Featured products configuration form

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Module allows to create unlimited number of "featured products" lists instances. Each list before it will appear on your shop's front office requires configuration. This documentation explains configuration possibilities.

Active
Option decided if created instance of "featured products" will appear in your shop's front office or not. Its a feature to show/hide the featured products instance.

 

Where to display
it's an option that decides where created instance of "featured products" will appear. You can select here one position. Each instance of course can use different position, so in effect you can create various "featured products" lists that will appear inside various positions within your theme. The possible positions are:

1. displayHome as block
   This hook - by default - appears only on shop's homepage. Its a most important position to advertise products on shop's homepage. It just appears on front of your shop's start site. Instances of "featured products" created inside this position will appear as a wide bar (block) with products inside.
2. displayHome as tab
   Use it if you want to create "tab" with "feautred products'. Use this option only if your theme supports homepage tabs feature (or if you activated "internal tabs" option o module "global settings" section on configuration page).
3. leftColumn
   This position appears on shop's homepage inside left column. Please note if your theme do not show left column on your shop's homepage - this featured products instance will also not appear. You must activate left column on shop's homapge in your theme settings (or in settings of prestashop)

4. rightColumn
   This position appears on shop's homepage inside right column. Please note if your theme do not show right column on your shop's homepage - this featured products instance will also not appear. You must activate right column on shop's homapge in your theme settings (or in settings of prestashop)

5. topColumn
   Top column is a position that appears below the main menu of shop. List of "featured products" that will appear there - will appear as a wide block
6. ShoppingCartFooter
   Optionally you can show "featured products" also on cart page. It's a great way to advertise more items on cart page.

 

Name of block

Name of block is a heading of block or name of tab - it is visible for customers and can be clickable

 

Add link to name of block

Heading of block will be clickable and it will redirect customer to selected url

 

Link (url)

If you activated option to add link to name of block - type here the link (url)

 

What to display?
This option decides what "featured products" instance will show. You can select here options like:

1. products by category 
   module will show products associated with selected category
   
2. New products
   Module will display recently added products to your shop (the same items that appear on "new products" page)
3. Best sellers
   This option - when selected - will create list of "featured products" that will contain best sellers from your shop. The same "best sellers" that "best sales" page displays.
4. Specials
   Option when selected will create list of "featured products" that will contain products with dropped prices (discounts). 
5. Selected products
   With usage of this option you can point an exact list of products to display
6. Recently sold products
   With this option you can show the last products you sold.

 

Carousel

This feature requires default PrestaShop carousel script: lightslider. If your theme doesnt support it, please go to module global settings and enable library. Carousell works only in Blocks (not tabs). If your theme does not use "lightslider" library - open "global settings" on module configuration page and activate option to include lightslider.

 

Autoplay

Autostart the carousel, this option will play carousell automatically

 

Infinite Loop

If you will enable this option - module will loop back to the beginning of the slide when carousell will reach the last element.

 

Next / Prev controls

If you will enable this option the prev/next buttons will appear.

 

Pager

If you will enable this option - module will display small dots to navigate through the carousel.

 

Number of products

Option for PC Number of products that will appear as a base of the carousel. If you will set this option to 4, carousel will display 4 slides and rest of slides will be hidden and visible with next/prev feature

 

Number of products for tablet devices

Number of products that will appear as a base of the carousell. If you will set this option to 2, carousel will display 2 slides and rest of slides will be hidden and visible with next/prev feature

 

Number of products on mobile devices

Number of products that will appear as a base of the carousell on mobile devices. If you will set this option to 1, carousel will display 1 slide and rest of slides will be hidden and visible with next/prev feature

 

First custom code element

This option works only with one row inside list of products. Turn this option on if you want to add custom code block as first element of list

 

 

Custom contents before list of products

Turn this option on if you want to add custom contents before the list of products

 

Custom contents after list of products

Turn this option on if you want to add custom contents after the list of products