Create YMM form

The Year-Make-Model form is helpful when you want customers to narrow down product compatibility based on vehicle or equipment specifications.

This guide will walk you through creating a YMM form using metafields in the Smart Product Filter & Search app.

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🛠️ Step-by-Step Instructions

Step 1: Access YMM form builder

1. Open the YMM Form From the app’s left navigation bar, click on Year Make Model.

2. Name Your Form Under the Form Heading field, enter a title for your YMM form (e.g., "Find Your Vehicle").

Step 2: Configure YMM Data fields

1. Configure the Data Fields Scroll down to the Fields section. By default, the app includes three fields:

   • Year

   • Make

   • Model

2. Edit Each Field

   • Click the Edit button next to the field you want to update.

   • A popup window will appear with the settings for that field:

     • Label: Enter the name you'd like to display (e.g., "Select Year").

     • Option Type: Choose the product data type to use (default is Metafields).

     • Option Values: Decide how to load values into the dropdown:

       • All Values

       • By Value Prefix

       • Manual Selection

   • Click Save to apply your changes.

3. Do the same for the Make and Model fields.

4. Click Save to finish.

Step 3: Enable YMM form

1. Scroll down to the Settings section.

2. Turn on the Enable option

3. Click Save to finish.

Step 4: Add YMM form to your theme

You can add the Year – Make – Model (YMM) form to any page in your theme. In this example, we’ll add it to the homepage:

1. From your Shopify admin, go to Online Store > Themes.

2. Click Customize on your current theme.

3. At the top of the page, use the dropdown to select Home page (or another page where you want the YMM form to appear).

4. Click Add section or Add block (depending on your theme layout).

5. Search for the "Year Make Model form".

6. Click to add the YMM block to your selected page.

7. Drag and drop the block to reposition it as needed.

8. Click Save to apply your changes.

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🎉 You're done!

That’s it - your YMM form is now set up and visible on your store! Customers can easily search for products by selecting their desired Year, Make, and Model.

If you’d like to make further changes, you can always go back to the YMM settings in the app to update the field labels, data sources, or display options.

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⁉️ FAQs: How to display related Model and Year values when a Make is selected?

To achieve this, you can use metafields as the data source. Please make sure to follow these instructions carefully. The metafield values must be set up exactly as described for the searching to work correctly.

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💬 Need Help?

Not sure how to define your metafields or can’t find the right setting? Reach out to us at [email protected] — we’re here to assist you.