Opencart Marketplace Seller Central
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Opencart Marketplace Seller Central Module provides a separate page for sellers to log in or signup from the sell tab. This page is completely customizable from the admin end. Here admin can create multiple signup steps for sellers and also create fields for each step. Further, the admin can also customize the color, font color, and background image of the page.
The Opencart Marketplace Seller Central module is an add-on to the Opencart Marketplace module. You need to install the Marketplace module first to install this module.
Note:
1. This module supports all templates and themes including the Journal theme.
2. Opencart Marketplace Seller Central module supports the Multi-Store feature of default Opencart.
Features Of Opencart Marketplace Seller Central
- Create a new page for seller sign-in/ signup.
- The signup / sign-in page is fully customizable.
- Admin can create new signup fields for sellers.
- The Admin can disable the created signup field instead of deleting it.
- Admin can create different types of signup fields like text, text area, dropdown, etc.
- The Admin can create multiple-step signup.
- Admin can add, delete or edit the existing navbar menu
- The Admin can show the testimonial of the customer to the store.
- Admin can enable or disable the status of the sales
- Sellers can edit the values of signup fields from their profile section.
- Banner Block on seller central page.
- Admin can set a carousel on the banner block.
- Feature section on the seller central page.
- Admin can create custom tabs on the page footer and add videos.
Installation of Opencart Marketplace Seller Central
The installation of the Opencart Marketplace Seller Central module is easy. In the zip file, you will receive three folders namely admin, catalog, and ocmod. You just need to upload admin and catalog folders to the root directory of the website.
Once you have uploaded the file then login to admin and go to Extensions> Extension installer and upload the sellercentral.ocmod.xml XML file. The XML file can be found in the ocmod folder.
After uploading the XML file go to the Extensions > Modification and click on the refresh field.
Also, after that in the Admin panel go to System -> Users -> Usergroup and edit ‘Administrator’ and select all for both Access and Modify Permission then save it.
After that under Extension > Modules install the Opencart Marketplace Seller Central module like this.
Module Translation
As this Opencart Marketplace Seller Central module supports multiple languages so this section will describe how to make the module work in different languages. Please check this link for language translation
Configuration of Opencart Marketplace Seller Central
General Setting: After the module has been installed admin can configure the module to enable it. Admin can also create signup steps from here and assign registration fields to the step.
Each signup step can contain a maximum of 6 fields and if a registration field is assigned to one step then it will not get assigned to any other step.
Also, there will be a minimum of one signup step, and fields for the first step are fixed by default.
In the above screenshot, you can see three steps. Admin can create further registration steps in the same way.
Front end View:-
To become a seller, here, just need to click on the sell tab as shown in the image below-
Now, just click on the Sign-Up Here button to move toward the Seller Central Page
Now from the seller’s central front end, the seller can see the option to sign up an account and follow the steps to sign-up.
The sign-up form will be according to the sign-up step added by the admin.
Custom Tab:
Now the admin can manage the custom tab from the back end. Here, the admin can enable or disable the custom tab status accordingly.
The admin can enter the custom tab heading, video URL, and description for the video from the custom tab section. The admin can also add more custom tabs accordingly.
Front end View:-
The seller can view the custom tabs created by the admin. 
Layout Setting:
There are two types of layouts available for this module. The admin can select the layout accordingly.
Front end View:- Layout-1
Front end View:- Layout-2
Sections Settings:
In the section setting, the admin can manage-
- Featured Section
- Sales Section
- Testimonial Section
- Call-To-Action-Section
- Carousel Section
Featured Section:
Now, the admin can manage the featured section in the section setting. Here, the admin can enable or disable the featured block, enter the heading, and as well as a description for the featured section.
Sales Section:
In the sales section, the admin can enable or disable the status of the sales section for the front end. The admin can enter the heading and description for the sales section accordingly as shown in the image below (This section is available for the layout 1)-
Testimonial Section:
From the testimonial section, the admin can show the testimonial of the customer to the store.
Here, the admin can enter the heading name and description accordingly as shown in the image above (This section is available for the layout 1)-
Call To Action:
The admin can set up a call to action button at the bottom. The admin can enter the heading and description for the CTA (This section is available for the layout 1) as shown in the image below-
Front end View:-
Carousel Section:
The admin can enable or disable the carousel from the carousel section (This section is available for the layout 1)
SellerCentral
From the SellerCentral tab, the admin can manage the above section accordingly-
- SigUp fields
- Featured Section
- Carousel Section
- Layout Setting
- Testimonials Section
- Navbar Menu List
SignUp Fields:
From the SignUp fields section, the admin can add, delete, or manage the existing signup fields for the seller as shown in the image below-
Also, the admin can add new signup fields for the seller and fill the all required details and save the form accordingly-
Featured Section:
Featured Products can be managed from the back end by the admin. To manage the featured products the admin can navigate to SellerCentral> Featured Section here, the admin can add, remove or edit the existing featured products accordingly.
The admin can edit, add, and remove the featured section accordingly. Here, the admin can add the image icon, title, description, sort order, layout, and status of the featured section.
Carousel Section:
Also, the carousel can be managed from the back end. To manage the carousel the admin can navigate to SellerCentral> Carousel Section
Here, the admin can manage, add, remove, and edit the existing carousel accordingly.
Here, the admin can fill the heading, description, sort order, select layout, and enable or disable the status.
Layout Setting:
Layout setting can be managed from the SellerCentral> Layout Setting, here the admin can manage-
- General Setting
- Header Setting
- Signup Settings
- Custom Tab Settings
- Featured Setting
- Carousel Setting
- Testimonial Settings
- Other Settings
General Setting:
Here, the admin can set the title and meta description for the seller central as shown in the image below-
Header Setting:
Also, the admin can manage the header set in the layout. Here, the admin can manage the header logo, banner block background, and other settings as shown in the image below-
Front end View:-
Sign-up Setting:
The admin can manage the sign-up here. Also, the admin can select the position of the sign-up, select the sign-up block font color, and the sign-up block background color.
Front end View:-
Custom Tab Setting:
The admin can manage the custom tab setting here. The admin can change the custom tab background color, navbar border color, top navbar active, and hover background color, tab active and hover border color, top navbar active and hover font color, and top navbar font color.
Featured Setting:
In the featured setting, the admin can manage featured block background color, featured block font color, featured section limit, number of sections, and featured sub-section image size.
Front end View:-
Carousel Setting:
The admin can manage the carousel font color as well as the carousel section limit.
Front end View:-
Testimonial Settings:
The admin can manage the background color for the testimonial block, testimonial font color, and the limit of the testimonial section.
Front end View:-
Other Settings:
Here, the admin can set the footer background color and as well as footer font color accordingly.
Front end View:-
Testimonial Section:
Testimonial setting can be managed from SellerCentral> Testimonials Section, here, the admin can add, remove or edit the existing testimonial from the store accordingly.
The admin can fill in the details for the testimonial, which include author name, author designation, author picture, comment, sort order, layout, and status.
Front end View:-
NavBar Menu List:
The admin can add, delete or edit the existing navbar menu from the SellerCentral> Navbar Menu List
The admin can edit the existing navbar menu by selecting and clicking on the edit button and editing the navbar menu.
Here, the admin can fill in the details-
Menu Name– The admin can enter the menu name that will show on the front of the navbar.
Link- The admin will have to enter the URL for the menu
Target- The admin can select the “Blank” if the admin wants to let the URL open in a new tab, or select “Parent” if the admin wants to let the URL open within the current tab.
Layout- The admin can select the layout accordingly.
Sort Order- The admin can select the order of the navigation accordingly
Status- The admin can enable or disable the module from the backend.
Front end View:-
SellerCentral Page
Seller Central page can be accessed from the selling page. To open the seller central page, click on the sell button as shown in the image below.
Now the customer can click on the “Sign-Up Here” button under the Open Your Shop
Thus, the customer will be redirected to the seller central page where the customer can fill in the details to become a seller-
That’s all for the Opencart Marketplace Seller Central module. If you have any queries or requirements then feel free to add a ticket and let us know your views to make the module better http://webkul.uvdesk.com/