Building E-commerce Sites with VirtueMart Cookbook

John Horton

• Editorial: Packt Publishing
• Año: 2013
• ISBN:
  9781782162087
• Edición: 1
• Categoría: Informatique
• Categoría: Sciences générales de l'informatique

In Detail

VirtueMart is a premier eCommerce solution powered by Joomla!

In Building E-commerce Sites with VirtueMart Cookbook you will learn how to create a full-functioning and attractive eCommerce solution with VirtueMart. You will be shown how to install and configure VirtueMart, how to set-up and run your store day-to-day as well as configure and customize the look and feel of your store. With this book by your side, you will be able to overcome as problems setting up, administrating and customizing your eCommerce store!

This book finishes with blueprint projects meaning that getting started with VirtueMart is even easier for the novice and aspiring site builder or developer. If you have always wanted to create a professional-looking store, but are worried about the complexity and difficulty involved, then this book is for you! With numerous recipes, practical tips and solutions Building E-commerce Sites with VirtueMart Cookbook will take you through every step required to achieve eCommerce success.

Approach

Written in a friendly, recipe-based style, this practical cookbook will show you how to create, maintain and customize attractive eCommerce solutions with ease.

Who this book is for

This book is written for anyone who is interested in building eCommerce solutions with VirtueMart. If you have little to no experience with eCommerce this book will show you how to overcome any problem no matter how complex it appears. Experienced site builders and administrators will also find the solutions this cookbook offers useful. Basic HTML and CSS would be beneficial.

Building E-commerce Sites with VirtueMart Cookbook

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Table of Contents

Building E-commerce Sites with VirtueMart Cookbook

Credits

About the Author

About the Reviewers

www.PacktPub.com

Support files, eBooks, discount offers and more

Why Subscribe?

Free Access for Packt account holders

Preface

VirtueMart and Joomla!

What this book covers

What you need for this book

Who this book is for

Conventions

Reader feedback

Customer support

Downloading the example code

Errata

Piracy

Questions

1. Setting Up Shop

Introduction

Installing Joomla! 2.5 in your web space

Getting ready

Connecting to your web host with FileZilla

Have your details to hand

How to do it...

How it works...

Increasing the Joomla! session lifetime

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Installing VirtueMart and the core add-ons

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Familiarizing yourself with VirtueMart

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Removing the VirtueMart AIO component

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Creating a link to our store

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Removing the currency not defined error

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Filling out the company information section

How to do it…

How it works...

See also

Fixing the safe path warning

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Setting up your company identity in VirtueMart

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Creating a menu for your must-have information

Getting ready

How to do it...

Creating the menu

Creating the container module

How it works...

There's more...

Displaying the core VirtueMart menus

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

2. Merchandising VirtueMart

Introduction

Successful merchandising

Adding manufacturers and manufacturer categories

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Implementing your product category structure

Getting ready

How to do it...

Adding a simple product (information tab)

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Adding a simple product (description tab)

Getting ready

How to do it....

How it works...

See also

Adding a simple product (status tab)

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Adding a simple product (dimensions and weight tab)

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Adding a simple product (images tab)

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Adding similar products

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

See also

Custom fields – adding consistent global information to multiple products

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Custom fields – customizing products with versions and charging different prices for them

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Custom fields – show related products on the product details page

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Custom fields – adding customizable product text and charging per letter

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Custom fields – creating groups of custom fields

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Setting the sort and search options for products and categories

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

3. Shipping and Taxes

Introduction

Shipping

Taxes

Charging for shipping by weight range

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Configuring shipping by country, zone, or continent

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Configuring shipping by zip code

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Configuring shipping by a combination of criteria

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Configuring VAT on the entire purchase (including or excluding VAT on delivery costs)

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Configuring a tax to start or finish on a set date

Getting ready

How to do it...

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Índice

• Building E-commerce Sites with VirtueMart Cookbook