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Working with Odoo

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Working with Odoo

Overview of this book

With this practical guide, you will cover the essential modules to get Odoo up and running for your company. After installing Odoo, you will use its sales management application to enter quotes, create sales orders, and invoice customers. You will then learn how to integrate the CRM application to manage your leads and convert them into lucrative opportunities and sales. Next, you will set up your own purchase management system, assigning products to suppliers and tracking orders with the new warehouse management and routing system. Finally, you will learn how to use analytics to track project expenses and keep your accounts simple and easy to maintain and build an Odoo module to extend its functionality and make it work for you. Working with Odoo covers all the core installation and usage functionalities of this popular tool, helping you to fully implement a working ERP system through practical, advanced, real-world examples.
Table of Contents (25 chapters)
Working with Odoo
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgments
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Installing the Odoo Website Builder


One of the greatest reasons to consider Odoo's Website Builder is that you can try it out in a matter of seconds. Just install the Website Builder like you would any other Odoo application. Go to Settings, choose Local Modules, and search for Website Builder:

Once you click on Install, Odoo will install the required modules and automatically redirect you to the home page of your new website. Also, you should be presented with a Website Builder tutorial that will walk you through some of the basics of building your website.

Here, we can see the initial web page presented by Odoo:

In the middle of the screen, the tutorial presents the Welcome to your website! message and a brief introduction of what the tutorial will cover. We will go ahead and use this tutorial to highlight the basic features of the Odoo Website Builder application:

Clicking on the Start Tutorial button will direct your attention to the Edit page button at the top-left corner of the screen...