CUSTOMIZE
Develop alternative data sources & alternative appearances for MediaManMediaMan Theme SDK
Theme is an important part of MediaMan 3. It controls how the items are rendered in virtual shelf view mode, as well as the expanded and large icon view mode. In addition, the item detail pane relies on theme to render HTML content. Functions such as editing, image changing, and auto-suggest of the item detail pane are also implemented by theme through scripting.
You can use the development guide, sample files and theme SDK tool here to develop theme packages for MediaMan to provide alternative appearances and additional functions. Click the following links to download them.
- MediaMan Theme Development Guide (PDF format, Adobe Reader required)
- MediaMan Theme SDK and Sample Files
Note: You may need additional tools and knowledge for theme development. This is mentioned in the beginning of the guide.
MediaMan Alternative Data Source Specification
MediaMan 3 features importing from alternative data sources in addition to Amazon International websites. These alternative data sources are typically online stores that provide product information similar to Amazon. Commonly, online stores feature searching, item detail lookup, and image retrieval. MediaMan read and parse data from these stores using these features and eventually form a record inside the collection file.
Click the following links to download the documentation to develop definition files for alternative websites.
- MediaMan 3 Data Source Open Specification (PDF format, Adobe Reader required)
- Sample comicshop.com definition (XML, right click to save)
- Sample barnesandnoble.com definition (XML, right click to save)
Note: You may need additional tools and knowledge for theme development. This is mentioned in the beginning of the guide.