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From the Magento admin panel navigate to System → Configuration → CMINDS

BACK IN STOCK → Configuration.

Here can be found the general configuration settings for the Extension.

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Is enable - Toggles the functionality of the Back iI Stock extension on or off.

Visible for guest - Toggles whether or not the Back In Stock form will appear fornon logged in users.

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Front-end Form Configuration


The Back In Stock extension creates a form on the front-end of the store that appearswhen a product has run out of stock. Site visitors can use this form whether logged inor browsing the store as a guest (optional) to receive an email notification when theproduct comes back in stock.

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There are default texts included. Should the site admin so choose these can bereconfigured and replaced with custom texts.

To configure this Front-end form navigate to System → Configuration → CMINDS

BACK IN STOCK → Configuration. Then find the Frontend form section and ifnecessary click on it to reveal it.



Guest Visitor form settings

The first three fields in the Frontend form configuration settings affect the way theform appears for Visitors on the site who have not logged in.



Label for guest - Adds custom text to the back in stock instructions label.

Button for guest - Adds custom text to the submit button for the back in stockform.

Message for guest - Replaces the default success message with a custommessage to be displayed after the customer has submitted the notification form.



Logged in Visitor form settings



Logged in site visitors don't need to provide their email address as they will alreadyhave had to do so during signup. The Front-end form looks a little different as a result.

Label for logged in - The custom instructions text that appears for out of stockproducts.

Button for logged in - The custom text field that for the submit button for the Outof Stock form.

Message for logged in - The success message that will appear after a logged inuser submits a back in stock notification email for a product.



Informing Customer Back In Stock notification

already requested

If a user makes a request to be informed of a product coming back in stock, thengoes to request a back in stock notification for the same item again a message willappear in red informing them of this.



Informing Customer product is excluded from Back In

Stock notifications

It is possible to exclude products from showing the back in stock form. For simpleproducts this will simply not show the form. For Configurable products it is necessaryto display a message for the customer explaining why some configurations display theform and others don't. In this case use the final setting in the Frontend form Settingsin System Configuration.



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Back In Stock Reports


The Back in Stock extension by CreativeMinds can generate reports on howmany back in stock requests were made and how many emails were sent to thecustomers who made them.

To access the back in stock reports in the admin panel navigate to Reports → Back

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The first two columns display the product name and the SKU of the product.

The third and fourth columns display the first request made for a back instock notification and the last or most recent request made. The results that show inthe report are taken from a database that is cleared on an interval. Details aboutclearing the requests from the database are described later in this article.

The Final three columns display the number or requests made and responded to.



Pending requests - This column indicates the number of requests for back instock notifications that were made by customers for out of stock products.

Filled requests - This shows the number of requests that were responded tofollowing products coming back into stock. This stretches back for the last day,week or month depending on what interval for database clearing has been chosenin configuration (more on this below).

All requests - This shows all requests sent and unsent.

Clearing old Back In Stock requests from the

Database

The Back In Stock extension is designed to do some house keeping and to clear outold completed requests on a regular basis. How frequently with which the databaseshould be cleared depends on on the size of the store and number of requests coming



through and is also a matter of personal preference for the site admin.

To change how often the Database is cleared navigate to System → Configuration →CMINDS BACK IN STOCK → Configuration, then scroll down to the Cron report

settings section.

From the "Cleaning schedule" options choose either Every day, Every week or Everymonth.

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Daily Email reports


The Back In Stock extension can be set to send Daily Email reports of how manyrequests were made the day before. These are sent to an email which is defined in theConfiguration settings.

To configure Daily Email reports go to System → Configuration → CMINDS BACK

IN STOCK → Configuration. Then scroll down to the Daily email report section.

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Sender - Sets who the email should appear as from. Using General contact willuse the contact email stored in Magento, choosing Other will allow a SenderName and Sender Email to be set manually.

Receiver - Sets who the email report should be sent to. The choices are ("GeneralContact", "Same as Sender" and "Other")

General Contact - Uses the email saved in Magento.

Same as Sender - Sends the email to the same email address as defined forthe sender.

Other - Allows the receiver email address to be entered manually.

Receiver Name - The name to be used in the email for the recipient.

Receiver Email - The email address to the Report Email should be sent to.

Email subject - The subject line of the email. %s works as a shortcode toautomatically enter the date of the report.

Email description - Some details explaining the report email for the recipient.

The time of sending the report for the previous day - Sets what time the Dailyreport email should be sent.



Sample of Daily Email Report



Sample of Daily Email Report when no requests have been made

Disabling the Daily Email Report



1. Set the Receiver to "Other"

2. Leave the Receiver Email blank

3. Save configuration






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Configuring Notification Emails for Customers


When a product comes back into stock the customer will receive an email notificationinforming them.

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The sender, recipient and contents of the email can be configured through theConfiguration settings. Navigate to System → Configuration → CMINDS BACK IN

STOCK → Configuration. Then Scroll down to Back In stock notification email.






Sender - Chooses who the sender should be. The choices are "General Contact"and "Other". Choosing General contact will use the default email saved inMagento. Choosing Other will allow manual entry of sender details.

Sender Name - The name of the person that the Notification email is from.

Sender Email - The email address that the email should show as from. (It'simportant to use an email that won't trigger the customer's spam filters - it isrecommended to use an email address using the site's URL)

Email subject - The subject line of the email. Using the %s shortcode will enterthe name of the product that the customer requested to be notified about.






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Removing Back In Stock requests


In certain situations it may be necessary to remove a Customer's request for anotification for a product. This is possible either through the Customer's Dashboard orthrough the Admin Panel.

Removing Request as Admin (Admin Panel)

Navigate to Catalogue → Manage Products and identify the product that is to havethe request removed.

From the menu on the left at the bottom choose the Back In Stock emails menuitem.

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Identify the Customer who is to have the notification removed.

On the right hand side of the customer row click on "Delete".

Removing request as Customer (Customer

Dashboard)

The customer is also capable of removing the request through their dashboard whilelogged in.

Go to Account → My Account.

From the menu that appears on the left choose the BACK IN STOCK menu item.



To remove the notification request click on the Trash Can icon to the right of theproduct row.



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Adding Customers to Mailing Lists


It is possible for customers who use the Back In Stock extension to be added tomailing lists for future email campaigns.

If you are unfamiliar with MailChimp and using email for marketing it is recommendedto read up on it first as a badly executed email campaign can hurt your email andsite's reputation in the email provider's spam filters meaning you end up unable toeffectively reach your customers. Done right it's powerful, done badly it'scounterproductive.

Navigate to System → Configuration → CMINDS BACK IN STOCK →Configuration. Then Scroll down to the MailChimp section.

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Is enabled - Toggles whether or not the new requests will add the requester to themailing list(s).

MailChimp API key - Enter the API key obtained from the MailChimp website.(further details below)

MailChimp lists - Choose which mailing lists the requesters should be added to.It has been tested with up to 4 mailing lists. It is not advisable to add the sameemail address to too many mailing lists.

Obtaining the MailChimp API key



Visit the MailChimp website: https://mailchimp.com (https://mailchimp.com) thenLogin or Register and Login.

Navigate to Account.

Then choose Extras and choose API keys from the options that appear.

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Click on "Create A Key".

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Translating your Extension to other Languages


In order to reach out to customers from all over the world, it's possible to localize yourCreativeMinds extensions to as many languages as you want. To do this, follow thefollowing steps:

Method 1 - Modifying the module terms CSV

1) Find the file which contains the plugin text

This file is named Cminds_Backinstock.csv. It's located in this directory:

/app/locale/en_US/Cminds_Backinstock.csv

2) Open the file as a table (optional)

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Cminds_Backinstock.csv is a CSV file, which stands for Comma Separated Values.This kind of format can be read by many common softwares, such as Notepad,Microsoft Excel and Numbers for iOS. You can open it as text, but, by using aspreadsheet editor you are able modify the values in a more visually pleasant way. Seebelow the difference of opening with a text editor (left) and a spreadsheet editor (right):

3) Edit the file

The table has two columns and several rows. The items in the left represent terms orphrases in the default language of the extension - this column should not be edited.

The column in the right has the information that should be translated to the new idiom- when you or the user changes the extension's language, the extension will fetchinformation from these lines. The following example shows a sample of a Portugueseedition:



4) Save the file in the right folder

Once the editing is complete, save the new CMinds_Backinstock.CSV file in thefollowing path:

app/locale/xx_YY

You must replace "xx" with the code for the language and "YY" with the country code.Examples: en_US, en_UK, pt_BR, pt_PT, es_ES, fr_FR, it_IT. If that folder doesn'texist, you can create it. You can find a complete list of the language codes (standardISO 639-1) here (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ISO_639-1_codes) and thecountry codes (ISO 3166-1) here (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1).

One thing to keep in mind: many softwares will, by default, save the file in a differentformat, such as .txt, .xls or .number. Be sure that a .CSV was generated by using save as or export options.

5) Create a store view for the new language

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Magento makes it easy to manage multiple language setting with the Store Viewfeature. Different Store Views share most of the settings, such as catalog of productsand customer groups, bur can have unique visuals, like the language that it'sdisplayed for the user. Learn more about the different Store features by referring tothe official guide (http://docs.magento.com/m1/ce/user_guide/store-operations/store-hierarchy.html).

To create a Store View with your new language, head to your dashboard and click System → Manage Stores. Then, click Create Store View.

Input values that will help you organizing the store.

6) Configure the new Store View to Display the Translated Language

Now, head over to System → Configuration and choose your new Store View in thebox on the Current Configuration Scope field:

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Now that you are editing the Store View, you can select its translations by headingto System → Configuration → General → Design → Themes and then writing thedesired codes. If there are multiple translations, they should be separated by commas,as in "enUS, pt_BR".

Return to the Front-end to check the changes have come into effect, you will need toclear your cache first.

For additional tips, you can check the article Best Translation Practices(https://magecom.net/magento-multi-language-websites-best-localization-practices/)by Magento.

Method 2 - Using the in built Magento Translate Inline

tool

Magento in fact comes with a tool in the Developer tools section of the configurationsettings that allows for front-end modification of the terms that appear on the store'sfront-end. This can be a simpler way for some site admins to make changes. Thesechanges can of course be applied to our module front-end labels to change languageor style of the defaults.

Navigate to System → Configuration → Advanced → Developer.

Open the first section ( Developer Client Restrictions)and enter your public IPaddress to ensure that your front-end changes are only possible for you and not forany user of your site.

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Click Save Config to save your changes.

Now proceed to open the section labeled Translate Inline to enable the translationtool. Locate the option labeled Enable for Frontend and set it to Yes then click Save

Config again.



Return to the front-end. You should now notice that there are feint red boxes aroundelements of text that are generated by magento or modules that have been installed.

To change one of the labels hover over it to reveal the Open Book Icon. Clicking onthis will open the Translate Inline modal tool which can be used for making changesto front-end labels.



If you would like to keep the changes specific to the store that you are currentlyviewing then check the box labeled Store View Specific. This will help for example ifyou have installed the module on a store that will be your Spanish or French orItalian version of the site and are changing the front-end labels to the given language.



In the input field labeled Custom: enter the text that you would prefer to display hererather than what is included by default. Then click the Submit button.

Clear the Magento Cache.



Then return to the page with the label or labels that you wished to change and refreshthe page. You should see the changes have taken effect.

Remember to go back to your Configuration settings and disable the Inline

Translate tool and your IP address from the Developer Client Restrictions field.




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