Adding a new Manufacturer Field to Magento store

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Manufacturer is an attribute setting, so the following procedure is the same for adding any extra fields to other attributes.

>> In the Admin panel

>> hover over the 'catalog' button on the menu bar.

>> go to 'attributes' >> 'Manage Attributes'

>> find 'Manafcturers' and click on the attribute name

>> on the left hand side click on the 'Manage Label/Options' tab

>> underneather Manage Options on the main part of the screen click on 'Add option'

>> enter the text of the new manufacturer you want to add.