Joomla - HikaShop Generator

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⚠️ Note: This generator is only available in the Pro version.

With this dynamic slide generator you can show the contents of your HikaShop products.

Tutorial

1
Creating a new dynamic slide

To get started, go to any Slider Settings page and add a new dynamic slide. Choose HikaShop then select whether you want to create slides from Products by given filters or Products - IDs.

2
Configuring the generator

Set up your generator. Choose the settings you want. Popular options you probably want to configure: category where your content will be pulled from, the number of slides you want to have, the ordering of the content.

You can also click on the View Records button to see the data you'll be creating your slide with.

When you're done, click on Add.

3
Editing the dynamic slide

After you saved your generator, you'll be redirected to the Slide Editor to set up the look of your slide. You can create your content by using variables.

Not sure what are the variables or how to use them? Learn how to work with variables.

HikaShop Products

This generator displays products that match the set filters.

Configuration

You can use these options to set what you want your generator to show.

Filter

Categories

You can select the categories from where you want the products.

Brands

You can select brands to filter your products from the selected categories.

Tags

You can select tags to filter your products further.

Warehouses

You can select warehouses to filter your products further.

Item ID

HikaShop products can show up on any pages, because that is how Joomla works, so your product's link can be as many links, as many menu items you have in your website. To make Joomla choose one of your menu items, you can give an Item ID, which will connect your product link to that page. This can be useful, when you want one of your menu items to be active, when you go to the link the url variable will lead. Also your different pages have different modules on them, so with the Item ID you will specify which modules will show up on this product page too. You see your pages' Item ID-s, if you turn off the SEO links in the System → Global Configuration → Search Engine Friendly URLs, then you will see it in the links of your pages in the frontend. If you leave the Item ID on 0, that will be the base Item ID, which is usually your Homepage. Learn more about the itemID.

Include all images

You can ask down all product images.

Order

Field

The field which decides the ordering of your content.

  • ID
  • Product name
  • Hits
  • Sales
  • Average score
  • Total vote
  • Creation time
  • Modification time
Order

The order direction.

  • Ascending
  • Descending

Generator Settings

Learn about the Generator Settings at the Generator Settings documentation.

Variables

These are the available variables you can use to build your dynamic slide content in the Slide Editor.

Not sure what are the variables or how to use them? Learn how to work with variables.

  • title - The name of the product.
  • url - Url to the product.
  • description - The description of the product.
  • image - The image of the product.
  • thumbnail - The 100x100px thumbnail of the product.
  • price - Price of the product.
  • price_without_tax - The price without taxes of the product.
  • product_code - The product code.
  • hits - The number of hits on the product.
  • brand_url - The given brand url.
  • product_weight - The weight of the product.
  • product_weight_unit - The weight unit of the product.
  • product_keywords - The keywords of the product.
  • product_meta_description - The meta description of the product.
  • product_width - The width of the product.
  • product_length - The length of the product.
  • product_height - The height of the product.
  • product_dimension_unit - The unit of the product's volume.
  • product_sales - The number of sales of the product.
  • product_average_score - The average score of the product.
  • product_total_vote - The total number of votes of the product.
  • product_page_title - The page title of the product.
  • product_alias - The alias of the product.
  • product_price_percentage - The price percentage of the product.
  • product_msrp - The msrp of the product.
  • product_canonical - The given canonical url of the product.
  • product_id - The id of the product.

HikaShop Products - ID

This generator displays products based on the ID you enter.

Configuration

You can use these options to set what you want your generator to show.

Filter

Product IDs

The Product IDs you want to show in the generator. One ID is accepted per line. The products will be displayed in the order you enter the IDs here.

Menu item (item ID)

HikaShop products can show up on any pages, because that is how Joomla works, so your product's link can be as many links, as many menu items you have in your website. To make Joomla choose one of your menu items, you can give an Item ID, which will connect your product link to that page. This can be useful, when you want one of your menu items to be active, when you go to the link the url variable will lead. Also your different pages have different modules on them, so with the Item ID you will specify which modules will show up on this product page too. You see your pages' Item ID-s, if you turn off the SEO links in the System → Global Configuration → Search Engine Friendly URLs, then you will see it in the links of your pages in the frontend. If you leave the Item ID on 0, that will be the base Item ID, which is usually your Homepage. Learn more about the itemID.

Generator Settings

Learn about the Generator Settings at the Generator Settings documentation.

Variables

These are the available variables you can use to build your dynamic slide content in the Slide Editor.

Not sure what are the variables or how to use them? Learn how to work with variables.

  • title - The name of the product.
  • url - Url to the product.
  • description - The description of the product.
  • image - The image of the product.
  • thumbnail - The 100x100px thumbnail of the product.
  • price - Price of the product.
  • price_without_tax - The price without taxes of the product.
  • product_code - The product code.
  • hits - The number of hits on the product.
  • brand_url - The given brand url.
  • product_weight - The weight of the product.
  • product_weight_unit - The weight unit of the product.
  • product_keywords - The keywords of the product.
  • product_meta_description - The meta description of the product.
  • product_width - The width of the product.
  • product_length - The length of the product.
  • product_height - The height of the product.
  • product_dimension_unit - The unit of the product's volume.
  • product_sales - The number of sales of the product.
  • product_average_score - The average score of the product.
  • product_total_vote - The total number of votes of the product.
  • product_page_title - The page title of the product.
  • product_alias - The alias of the product.
  • product_price_percentage - The price percentage of the product.
  • product_msrp - The msrp of the product.
  • product_canonical - The given canonical url of the product.
  • product_id - The id of the product.
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