Here’s another quick how-to for MIVA Merchant version 4.24, using the OpenUI Look & Feel module and the Viking Coders Product Page Templates module.

I needed a way to check the contents of a MIVA custom field (not the fields created with the Viking Coders Additional Product Fields Manager) but rather those created within the default MIVA custom product fields screen.

Essentially, it involves adding a simple if statement to check if the product field equals a certain value, and then outputting a block of text to the screen. In this example, I want to check the custom product field called ZILLABRAND and see if it was equal to Xterra. If it does contain that value, then I want to display some additional text about that brand.

Here is the code:

%ACTION(XPFIELDS)%
%IF(g.OUI_Xproducts:ZILLABRAND EQ 'Xterra')%
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%IFEND%

Basically this calls the value of the fields using the ACTION command and then checks the value of the ZILLABRAND field (previously created). I also added a div around the output to format the display of the text.

Also, make sure to put the required %OUI% at the very top line in the product page template module.

I was able to gather most of this information from the not-so-informative user forums at the OpenUI website - http://www.openui.org/openui_forum.php

Again, this example uses the Product Page Templates module available at Viking Coders.

Hope this helps.

Tags: miva+merchant, miva, shopping+cart, ecommerce, e-commerce, OpenUI, MIVA+OpenUI, miva+programming

This post covers integrating the custom fields created in the Viking Coders Additional Product Fields module with the Category Page Templates and Product Page Templates modules. All of these modules and the code below require the use of the OpenUI module.

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Much of the work I do for clients revolves around the MIVA Merchant shopping cart platform, both versions 4.x and the new 5. While we don’t offer the MIVA shopping cart here at Pezland, we do support development of MIVA cart based businesses.

Over the course of the past 5 years of building and programming MIVA carts, I’ve fought through and eventually learned a long list of hacks, tweaks and customizations that are immensely valuable for the MIVA store owner. My hope is to be able to document some of those tricks and pointers here.

For more information on the MIVA shopping cart platform, visit the official MIVA website at www.miva.com.

Tags: miva+merchant, miva, shopping+carts, e-commerce, ecommerce