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JX Blog

Introduction

JX Blog module allows creating a blog in your PrestaShop store in order to inform or educate the customers with helpful innovative content for your eCommerce website. You can write creative posts of new arrivals, future collections and accompany them with entertaining images; publish your posts right away or plan them to go live later.

JX Blog is the main module that contains the general settings for blog functionality.

There are additional JX Blog modules used to make the blog more functional:

• JX Blog Comment module

  improves the main JX Blog module with powerful comments system. It is used to display and manage the comments added to the Blog posts.

• JX Blog Post Posts module

  allows binding related posts to a post.

• JX Blog Post Products module

  allows binding related products to posts.

• JX Featured Posts module

  allows defining and setting posts as featured on the homepage of your store.

Installation of the module

The module can be installed like any other PrestaShop module.

When the module has been successfully installed, the JX Blog menu tab will appear in the main menu of your admin panel.

There you can add/remove/edit categories and posts, manage the main settings of the blog.

Categories

In order to create a blog post, firstly, it is necessary to create at least one category.

• In your PrestaShop admin panel, in JX Blog section at the bottom, choose Categories menu (1). To create a new category, press the 'plus' (2) button in the top right corner of the category panel.

  

• In the appeared form, you'll see the following options:

  • Name - the name of the blog category (mandatory).

  • Friendly URL - the blog category friendly url that will be used as a link to the category in the "Friendly URL" mode (mandatory).

  • Short description - brief description of the blog category.

  • Full description - ample description of the blog category.

  • Meta Keywords - keywords that will be used by search engines for better SEO optimization.

  • Meta Description - description of your blog category used by search engines for better SEO optimization.

  • Image - upload the image from your computer.

  • Image thumbnail - upload a smaller version of the blog category image.

  • Group access - custom groups that can have the access to this category.

  • Badge - enter the badge which will unify the category on the list.

  • Status - enable/disable the category.

  

• Click the 'Save' button and your category will appear in the list of available categories.

• In order to make changes to category, click the 'Edit' (1) button. In order to remove the category, click the 'Delete' (2) button below the 'Edit' button.

  

Posts

• In your admin panel, under JX Blog section, choose Posts menu (1). To create a new post, press 'plus' (2) button in the top right corner.

  

• Set the following options in the form that appears:

  • Post name - the title of the post (mandatory).

  • Friendly URL - the blog category friendly url that will be used as a link to the category in the "Friendly URL" mode (mandatory).

  • Short description - brief description of the blog category.

  • Full description - ample description of the blog category.

  • Meta Keywords - keywords that will be used by search engines for better SEO optimization.

  • Meta Description - description of your blog category used by search engines for better SEO optimization.

  • Post image - upload the image of the post (only .jpg format is allowed).

  • Post thumbnail - upload the smaller version of the blog post image (only .jpg format is allowed).

  • Status - enable/disable the post.

  • Associated categories - the category, your post will be associated to (mandatory).

  • Post tags - post tags to be included.

  • Publishing date - specify the publishing date of the post.

  • Related posts - add the related posts.

  • Related products - add the related products.

  

• Click the 'Save' button to save the settings. Now, your newly created post will appear in the list of posts.

• If you need to make some changes with the post, click the 'Edit' button (1) next to the needed post. To remove the post, click the 'Delete' (2) button.

  

Featured Posts

• In your admin panel, under JX Blog section, choose Featured Posts menu (1). To create a new post, press 'plus' (2) button in the top right corner.

  

• Set the following options in the form that appears:

  • Select post - choose the post(s) to be featured.

  • Set item position - choose the position of the featured posts on the homepage.

  • Status - enable/disable the featured posts.

  

• Click the 'Save' button to save the settings. Now, the chosen posts will appear in the list of featured posts on the Homepage.

• If you need to make some changes with the featured post, click the 'Edit' button (1) next to the needed post. To remove the post, click the 'Delete' (2) button.

  

Images Manager

If you need to optimize website images or upload image files for your blog, in JX Blog section go to 'Images Manager' (1) section.

In Images Manager (1) section you may add additional image types with specific dimensions that will be used in your blog posts and customize them according to your needs.

• To add a new image type, press 'plus' (1) button in the Images Manager section.



• Set the following options:

  • Name - the title of the image type (mandatory).

  • Width - image type width in pixels (mandatory).

  • Height - image type height in pixels (mandatory).

  • Categories - enable/disable this type for Blog categories images.

  • Categories Thumbnails - enable/disable this type for Blog categories thumbnails images.

  • Posts - enable/disable this type for Blog posts images.

  • Post Thumbnails - enable/disable this type for Blog posts thumbnails.

  • Blog users - enable/disable this type for not registered Blog users.

  

Regenerate Images

In Regenerate images section you can generate new sizes for all previously uploaded images or you can choose the particular type of the images you want to generate from the drop-down list.

Default Images

In Default Images section, you may set the following settings:

• Default image - upload default image.

• Categories default image - upload default image for categories.

• Categories thumbnails default image - upload default image for categories thumbnails.

• Post default image - upload default image for posts.

• Post thumbnail default image - upload default image for posts thumbnails.

• Users default image - upload default image for users.

• Administrator icon - upload the administrator icon that will be displayed in the comments.

• Registered users icon - upload the icon for registered users that will be displayed in the comments.

• Unregistered users icon - upload the icon for unregistered users that will be displayed in the comments.

Comments

You can stay in touch with your customers using JX Blog Comments module. In Comments section, you can see the comments from your customers or site visitors, reply on them, edit or delete them.

Settings

Main settings

You can manage the main settings for blog functionality.

You may set the following options:

• Image regeneration - generate new sizes for images automatically after each changing.

• Display author - display the author of the post on the frond-end.

• Display views - show the post views.

• Items per page - the amount of items that will be displayed in listings.

'Posts to post' settings

The block is displayed on the post single page and is used to display the related posts.

Settings:

• Number of visible related posts - number of related posts shown in the block.

'Products to post' settings

The block is displayed on the post single page and is used to display the related products.

Settings:

• Number of visible related products - number of related products shown in the block.

Comments settings

• Who can read comments? - choose which categories of the users will be able to read comments from your blog.

• Who can leave comments? - choose which categories of the users will be able to leave comments in your blog.

• Moderation - choose who can leave comments without moderation.

• Replying - choose who can reply to other comments.

• Voting - choose who can vote for other comments.

• Editing - choose from the drop-down list who can edit its own comments.

• Editing confirmation - choose who can edit own comments without moderation.

• Deleting - from the drop-down list choose who can delete its own comments.

• Deleting comments with replies - choose who can delete its own comments which have replies.

• Attachments - choose who can add attachments to comments.

• Hashtags - choose who can use hashtags in comments.

• Pinging - choose who can mention users in comments.

• Navigation - choose who can see navigation above the comments block.

• Post on enter - enable/disable the possibility to post a comment by pressing "Enter" button.

JX Category Image Slider

The module allows creating multilingual slides for any category of the store. The slider will be displayed on the category pages.

Installation and Removal

The installation procedure is standard, module can be installed and deleted as a regular PrestaShop module.

Module settings

After the module installation, you can set or change the needed options on the module configuration page.

• Mode - type of animation (fade, vertical, horizontal).
• Speed - animation speed.
• Width - slides width (for the correct view, it is recommended using the actual image width).
• Height - slides height (for the correct view, it is recommended using the actual image height).
• Auto - autoplay when page is opened.
• Pause - time before transition to the next slide.
• Auto Hover - pause on hover.
• Controls - "Next"/"Previous" buttons.
• Next Text - "Next" button text.
• Prev Text -"Previous" button text.
• Auto Controls - "Play"/"Pause" buttons.
• Pager - pagination.

Adding/removing/editing slides

After the module installation, you will see the new field 'Slides' in category settings.

To add a slide, click on the 'Add new slide' button. Fill in the needed fields in the form.

• Select a file - select your file. You can upload different images for each language. In case there is no image selected for the specific language, images set for default language will load.
• Enter Slide title - type in the slide title.
• Enter Slide Url - provide the slide URL.
• Enter Slide caption - type in the slide caption.
• Open in new window - open in new window.
• Status - enable/disable slide.

When the slide is saved, it will appear in a category slides list.

In order to make changes to slide, click the 'Edit' button.

In order to delete the slide, click on 'Delete' below the 'Edit' button.

JX Category Products 2.0.0

This module displays category products in displayHome and displayHomeTabContent hooks. The module allows displaying single products, products from a category or all products. Moreover, the module comes with a carousel that works, when the module occupies the displayHome position.

JX Category Products Main Panel

The main panel. Here you can set up the module.

Adding a block

This block allows selecting products in displayHome position.

• Access the module main panel and press the 'plus' (1) button in the blocks list.

  

• In the appeared form, you'll find the following options:

  • Status - this option allows enabling/disabling the block.

  • Select category - the category, products of which will be displayed.

  • Use name in font - this option allows changing the displayed category name. If enabled, displays the following form:

    • Name - the custom tab name, displayed on the website.

  • Select products to display - if disabled, displays the 'Number of products to display' field, which sets the number of products to display. If disabled, displays the 'Add products' button that allows selecting products to display in the tab.

  • Use carousel - this option allows enabling/disabling the carousel for block products. After enabling the option, you'll see the following settings:

    • Visible items - the number of visible items.

    • Items scroll - the number of items changed with one carousel scroll.

    • Slide Width - the carousel list item width.

    • Slide Margin - the carousel list item margin.

    • Auto scroll - auto scroll of carousel items.

    • Carousel speed - speed of changing items.

    • Pause - pause between scrolls (if "Auto scroll" is enabled).

    • Random - the carousel starts with a random item.

    • Carousel loop - the loop: when all the carousel items have been displayed, carousel starts from the beginning.

    • Hide control on end - hide control buttons (Next/Prev).

    • Pager - display pagination.

    • Control - display controls (Next/Prev).

    • Auto control - display controls (Play/Pause).

    • Auto hover - carousel pauses, if the user hovers a list item.

• After configuring all the needed options, press the 'Save' (2) button.

  

Blocks Sorting

You can sort the blocks of the module with the help of drag'n'drop. This allows to change blocks positions quickly.

Selecting Products

If you create an item and enable 'Select products to display' option, you can choose the products that you want to display. To do this:

• Press the 'Add products' (1) button:

  

• In the appeared pop-up, select the needed products (2) and press the 'Add' (3) button:

  

• Now, you can place the added products wherever you want with the help of drag'n'drop (4):

  

• When all the needed products are added and arranged in the desired order, press the 'Save' button.

Deleting Blocks

To delete items, press the drop-down menu next to the needed block (1) and press delete (2). The item will be deleted.

JX Compare Product

This module allows you to compare products.

Product comparison as a feature allows comparing two, three or more products at a time.

Installation and Deleting

The module can be installed and deleted like any other PrestaShop module.

Module Settings

The main panel. Here you can set up the following options of the module:

• Count product - the amount of products to be compared.

• Display in footer - the ability to display the feature in footer area.

• Display in header info - the ability to display the feature in header area of the page.

JX Deal of the Day

This module allows you to display the list of products with the discount countdown timer. You can also add a timer to products in the home page tabs, on the category pages and single product pages.

Installation and Deleting

The module is installed and removed the same way as any other PrestaShop module.

Module Settings

After module installation you can add a product discount with the display period and a discount countdown timer.

Adding/removing/editing blocks

• In order to add a new product, press 'Add new' button

  

  • Select a product - select a product to apply the discount and display a timer.
  • Status - item status.
  • Start Date - start date of the product discount period.
  • End Date - end date of the product discount period.
  • Label - product label.
  • Discount price - discount price (absolute or percentage value).

• After saving the item it appears in the list of items of this type.

  

• In order to edit this item, press 'Edit' button.

• In order to remove this item, press 'Delete' button.

• If a special price valid for a certain period was set to the product previously, this product can be added to the module items list.

  

Product display configuration

• In order to change product display mode, press 'Configuration' button.

  

• Then a form with product display configuration will appear.

  

  • Products to display - number of products to display in the home page block.
  • Random products - random products display.

JX Google Map

This module allows adding Google Map with store locations and store short descriptions to the Homepage. The map will display the addresses of all the stores connected with your online store.

Installation and removal

The module is installed and removed as any other PrestaShop module.

Module settings

After installing the module, you can add stores to the map. After pressing the 'Add new store' button (1), you'll be redirected to the 'Store contacts' tab, where you can edit your stores.

To add a new store, press the 'Add new' button.

• Select a store - select the store that you want to add to the map.
• Status - the element status.
• Marker - adding a custom marker.
• Custom text - adding custom text.

Google Map display settings

• Google Api Key - enter your Google Map API Key.
• Map Style - select the map display style.
• Map Type - select the map display type.
• Zoom Level - specify the initial level of the map zoom (from 1 to 17).
• Zoom on scroll - enable/disable map zoom on scroll.
• Map controls - enable/disable map controls.
• Street view - enable/disable street view.
• Animation marker - enable/disable animation marker.
• Popup - enable/disable popup windows with store information.

JX Header Account 2.0.0

This module displays login and registration forms on the website. It can take the following positions: website header, left and right column. The module allows to log in and register using such social networks as Facebook, Google+ and VK, which is convenient for website users. Registration or logging in proceeds without reloading the page.

JX Header Account Main Panel

The main panel. Here you can set up the module.

Settings

There are the following settings in the module:

• Display type - this setting allows to select the way to display the registration form. It can take the following values:

  • Drop down - the form will display as a drop-down below the button opening it.

    

  • Popup - the form will appear in a pop-up.

    

  • Left side - the form will appear from the left as a sidebar.

    

  • Right side - the form will appear from the right as a sidebar.

    

• Display style after login - this setting allows to change the form view after login/registration. You can use the following values:

  • Two columns - the list is divided into two columns.

    

  • One Column - the list of links is displayed as one column.

    

• Default avatar - this field appears only if the 'Display avatar' option is enabled. Here you can select the default user avatar.
• Display avatar - this setting allows enabling or disable user avatar. If the user logs in to the account on the website with the help of one of the social networks, the avatar will be taken from the account in this social network, otherwise, the avatar, loaded by the website admin, will be displayed.
• Use redirect - if this setting is enabled, user registration and password recovery will take place on the default PrestaShop registration/password recovery page.

• Use Facebook Login - this setting allows enabling user registration and login with the help of the Facebook social network. When you enable this option, you will see the following settings:

  • App ID - your account App ID from the Facebook developer account.
  • App Secret - your app secret from the Facebook developer account.

• Use Google Login - this setting allows enabling user login and registration with the help of the Google+ social network. If you enable this option, you will see the following settings:

  • App ID - your App id from the Google developer account.
  • App Secret - your App secret from the Google developer account.
  • Redirect URLs - your online-store url + index.php?fc=module&module=jxheaderaccount&controller=googlelogin

• Use VK Login - this setting allows enabling user registration and login with the help of VK social network. If you enable this option, you will see the following settings:

  • App ID - your App id from your VK developer account.
  • App Secret - App secret from your VK developer account.
  • Redirect URLs - your online-store url + index.php?fc=module&module=jxheaderaccount&controller=vk

Registering apps in social networks:

• Facebook - to get App ID and App Secret, register your app at https://developers.facebook.com/apps.

  You may check the following tutorial in order to learn how to create Facebook developer account and get App ID and App Secret values.

• Google+ - to get App ID and App Secret, register your app at https://developers.google.com/accounts/docs/OAuth2/.
• VK - to get App ID and App Secret register your app at https://vk.com/dev.

JX Manufacturers Block

This module shows up manufacturers available in your store. The list of manufacturers may consist of image and title. The list can also show up as a carousel.

Installing and Deleting

The module is installed and deleted like any other PrestaShop module.

Module configuration

After installation you can change its settings on the module configuration page.

• Order by

  type of sorting items of the block.

• Display name

  show the manufacturer's name.

• Display image

  show the image of the manufacturer.

• Number of elements to display

  type the number of elements displayed in the module.

• Image Type

  select the image type (you can select the image from the images related to the manufacturer).

• Use carousel

  show up the list as a carousel.

• * Visible items

  number of visible manufacturers.

• * Items scroll

  number of manufacturers shown in one carousel scroll.

• * Slide Width

  the width of the element in the carousel.

• * Slide Margin

  the margin of the element in the carousel.

• * Auto scroll

  automatic scrolling.

• * Carousel speed

  speed of the carousel.

• * Pause

  pause between scrolls (if "Auto scroll" is enabled).

• * Carousel loop

  carousel returns to the beginning when all elements have been scrolled.

• * Hide control on end

  hide next/previous buttons.

• * Pager

  show pagination.

• * Control

  show next/previous buttons.

* - settings are available only if carousel is enabled.

After all options have been set, press 'Save' button (1).

The module supports multi-stores.

JX Media Parallax 2.0.0

This module is designed to let you add a parallax effect to the DOM items of the page. It allows you to create multi-layered parallax. It also provides a possibility to add a custom background video (you can upload it from your computer to server) or add a YouTube video.

JX Media Parallax Main Panel

Main module panel that allows you to add, edit or remove parallax items.

Creating a new parallax item

In order to create a new parallax item, press 'plus' (1) icon, in the top right corner of the main panel.

Then you will see the following form.

Form options for adding parallax items

• Selector - CSS selector of the item with parallax effect applied. For example, '#header .nav'
• Item status - item status (parallax will not be displayed if it's disabled)
• Speed - digit value from 0 to 2, which defines main parallax block speed
• Offset - main layer indent on the Y axis
• Inverse - parallax direction
• Fade - this option allows to configure main block fade-out on page scroll
• Forced full width - forced full width of the parallax block

Press 'Save' after filling in all the required fields.

Parallax layers list

In order to see the list of parallax layers, you should press 'View' (1) near the main parallax item.

Then you'll see a table, in which the layers are displayed after they are added.

Adding new layer

In order to create a new parallax layer, press 'plus' (1) icon in the top right corner of the layers panel.

Then you will see the following form.

Press 'Save' after filling in all the required fields.

Parallax layers types and their fields

• Image-background - image used as a parallax background

  • Item status - item status (parallax will not be displayed if it's disabled)
  • Layout speed - digit value from 0 to 2, which defines main parallax block speed
  • Offset - main layer indent on the Y axis
  • Inverse - parallax direction
  • Fade - this option allows configuring main block fade-out on page scroll
  • Image - link to an image, to which parallax effect will be applied
  • Sort order - layout position, relative to the rest of items

• Video-background - video used as a parallax background

  • Item status - item status (parallax will not be displayed if it's disabled)
  • Layout speed - digit value from 0 to 2, which defines main parallax block speed
  • Offset - main layer indent on the Y axis
  • Inverse - parallax direction
  • Fade - this option allows configuring main block fade-out on page scroll
  • Image - link to an additional image
  • Video parallax mp4 - video in mp4 format
  • Video parallax webm - video in webm format
  • Sort order - layout position, relative to the rest of items

• Text - text layer which position can be defined with CSS

  • Item status - item status (parallax will not be displayed if it's disabled)
  • Layout speed - digit value from 0 to 2, which defines main parallax block speed
  • Offset - main layer indent on the Y axis
  • Inverse - parallax direction
  • Fade - this option allows configuring main block fade-out on page scroll
  • Content - layer content
  • Specific class - custom CSS class for this layer
  • Sort order - layout position, relative to the rest of items

• Youtube-background - YouTube video used as a parallax background

  • Item status - item status (parallax will not be displayed if it's disabled)
  • Layout speed - digit value from 0 to 2, which defines main parallax block speed
  • Offset - main layer indent on the Y axis
  • Inverse - parallax direction
  • Fade - this option allows configuring main block fade-out on page scroll
  • Video id - YouTube video ID
  • Sort order - layout position, relative to the rest of items

• Image - image layer which position can be defined with CSS

  • Item status - item status (parallax will not be displayed if it's disabled)
  • Layout speed - digit value from 0 to 2, which defines main parallax block speed
  • Offset - main layer indent on the Y axis
  • Inverse - parallax direction
  • Fade - this option allows configuring main block fade-out on page scroll
  • Image - link to an image, to which parallax effect will be applied
  • Specific class - custom CSS class for this layer
  • Sort order - layout position, relative to the rest of items

Uploading video and images to server

In order to upload video or an image to server via File Manager, first you need to press 'file' (1) icon next to the needed field.

In the following window, in the 'actions' line, choose 'upload' (2).

Then you'll see one more pop-up window, to upload image or video file here.

Warnings and recommendations

• Mobile devices (smartphones, tablets) have a parallax effect disabled by default, the uppermost block image layer is used as a background instead
• The forced full width of the parallax block affects page loading speed more critically than a regular full width block loading
• The smaller the size of the uploaded video, the better.

JX Mega Layout 1.4.0

The module allows building multiple homepage layouts (presets) for hooks. This module advantage is allowing you to create different hook markups and modify them up to your needs.

Module requirements

• PrestaShop 1.7+

• PHP 5.4+

Hooks

The module has 5 hooks available by default:

• 'Header' is a hook that combines such standard hooks: displayTop, displayNav, displayNav1, displayNav2. This hook corresponds to the website header.
• 'Top Column' corresponds to the displayTopColumn and displayNavFullWidth hooks. This hook comes right after the Header hook.
• 'Home' corresponds to such hooks: displayHome, displayWrapperTop, displayWrapperBottom, displayContentWrapperTop, displayLeftColumn, displayRightColumn. This hook is present only on the main page.
• 'Footer' corresponds to the displayFooterBefore, displayFooter and displayFooterAfter hooks.
• 'Product Footer' corresponds to the original displayFooterProduct hook, which is displayed in product page footer.

Integrating module to the theme

Integrating module to the THIRD-PARTY theme your presets won't be displayed at the frontend without this step.

NOTE: for third-party sources only if JX Mega Layout module is not included by default. The codes below have already been integrated into ZEMEZ template.

• Header. In order to add custom preset to the Header hook, you need to perform the following steps:

  • Open the /templates/_partials/header.tpl file for editing.
  • Locate the following code:

       {block name='header_banner'}
        <div class="header-banner">
                {hook h='displayBanner'}
              </div>
      {/block}
    
      {block name='header_nav'}
        <nav class="header-nav">
          <div class="container">
            <div class="row">
              <div class="hidden-sm-down">
              <div class="col-md-5 col-xs-12">
                {hook h='displayNav1'}
              </div>
              <div class="col-md-7 right-nav">
                {hook h='displayNav2'}
              </div>
            </div>
            <div class="hidden-md-up text-sm-center mobile">
            <div class="float-xs-left" id="menu-icon">
            <i class="material-icons d-inline"></i>
                        </div>
            <div class="float-xs-right" id="_mobile_cart"></div>
                        <div class="float-xs-right" id="_mobile_user_info"></div>
                        <div class="top-logo" id="_mobile_logo"></div>
                        <div class="clearfix"></div>
                        </div>
            </div>
          </div>
        </nav>
      {/block}
    
    {block name='header_top'}
        <div class="header-top">
          <div class="container">
            <div class="row">
              <div class="col-md-2 hidden-sm-down" id="_desktop_logo">
                <a href="{$urls.base_url}">
                  <img class="logo img-responsive" src="{$shop.logo}" alt="{$shop.name}">
                </a>
              </div>
              <div class="col-md-10 col-sm-12 position-static">
                {hook h='displayTop'}
                <div class="clearfix"> </div>
                        </div>
            </div>
            <div id="mobile_top_menu_wrapper" class="row hidden-md-up" style="display:none;">
            <div class="js-top-menu mobile" id="_mobile_top_menu"> </div>
                       <div class="js-top-menu-bottom">
                        <div id="_mobile_currency_selector"></div>
                        <div id="_mobile_language_selector"></div>
                        <div id="_mobile_contact_link"></div>
           </div>
         </div>
         </div>
        </div>
        {hook h='displayNavFullWidth'}
      {/block}
    

  • And replace it with:

     {assign var='displayMegaHeader' value={hook h='jxMegaLayoutHeader'}}
     {if $displayMegaHeader}
      {$displayMegaHeader nofilter}
      {else}
      {block name='header_banner'}
         <div class="header-banner">
          {hook h='displayBanner'}
        </div>
      {/block}
    
      {block name='header_nav'}
         <nav class="header-nav">
           <div class="container">
             <div class="row">
               <div class="hidden-sm-down">
                <div class="col-md-5 col-xs-12">
               {hook h='displayNav1'}
               </div>
               <div class="col-md-7 right-nav">
                {hook h='displayNav2'}
                 </div>
           </div>
                        <div class="hidden-md-up text-sm-center mobile">
             <div class="float-xs-left" id="menu-icon">
             <i class="material-icons d-inline"> </i>
             </div>
             <div class="float-xs-right" id="_mobile_cart"></div>
                        <div class="float-xs-right" id="_mobile_user_info"></div>
                        <div class="top-logo" id="_mobile_logo"></div>
                        <div class="clearfix"></div>
            </div>
           </div>
         </div>
         </nav>
      {/block}
    
      {block name='header_top'}
        <div class="header-top">
          <div class="container">
            <div class="row">
              <div class="col-md-2 hidden-sm-down" id="_desktop_logo">
                <a href="{$urls.base_url}">
                  <img class="logo img-responsive" src="{$shop.logo}" alt="{$shop.name}">
                </a>
             </div>
                        <div class="col-md-10 col-sm-12 position-static">
                {hook h='displayTop'}
                <div class="clearfix"></div>
              </div>
            </div>
              <div id="mobile_top_menu_wrapper" class="row hidden-md-up" style="display:none;">
            <div class="js-top-menu mobile" id="_mobile_top_menu"></div>
             <div class="js-top-menu-bottom">
             <div id="_mobile_currency_selector"></div>
             <div id="_mobile_language_selector"></div>
              <div id="_mobile_contact_link"></div>
          </div>
        </div>
        </div>
        </div>
        {hook h='displayNavFullWidth'}
      {/block}
      {/if}

• Top column. In order to add custom preset to the topColumn hook, you need to perform the following steps:

  • Open the /templates/_partials/header.tpl file for editing.
  • Locate the following code

    {hook h="displayNavFullWidth"}

  • And replace it with:

        {assign var='displayMegaTopColumn' value={hook h='jxMegaLayoutTopColumn'}}
            {if $displayMegaTopColumn}
                {$displayMegaTopColumn nofilter}
                 {/if}
                    

• Home. In order to add custom preset to the Home hook, you need to perform the following steps:

  • Open the /templates/layouts/layout-both-columns.tpl file for editing.
  • Locate the following code:

    <section id="wrapper">
       {hook h="displayWrapperTop"}
             <div class="container">
        {block name="breadcrumb"}
        {include file='_partials/breadcrumb.tpl'}
        {/block}
    
        {block name="left_column"}
          <div id="left-column" class="col-xs-12 col-sm-4 col-md-3">
          {if $page.page_name == 'product'}
          {hook h='displayLeftColumnProduct'}
      {else}
         {hook h="displayLeftColumn"}
         {/if}
          </div>
        {/block}
    
         {block name="content_wrapper"}
           <div id="content-wrapper" class="left-column right-column col-sm-4 col-md-6">
           {hook h="displayContentWrapperTop"}
          {block name="content"}
            <p> Hello world! This is HTML5 Boilerplate.</p>
          {/block}
       {hook h="displayContentWrapperBottom"}
         </div>
       {/block}
    
        {block name="right_column"}
           <div id="right-column" class="col-xs-12 col-sm-4 col-md-3">
           {if $page.page_name == 'product'}
           {hook h='displayRightColumnProduct'}
       {else}
           {hook h="displayRightColumn"}
           {/if}
          </div>
        {/block}
         </div>
       {hook h="display wrapperBottom"}
    </section>
                    

  • And replace it with:

        <section id="wrapper">
          {assign var='displayMegaHome' value={hook h='jxMegaLayoutHome'}}
           {if $page.page_name == 'index' && $displayMegaHome}
           {$displayMegaHome nofilter}
          {else}
    
           {hook h="displayWrapperTop"}
           <div class="container">
           {block name="breadcrumb"}
            {include file='_partials/breadcrumb.tpl'}
           {/block}
    
           {block name="left_column"}
            <div id="left-column" class="col-xs-12 col-sm-4 col-md-3">
            {if $page.page_name == 'product'}
             {hook h='displayLeftColumnProduct'}
           {else}
             {hook h="displayLeftColumn"}
           {/if}
           </div>
           {/block}
    
           {block name="content_wrapper"}
             <div id="content-wrapper" class="left-column right-column col-sm-4 col-md-6">
             {hook h="displayContentWrapperTop"}
             {block name="content"}
               <p>Hello world! This is HTML5 Boilerplate.</p>
           {/block}
             {hook h="displayContentWrapperBottom"}
            </div>
           {/block}
    
           {block name="right_column"}
             <div id="right-column" class="col-xs-12 col-sm-4 col-md-3">
             {if $page.page_name == 'product'}
               {hook h='displayRightColumnProduct'}
             {else}
               {hook h="displayRightColumn"}
             {/if}
            </div>
            {/block}
          </div>
            {hook h="displayWrapperBottom"}
          {/if}
      </section>
    

• Footer. In order to add custom preset to the Footer hook, you need to perform the following steps:

  • Open the /templates/layouts/layout-both-columns.tpl file for editing.
  • Locate the following code:

       {block name="footer"}
    {include file="_partials/footer.tpl"}
    {/block}
    

  • And replace it with:

      {assign var='displayMegaFooter' value={hook h='jxMegaLayoutFooter'}}
    {if $displayMegaFooter}
    {$displayMegaFooter nofilter}
    {else}
    <div class="container">
    {block name="footer"}
    {include file="_partials/footer.tpl"}
    {/block}
    </div>
    {/if}
    

• Product footer. In order to add custom preset to the Product footer hook, you need to perform the following steps:

  • Open the /templates/catalog/product.tpl file for editing.
  • Locate the following code:

    {block name='product_footer'}
          {hook h='displayFooterProduct' product=$product category=$category}
        {/block}                                 

  • And replace it with:

     {block name='product_footer'}
       {assign var='displayMegaProductFooter' value={hook h='jxMegaLayoutProductFooter' product=$product category=$category}}
       {if $displayMegaProductFooter}
        {$displayMegaProductFooter nofilter}
      {else}
        {hook h='displayFooterProduct' product=$product category=$category}
       {/if}
      {/block}
        

Module configuration

After JX Mega Layout module installation, you can configure it by clicking the Configure button (2).

JX Mega Layout Main Panel

Main Layouts

The main JX Mega Layout module configuration panel allows you to add a preset to the required hook and configure the preset.

Adding the preset

• Press '+ Add a Preset' (1) in the needed tab.

  

• Next, fill in the 'Enter layout name' field in the popup typing the new preset (2) title there and press 'Save' (3).

  

• Preset was successfully created, it's listed among the available presets (4) now. Newly created preset is selected for editing (5).

  

Preset activation

• First of all, select the needed preset from the list (1).

  

• Press the 'Use as default' (2) switcher.

  

• The preset was activated. If you need to display this preset only on some pages, open the drop-down (3) and select the pages you need. To apply changes, click outside the list area. A preset that is displayed on all pages will be marked with a filled star in the presets list, and the one that is displayed only on some pages will be marked with a partially filled star.

  

Removing the preset

There is no option to restore the preset after removing.

• In order to remove the preset, choose the required preset among the list (1).

  

• Next, press a cart (2) near the preset title.

  

• Preset was successfully removed.

Renaming the preset

• In order to rename the preset, choose the required preset among the list (1).

  

• Next, press a pencil icon (2) next to the preset title.

  

• Specify the new preset title (3) in a popup and press 'Rename layout' (4).

  

• Preset was successfully renamed.

Wrapper

Wrapper has no class by default, it's not a mandatory item.

Adding the wrapper

• In order to create a wrapper, press '+ Add wrapper' (1).

  

• Wrapper was added (2).

  

Adding the custom CSS class to the wrapper

Adding the custom class will let you create a specific styling for your wrapper by using CSS rules.

• In order to add wrapper class, press the button (1).

  

• You'll see a pop-up window, fill in the 'Enter wrapper classes' (2) field there and press a 'Confirm' (3) button.

  

• Custom class was added successfully.

Deleting the wrapper

Deleting the preset item will also cause all of its child items and their styles removing.

• In order to remove the wrapper, press the cart button (1).

  

• Wrapper was removed successfully.

Styling the wrapper

• In order to add custom styles to the wrapper, press the 'pencil' (1) icon in the wrapper block.

  

• In the following pop-up window fill in all the needed fields (you may refer to the documentation 'Styling' section), and press 'Save' (2) button.

  

• If all the fields are filled in correctly, styles will be saved.

Row

Row item from the Bootstrap grid. It's a required item.

Adding the row

• In order to insert a new row, press '+ Add row' (1) into the wrapper block, or '+ Add row' (2) in the main preset block, or '+ Add row' (3) in the column drop-down list.

  

• The row was added successfully.

Adding custom CSS class to the row

Custom class adding allows you to create custom row styling using CSS rules.

• In order to add the class to the row, you should press the 'ellipsis' button (1).

  

• Choose the 'Edit row' (2) in a drop-down list.

  

• Fill in the 'Enter row classes' (3) field in the pop-up window and press 'Confirm' (4) button.

  

• Custom class was added successfully.

Deleting the row

Removal of preset item will also cause removal of its child items and their styles.

• In order to remove the row, open the menu (the 'ellipsis' icon) in the row block.

  

• Choose 'Delete' (2) option in the drop-down.

  

• The row was successfully removed.

Adding styles to the row

• In order to add row styles, open the menu (the 'ellipsis' icon) (1) in a row block.

  

• Press 'Stylize' (2) in the drop-down.

  

• You will see the pop-up window, fill in all the needed fields there (you may refer to the documentation 'Styling' section) and press 'Save' (3) button.

  

• If all the fields are filled in correctly, styles will be saved.

Column

It is an item with configurable block width for different dimensions, based on Bootstrap grid.

Adding the column

• In order to insert a column into a needed 'row', open the menu (the 'ellipsis' icon) (1)

  

• Choose the '+ Add Col' (2) among the list.

  

• Fill in the fields (col*, col-sm*, col-md*, col-lg*, col-xl*, col-xxl* - in accordance with bootstrap 4 requirements) in the pop-up window and press 'Confirm' (3) button.

  

• The column was added successfully.

Removing the column

Preset item removing will also cause its child items and their styles deleting.

• In order to remove the column, open the menu (the 'ellipsis' icon) in a column block (1)

  

• Press 'Delete' (2) in the list.

  

• The column and all of its child items were removed.

Editing the column

• In order to edit the column, open the menu (the 'ellipsis' icon) (1) in the column block.

  

• Press 'Edit column' (2) in the list.

  

• Fill in the fields (col*, col-sm*, col-md*, col-lg*, col-xl*, col-xxl* - in accordance with bootstrap 4 requirements) in the pop-up window and press 'Confirm'.

  

• The column was successfully edited.

Adding styles to the column

• In order to add column styles, open the menu (the 'ellipsis' icon) (1) in a column block.

  

• Press 'Stylize' (2) in the list of options.

  

• You will see the pop-up window, fill in all the needed fields there (you may refer to the documentation 'Styling' section) and press 'Save' (3) button.

  

• If all the fields are filled in correctly, styles will be saved.

Module

Module assigned to this hook.

Adding the module

Be careful when adding modules to the preset, some modules are desirable to use if they do not change the visible layout, e.g., 'Data mining for statistics' module.

• In order to add the module to the preset in a column block, open the menu (the 'ellipsis' icon) (1).

  

• Press the '+ Add Module' (2) in the list of options available.

  

• If needed, you can enter the custom class (3) in the pop-up window and select the module (4), next press 'Confirm' (5).

  

• The module was successfully added.

• In this version of JX Mega Layout you can add 'Homepage tabs' module in Home hook.

  

  It can also be customized like all other modules in Mega Layout.

Deleting the module

Removal of preset item will also cause removal of its child items and their styles.

• In order to remove the module, open the menu (the 'ellipsis' icon) (1) in the module block.

  

• Press 'Delete' (2) in the list of options available.

  

• The module is removed.

Adding custom class to the module

Custom class adding allows to create module styling using CSS rules.

• In order to specify custom class for the module, open the menu in the module block (the 'ellipsis' icon) (1).

  

• Press 'Edit Settings' (2) then.

  

• Specify custom class (3) in the pop-up window and press 'Confirm' (4) button.

  

• Custom class was added.

Extra content

Additional custom content in any position.

Adding extra content

• In order to add extra content in a column block, open the menu (the 'ellipsis'icon) (1).

  

• Press 'Add Extra content' (2).

  

• The pop-up window will appear. Specify the custom class (3), if needed. You need to select the content type (product or post) (4) and identify product ID number (5). Press 'Confirm' (6) button.

  

• Extra content was successfully added.

  

Deleting extra content

• To remove the extra content, open the menu (the 'ellipsis' icon) (1) in the corresponding block.

  

• Press 'Delete' (2) button.

  

Adding custom class to the extra content

• In order to add the custom class for the extra content, open the menu in the corresponding block (the 'ellipsis' icon) (1).

  

• Press 'Edit settings' (2) button.

  

• Specify the custom class in the appeared pop-up window. Press 'Confirm' button.

  

• Custom CSS class was added.

Logo, Copyright

Logo and Copyright blocks are edited the same way as modules, except for the fact that Logo can be placed only in Header or Footer position, and the Copyright block can be placed only in Footer position.

Presets export

Export tool allows you to export presets for the further import into different shops.

• Navigate to the 'Tools' (1) tab in the main configurations panel.

  

• Choose 'Export' (2) in the form.

  

• You'll see the list of the existing presets in site hooks.

  

• In order to preview the preset, press 'Layout preview' (3) button next to the preset you need, in order to export, please press 'Export layout' (4) button.

  

• Then you'll be able to download this preset as a zip archive.

Preset import

Import tool accepts only the presets *.zip files that were previously generated with the same module Export tool.

• In order to import your preset, you should open the Tools (1) tab and choose 'Import' (2).

  

• Next, press the Add file (3) button and select the zip file of your exported preset. In case this archive is the exported preset, you will see this preset preview.

  

• If this preset meets your needs, press 'Import' (4). The preset will be imported and added to the list of available presets.

  

Reset

'Reset' reverts all the presets to initial state (to the way they came with the template), and discards all the created presets.

Attention! After reverting presets to default state, all the custom presets will be discarded!

• To reset presets, navigate to the 'Tools' (1) tab. In the appeared block open the 'Options' (2) tab.

  

• Press the 'Reset' button.

  

• That's it! All presets are reset to initial state.

Styles and Scripts Optimization

Styles and scripts optimization adds exclusions for modules in Header section, based on their use in presets. This allows speeding up the page loading speed. Optimization works in test mode.

Enabling optimization:

• To enable optimization, open the 'Tools' (1) tab and select the 'Options' (2) tab.

  

• In the appeared window, you can enable optimization (3).

  

If optimization is enabled when editing and enabling presets, optimization gets discarded, but you'll see a window offering to run optimization. There is no need to optimize scripts and styles every time you change presets. It's better to optimize them when you're done editing.

Styling

• Background styles. Fields description:

  

  • background-image (background image) - the image URL or 'none' value. The image is picked from the ~/images/cms/ folder.
  • background-color (background color) - the value can be set in any color format (rgb, hex, etc.). You can choose the color using the Color Picker tool.
  • background-repeat (background repeat) - all the available options are listed in the radio buttons.
  • background-position (background position) - all the available options are listed in the drop-down.
  • background-size (background size) - all the available options are listed in the drop-down.
  • background-origin (background image positioning region) - all the available options are listed in the drop-down.

• Border styles.

  

  • border-top-style, border-right-style, border-left-style, border-bottom-style (border styles) - all the available options are listed in the drop-down.
  • border-top-width, border-right-width, border-left-width, border-bottom-width (borders width) - should be set in pixels.
  • border-top-сolor, border-right-color, border-left-color, border-bottom-color (borders color) - the value can be set in any color format (rgb, hex, etc.). You can choose the color using the Color Picker Tool.
  • border-top-right-radius, border-top-left-radius, border-bottom-right-radius, border-bottom-left-radius (border radius) - should be set in pixels.

• Other styles.

  

  • box-shadow (box shadow) - example:0px 0px 0px 0px rgba(0,0,0,0.75).

Items styles removing

• In order to remove items styles, open the items styling section and press 'Clear styles' (1)

  

Extra content

On the module base there is the ability to create one of the available content types (HTML block, Banner block, YouTube block or Slider block) blocks and, also, output the products or posts as slides. You can also Export all the extra content you have created in one click only or import it from your computer.

• In order to add extra content, you should open the Tools (1) tab and choose 'Extra content' (2.)

  

• Press 'Add content' button.

  

• There are 4 available types of content that you can create: HTML block, Banner block, Video block, Slider block.

  

Extra HTML content

• To create extra HTML content, press 'Create HTML block' tab.

  

• In the form that appears, fill in the required fields.

  • Enter HTML item name

    HTML block name, is mandatory to be filled in for the default language.

  • HTML content

    HTML content.

  • Enter Specific Class

    block CSS class.

  

• To delete HTML block, press 'Remove' (1) button. In order to edit block, press 'Edit'(2) button.

  

Extra Banner content

• To create extra Banner content, press 'Create Banner block' (1) tab.

  

• In the form that appears, fill in the required fields.

  • Enter Banner item name

    banner title, is mandatory to be filled in for the default language.

  • Enter Banner item link

    a link that is assigned to this banner.

  • Add banner image

    upload an image for the banner.

  • Banner content

    set the content of the banner.

  • Enter Specific class

    block CSS class.

  

• To delete Banner block, press 'Remove' (1) button. In order to edit block, press 'Edit'(2) button.

  

Extra Video content

• In order to create extra Video content, press 'Create Video block' (1) tab.

  

• In the form that appears, fill in the required fields.

  • Enter Video item name

    the title of the video (mandatory).

  • Preview

    the video will be displayed before it will be published.

  • Enter Video item URL

    add video link in the YouTube video format.

  • HTML content

    the field where some HTML content can be added.

  • Enter Specific Class

    block CSS class.

  

• To delete Video block, press 'Remove' (1) button. In order to edit block, press 'Edit'(2) button.

  

Extra Slider content

• In order to create extra Slider content, press 'Create Slider block' (1) tab.

  

• In the form that appears, fill in the required fields.

  • Enter Slider item name

    the title of the slider (mandatory).

  • Slider description

    set the description of the slider.

  • Enter Specific class

    block CSS class.

  • Slides

    the content of the slide: html, banner, video, product, post.

  • Visible items

    the number of visible items (mandatory).

  • Items scroll

    the number of items changed with one scroll (mandatory).

  • Slide margin

    the carousel list item margin (mandatory).

  • Slider speed

    speed of changing speed (mandatory).

  • Auto scroll

    turns on/off slider autoplay.

  • Pause

    pause between scrolls (if 'Auto scroll' is enabled).

  • Slider Loop

    allow repeating slides from the beginning after all the slides were shown.

  • Pager

    show/hide slider pagination.

  • Controls

    show/hide slider navigation.

  • Auto height

    slides height.

  

• To delete Slider block, press 'Remove' (1) button. In order to edit block, press 'Edit'(2) button.

  

Export content

You may export all the extra content you've created to your computer as a zip file with one click only.

• To download extra content, simply press "Export content"(1) tab. The downloading process will start automatically.

  

Import content

You can also import your own custom content from your computer, but zip files only!

• To upload extra content, press "Import content" tab.

  

• Press "Add file" (1) button and upload from your computer archive that contains extra content only.

  

Warnings

If the following message appears in the module item block, you should enable the mentioned module.

If the following message appears in the module item block, you should install the mentioned module.

In case you remove or deactivate the 'JX Mega Layout' module, all the active presets will be disabled and you will see the positions (hooks) in their original appearance.

JX Mega Menu

The module is designed to create complex menus. The module provides the ability to display one item (without sub-menu), a menu item with a sub-menu and a menu item with sub-menu by means of a multi-row and multi-column block. The module can be used in different positions, but it will display the same content. Available positions: top (displayTop), left (displayLeftColumn), right (displayRightColumn), footer (displayFooter). You can add categories (with subcategories), CMS categories (with subcategories), manufacturers (one or a list), suppliers (one or a list), stores (if multi-store is used), links to any product, information block about the product, custom links (not limited in quantity), custom HTML blocks (not limited in number) and banners. See below for more details.

The module includes 6 main tabs that allow customizing the menu.

JX Mega Menu Items

JX Mega Menu items are the basic items which appear in the menu.

In order to create a new item, open the JX Mega Menu module and click Add item button from the top menu or click "+" button in the top right of the table.

In the form that appears, fill in the required fields.

• Enter item name

  the tab title which is mandatory to be filled in for the default language, if the additional languages fields are not filled in, the tab takes its name from the default language.

• Active

  active/inactive tab.

• Link

  a link that is assigned to this tab. You can enter a custom link, or choose from existing options (categories, CMS categories). If you leave the field blank, the link of this tab is inactive.

• Sort order

  the order of tabs to be displayed.

• Specific Class

  the class which is added to emphasize the item (CSS class).

• Enter item badge

  is filled in depending on multi-languages.

• It is Mega Menu

  given tab sub-menu is a Mega Menu. *

• Use simple menu

  given tab sub-menu is a simple menu. **

* It is Mega Menu. If this option is selected, there will be a form to create a complex menu (Mega Menu).

** Use simple menu. If this option is selected, there will be a form to create a simple menu. This is a menu that displays the selected content in a single column. If the menu has embedded content, the new column is added.

Complex menu consists of rows and columns in rows.

The Row is a part of the Mega Menu structure. It includes the menu columns. The existing row can be removed by clicking the appropriate button. The row will be removed with the content it includes. The rows quantity is not limited.

The Column is a part of the Mega Menu structure, which is placed inside the rows. (The Class) The width of the column cannot be less than 2 and more than 12. In order to make the menu display properly, the total column width cannot exceed 12. The width (class) is a Bootstrap column type, corresponds to the same values.

In order to create the menu, click the 'Add row' button.

In the form appeared, click 'Add column' button.

In the pop up window you need to specify the column class (from 2 to 12). The column itself appears next where you need to set the required settings.

Here you can change the column class, CSS class and the content from the list provided. You can add/remove content by double clicking the item, or by highlighting the items and clicking the corresponding button.

Block can be removed by clicking 'Remove block' button in the footer of the block.

By removing the row, the included columns are also removed.

In order to move the content available in the selected menu, double-click or highlight the desired content and press the corresponding button.

Inactive menu information is saved while switching between menu types and you can always change the type of menu.

JX Mega Menu HTML

In this section we will explain how to create a custom HTML block in the Mega Menu.

The module has a table listing all the available blocks. You can also add a new block by clicking the '+' button in the top right of the table.

In the form that appears, fill in the required fields.

• Enter HTML item name

  HTML block name, is mandatory to be filled in for the default language.

• Specific class

  block's CSS class.

• HTML content

  HTML content.

Added block will appear in the list of blocks, as well as in the list of available content while creating menu blocks.

JX Mega Menu Links

In this section we will show how to create custom links in the Mega Menu.

The module has a table listing all the available links. You can also add a new link by clicking the '+' button in the top right of the table.

In the form that appears, fill in the required fields.

• Enter Link name

  link name, is mandatory to be filled in for the default language.

• Enter Link URL

  link URL, is mandatory to be filled in for the default language.

• Specific class

  block's CSS class.

• Open in new window

  open link in a new window.

Added link will appear in the list of links, as well as in the list of available content while creating menu blocks.

JX Mega Menu Banners

In this section we will explain how to create banners in the Mega Menu.

The module has a table listing all the available banners. You can also add a new banner by clicking the '+' button in the top right of the table.

In the form that appears, fill in the required fields.

• Select a file

  select a file, is mandatory to be filled in for the default language.

• Enter Banner name

  banner title, is mandatory to be filled in for the default language.

• Enter Banner URL

  link URL, is mandatory to be filled in for the default language.

• Specific class

  block's CSS class.

• Public Title

  public banner title.

• Description

  set the description of the banner.

• Open in new window

  open link in a new window.

Added banner will appear in the list of banners, as well as in the list of available content while creating menu blocks.

JX Mega Menu Video

In this section we will explain how to add a video in the Mega Menu.

The module has a table listing all the available videos. You can also add a new video by clicking the '+' button in the top right of the table.

In the form that appears, fill in the required fields.

• Enter Video Name

  video title (the field is required).

• Enter Video URL - add video link in the formats described below:
  • If this is a YouTube video, click on Embed and copy the code between the quotes for https://www.youtube.com/embed/video_id
  • If this is a Vimeo video, click on Share icon and in the Embed section copy the source code between the quotes for http://player.vimeo.com/video/video_id

Added video will appear in the list of videos, as well as in the list of available content while creating menu blocks.

JX Mega Menu Map

In this section we will explain how to add a map in the Mega Menu.

The module has a table listing all the available maps. You can also add a new map by clicking the '+' button in the top right of the table.

In the form that appears, fill in the required fields.

• Enter Map item name

  the title of the map.

• Enter Map latitude

  set a latitude value.

• Enter Map longitude

  set a longitude value.

• Marker

  adding a custom marker.

• Enter Map scale

  the scale of the map (used 8 by default).

• Map description

  set the description of the map.

Added map will appear in the list of maps, as well as in the list of available content while creating menu blocks.

JX Mosaic Products

This module allows you to display categories with products, banners, video (YouTube, Vimeo and custom video), HTML content, various sliders with different number of slides and dimensions in any row on the site home page.

Installation and Deleting

The module is installed and deleted like any other PrestaShop module.

Module settings

After module has been installed, you can add the required blocks with category products, previously added banners, video and HTML content.

Adding/removing/editing Blocks

In order to add a new category, press the "Add new" button.

• Select category - choose a category to add products, banners, video and HTML content to.
• Use custom name - custom category status.
• Custom name - category title.
• Status - item status.

In order to add the new row, press the "Add row" button. Then choose one of the eight layouts presented in the following window.

In order to add the layout, click on one of the eight options to pick it, and it will be added to the form.

In order to add items, click on one of the layout cells. You'll see five buttons listing the available items of certain type.

After pressing one of the buttons you will see the form to pick the item of chosen type.

After clicking on one of the items, it will be added to the layout cell. You can fill in the layout with different blocks this way.

After saving the category with chosen layouts, it will show up in the form of the added categories.

In order to remove the item, press the 'Delete' button.

Banner adding/removing/editing

In order to add a new banner, click the 'Add new banner' button. Next, fill in the required fields in the form that appears.

• Select a file - choose a file, this field is required (at least for the default language).
• Title - banner title, this field is required (at least for the default language).
• Url - link path, this field is required (at least for the default language).
• Description - banner description (at least for the default language).
• Specific class - block's CSS class.

Adding/removing/editing Video

In order to add a new video, click the 'Add new video' button. Next, fill in the required fields in the form that appears.

• Enter Video name - video title, this field is required (at least for the default language).
• Video Link/Path - link to the video (YouTube, vimeo or custom video), this field is required (at least for the default language).
• Allow autoplay - defines if video starts automatically right after the player has been loaded.
• Allow controls - defines if player controls are displayed.
• Loop - defines if the video playback is in the infinite loop.

In order to add custom video, press the 'file' button. Next, you'll be able to add a video via file manager.

Adding/removing/editing HTML content

In order to add new HTML content, press the 'Add new HTML' button. Next, fill in the required fields in the form that appears.

• Enter HTML item name - HTML content title, this field is required (at least for the default language).
• Specific class - block's CSS class.
• HTML content - the content.

Adding/removing/editing Slider

In order to add a new slider, press the 'Add new slider' button. Next, fill in the required fields in the form that appears.

• Enter Slider item name - slider title, this field is required (at least for the default language).
• Control - show/hide slider navigation.
• Pager - show/hide slider pagination.
• Auto scroll - turns on/off slider autoplay.
• Specific class - block's CSS class.
• Carousel speed - slides transition duration (in ms), this field is required.
• Pause - the period between slides switching (in ms), this field is required.

Adding/removing/editing Slides

In order to add a new slide, click the 'View' button in the slider form and then press the 'Add new' button in a window that appears. Then fill in the required fields.

• Type - choose the slide type, this field is required.
• Banner/Video/Html list - choose the element of the previously selected type, this field is required.
• Sort order - slide position.
• Item status - status of the element.

JX Product Custom Tab

The module serves to create an additional tab on the product page for displaying additional information. The module has an advantage over the existing functionality, due to the ability to add images, text, video, links, etc.

Installation and removal

The module is installed and removed as any other PrestaShop module.

Module settings

After installing the module, you can add new tabs for the products at the module configuration page, as well as at the product editing page.

Adding tabs through the module configuration:

To add a new tab, press the 'Add new' button (1).

• Adding a tab to one or several products of a previously selected category.

  

  • Tab Heading - name of the tab, required.
  • Tab Description - information about the tab, can include data in the format of an image, text, video, links, etc.
  • Status - the element status.
  • Additional settings - enabling/disabling additional settings.
  • Select category - choosing categories for which the tab should be displayed.
  • Products to display - selecting the products from the previously selected categories.

• Adding the tab to the products that belong to selected categories.

  

• To add a tab to all products, disable the 'Additional settings' option.

  

Changing the tab display position

Drag and drop the needed tab to change its position.

Adding tabs through the product settings:

Navigate to the product page and click the 'JX Product Custom Tab' link in the "Modules options".

If the 'Additional settings' option is disabled, the tab will be added to the product that was edited earlier. You can also add the tab to the products that belong to selected categories, or you can add it to several products that belong to the previously selected category.

To change the tabs display position, drag-and-drop the blocks. You can edit or remove tabs as well.

JX Product List Gallery 2.0.0

This module displays all the available product images in form of a gallery on product listing pages. Depending on what settings you choose, the module can display images in form of a rollover or slideshow.

Module Installation and Deleting

This module can be installed and deleted like any other PrestaShop module.

Module settings

After the module is installed, navigate to \themes\classic\templates\catalog\_partials\miniatures\product.tpl. Open this file and find the following code:

    {block name='product_thumbnail'}
        {if $product.cover}
            <a href="{$product.url}" class="thumbnail product-thumbnail">
                <img src="{$product.cover.bySize.home_default.url}" alt="{if !empty($product.cover.legend)}{$product.cover.legend}{else}{$product.name|truncate:30:'...'}{/if}" data-full-size-image-url="{$product.cover.large.url}">
            </a>
        {else}
            <a href="{$product.url}" class="thumbnail product-thumbnail">
                <img src="{$urls.no_picture_image.bySize.home_default.url}">
            </a>
        {/if}
    {/block}

and replace it with:

    {block name='product_thumbnail'}
        {if $product.cover}
            <a href="{$product.url}" class="thumbnail product-thumbnail">
                {capture name='displayProductListGallery'}{hook h='displayProductListGallery' product=$product}{/capture}
                {if $smarty.capture.displayProductListGallery && count($product.images) > 1}
                    {hook h='displayProductListGallery' product=$product}
                {else}
                    <img src="{$product.cover.bySize.home_default.url}" alt="{if !empty($product.cover.legend)}{$product.cover.legend}{else}{$product.name|truncate:30:'...'}{/if}" data-full-size-image-url="{$product.cover.large.url}">
                {/if}
            </a>
        {else}
            <a href="{$product.url}" class="thumbnail product-thumbnail">
                <img src="{$urls.no_picture_image.bySize.home_default.url}">
            </a>
        {/if}
    {/block}

After installing and connecting the module, you can set it up on the module configuration page.

The module has the following main settings:

• Live mode - ability to use the module in live mode.
• Type - select display type: rollover, gallery or slideshow.

If you choose rollover, you can choose the animation effect:

• Opacity slide - opacity changes;
• Horizontal slide - horizontal;
• Vertical slide - vertical.

If you choose gallery, you will find the following settings available:

• Display items - the number of items displayed;
• Visible items in row - the number of items in a row;
• Use carousel - enable/disable the carousel for this block.

If you choose slideshow, you will find the following settings available:

• Display items - the number of items displayed;
• Use pager - pager display in slide show;
• Use controls - controls display in slide show.

JX Products Slider 2.0.0

Introduction

This module serves for creating galleries, based on product data and displaying them in form of slides on the website frontend. The module supplies 4 methods of displaying the gallery with individual settings and appearance. Each method has pre-defined functionality. Advanced configuration is also available. The module can display an unlimited amount of products with diverse information.

Installation and removal of the module

The module is installed and removed as any default PrestaShop module.

After removal or re-installation of the module, all the settings and filters are discarded.

Adding/deleting/editing a slide

Adding a slide

To add a product to the gallery, go to the needed product in the Catalog -> Products section. Then press the 'Edit' button (1) next to the needed product.

In the appeared window for editing information about the product choose Modules tab (1), navigate to the JX Products Slider.

Mark (2) that you want the product to be displayed in slider. Save changes by pressing 'Save' button (4).

Slide removal

There are two ways of deleting a slide.

• To exclude a product from the gallery, navigate to the needed product in Catalog -> Products section. Then press the 'Edit' button (1) next to the needed product.

  

  In the appeared window for editing information about the product choose Modules tab (1), navigate to the JX Products Slider tab and remove the check mark (2) which means that you don't want the product to be displayed in slider. Click the Save button:

  

• The second way is to navigate to the module configuration page, find the needed product in the Slides list table and press the Delete button (1) next to it.

  

  Then confirm the deletion.

Slides display order

By default, the slides are displayed in the order they were added. To change the display order, navigate to the module configuration page and drag the slide to the needed place in Slides list table.

Disabling slides

Moreover, you can temporarily disable a slide (for the time period that a product is out of stock or for any other reason) without removing it completely. To do this, navigate to the module configuration page and click a tick next to the needed product (if it's active now) or click crosses (if it's inactive) in the Slides list table:

Gallery types and recommended settings

There are four types of gallery display (standard, list, grid, full width). Each of them can be set up independently and you can switch between them if needed.

By default, the gallery uses the following product image types: large_default - for the main image; medium_default - for thumbnails.

Standard

Recommended settings:

• image size (px) - 435*435
• Gallery Width - 1170px
• Gallery Height - 580px
• Extended Settings - off

List

Recommended settings:

• image size (px) - 435*520
• Gallery Width - 1170px
• Gallery Height - 520px
• Extended Settings - off

Grid

Recommended settings:

• image size (px) - 585*750
• Gallery Width - 1170px
• Gallery Height - 750px
• Extended Settings - off

Full width

Recommended settings:

• image size (px) - 435*435
• Gallery Width - 1920px
• Gallery Height - 450px
• Extended Settings - off

Advanced settings

To access extended settings, move the Extended Settings slider to the Yes position.

• Gallery Type - active gallery type
• Gallery Width - active gallery width
• Gallery Height - active gallery height
• Extended Settings - advanced settings; if the option is moved to 'No' position, all the advanced settings will be saved and you can restore them at any time. At the same time, at frontend it will be displayed as by default.
• Slider Duration - the speed of slide changing
• Use navigation - the display of the Prev/Next buttons for slide switching
• Use Thumbnails - using thumbnails with additional information about slides as an element for switching the current slide
• Use Pagination - using pagination as an element for switching the current slide
• Use Image Gallery - using additional product images inside the slides
• Allow autoplay - allow automatic slide switching
• Slider Interval - the time span, after which the slide will switch to another (available only if 'Allow autoplay' is active)
• Allow Loop - allow repeating slides from the beginning after all the slides were shown

After switching the gallery, all the setup of the previously used gallery is saved.

After disabling/enabling advanced settings, the settings are saved and you can go back to them at any time.

FAQ

JX Product Zoomer

This module is an alternative solution for the standard product image zoom on the single product page. It's fully compatible with the standard additional products thumbnail carousel and product attributes changes. It allows you to choose among the three available options (window/lens/inner) for image zoom with the advanced plugin settings. The module is based on the Elevatezoom Plus plugin.

Installation and removing

The module is installed and deleted like any other PrestaShop module.

Module configuration

After the module has been installed you can configure it on the module configuration page.

By default, the configuration page shows a simplified set of options.

• Live mode - module is on/off.
• Fancybox - whether to show the enlarged image in the Fancybox on click.
• Change image on hover - switch the main image on thumbnail hover (by default is set to switch on click).
• Responsive - allows to the use adaptive functionality for plugin display on the mobile devices.
• Zoom Type - choose the type of the enlarged image display mode
  • window - the enlarged image shows up next to the main image in one of the available (16) positions
  • lens - the image is zoomed in the lens container, on top of it
  • inner - the image is zoomed inside of main image container, fully covering it.
  The mobile devices (< 768) have "lens" mode activated instantly.
• Extended settings - enables advanced settings for the experienced users. You can see the link to the official documentation for more details next to it.

Extended module configuration

• Scroll Zoom - zoom ratio change on the mousewheel scroll (available for all types).
• Cursor - cursor type on the magnified image hover. The following options are available: default, cursor, crosshair (available for all types).
• Zoom settings - available for all types, if the 'Scroll Zoom' is enabled.

  

  • Zoom Level - the zoom level on the initial hover.
  • Min Zoom Level - a minimum zoom level.
  • Max Zoom Level - a maximum zoom level.
  • Scroll Zoom Increment - magnifying scroll increment.
• Easing - the magnified image appearance effect (available for all types).

  

  • Zoom Easing - effect on/off.
  • Easing Amount - effect delay value.
• Image Crossfade - main image blur outside the hover area (the lens) - available for window, lens.
• Magnified image window settings - available for window.

  

  • Zoom Window Width - window width in px.
  • Zoom Window Height - window height in px.
  • Zoom Window Offset X - window offset on the X axis.
  • Zoom Window Offset Y - window offset on the Y axis.
  • Zoom Window Position - window position choice relatively to the main image (the positions available are presented on the image below this field).
  • Zoom Window Bg Color - window background image (for transparent images only).
  • Zoom Window Fade In - the effect of slowing the window appearance.
  • Zoom Window Fade Out - the effect of slowing the window disappearance.
  • Border Size - window border width in px.
  • Border Color - window border color.
• Zoom Lens - zoom lens (available for window, lens).

  

  • Zoom Lens - on/off.
  • Lens Shape - lens type. It can take the following values: circular/rounded or squared/rectangular.
  • Lens Color - lens inner background color.
  • Lens Opacity - lens inner background opacity.
  • Lens Size - lens size in px.
  • Lens Fade In - the speed of lens appearance effect.
  • Lens Fade Out - the speed of lens disappearance effect.
  • Lens Border - lens border width.
  • Lens Border Color - lens border color.
  • Contain Lens Zoom - the restriction of the lens overflow outwards the main image container.
• Tint - the shade effect on the area outside the lens (available for window).

  

  • Tint - effect on/off.
  • Tint Color - the lens outer area background.
  • Tint Opacity - the lens outer area opacity.
  • Tint Fade In - the appearance effect speed.
  • Tint Fade Out - the disappearance effect speed.

JX Search 1.1.0

This module is an extended search version that allows you to select a specific category for searching within its content. You can also change the category after defining the query. It also provides a possibility to set the additional product information display (description/price/manufacturer, etc.), and define the search results container layout, e.g., you can divide the results into a few sections with the controls (pagination, next/previous/show all). All the module settings are available in the main admin panel.

Installation and Deleting

The module is installed and deleted like any other PrestaShop module.

Module configuration

After module has been installed you can set it up on the module configuration page.

• Enable Ajax Search - enables live search in a drop-down.
• Minimum query length - number of symbols to start the result display.
• Search in children category - enable/disable searching in children categories.
• Number of shown results - number of products that shows up in the results section (number of products per page for the "pager" or "navigation" mode).
• Display "Show All" button - displays the 'Show all' button below the results section, then click on it displays all found results.
• Display pager - divides results into pages (depends on the 'Number of shown results' field value) and displays links to them.
• Display navigation - shows the Previous/Next buttons.
• Position of navigation - hook(s), to show the navigation (top/both/bottom options are available).
• Highlight query result - highlights the text that matches search query.
• Display image in Ajax search - shows product images in the results section.
• Display description in Ajax search - shows product description in the results section.
• Display prices in Ajax search - shows product price in the results section.
• Display reference in Ajax search - shows product reference in the results section.
• Display manufacturer in Ajax search - shows product manufacturer in the results section.
• Display suppliers in Ajax search - shows product suppliers in the results section.
• Blog search - enable/disable search by blog posts.

Some parameters might differ depending on the combination used.

JX Wishlist

JX Wishlist module is created to give the ability to the visitors of online store to add products to wishlists and share these wishlists on Facebook.

Module Installation

То install the module navigate to Admin panel -> Modules -> Modules and Services, find the JX Wishlist module and press 'Install' button (1).

Module Configuration

After the module has been installed, the 'Settings' page will appear.
Add the Facebook App Id to the required field (1) and press 'Save' button (2).
The instruction how to get the Facebook App Id can be found here: Creating an App ID.

Using JX Wishlist Module

Adding product to wishlist

Shop visitors should be logged in to be able to add the items to the wishlists.

• After the module is installed, the button 'Add to wishlist' appears on each product page. It should look like on the screenshot below (1).

  

• After clicking this button a shop visitor will see a notification: 'The product was successfully added to your wishlist.' It can be closed or skipped to wishlists view by clicking 'My wishlists' button (2).

  

Browsing Wishlists

• On 'My Wishlists' page a client can add the new wishlist (1) or view the list of created ones (2).

  

• Clicking 'View wishlist' button (1) will open the wishlist page, the 'View products' button (2) gives the ability to see the products list of this wishlist on current page.
  The title of wishlist can be edited (3) or deleted (4).
  To share the wishlist the visitor should press the 'Share' button (5).

  

• While looking through the items in wishlist after clicking 'View products' button, each item can be removed from the list (1).

  

Sharing Wishlists

To share the wishlist the visitor should press the 'Share' button. There will be a few easy steps to follow before posting the wishlist. During each step, there's an ability to go back and change the sharing options.

• First step is to choose the layout for wishlist that will be posted.

  

• Then the products should be added. Each cell with a '+' is a button to add the product image.

  

  Choosing the images of each product:

  

• When all images are added, the visitor should press the 'Share' button (1).

  

• In a small window which is then appeared, there will be some standard posting options to choose and the ability to add some text to the post. After clicking 'Post to Facebook' button, the post will be published.

Statistics

Using this module you can also get the statistics collected while the products are added to wishlists. Thus, you will know which products are currently popular. This information can be very useful for suggesting a discount, for example.
You can view the statistics navigating to Admin panel -> Stats -> Stats -> JX Wishlist.

• You can select the period for viewing the statistics from the specified time (1).
• In the first column, there's a number of products that were added (2).
• The second column is created for your convenience. You can use it to see how many of added products were sold (3).