Hello,
HikaMarket adds the tag with the vendor name via the HikaShop "slots" system.
The data is generated in the HikaMarket product class and there is, for the moment, no setting to change how it is done.
Instead of adding a setting, I think it might be better to continue using the translation system, which is already used for the translation entry "SOLD_BY_VENDOR".
The idea would be to use another entry "SOLD_BY_VENDOR_HTML" which will define only the creation of the link ; but if you do override the translation, you could display only the vendor name...
To do so, you need to edit the file : administrator/components/com_hikamarket/classes/product.php
There, you will find the line
$vendorLink = '<a href="'.hikamarket::completeLink('vendor&task=show&cid=' . $vendor->vendor_id . '&name=' . $vendor->alias . $url_itemid).'">' . $vendor->vendor_name . '</a>';for the generation of the vendor link during the display of a product page.
And the line
$vendorLink = '<a href="'.hikamarket::completeLink('vendor&task=show&cid=' . $vendors[$id]->vendor_id .'&name=' . $vendors[$id]->alias . $url_itemid).'">' . $vendors[$id]->vendor_name . '</a>';for the generation of the vendor link during the display of a product listings.
The idea behind the patch is to change that generation.
Here for the product page :
$vendorLinkTpl = JText::_('SOLD_BY_VENDOR_HTML');
if($vendorLinkTpl == 'SOLD_BY_VENDOR_HTML')
$vendorLinkTpl = '<a href="%s">%s</a>';
$vendorLink = sprintf($vendorLinkTpl, hikamarket::completeLink('vendor&task=show&cid=' . $vendor->vendor_id . '&name=' . $vendor->alias . $url_itemid), $vendors[$id]->vendor_name);
For the product listing, it's nearly the same patch but it's best to put the creation of the variable $vendorLinkTpl outside the foreach...
So the three first lines must be before the foreach and the line which will create the $vendorLink variable would be:
$vendorLink = sprintf($vendorLinkTpl, hikamarket::completeLink('vendor&task=show&cid=' . $vendors[$id]->vendor_id .'&name=' . $vendors[$id]->alias . $url_itemid), $vendors[$id]->vendor_name);
You can already apply the modification for the product page, create the translation, and give us your feedback.
Regards,