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Building E-commerce Sites with VirtueMart Cookbook

By : John Horton
Book Image

Building E-commerce Sites with VirtueMart Cookbook

By: John Horton

Overview of this book

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.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
Building E-commerce Sites with VirtueMart Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Adding a simple product (status tab)


Status refers to things like stock levels, level warnings, and carton and selling quantities.

Getting ready

A mini stock take on the product you are configuring would be good preparation here.

How to do it...

Add a simple product using the Status tab:

  1. Click on the Product Status tab and you will be faced with the following screenshot:

    OK, top to bottom left to right. This is what we have to do:

  2. How many do you have in stock? Enter the quantity in the In Stock field. Do you want to be notified of having low or no stock? Enter the level to be alerted in the Low Stock Notification field.

    Want to enforce a minimum purchase quantity? This is useful when you have a price per unit but multiple units must be purchased together.

  3. Enter the value in the Minimum Purchase Quantity box.

  4. If the product is currently unavailable, enter the date they will be available by clicking on the Availability Date box and selecting the date from the handy calendar, as shown in the following...