Magento ‘Shop By Brand’ in SideBar

First create the template file and name it productbrand.phtml place it in catalog/product folder

copy the code given below and paster it in you productbrand.phtml

Note: Please chnage ‘yourdomain.com’ with your site domain name

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<div>
<div>
<h4>
<span>Product Brands</span></h4>
</div>
<div style="padding-left:8px;">
<?php
$product = Mage::getModel(‘catalog/product’);
$attributes = Mage::getResourceModel(‘eav/entity_attribute_collection’)->setEntityTypeFilter($product->getResource()->getTypeId())->addFieldToFilter(‘attribute_code’, ‘manufacturer’);
$attribute = $attributes->getFirstItem()->setEntity($product->getResource());
$manufacturers = $attribute->getSource()->getAllOptions(false);
?>
<ul id="manufacturer_list"><?php foreach ($manufacturers as $manufacturer): ?>
<li><a href="http://www.yourdomain.com/catalogsearch/advanced/result/?manufacturer[]=<?php echo $manufacturer[‘value’] ?>"><?php echo $manufacturer[‘label’] ?></a>
</li>
<?php endforeach; ?> </ul>
</div>
<div>
</div>
</div>
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