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link"Custom H1 header PRO" documentation

linkOverview

linkFeatures

linkGeneral information

The add-on allows you to manage the H1 header for pages of such CS-Cart entities: category, product, brand, blog post or information page without the need to rename the entity. Also, to manage the custom H1 header of the product (the most commonly used entities), the Export - Import H1 header field is provided.

linkCompatibility

Available add-on version CS-Cart/Multi-Vendor compatible versions
v1.12.1 4.12.1 – 4.18.1
v1.9.1 4.11.2 – 4.11.5
v1.5.0 4.10.1 – 4.11.1
v1.3 4.4.1 – 4.9.3

Add-on is compatible with the following Themes:

  • YoupiTheme (compatible with correspond CS-Cart version);
  • UniTheme2 (compatible with correspond CS-Cart version);
  • Responsive.

linkSupport

General technical support conditions are available at this link (be sure to review these conditions, all solutions from the AlexBranding development team come with limited technical support).

In order to use our technical support, you need to:

  1. Log in with your order owner account on https://cs-cart.alexbranding.com;
  2. Go to the page My Account → Orders;
  3. Find the corresponding order with the problem add-on in the orders list and pass to its details;
  4. Find the “Support” link next to the corresponding add-on name (near you can find Documentation link also) and click on it;
  5. Fill in the data with the problem, provide access to your CS-Cart installation (path to the administration panel, admin mail, admin password + FTP access) and create a ticket (after you will create the ticket, you will receive an e-mail and a special code to track the ticket in the future);
  6. Wait for the specialist answer in accordance with the regulations of the technical support service and the priority of your ticket.

If you didn't receive an answer within the deadlines, according to the chosen ticket priority, send e-mail info@alexbranding.com with the ticket number, for which you did not receive an answer in time, and the team manager will solve the problem in compliance with regulations.

Technical support by telephone calls and direct e-mails is not provided. Any help comes through tickets and helpdesk. Carefully learn documentation and technical support conditions before creating a request.

linkRestrictions and warnings

We recommend to note general restrictions:

  1. All solutions from AlexBranding developers team require pre-installation of the AB: Addons Manager service addon. It is delivered free of charge and is responsible for such services: installation, upgrades, license verifications. Excluding this service addon usage is not possible;
  2. Addon files may have a closed (encoded) part, in which only a license check is located;
  3. The addon will work only on those domains, that are specified in the user's license. If you try to use the solution on CS-Cart installations, whose domains are not included in the license, the addon will be automatically turned off;
  4. Local installation is not possible, so that the addon works on the additional domain (subdomain), enter this domain (subdomain) in the Domain field, when ordering (or write to info@alexbranding.com) - adding technical domains for the developing or for testing is always free.

linkUsage

linkInstallation

After your order has been processed by our manager, it will be transferred to Completed state, you will receive an email to your mailbox with ordered add-ons license numbers (usually it takes from 15 minutes to 8 hours depending on the day time and week day).

Then follow the steps below, which differs depending on your version of the CS-Cart platform:

If you have CS-Cart 4.16.1 and newer version

If you have CS-Cart 4.13.1 and newer version

If you have CS-Cart 4.12. *

If you have CS-Cart 4.11.5 and an earlier version

You can also install the add-on with a standard installation for CS-Cart. To do this, download the appropriate archive with an add-on version compatible with your version of the CS-Cart platform.
Go to the website cs-cart.alexbranding.com, log in under the account of the order holder and go to the page My Profile → Orders → Relevant Order, go to details and you will see a list of available archives for the ordered add-on. Download the version (archive) you need and make the installation (standard for CS-Cart installation: Add-ons → Downloaded add-ons and in the gearwheel menu select Manual installation).

Service add-on AB: Add-ons Manager must be installed and have Active status.

linkWork with functionality

link1. Own header H1 creation for categories pages

  • Go to the category edit mode Administration panel → Products → Categories → [category name] → AB: Custom H1 PRO;
  • Paste new H1 header and press Save button;
  • Now on the storefront new H1 header will be displayed.

Example of addon working

linkView a list of categories with a completed H1 heading

link2. Own header H1 creation for products pages

  • Go to the category edit mode Administration panel → Products → Products → [product name] → AB: Custom H1 PRO;
  • Paste new H1 header and press Save button;
  • Now on the storefront new H1 header will be displayed.

Example of addon working

linkView a list of products with a completed H1 heading

link3. Own header H1 creation for the Brands page

  • Go to the category edit mode Administration panel → Products → Features → Brand → Variants → AB: Custom H1 of the feature variant;
  • Paste new H1 header and press Save button;
  • Now on the storefront new H1 header will be displayed.

Example of addon working

link4. Own header H1 creation for Page and Blog

Modifying the shell of the pages general content

To create the header go to the page Administration panel → Website → Blog/Pages → [blog/page name] → AB: Custom H1 of the page. Paste new H1 header and press Save button. Now on the storefront new H1 header will be displayed.
Example of the add-on work

linkView a list of pages with a completed H1 heading

link5. Work with search

On pages where an advanced search is available, a search is available on the Custom H1 field of the entity.
To make a search mark the checkbox Field should be filled and place the search text.
Search of Custom H1 of the product

link6. Additional information

You can set access privileges to addon functionality. Go to the page Administration panel → Customers → User groups, and in the group editing window go the tab Privileges.

linkIntegrations

1. Hook for massive editing of the field **AB: Custom H1 of product**
Relevant for add-ons:

To edit the field AB: Custom H1 of product at reproduction in quantity at products variations from the variations list, it is necessary to add the hook ab__custom_h1:pv_list_name in the template design/backend/templates/addons/product_variations/views/product_variations/components/product_item.tpl.

{hook name="ab__custom_h1:pv_list_name"}{/hook}

Hook in the file product_item.tpl

Example of hook use

2. Add placeholders with a field value "AB: Custom H1"
Relevant for add-ons:

Integration between add-ons is implemented in two stages:

1) Placeholders [category_custom_h1], [product_custom_h1], [page_custom_h1], [brand_custom_h1] (in all uppercase/lowercase forms) of meta tags contains values from the field AB: Custom H1.
Block "Meta data"

2) Placeholders are added to the field AB: Custom H1 that is located in the tab AB: Custom H1 PRO. You can view placeholder list in the tip under the field.
Field "AB: Custom H1" in the tab "AB: Custom H1 PRO"

3. Placeholders for SEO pages with the value of the field "AB: Custom H1"
Relevant for add-ons:

The add-on Custom H1 header PRO allows to change displaying category name on the storefront. Therefore, the new category name is also available as a placeholder.

Available placeholders list:

  • [custom_category_h1] — displayed as is;
  • [custom_category_h1_lower] — all letters forced lowercase;
  • [Custom_category_h1] — first letter is capital, others — lowercase;
  • [CUSTOM_CATEGORY_H1] — all capital letters.

linkHow to update

To have possibility to update an add-on, you must have an active subscription period for add-on license.

AB: Add-ons Manager will notify you about available updates (you will see an indicator of new alerts). The recommended way is to update via the CS-Cart Upgrade center (a regular procedure of the platform). This method will allow lossless configuration of the transition to the new add-on version, that is guaranteed to be compatible with your CS-Cart platform version.

Before updating, always make a full database and your store files backup (we recommend backing up using server or hosting tools).

To make updates procedure:

  1. Go to the Administration panel → Administration → Upgrade center;
  2. Find the appropriate update among the available updates and click the Update button;
  3. Follow all the instructions, that will be shown during the upgrade procedure;
  4. Clear CS-Cart cache and start using new add-on version.

If you have an earlier version of the add-on (without the Upgrade center support)

linkList of releases


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v1.12.1 from 27 May 2022

Bug fixes:
[!] Add-on was working incorrect with the third party add-ons. Fixed.

v1.12.0 from 13 December 2021

New features and improvements:
[+] Multi-Vendor. Added compatibility with the "Vendor panel configurator" add-on.

v1.11.0 from 26 November 2021

New features and improvements:
[+] "AB: Extended meta tags and placeholders" add-on. Added placeholder [category_custom_h1_first_lower] — value of field AB: Custom H1 of category (first letter lowercase, else as is).
[+] "AB: Extended meta tags and placeholders" add-on. Added placeholder [product_custom_h1_first_lower] — value of field AB: Custom H1 of product (first letter lowercase, else as is).
[+] "AB: Extended meta tags and placeholders" add-on. Added placeholder [page_custom_h1_first_lower] — value of field AB: Custom H1 of page (first letter lowercase, else as is).
[+] "AB: Extended meta tags and placeholders" add-on. Added placeholder [brand_custom_h1_first_lower] — value of field AB: Custom H1 of feature variant (first letter lowercase, else as is).

Bug fixes:
[!] CS-Cart Ultimate. When importing products that are cloned to several storefronts, field "AB: Custom H1 of product" was imported incorrect. Fixed.

v1.10.0 from 23 June 2021

New features and improvements:
[+] "AB: Extended meta tags and placeholders" add-on. Added placeholders support for fields "AB: Customer H1 of the product", "AB: Custom H1 of the category", "AB: Custom H1 of the page" and "AB: Custom H1 of the feature variant".

v1.9.3 from 06 April 2021

Bug fixes:
[!] Fixed compatibility with the add-on "AB: Short description for products from features" v1.10.0.

v1.9.2 from 04 January 2021

New features and improvements:
[+] Added compatibility with CS-Cart 4.12.1.

v1.9.1 from 10 Jule 2020

Bug fixes:
[!] Add-on "AB: Advanced Meta Tags and Placeholders". When using the placeholders [category], [product], [page], [brand], the value was taken from the "Custom H1" field. Fixed.

v1.9.0 from 10 Jule 2020

New features and improvements:
[+] Added compatibility with “AB: Extended meta tags by templates” of the version 2.0.0.
[+] Added Ukrainian language support.

v1.8.0 from 28 April 2020

New features and improvements:
[+] “Products variations” add-on: Added the ability to edit the field “AB: Custom H1 of product” at products variations from the variations list (it is necessary to add hook, described in documentation).

Bug fixes:
[!] On the editing product page the settings in the tabs disappeared when the “Products variations” add-on was active. Fixed.

v1.7.0 from 27 March 2020

New features and improvements:
[+] "Product variations" add-on. On the editing page of products variations added the ability to edit the field "AB: Custom H1 of product" for the variation.
[+] Added a new page "AB: Add-ons → AB: Custom H1 PRO → List of the feature variants" where you can see all feature variants with the selected field "AB: Custom H1 of the feature variant".

Functionality changes:
[*] On the category, product and page editing pages, the "AB: Custom H1" field from the "Add-ons" tab has been moved to the "AB: Custom H1 PRO" tab.

Bug fixes:
[!] On the page "AB: Add-ons → AB: Custom H1 PRO → List of the products" a list of all products was displayed, regardless of the completeness of the field "AB: Custom H1 Product". Fixed.

v1.6.0 from 28 January 2020

New features and improvements:
[+] Added privileges;

Functionality changes:
[!] Minimal CS-Cart version is 4.11.2;

Bug fixes:
[!] The add-on was incompatible with "AB: Landing categories" add-on. Fixed.

v1.5.0 from 11 November 2019

New features and improvements:
[+] Added search on "AB: Custom H1 of the product" field in products;
[+] Added search on "AB: Custom H1 of the page" field in pages;
[+] Added pages with a selection of objects with the "AB: Custon H1 of the object" field filled in;

Bug fixes:
[!] In the Unitheme2 theme, the settings of the "AB: Landing pages" add-on were not applied on the brand page. Fixed;

v1.4.0 from 01 June 2019

Feature additions:
[+] Added UpgradeCenter/Connector for the next updates;
[+] Added compatibility with CS-Cart 4.10.*;

Bug fixes:
!] Language variables are corrected;

v1.3 from 12 November 2018

https://cs-cart.alexbranding.com/en/ab__custom_h1.doc

v1.3 November 12, 2018
[+] added compatibility with SEO pages for filters addon v6.0 and higher;
THIS VERSION IS REQUIRED WHEN USING THE SEO PAGES FOR FILTERS V6.0 AND HIGHER!

v1.1 from 13 June 2018

https://cs-cart.alexbranding.com/en/ab__custom_h1.doc

v1.0 from 22 May 2018

https://cs-cart.alexbranding.com/en/ab__custom_h1.doc