Notice:

In order to use the CatFilters component it needs the existance of Categories in the Virtuemart component.

Before Using CatFilters it can be configured to meet users needs.

The Configuration mainly concerns the frontend representation of the results page and the Manufacturer filter configuration.

The above image dsplays the relation between the configuration and the front-end representation.

Products Per Row: How many product each row will have in other words the number of columns.

Display Pagination: Display or not the joomla Pagination. The Pagination settings are those set in the joomla global Configuration.

Display Number of results Found: Display or not the Counter of the products found after the search, at the top of the page.

Display Sorting Drop Down: Display or not the drop down menu with the sorting (ordering) options.

Products Sorting: Active checkboxes means that those sorting options will be displayed in the sorting dropdown of the template (If the display sorting is active). The default sorting is the primary sorting done to the products by default.

Manufacturers Filter params

Display type: Set the how you want your filter to be displayed.

Multiple Select: This setting appears only if the display type is 'Drop-down list'. Enabling this feature means that the user can select multiple manufacturers pressing the Ctrl button.

Size: The size of the drop down list. Usually this option is usefull when multiple selectis enabled.