Stockinthechannel.com - Toner Configurator

See here for more details about Toner from Stockinthechannel

Step 1

Open your Magento Admin
Navigate to System → Magento Connect → Magento Connect Manager
Log in with Admin Credentials
Paste the extension key you get from this page into the "Install new Extensions" box on the page
Click "Install" followed by "Proceed"

Now the Plugin should be installed. To learn how to use it, continue reading.

If your Stockinthechannel Feed contains both Toner and IT trees, default global configuration is already setup for you, so proceed to Step 3

Step 2

This step describes how to Change the Root Category being Used

First, we need to find the Category ID of the Root Category Containing Toner Data. This can be done by navigating to Category Management in the Magento Backend, as seen here:

Next, in FTP or whatever you are using to manage files, navigate to app/code/local/Sinch/Tonerconfigurator/etc and open config.xml

Now Within This file locate <root_id>4</root_id> and Change the 4 to the New Category ID

Step 3

Option A - Add New Widget and decide which pages to display it on

In Magento admin navigate to: CMS → Widgets and select “Add New Widget Instance”
In the Setting select Type “Stock in the Channel – Toner Configurator”
Design Package/Theme = Select your Template Name and press continue

Frontend Properties:

Widget Instance Title = For your reference in the Magento backend only

Sort Order = Can be any numeric value and is only used if you have more than one active Widget in a single block (if in doubt enter the value as 1)

Layout Options controls where this widget will be displayed and you have many options.

It’s possible to display the widget in many different locations but remember that if you want to use a different layout of the widget you will need a separate instance.

We have 4 predefined layouts for the widget and a 5th option for custom design which allows you to create your own design of the finder for your site using CSS

This page also has options to control:

If the user has to press the search button to submit a query or if selecting the last drop-down will automatically trigger the search.
The search text (only used if the button is enabled)
Loading text (text that is briefly displayed whilst the configurator loads the available options)

Note: Before viewing your Changes on the frontend of your Magento site you must select “Flush Magento Cache” under: System → Cache Management. This also applies to any changes you make after the initial setup.

Option B - Insert the widget into an existing CMS Page or CMS Block

Navigate to the appropriate block or page (Select Content for CMS pages)
Using the editor click the insert Widget Icon and select “Stock in the Channel – Toner Configurator”
Select your Title and other options as detailed above.
Save page and view your changes on the frontend.

Note: Whilst this setup is a little easier, the downside of using the insert into Static Block/page option is that you can’t display the widget in as many places. For Search results and product details pages you will need to use Option A

Custom CSS (Optional)

The files controlling the various Widget CSS layouts are located in: skin/frontend/default/default/css/tonerconfigurator

These are CSS files and if you do not know CSS you should seek support from a Magento designer

A blank file is in this location titled custom.css but if you wish to edit the other versions located here, this is also fine.