Magento itself doesnt come with a Brand or Manufacturers Listing for its sidebar, which a lot of people need. So, here is a simple hack to get this done. First create the template file and name it brand.phtml . The code for this brand.phtml is  [ in the code, there is a URL property. Dont forget to change it to your site domain] , [php]<!--?php /** * Brand Listing * * */ ?--></pre> <div> <div> <h4><span>Our Brands</span></h4> </div> <div style="padding-left: 8px;"><!--?php $product = Mage::getModel('catalog/product'); $attributes = Mage::getResourceModel('eav/entity_attribute_...

If you want to do a nice listing for your BRANDS either on your sidebar or your CMS pages in Magento, then here is the solution. Just check the attached code here and save it as brand.phtml and place it inside  app/design/frontend/default/your-template/template/catalog/product/ You will need create a CSS class as needed for decoration of the listing. You can pass it in the CMS block such as: {{block type="catalog/product" template="catalog/product/brand.phtml"}} Attached code is below. Save it as brand.phtml ; [php]<?php /** * Brand Listing * * */ ?> <div> <div> <h4><span>Our Brands</span></h4...