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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 (images tab)


Now for the pretty stuff. Adding an image will really improve the presentation of your product.

Getting ready

Have to hand all your main product images and we will now go and add them to your catalog.

How to do it...

Make sure you are on the product you want to add images for and then we will get started.

  1. Click on the Product Images tab. Scroll to the bottom of the page to find the following screenshot:

  2. Click on Browse..., find and select your product image. Next click on the Save button from the row of buttons at the top of the page.

  3. Take a look at how the image appears in your store. Have a look on the product page and the category page. The page will look like the following screenshot.

    Tip

    You can upload more than one image per product. Just repeat the steps in the preceding recipe and VirtueMart will create a neat little gallery for you.

  4. Now you can scroll back down to the area shown in the following screenshot and enter a title to be displayed with your image...