Manage visibility of specific categories and products by customer groups. Configure product price visibility on product and category pages. You can learn more at http://amasty.com/customer-group-catalog.html

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Customer Group Catalog
Magento Extension
User Guide
Official extension page: Customer Group Catalog
User Guide: Customer Group Catalog
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Table of contents:
1. Extension Settings…………………………………………………………………………………..……...3
2. Create a new rule………………………………………………………………………………………..…..4
3. General Rule Settings…………………………………………………………………………………..….5
4. Products Access Restriction…………………………………………………………………………..…6
5. Category Access Restriction………………………………………………………………………………7
6. Restriction Action…………………………………………………………………………………………...8
7. Examples………………………………………………………..……………………………………………..12
User Guide: Customer Group Catalog
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1. Customer Group Catalog – Settings
To start managing the extension please go to System ->
Configuration -> Customer Group Catalog
At this page you can enable or
disable the extension. By default
the module is turned on. Please,
switch ‘Disable Customer Group
Catalog’ to “No” if you need to
disable the extension.
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You can also specify a number of
CSS selectors for better support
of custom themes.

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2. Customer Group Catalog - Create a new rule
To create a new rule, go to Catalog ->
Customer Group Catalog -> Rules and
click “Add Rule” button
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Please choose the customer
groups to which the rule
should apply. It is possible to
choose any number of groups.
3. Customer Group Catalog - General Settings
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Enable or disable the
rule.
Specify the required
store view.

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At ‘Product Access Restriction’ tab you
can choose the products to which the
rule will apply.
4. Customer Group Catalog - Products Access Restriction
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At ‘Category Access Restriction’
tab please specify the categories
to which the rule should apply.
The rule will exclude the
categories you’ve chosen from
the navigation menu.
5. Customer Group Catalog - Category Access Restriction
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If this option is turned to “Yes”, all
links to product pages you’ve
previously ticked in the Product
Access Restriction tab will be removed
from the store. E.g. customers won’t
see the product items at category lists,
in the list of products, etc.
If this option is set to “Yes”, links
to all categories, chosen at
Category Restriction tab will be
removed from the menu for the
specified customer groups.
6. Customer Group Catalog - Restriction Action
In ‘Restriction Action’ section you can choose the actions which will
apply to the products and categories you’ve selected before.
If set to “Yes”,
customers will be able
to visit restricted
product pages using
the direct links to
product pages.
User Guide: Customer Group Catalog
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You can choose 404 Page or
any other custom CMS page
to redirect customers to. To
Create a new CMS page please
go to CMS > Pages.
6. Customer Group Catalog - Restriction Action
Set this option to No in case you want
to redirect customer to CMS pages
instead of using direct links.
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It is possible to hide both price and
‘Add to Cart’ button at product list
and product view pages. This way
customers can see products and read
descriptions but won’t have the
opportunity to add them to cart.
6. Customer Group Catalog - Restriction Action
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6. Customer Group Catalog - Restriction Action
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You can replace Price and Add to
cart button with any custom CMS
block for product view pages and
product lists.
To create a new CMS block
please go to CMS>Static blocks.

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7. Customer Group Catalog - Examples
Before product restrictions After product restrictions got applied
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7. Customer Group Catalog - Examples
Price and Add to Cart replaced with
Footer links on category page
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7. Customer Group Catalog - Examples
Price and Add to Cart replaced with a
text CMS block on product list.
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15. Thank you!
Your feedback is absolutely welcome!
Should you have any questions or feature suggestions, please contact us at:
http://amasty.com/contacts/
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User Guide: Customer Group Catalog
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