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An easy link or a button to bring up the Resource Library manager window, anytime anywhere in the Admin panel -- maybe near the Help (the book) icon that is always shown on the right side -- that would be great.  You often need to check your images:   find the right files, add or delete, edit, unlink etc.,  and when there is no Media icon\thumbnail on your current screen, you have to browse the panel to find one -- only to access the Library.
This would be especially helpful for when you have to upload the images for a new HTML block or a banner_block or some other case when you do not have the +Media icon to easily access the Library from your current screen.  Thanks!

 Hello!
Communication with the end consumer is important, and Order notifications are the main part of it.
This idea came up when we noticed the main Store Logo is always sent out as an Attachment file included in order notifications.
Having checked it closer we came to the conclusion there's likely no way to remove it from the order notifications at all. 
Related files seem to be:
core/lib/mail.php
storefront/view/default_html5/template/mail/order_confirm.tpl
The feature would allow to control such attachments (on/off, specific file, etc), and the email body contents (text, formatting etc).
The notification template controls could be mapped to the already existing mail control items,
such  System > Settings > Mail,  or  Sales > Mail .
Thank you

[Products and Categories screens]

These improvements would be appreciated by all AbanteCart admin users:

- ability to modify Product names and Category names quickly right at the Catalog -> Products and Categories screens  (like it's already possible in the control panel for many other objects maybe thanks to jGrid)

- additional products page navigation frame (Page 1 of 2    .. View 1 - 20 of 133) on Catalog -> Products screen. It is currently only present at bottom,
and having the second one at the top of the screen would help turn the page without having to scroll down the products' list every time (btw, there are only 2 options for viewing such lists: 20 and All.  It is also worth adding 10 and 40 as options for the number of products to be shown at a page.)

- clicking on product image thumbs(cameras) in the product list at Catalog -> Products screen would bring up the Resource Library manager instantly, and there's no need no more to go through product Edit->Media->images path only to add or change product image.

- a button to clone a (sub)Category -- including all of its underlying (if any) Sub-categories  ( without cloning products, of course! )
at the Catalog -> Categories screen.  This is similar to the Cloning button that is already present at Catalog -> Products screen.

- the 'Products Count' at Catalog -> Categories screen has to show the real count including all products of child sub-categories down the tree;
otherwise, when you are having sub-categories, it will always show you a zero count, which is of little use for admin..

Thank you for the cool cart !

How to repeat:
1. Attach a product to >1 categories
2. Delete one or more categories from step 1
3. See 'null' categories are shown in the Product's Relations

We think, if some category has been deleted, it should be removed from the product Relations completely, rather than showing it as 'null'.
The latter logic might possibly affect something somewhere, that's why we're asking to check it in code ..
Thanks!

[Write review]

Dear Abantecart,

Is there some setting to hide the 'Write review' part (to the right of the 'View') in a small pop-up that shows up when your hovering mouse cursor over a product in store?   In our store we are not planning to offer the Reviewing thing at all..
It's great to still have the "View" part showing up (as not every person may know she can see details on product by clicking on it) but if we have to disable the pop-up completely, we will do that  if that's how it works.

Thank you for the great web store application!

[Here is a related feature that doesn't seem to be possible to achieve even with hacks like the above:]

Dear Abantecart,

Thanks for the great HTML5 template, we do like its look and feel. There is, however, some room for improvements.

As we know, a top category thumb image that is shown to customers on the front page drop-down menu is by design an image of the last sub-category of a given top category that you point your mouse over.  This behavior is fixed and may not be suitable to all shops.

At the same time, we have functionality in the control panel to add the images to all sub-categories, and even the top category itself. 
The top category image, however, will only be shown to Admin herself in her control panel, and not the end users. As a workaround,  you can still make the top-cat image available to your customers in the Menu block drop-down (instead of the last sub-cat thumb) by modifying the tpl file manually this way (based on http://forum.abantecart.com/index.php?topic=1079.0 ):

# diff storefront/view/default_html5/template/blocks/category_top.tpl  category_top.tpl.old
38,40c38,40
<                                  <li><img style="display:block" src="<?php echo $category['thumb']; ?>"
<                                         alt="<?php echo $category['name']; ?>"
<                                         title="<?php echo $category['name']; ?>">
---
>                                  <li><img style="display:block" src="<?php echo $scat['thumb']; ?>"
>                                         alt="<?php echo $scat['name']; ?>"
>                                         title="<?php echo $scat['name']; ?>">

But this wasn't the feature we were going to suggest 
Here is a related feature that doesn't seem to be possible to achieve even with hacks like the above:

ideally, the image(s) shown in Menu block category drop-down on the storefront page should change dynamically, depending on where your mouse is pointing:

- the moment you point at one of top categories (menu items corresponding to the 1st level product categories), you are presented with the top cat image to the right of the drop-down which shows sub-cats,
- next, when you start moving your mouse down drop-down, that thumb image changes dynamically depending on which exact sub-category your hovering over (with images of corresponding 2nd level sub-cat).

This way would allow us to present the top-category and 2nd level sub-cats images on the storefront page in a neat way!
(Currently, the only chance consumers have to see images of the sub-cats is on those rare occasions when they click directly on the 1st level product categories names in the menu rather than choosing sub-cat from drop-down).

Hope it makes sense to you, 
thank you

[product filter block]

hi,
first off, this cart rocks! lots of features and still user-friendly.
Wondering is there any chance for implementing a product filter block:
  opencart.com/index.php?route=extension/extension/info&extension_id=3621
  opencart.com/index.php?route=extension/extension/info&extension_id=973
each step narrows down selection directing customers to the right product, e.g. see the make/model/year filter at demo.sophio.com
Such block (or maybe extension) could be a great news for many of us having to deal with lots of subcategories.
thank you!