynamic pages with links that are not read by the spiders and robots sent out by search engines to find websites. The links are too long (those spiders are so impatient!) and spiders disqualify them due to having too many variables. Of course, he knows that it’s also very important that his pages are full of good content that can be easily logged by the search engines.

    The Solution: The Search Friendly Links module will quickly solve the long links problem that this storefront is having. The Search Friendly Links module turns the long links for each category and product page into “short links” that are easily read by those spiders and robots. Further, he likes to make posts to the “Dessert-lovers” email forum; but every time he posts a link to one of his products, the links are so long they “word-wrap” and become un-clickable! So he installs the Search Friendly Links module, and starts posting short links to his products. Now his links look better in his store and his email, and the spiders are happier too!

    [Product Manual] [Marketing Brief]

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    15 My Category Tree v5 Emporium Plus / Miva Central

    This module gives you template access to the actual links so you can change them to be more search engine friendly. MIVA Merchant 5 out-of-the-box does not currently provide template access to the category tree links. I suspect they probably will open it up some time in the future. Until then, this module gives you that access.

    Features:
    >- Provides full access to the category tree links
    - Create links which are optimized for search engine recognition
    - Provides ability to place subcategory navigation on the category screen
    - Displays category page breadcrumb navigation

    Feature Details.
    Category Tree Access: The category tree template can be edited from the store edit screen at the tab "My Category Tree" or from any of the page template screens. The template is global and as such, you only need tomake changes in one location. Those changes will be reflected in all of the screens you haveadded this template item to.

    If you have .htaccess re-write capability on your domain, you can even create directory style links. As an example, you can change a link like:
    http://www.pinemporium.com/merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=1AA&Store_Code=PE
    into
    http://www.pinemporium.com/c/1AA/Software.html
    In addition to creating a short url, you can include the product or category name in the urlto provide more keyword visibility to search engines.

    Subcategory Navigation: You can list the subcategories of a parent category on the right (main) side of the screen, e.g. right under the parent category title/name. You can create multiple columns, thereby taking up less screen real estate when you have categories with large numbers of subcategories.

    Category Breadcrumb Navigation: On the category screen you can display the currentcategory and the heirarchy of its parent categories up to the store root level.

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    16 Sort Categories and Products v5 Emporium Plus / Miva Central

    The sorter module gives you the ability to sort your Miva Merchant categories and products very quickly from an easy to use, admin interface. The typical sort time for700+ products is 1-2 seconds. In the latest version of the module, you can also capture the number of products in each category for quick lookup at runtime for use in the category tree or other Merchant pages. This module is for MIVA Merchant 5.x. We also have the corresponding module for an older version of Merchant.

    Features:
    - Sort categories by name, code or entry date
    - Sort products by name, code, price or entry date (ascending or descending)
    - Sort entire store or sort one category at a time
    - Sort products within categories by name, code, price or entry date (ascending or descending)
    - Categories do not all have to be sorted the same way
    - Move specific products to the top of the product list, search and category pages with a quick mass input
    - Display an image before the product name for products with a sort order number lower than the trigger number established by the store owner
    - Count products in each category for later display at runtime to reduce server load and page view time

    Feature Details.
    You can sort the categories by name, code, or entry date. Many stores find that their categories are best sorted by category code rather thancategory name. This way they can create codes which will put their categoriesin the order they want. While most may actually coincide with category namesbeing alphabetical, stores can rearrange the categories to put things like "Specials"or "Close Out" at the top of bottom of the list. The customer does not see the category code, they only see the results of the sorted list.

    The products can be sorted by name, code, price, or entry date. The product sorting can be done either as either ascending or descending. Moststores will sort the products by name. The very quick sort is done storewide with a couple button clicks. The storewide sort results in the products being sorted in all of the category screens, the product list screen, and the search screen.

    You can sort the products within individual categories differently than the sorting in the store at large. So while the product list and most categories might be sorted alphabetically, you could have others sorted by price as ascending or descending. You can sort theproducts by a specific category and then on the next screen, make minor changes to re-arranged that sorting. This gives you the ability to move certain products to thetop for more customer visibility.

    You can also move to the top of the list up to 999 product codes in the orderyou want them. They can appear before any other products on the product list, search and each category screen. This ability to assign a sort order number also makes it possible to display an image, e.g. new or hot, to all products with a sort order number less than the trigger you assign using a token.

    You can also elect to count the products in each category. If you do, the counts willbe available at runtime in Merchant. By having the data in a quick lookup table, Merchant does not have to count the products in each category as it displays the category list in a 3rd party module's category tree. It simply shows the previously stored totals. This option cannot be used in stores which use availability groups to hide products fromsome customers because the totals would show the amounts for all products in eachcategory. The sorter module uses a token to display the products-in-category total after the category name if you are using a 3rd party category tree template module.

    The module currently fully supports the mivasql configuration of MIVA Merchant 5. It also supports MySQL as long as load balancing has the data stored on the single MySQL server. This would be the case in most of the server setups. For those that are not, we are in the process of converting the code for that remaining, very small group of MIVA Merchant stores. At this time we have not had a problem. Modules will be moved to the top of the queue as needed.

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    17 Search Engine Tracker Copernicus / Miva Central

    The Search Engine Tracker is a logging module that helps the storeowner understand and quantify a Search Engine marketing campaign or the current status of search engine positioning. Graphs and “sortable” reports make it easy for you to analyze the data being collected about your search engine campaigns. This module separately tracks click-throughs and buy-throughs so you can determine which search engines and paid listing sources are worth the investment.

    Key Benefits

    • Tracks “click-throughs” from all search engines you specify so that you can evaluate which search engines send you the most “click-throughs”
      • Records search terms that were used to find the store
    • Tracks “buy-throughs” (also knows as click-through conversions) from all search engines you specify so that you can evaluate which search engines send you the most “buy-throughs”
    • Tracks keywords that generated the “click-through” and “buy-through” so that you can evaluate which keywords generate the most sales
    • Tracks Pay-Per-Click source referrals through direct store entries.
      • You determine which referrals that go into your Miva Merchant store that you want to track. You can track as many as you’d like. (Please see the usage documentation for an explanation of how to configure this option)
      • Please note: there is no pass-through API for pay-source tracking. Your URLs provided to the pay-source are required to go directly into your Miva Merchant store
    • Generate Reports for analysis:
      • Monthly click-through and buy-through graph! At a glance you can see the total number of click-throughs or buy-throughs of each day in the month.
      • Keyword Summary Report: this report lists the top keywords/phrases and tallies the number of click-throughs and buy-throughs associated with each keyword/phrase. You can sort this data by keyword/phrase.
      • Engine/Referral Summary Report: this report lists the top referral search engines and tallies the number of click-throughs and buy-throughs coming from each of the top search engines.
      • Raw Log display: You can view all of the data collected over time and also view the most recent click-throughs and buy-throughs.
    *Note: Search engine click-throughs that do not go directly into your Merchant store (i.e. they first go through a non-Merchant page such as index.html) will not be tracked in these statistics as a click-through from a specific search engine unless you use the Pass-Through API. You can set up the JavaScript Pass Through API in your static HTML pages so the Search Engine Tracker will recognize and track all click-throughs, even if the customer first lands on a static HTML page when entering your site.

    Example Usage
    A storefront that sells cakes and jelly beans online has come to the conclusion that investing in Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is a wise investment of his marketing dollars. The storefront owner has decided to invest in increasing his rankings with the search engines by optimizing his site and has even decided he wants to pay for “paid source listings.” However, before he invests in SEO, he wants to make sure that he can track his investment. He wants to know how many Click-throughs and Buy-throughs he is getting from each search engine and he wants to know what key words are drawing in the highest amount of hits. And, since he’s decided to pay for clicks, he definitely wants to be able to track which of the sources are performing the best. Without this date, he’ll never know which of his SEO efforts are the most profitable for him and can’t analyze which ones to keep and which ones to drop.

    The Solution: The storefront owner’s need for data to analyze his SEO investment is quickly solved with the Search Engine Tracker. This plug-in module to Miva Merchant allows the storefront owner to track Click-throughs and Buy-throughs in total, by search engine, by (storefront owner-defined) keyword and even allows him to track paid Click-throughs and Buy-throughs. The module graphs out total Click-throughs and Buy-throughs and gives the storefront owner the ability to sort through the data collected by search engine, keyword, and paid listings. And, just in case he wants to track a search engine that isn’t already included in the module, he can add all the search engines he wants to track! It’s a robust tool that gives the storefront owner all sorts of methods to slice and dice and view and analyze SEO data.

    [Product Manual] [Marketing Brief]

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    18 Addendum v5 Emporium Plus / Miva Central

    Collect supplemental, required or non-required responses fromcustomers at checkout. You can add as many additional checkoutquestions to your form as you want, within reason. This module is for MIVA Merchant 5.x. We also have the corresponding module for an older version of Merchant.

    Features:
    - Collect supplemental, required or non-required responses from customers at checkout
    - Export responses to a delimited flat file
    - View responses in the file with a searchable admin report
    - Display responses in the include modified invoice emails and batch reports and invoice screen
    - Include response data in the order export file created by our inexpensive EZ Batch Report module (sold separately)
    - Configure text label for each question to preceed the responses in the emails and reports
    - Special instructions for the order, e.g. shipping needs
    - Collect responses from survey or poll questions
    - Customer entered gift card messages
    - Questions displayed in a table which the store owner designs with standard HTML
    - Limit the display of questions based on specific product codes
    - Limit the display of questions based on the ship to country of the order
    - Used in conjunction with our Mail Manager module, activate sending of specific emails
    - Assign a fee to one response, for example gift wrapping fee, donation, or rush handling
    - Insert a negative fee (vs positive fee) for impromptu sales, etc
    - One or more responses can be required before customer can proceed
    - Highlighted error message when required response(s) are omitted
    - Tokens can be used to refill the responses if the page is redisplayed due to missing info
    - Our standard version contains the features you'd expect in competitors' pro version

    Feature Details.
    The responses are exported to a delimited text file which can beimported into most database management systems for further analysis. Youcan also have those responses appear in the Miva Merchant Email notification and batchprocessing (modified email and batch modules included in the zip file). Use the module for the customer to add specialinstructions for the order, collect responses from survey or pollquestions, allow the customer to fill out gift card messages, include salesman orrepresentative code, etc.

    The admin interface allows you to build the form withyour store's questions using standard html syntax. Hence,you can make the response collection table match the restof your store's look and feel. You can have text, radio, select drop down list, text area, and checkbox inputs designed the way you want them. Add css if you like or use typical fonts and table tags.

    You can place the questions on one of the three checkout screens. You simply add the tokens to the page templates per the install doc.

    You can also specify one or moreof the questions to be required. Customers will not be able to completethe checkout if they do not respond to the required questions.

    You can purge old questions from the active file and place them in ahistorical file in order to improve response time during order batchprocessing retrieval. The optional order batch retrieval uses the modified core batch report which is included in the zip distribution file.

    You can limit the display of Addendumquestions based on specific product codes. If you list productcodes in the admin input, the questions will only be displayedif one of those products is in the basket at checkout. Youcan also use the wild card product code like 1AA*. If theapplicable products all begin with the same characters, youcan use the asterisk. This can only be used for the beginningcharacters in the product codes.

    You can alsolimit the display of questions to specific ship to countries.

    You can optionally includethe questions in the emails along with the responses by using the modified email modules which are included in the zip distribution file.If using our Mail Manager (sold separately) module you can have a question (checkbox) which will trigger a specific email, e.g. opt-in mailinglist signup. You can also include the questions and responseson the invoice (last page after payment completes). Theresponses for the batch report are retrieved from an indexeddatabase for faster access.

    You can alsoattach a fee to a specific answer to one question if youplace the questions on either the customer information orshipping/payment selection screens.

    The included Addendum View report featureallows you to search (within admin) the addendum filefor specific responses. For example, you might have a questionfor a specific requested shipping date. Simply search the filefor orders which have requested the delayed shipping for thatdate. The order numbers can be returned and fed into our EZ Batchreport (sold separately) for a tailored report for a specific shipping date. Another popular use of Addendum is to collect the salesman or representativecode with an order. Not only can you display the code in the batch report,but if you use Addendum View to create a list of orders attributed to thatsalesman, you can make a batch printout for each salesmanwith only their orders on it if you are using our EZ Batch Report (sold separately). You can also include the Addendum responses in the order export file that EZ Batch creates.

    Limitation: When used in a store which uses PayFlowlink, PayPal or iTransact payment systems, you will need to placeyour questions on either the customer information screenor the shipping and payment selection screen. Thosepayment systems transport the customer to another domain.Hence, the module needs to save the responses to a filebefore the customer is transported off-site. When thecustomer returns from the off-site payment screens backto your store, the responses will be retrieved for savingto flat file or display in your merchant notification email.

    The included modified merchant email and batch reports will display the Addendum resposes. Additionally, the batch report can provide page breaks between each order for better printouts (incoices). Also, the merchant notification email allows you to insert tokens in the subject line so you can include things like the order number, order total, and customer name in the subject of the email.

    Compare this module with our competitors' pro or advanced or ultimate versions. Those are just words tacked onto a module name. Don't let our low price fool you - compare features and you will find this module probably contains all of the features found in theirs plus we have several additional features. The Addendum module has been in use since Merchant version 1.x and continually enhanced with each version. Our competitors will try to keep up, but the simple choice is, why get a shadow when you can get the "original".

    The module currently fully supports the mivasql configuration of MIVA Merchant 5. It also supports MySQL as long as load balancing has the data stored on the single MySQL server. This would be the case in most of the server setups. For those that are not, we are in the process of converting the code for that remaining, very small group of MIVA Merchant stores. At this time we have not had a problem. Modules will be moved to the top of the queue as needed.

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    19 My Favorites Quicklist v5 Advanced Development Solutions / Miva Central

    Give your customers bettercontrol of their shopping experience. This module provides a way forthem to save their favorite items, with selected attribute options, tothe Favorites QuickList. Products can be added to Favorites QuickListfrom Product, Category, Search, Product List pages or the Entire Basketcan be saved, to checkout later. This provides a quick and easy was toorder their favorite or frequently bought items, without having to browse thestore or search for them, all from one screen. The Favorites list canbe sorted by code, title or price, and quickly modified using provided controls.Store developers and managers have complete control over thelook and feel of My Favorites QuickList layout using the automaticallyinstalled, Store Morph Technology™ templates. Thismodule is ideal for busy and wholesale stores.

    The ADS My FavoritesQuickList Features:

    • Simple ModuleInstallation, Configuration and Controls
      • Automaticcreation, installation and item assignmentof My Favorites Default Page and ProductList Layout templates and settings.
      • Automaticinstallation and assignment of My Favoritespage required items.
      • Automatic modificationof existing page and layout templates. Allyou need to do is insert a text or graphicallink to My Favorites QuickList anywhere in yoursite navigation.
      • Moduleprovides complete design control of My FavoritesPage usingthe new Store Morph Technology™ basedtemplates.
      • Neverworry about making template changes. Moduleutilizes new version history control.
      • Twosample templates are automatically installedfor the My Favorites Product List layout.Thetemplates can be further modified to meetyour needs.
      • Just add a link to My Favorites QuickList anywherein your template and you are ready to go.
      • Notemplate editing required, but is availablefor advanced users. HTML and template scriptingknowledge is required to make template modifications.If you do not have these skills it is recommendedyou contactADS representative to get assistancewith template design and customization.

    • Enhanced User InterfaceFeatures and Controls.
      • Since Customersare required to be logged in to use thisfeature, they are automatically taken tothe Account Login screen if they click onMy Favorites navigation link or try to additems to their Favorites.
      • Customers can save their entire basket to Favorites fromthe basket screen. Product and Attribute/Optioninformation is also saved.
      • Add individual items to Favorites from Product,Category, Search and Product List pages.Product and Attribute/Option informationis also saved.
      • Quickly add multiple selected items, with attributes,and quantities to Basket with just one click.
      • Quickly delete multiple selected items from Favoriteswith just one click.
      • Breadcrumb Navigation for My Favorites QuickList.
      • Product Pagination with Product Totals, PageNumber Links and Previous/Next buttons. Productspagination is controlled through merchant admininterface.
      • Quick Favorites product sorting by Product Code,Name or Price in ascending or descending order.

    Samplesnap shot of My Favorites Quick list page layout and controls:

    Samplesnap shot of Product Page with Add to Favorites button:

    Samplesnap shot of Basket page with Save to My Favorites button:

    Samplesnap shot of a My Favorites Page Template administration Screen:

    Samplesnap shot of a My Favorites Product List Layout Template administrationScreen:

    Module installationand functionality has the following requirements:

    • MIVA Merchant Version5.0
    • No template editingis required, but is available for advanced users. HTML and templatescripting knowledge is required to make template modifications. Ifyou do not have these skills it is recommended you contactADS representative to get assistance with template design andcustomization.

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    20 Swap Link v5 Emporium Plus / Miva Central

    Quickly and easily generate sitemap (sitelink) files which can supply direct, optimized links to your categories and products for search engine indexing. The links can be standard Merchant, or directory style, or shortened, static file appearing links. This module is for MIVA Merchant 5.x. We also have the corresponding module for an older version of Merchant.

    Site Map Files The Swap Link module can further enhance your chances of search engine ranking by producing static sitelink*.htm fileswhich list all of your categories and products with shorter links. This feature is configurable to allow you to optimize the sitelink pages with meta tags, key word rich text, etc. The site link pages are generatedvery quickly through admin. You can optionally include theprice and a brief description of the item. The brief description uses the first 100 characters of the full product description. As long as you don't go overboard with your narrative (top of page) text, each page will be less than 100K. If multiple pages are required to include your whole catalog, a link to the next page is included on each page. If you have the abilityto re-write the .htaccess file on your domain, you can usedirectory style links or static appearing links on the sitelink pages. See the installdoc for more information on this feature. Youcan even include the affiliate link.

    The module currently fully supports the mivasql configuration of MIVA Merchant 5. It also supports MySQL as long as load balancing has the data stored on the single MySQL server. This would be the case in most of the server setups. For those that are not, we are in the process of converting the code for that remaining, very small group of MIVA Merchant stores. At this time we have not had a problem. Modules will be moved to the top of the queue as needed.

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