Installation

This module is a part of MageSuite metapackage.

composer require "creativestyle/magesuite-brand-management" ^1.0.0

User guide

This document covers developer documentation, for the user guide refer to: 2.7. Brands

Admin settings

Catalog > Brands

Grid with all added brands:

Catalog > Brands -> Crete New Brand

Add a new brand

Brand details

Enabled	When enabled brand will be visible on frontend.	default value: Yes
Brand Name		required
Brand Icon	Allowed file types: png, gif, jpg, jpeg, svg. Max file size 1MB.	optional
Brand Additional Icon		optional
URL Key		required
Is featured	When enabled brand will be visible in brand carousel.	default value: Yes
Show In Brand Carousel	When enabled brand will be visible in brand carousel.	default value: Yes
Short Description		optional
Full Description		optional
Layout Update XML
Brand group identifier	An additional brand’s identifier to be used by developers to add e.g. CSS classes

Below brand options, there are settings that help customize the brand page: Search Engine Optimization (Meta title, Meta description, and Meta Robots for brand page).

Backend

TODO BE part is needed.

Blocks in Admin Panel

There are buttons configuration for Back, Delete, Save button

There is also Grid configuration for all columns

Controllers in Admin Panel

There are actions for: new, edit, delete and save Brand, for displaying grid of Brands

And also for upload Brand icon and additional icon

vendor/creativestyle/magesuite-brand-management/Controller/Adminhtml/Brand/Upload.php:29

public function execute()
{
        try {
            $result = $this->uploadProcessor->create()->processUpload();
        } catch (\Exception $e)
        .....
}

magesuite-brand-management/Model/Brands/Processor/Upload.php:60

public function processUpload($imageData = null)
{
    if($imageData) {
        $fileAttributes = $this->prepareUploadBase64Encoded($imageData);
    } else {
        $fileAttributes = $this->prepareUploadImage();
    }

    try {
        .....
        $result = $this->uploader->save($destinationFolder, $fileAttributes['name']);
        .....
    }
    .....
}

Observer

There is observer add_brand_group_identifier_to_body

which listens to event controller_front_send_response_before

vendor/creativestyle/magesuite-brand-management/etc/frontend/events.xml:2

<event name="controller_front_send_response_before">
    <observer name="add_brand_group_identifier_to_body" instance="MageSuite\BrandManagement\Observer\AddBrandGroupIdentifierToBody" shared="false" />
</event>

add can add brand group identifier to body tag to class param for example my_brand

<body data-container="body" id="html-body" class="brands-index-index my_brand page-layout-2columns-left sale-bar">

Frontend

The brand overview page is placed under /brands url (brands-index-all layout). It consists of linked brand icons and an alphabetical list with links to specific brand subpages.

The specific brand page (brands-index-index layout) consists of a grid with all products assigned to this brand.

Additionally, the Content Constructor Brand Carousel module is available for all CMS pages and other ContentConstructor areas.

Styling

The specific brand page uses a separate entry: theme-creativeshop/src/entries/magesuite-brand-management.ts in order to include its styles. Standard category page styles are applied to specific brand pages and standard rules for CC components styling apply to the brand carousel.