Magento V1.7 Grid View - Add manufacturer attribute to view

Question

On this page I want to add the Manufacturer name directly below the name of the item, but can\'t seem to get this to work. Have tried a number of suggestions, but none seem to

Answer 1

$manufacturer_items = Mage::getModel('eav/entity_attribute_option')->getCollection()->setStoreFilter()
    ->join('attribute','attribute.attribute_id=main_table.attribute_id', 'attribute_code');

    foreach ($manufacturer_items as $manufacturer_item) :
        if ($manufacturer_item->getAttributeCode() == 'manufacturer')
        $manufacturer_options[$manufacturer_item->getOptionId()] = $manufacturer_item->getValue();
    endforeach;

    $this->addColumn('manufacturer',
        array(
        'header'=> Mage::helper('catalog')->__('Manufacturer'),
        'width' => '100px',
        'type'  => 'options',
        'index' => 'manufacturer',
        'options' => $manufacturer_options,
        ));

Put this code in Gird.php file and this code in apoximate line number 58 to 63 in same file ->addAttributeToSelect('manufacturer')