Vehicle Brochure Generation
The Car Dealer theme is provided with PDF generation functionality by which users can generate and attach PDF Brochure with the vehicle’s information.
First, install the “Car Dealer – PDF Generator” addon from the Addons page to start with PDF generation or attach an existing PDF to the vehicle.
Attach PDF Brochure to Vehicle
First of all, we will see how users can attach PDF brochures to vehicles. For this, follow the below steps:
- Go to Admin Panel > Vehicle Inventory.
- Select any one vehicle.
- In the “Car Data” metabox, select the “Brochure Upload” tab.
- Select/upload a PDF brochure (See below screenshot).
- After uploading the PDF brochure, save the vehicle.
- Once the vehicle is saved, check the current vehicle detail page on the front (see the below screenshot).
Generate PDF Brochure
To generate a PDF Brochure, follow the below steps:
- Go to Admin Panel > Vehicle Inventory.
- Select a template from the Brochure Generator column (see below screenshot).
- After selecting a template, click on the “Generate” button. Once a new PDF will be generated, the “Download” button will appear. See the below screenshot.
As soon as you generate a PDF, the generated PDF will be attached automatically to that selected vehicle and one notification message will be displayed on top indicating that the generated PDF is attached to the vehicle, and you can update it by editing the vehicle. See the above screenshot.
Create/customize PDF Templates
By default, we have provided three PDF Templates to generate PDFs for vehicles. You can edit those PDF Templates as well as create your own. For this, follow the below steps.
1. Go to Admin Panel > “Vehicle Brochure Generator” page from “Vehicle Inventory > Vehicle Brochure Generator” from the sidebar menu.
2. Here you will find three different PDF templates that you can update and use to generate PDF. You can also set the margin for the PDF from the “Custom Margin” option. You can also create your own by clicking the “Add New” button at the bottom. See below screenshot:
You can use pre-defined variables to build a new PDF template. See screenshot below.
3. After updating or creating a new one, click save the page. You will find your updates on the “Vehicle Inventory” page vehicle listing.
4. You can use an updated/created template to generate a PDF brochure.