Requirements

• Product Comparison is compatible with VirtueMart 1.1.x and Joomla 1.5.x
• Product Comparison is NOT compatible with VirtueMart 1.0.x and Joomla 1.0.x
• This extension requires code modification, it can not be installed via Joomla installer.

Features of Product Compare extension.

1. Product Compare has three configuration options, Global, Category and None.
   Global compare - products from 2 or more different categories can be compared.
   Category compare - products from within the category can be compared.
   None - compare is disabled.
2. Products can be removed either from the compare cart or compare page.
3. Shopper can add products to compare from the flypage (product details page) in addition to the browse list.
4. A default compare page can be set in VirtueMart global layout configuration.
5. In addition to default compare page, compare page template can be set in category configuration too. The category compare page template will be used only when compare type = category.
6. User can customize the compare_cart template independent of the browse page.
7. Added new $compare_cart tag to both browse and flypage template. $compare_cart can be placed anywhere on the browse page or flypage. The layout of compare cart is determined by the compare_cart template described in 6.
8. Added a compare_cart_product template. The user can now edit this template to customize the display of individual compare product thumbnails and the remove button.
9. User can set which fields to compare within the global configuration. If additional control is needed, the user can customize the compare template.
10. In addition to the normal product fields, product type fields can also be compared. Parameter fields are automatically added to the compare table. If a parameter field is not comparable, the user can modify the template to disable that comparison.
11. Multilingual
12. Added Disallow compare option to category to omit a category from being compared when global mode is selected.

All updates are free.

Product Comparison Type - Select Product comparison method, none, category, global

• None - Disables Product Compare Globally
• Category - Allow Compare only within category (Allow compare in Category must be enabled)
• Global - Allow compare throughout the store

Max no. of product allow compare - This will allow you to set maximum number of products to be compared simultaneously.
Fields to compare - The config is to specify exactly the fields that need to compare.


Compare Cart Template - Select Global Compare Template (2 templates provided), this template will be used for category too unless a different template is specified in category.

Category level control for Product Comparison - To enable/disable product comparison in category level three options are provided.

• Global - Allow category compare throughout the store, when Global is selected in Configuration.
• Allow - Allow Compare only within category (Allow compare in Category must be enabled)
• Disallow - Disable Product Compare only for this Category

Category Compare Template - You can select different Compare template for category (2 templates provided).