How do I use the "manufacturer website URL"

Hi,

Indeed, so far the website URL feature wasn't working and no one really used it.

You can replace the file components/com_hikashop/views/product/tmpl/show.php by the one in this package and then go to the configuration under the tab languages and edit your language fiel and add to it the line:
MANUFACTURER_URL="Manufacturer URL : %s"
That will add the URL on the product page.

You can add the dbug library dbug.ospinto.com/ to you website and then use the code new dbug($this->element); in that view to see all the content of that variable nicely presented.
Otherwise, a var_dump($this->element); can show you the same data as a text but it's hard to read.

The HikaShop architecture is based on the standard joomla MVC architecture: docs.joomla.org/Developing_a_Model-View-...r_Component_-_Part_1
That enables to override any component view in your template and thus avoiding update issues where you loose all your modifications while still allowing you to get the new default files.

On top of that MVC architecture, we added a small interface to easily edit the views files and automatically put the modifications in the template file, and also delete them in case you want to revert to the default file.

That enables you to safely update HikaShop and all the default files will be updated. Worst case scenario being that we add some features in a default view file that you modified and you won't see it unless you revert back to the default view file.

Not all joomla components supports that though.

Concerning CSS and emails, there is no similar mechanism in joomla. But we added our own so that it works in the same manner. The changes you make to the CSS or an email will be saved in a separate file overriding the default one.