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• How do I edit the MMUI? (Uncompiled stores only - Merchant 4.13 and lower)
  Adding modules via hardcoding the MMUI Note: this method is only applicable to Miva Merchant versions 4.13 and lower (uncompiled.) The MMUI, or Miva Merchant Look and ...
• How do I install the OpenUI?
  You can obtain the OpenUI at http://openui.org. It comes with step-by-step installation instructions. Be sure to follow the instructions on exporting your UI settings first, ...
• How can I integrate Coupon Manager with Other Page Templates?
  Use one of the following methods for integrating Coupon Manager with Other Page Templates. Method 1 (must be used if you wish to use free shipping ...
• How can I include an access number for each PIN in the PIN emails?
  There are a couple ways to do this. 1) In the PIN Numbers tab of the edit products screen use the 'Message' field. Anything entered here ...
• How can I integrate Category Navigation Menu with the Product/Category Page Template modules?
  The method for adding a 3rd party token to the Page Template modules is essentially the same with any module. Once you've figured out how ...
• How can I integrate this module with your Category/Product Page Template modules?
  First, in the template module(s), go to the 3rd party tokens tab and add a new token if one doesn't already exist. Use DEN_WLST for ...
• How can I configure Soft Goods to serve downloads from a remote server?
  The method is essentially the same as serving downloads from the same server, except the download.php script should be placed on the remote server, and ...
• How can I offer free shipping for downloadable products?
  Soft Goods doesn't have any control over how shipping is handled in your store, that is entirely dependent on your shipping configuration. If you carry ...
• How do I configure Soft Goods on ValueWeb?s AHP Platform?
  How do I configure the SoftGoods Module for Miva to work on ValueWeb?s AHP Platform? You will need to make the following changes in the SoftGoods? ...
• Hiding Specific Product Prices
  The price of some of my products is determined by the attributes, but I don't want to display the 0.00 price for those products. Can ...
• How can I display randomly selected products on my category pages?
  (2004/02/16)I have added the %catprod%|field|ctgycode|id|% token to the Category Page Templates module. The token displays information for a product randomly selected from the category ...
• How can I display only the description and price of the first product associated to that category?
  (2003/09/10)You can use the conditional %begin_if|expression|% to do this: %begin_if|(g.prod_count - g.offset) EQ 0|% Price: %prodprice% Description: %proddesc% %end_if% I.e. Put the %begin_if|(g.prod_count - g.offset) EQ 0|%...%end_if% around the portions ...
• How do I use the OpenUI Short Description token in a category template?
  (2003/09/08)The module doesn't currently have a token specifically for this. However, you can display them using the %var token: Category short description: %var|OUI_Categories2.d.shortdesc|% Product short description: %var|OUI_Products2.d.shortdesc|% ...
• Hiding Specific Product Prices
  The price of some of my products is determined by the attributes, but I don't want to display the 0.00 price for those products. Can ...
• How do I conditionally test for the existence of an image on the server (not the image assigned to the product but one I upload myself)?
  (2004/01/22)You want to test for the existence of an image named after the product code. You can do this with a conditional such as: %begin_if|sexists('/Merchant2/graphics/00000001/' $ ...
• How do I display the per-product payouts?
  (2003/08/11)I added tokens for this when the per-product payout was added to Affilaite Manager. You can use the token: %affiliate_po#_prod% (where # is the "tier" ...
• How do I display the data for the affiliate "fields"?
  (2003/08/11)Thare are tokens for this: %field1% %field1|xx|% %field2% %field2|xx|% %field3% %field3|xx|% The %fieldx% token will display the data but is NOT editable by the affiliate and %fieldx|xx|% will display a data field ...
• How can I have one particular affiliate's url NOT redirect the customer?
  How can I have one particular affiliate's url NOT redirect the customer? For example, I want to direct the customers to a particular product ...
• How to Change"Payouts Due" to Correct Date
  When an affiliate logs in to there account and clicks "payouts due", it says "new payouts will be 12/31/69. How can this be changed to correct date? ...
• How to Prompt NEW Affiliates to Make a Choice Or Agreement
  How do I prompt new affiliates to make a choice or agree to my affiliate agreeement? 2003/04/11) With the recent addition of the ability to ...
• How can I collect a "redirect url" from new affiliates?
  The latest versions of the module have two new tokens that can be used in the "Main page" field on the "New Affiliate Sign-up" tab ...
• How do we get multi tier payout this is very important that if level 1 sign ups a level 2 affiliate they get credit for the orders that the level 2 has.
  That is how the module currently works. The columns in the payout configuration refer to this situation (where + represents a referral, either when ...
• How can my customers track their UPS orders with Order Status Manager WITHOUT me having to re-key in those long UPS tracking numbers?
  (2004/11/17)(submitted by Gordon Moe of eBirdseed.com): In addition to tracking orders by tracking number, UPS also allows tracking by the REF1 field. This can ...
• How do I display the redemptions from our coupon module in the order details and in the invoice?
  (2003/11/12)here are tokens available in the details template to display "Order charges", which is where the information from coupon (and gift certificate) modules are ...
• How do I use Dydacomp's Miva Management connector for Mail Order Manager to get status information into Order Status Manager?
  Unfortunately we have no idea! We'll update this FAQ if/when we hear back from their engineers. At present we only know that they support ...
• How to Conditionally Display Based on Customer Login
  Is there any way to conditionally display something depending on whether or not the customer is logged in? If you have the latest version (you can ...
• How to Modify the mmui.mv File IF Product Page Templates is Already Installed
  I'm trying to follow the instructions to modify my mmui.mv file. However, I have already modified it for the Product Page Templates module. The ...
• How to Log What Customers Search For
  Is there any way to log what customers search for? This feature was added in version 4.44c (compiled) and 4.45 (uncompiled). After upgrading, you'll ...
• How to Insert a Product Quantity Box And Corresponding Add to Basket
  What is the proper way to insert a product quantity box and the corresponding add to basket? The documentation provided seems to be lacking ...
• How do I keep the module from displaying "out-of-stock" products (I'm using the Merchant inventory feature to track inventory)?
  You can do this by using the tokens: %begin_instock%...%end_instock% (displays the contents between the two tokens only if the product is in stock %begin_outstock%...%end_outstock% (displays the contents ...
• How to Configure a Gift Certificate to Charge Shipping to Redeemer, but Shipping Will be Paid by Gift Certificate
  We would like to set it up so that the redeemer of the gift certificate will be charged shipping, but the shipping will be paid ...
• How to Sell Gift Certificates Within Your Store
  How do I sell gift certificates in my store? This is a two step process. Step One: Create a product in your store for ...
• How to Automatically Send Emails to the Recipient
  How do I have the emails automatically sent to the recipient? The module is now capable of automatically delivering emails to the recipient (as collected in ...
• How can I display the remaining certificate balance to the customer?
  (2004/01/23)There are a few tokens that you can use in the "redemption button setup" field (which is used to display the "redeem" field and button ...
• How do I prevent shipping from being charged when someone purchases a gift certificate?
  (2003/12/07)Unfortunately, the module isn't capable of changing how shipping is charged. This is in the hands of the shipping module that you're using. ...
• How do I restrict the use of a certificate to a particular product (or How do limit a certificate so that it cannot be used on a particular product)?
  (2003/12/06)On the "options" tab, there is a field "Applicable products:" which you can use to limit the use of the certificates. Into this ...
• How to Use Customer Import
  What is a flatfile and how do I create and use one? This module is used for importing customers from a flatfile. The format ...
• How can I integrate additional product fields with the Product/Category/etc. Page Template modules?
  See the following section of the manual: http://vikingcoders.com/docs/docviewer.mv?Module_Code=DEN_PRODFIELDS#5 ...
• How can I turn off the display of TinyCart and/or History Helper, but still use it as an OpenUI/3rd Party Token?
  - To prevent TinyCart from displaying in any default locations, in the TinyCart Settings tab, uncheck the enabled box. - To prevent History Helper from displaying ...
• How can I place TinyCart and/or History Helper somewhere other than the category tree (OpenUI Token how-to)?
  If you are using the OpenUI, you can register an OpenUI Token for it, then embed the TinyCart and/or History Helper as a token into ...
• How can I integrate Related Products From Purchase History with Product Page Templates?
  First, register a token for it in Product Page Templates. Click the 3rd Party Tokens tab. Add a new token, using DEN_RPPH for the module ...
• How do I prompt for the Customer's name not just e-mail address and how do I create a token for it?
  The module has 5 tokens that you can use in the template that will display text fields to collect any data that you want (where ...
• How do I display product specific information on the form page? If the customer arrives there from teh "share this store" link the tokens aren't processed.
  (2003/04/22)There are conditional tags exactly for this purpose: %begin_prodlink%....%end_prodlink% %begin_storelink%....%begin_storelink% Which will dispaly their contents ONLY if the customer arrived at the page via the product link or ...
• How do I display product specific information on the form page? If the customer arrives there from teh "share this store" link the tokens aren't processed.
  (2003/04/22)There are conditional tags exactly for this purpose: %begin_prodlink%....%end_prodlink% %begin_storelink%....%begin_storelink% Which will dispaly their contents ONLY if the customer arrived at the page via the product link or ...
• How do I display the "thank you" message on the invoice page?
  (2004/11/05)You can use the token %invc_thanks% for this. Newer versions of the module have this token in the default template for the Invoice page ...
• Hello, I am using the Affiliate Login module and the other page templates module. How do I get the affilate LOGN_header to show up for the login included in the other page templates module?
  There is no token for it but you can use a conditional to display the text in the template: %begin_if|g.AffilLogin|% header text here %end_if% This will display the text ...
• How do I modify the Custer Login screen so that the customer is redirected to the Account screen rather than the storefront?
  (2004/08/20)Merchant uses the Screen varialbe to determine which screen to direct the customer to. In the "main template" of the Customer Login template is some ...
• How do I consolidate the checkout screens so that the "shipping and billing selection" lists are on the "Customer Information" page?
  (2004/07/22)The modification is relatively simple. In the "Main template" area of the template that you're using for the customer information page (the "Checkout: Customer ...
• How do I make the "Account Login" screen compatible with other modules such as the Order Status Manager and Affiliate Manager?
  (2004/01/07)I have compiled instructions for how to make the necessary changes into a separate file, FAQ_integrating.txt, which is also included with this file in the ...
• How do I display the attributes in the basket?
  (2003/09/28)This is done with the token %basket_attributes%. It should have been in the default "product template" area of the Basket template (and it is ...
• How can I display a "checkout" link on the basket page which points to the correct screen depending on whether or not the customer is logged in?
  (2003/09/23)You can conditioanlly display the "checkout" button depending on whether or not the customer is logged in. There isn't a token for it yet ...
• How do I make the checkout screens compatible with the Gift Certificate Manager (http://vikingcoders.com/go.mv?ID=BROK_CERTIFICATES)?
  (2004/03/09)The Gift Certificate Manager can now be registered on the template module's "third party tokens" tab. After registering it, the instructions link will explain ...
• How do I make the Customer Account screen compatible with List Manager?
  (2004/02/24)Only a few simple modifications need to be made to the "Customer Account" template. The following steps assume that you have registered the List ...
• How do I make the Login screen compatible with the Order Status Manager (http://vikingcoders.com/go.mv?ID=BROK_ORDERSTATUS) and Order Status - Login (http://vikingcoders.com/go.mv?ID=BROK_ORDERLOGIN)?
  (2004/01/07)Several simple modifications need to be made to the "Account Login" template: Somewhere between the %beginform|customerlogin|% and %endform% tokens place: for compatibility with Order Status Manager: %begin_if|g.ScreenStatus|% <input type="hidden" ...
• How do I make the module compatible with the List Manager (http://vikingcoders.com/go.mv?ID=BROK_WISHLIST) module?
  (2004/01/05)First make sure that the List Manager module is registered on the template module's "Third party tokens" tab. After that, there are several modifications that ...
• How do I make the Login screen compatible with the Affiliate Manager (http://vikingcoders.com/go.mv?ID=BROK_AFFILIATES) and Affiliate Manager- Login (http://vikingcoders.com/go.mv?ID=BROK_AFFILATELOGIN)?
  (2003/12/03)Several simple modifications need to be made to the "Account Login" template: Somewhere between the %beginform|customerlogin|% and %endform% tokens place: for compatibility with Affiliate Manager: %begin_if|g.ScreenAffil|% <INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="AffilScreen" ...
• How do I set the time zone so that the %time% and %date% tokens reflect the time zone of my store and not my server?
  You can use the token:%set_timezone|xx|% (where xx is the number of hour offset from GMT)to set the timezone to be used by the module in displaying ...
• How do I keep customer from ordering out of stock items from the wishlist?
  (2003/06/18)To do this you'll need to add conditional tokens around the buttons in the template. These tokens are: %begin_instock%...%end_instock% which displays the text between them ...
• How do I configure the module to permit purchases from the wish list?
  (2003/06/18)This can be done by adding checkboxes to the wish list page resulting from a search (ie. the "search results" page) and an "add to ...
• How can display and change the parameters of an image (size, alt tags...)?
  In order to display and alter the paramaters of an image or thumbnail, you'll need to use OpenTokens. First, you need to put %OUI% as the ...
• How do I display the attribute and option data on the order details page?
  There are a number of attribute and option specific tokens that can be used in the "Attributes template" of the details page. Most are ...
• How do I check for a module upgrade?
  You're either curious or been asleep at the wheel of your store for too long: How do you know if a new version of a ...
• How do I install a module?
  If you are new to installing modules you might want to read this overview from Miva Corp: http://www.miva.com/docs/merchant/howto41/MM1045.pdf Typically installing a module is just a matter of ...
• How can I remove a shipping or payment module that has orders associated with it?
  Miva Merchant will not allow you to remove a shipping or payment module if it has poast orders associated with it. In order to get ...
• How can I display the Order Status Manger's "Order note" field on the Phone Order Manager page?
  To have the Order Status Manager's "order note" field display in the Phone Order Manager, you can use the token:(note that you do NOT need ...
• How do I display the Shopper Selected Sales Tax list on my Phone Order Manager page?
  This is done with the  token, %taxselect% which displays the select list generated by the Shopper Selected Sales Tax module.  Add it to your "Main ...
• How can I display an inventory "status" message in the basket (either on the BASK screen or during checkout) so that customers can see if the product is back-ordered?
  You can display the inventory "status" of each product in this manner: 1) Go to the "items" tab of the page you want to add the ...
• How do I display data from Affiliate Manager in the orders exported by Generic Orders Export?
  The Affiliate Manager can now provide information about the referring  affiliate and the resulting order for the Generic Orders Export module. At the top of the ...
• How do I display the Custom Product Fields and Custom Customer Fields in the export?
  The Custom Product Fields and Custom Customer Fields  are the additional customer and poduct fields which Merchant 5.x lets you configure for your customers and ...
• How do I display data from third party modules in my export? For example, how do I display the note from Inventory Manager?
  The Generic Orders Export module can process Merchant 5.x "item tokens" such as <mvt:item name="BROK_INVENTORY" param="note" /> (which will display the inventory note).    That said, ...
• How do we get multi tier payout this is very important that if level 1 sign ups a level 2 affiliate they get credit for the orders that the level 2 has.
  That is how the module currently works. The columns in the payout configuration refer to this situation (where + represents a referral, either when an affiliate ...
• How do I configure product specific payouts for each affiliate? I'd like to pay some affiliates more than others for certain products or categories of products.
  The "product specific payouts" feature adds "Affiliate Manager" tabs to each category and product's configuration screen.  On each screen you'll find a listing of all ...
• How do I display data from Affiliate Manager in the orders exported by Generic Orders Export?
  The Affiliate Manager can now provide information about the referring  affiliate and the resulting order for the Generic Orders Export module. At the top of the ...