Configuration and Settings of Mconnect Part Finder Extension for Magento® 2

The Configuration of Mconnect Part Finder Magento 2 Extension:

To know how to install this extension view our extension.

Before you proceed with using the extension, you need to do the configuration of the extension as shown below:   

1. Navigate to Store > Settings > Configuration > M-Connect Media > Part Finder in your Magento® Admin Panel.
 

2. Settings Screen opens.  

• Enable/Disable Part Finder: Select Yes to enable and No to disable the extension on the Category as well as on other pages of the store.

3. Click on 'Save Config' to save the configuration settings.
 
 
Front end view of the Part Finder Extension:  

Display of part finder table on category page:
 
 
Display of Part finder table on About Us page:

 
 
How to create a new Part finder?

1. Navigate to M Connect > Part Finders.  

 
2. The Part Finders page will open. Click on the Add Part Finder button.  

 
3. This will take you to the New Part Finder page. Fill up the information in the required fields.  

 
4. Click on 'Save Part Finder.'
 
 
 
How to edit an existing Part Finder?

1. Navigate to M-Connect > Part Finders. On the Part finder page, you will see the list of existing part finders.  
 

2. Click on the Edit option from the Select Drop down under Action menu against the part finder in which you wish to make the changes.  
 

3. The settings page will open up for that part finder.  

 
General information:

1. Title: Give a title to the part finder
2. No. of drop downs: Define how many dropdown options you need for this part finder
3. Status: Set the status as Enable or disable to show this part finder on the front end.
4. Position: Choose the position of the part finder to display on the Storefront.  

Fields:

The fields tab contains the information of all the drop downs defined under General settings.  

1. Name: You can give the name to the drop downs which will appear in the part finder table. For which you will choose an option from the drop-down. 
2. Sort: With this option, you can want to display the drop-down options in alphabetically ascending or descending order or numerically ascending or descending order.  

3. Range: Select ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ option to import or not redundant data as a range.

Import

 
1. Import Behavior: Choose the option from the drop down to show all the data on the storefront or the latest data imported (append data or delete existing data).  
2. Select CSV file: In this field, you can choose the CSV file you want for applying it to the Part finder.  
3. Export Data: From this field, you can export the data to a local system.

 
Products
 

• On the products page, you can see the details of all the products with the drop down options and their SKUs.  
• If you have forgotten to add any record or values, you can add them manually by clicking on Add New Record. The new options page will appear.  

 
You can define the Make, Model, Year and SKU in the fields and save the option values to create a new record for the part finder.  
 
 
How to activate Part Finder to display on a category page?

1. Navigate to Products > Categories in the Magento 2 admin panel.  
 
 

2. The categories page will open up.  

   
3. Select a category for which you wish to enable the part finder options, from the left-hand side category menu.  

   
4.  On the category’s page, under the general tab, go to the Part finder for filter field and select the particular part finder to show for that category.

 
 
5.  After selecting the part finder, click on the “Save Category” button.  
 
 
 
 
How to display the part finder of the front end web pages?

1. Navigate to Content > Elements > Pages.

 
2. The CMS pages screen will open up.

3. Select the Edit option under the Action menu for the page on which you wish to display the part finder.  
 

4. The Edit screen for About Us page will appear. Click on the Content tab under the Page information section at the left-hand side of the screen.  

5. Enter the given-below code to display the part finder in the text box provided.  

{{block class="Mconnect\Partfinder\Block\Partfinder" template="Mconnect_Partfinder::cms_partfinder.phtml" pf_id="1"}}  In the code, mention the id of the part finder against “pf_id”.  
 
6. Then click on Save Page to apply the changes on the storefront.

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