5.4.2. Manufacturers
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#### 5.4.2. Manufacturers

##### Adding Manufacturers

To create a new manufacturers, select "Manufacturer | Add Manufacturer" in the mambo-phpShop admin menu.

Edit the following fields in the Manufacturer Information Form:

Manufacturer Name

  The manufacturer's name or company name.

URL

  http://www.example.com

  The manufacturer's fully qualified web address.

Manufacturer Category

  The manufacturer category this manufacturer will be associated with.

Email

  The manufacturer contact's email address.

Description

  Information promoting or about the manufacturer.

Click the "Save" icon to create your new manufacturer.

##### Editing Manufacturers

To edit an existing manufacturer, select "Manufacturer | List Manufacturers" to see a list of all manufacturers. You may also get to this screen by clicking on the linked text, "Manufacturer List", in the Manufacturers column on the Manufacturer Category List screen.

Click on the name of the manufacturer you would like to edit, or click on the linked text "update" in the Admin column - either will take you to the same Manufacturer Add Information form. Make your changes in the Manufacturer "Add Information" form (described above), and click on the "Save" icon. You will be returned to the Manufacturer List screen.

##### Deleting Manufacturers

Before deleting an existing manufacturer, all products associated to that manufacturer must be removed through either deletion or re-association to another manufacturer. mambo-phpShop will not allow the deletion of a manufacturerwhile these child records still exist for that manufacturer.

Once these child records have been removed, select "Manufacturer | List Manufacturers" to see a list of all manufacturer. Then click on the name of the manufacturer you would like to delete. In the Manufacturer Add Information form, click on the "Remove" icon. You will be returned to the Manufacturer List screen.

Once this manufacturer has been deleted, it is removed from the system. To recover this manufacturer, you must re-create the manufacturer information, and re-associate all appropriate products.

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