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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

Custom fields – show related products on the product details page


We can achieve so many things by using the custom fields tab of the product we want to show related products of. But this is simpler than other custom fields recipes, in that we don't have to create a custom field first. Showing related products is often a good idea as it encourages customers to make more purchases.

Getting ready

Make sure you have created the products you want to use as related products.

How to do it...

We have created Joomla! the Movie and we will be making it a related product to the VirtueMart the Movie product. Here is how to do it:

  1. Select the Products links from the Products menu. Click on the product you want to add related products to. Now click on the Custom Fields tab of that product.

  2. Scroll down to the Related Products search box and begin typing the name of the product you want this product to relate to, as shown in the following screenshot:

  3. Click the product you want to add, click on Save, then search...