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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

Installing HikaShop as an alternative to VirtueMart


Be sure to check the demo and up-to-date features list online at www.hikashop.com. You can try the free starter version of HikaShop, to see if you like the feel of it, but the next recipe will use features, modules, and extensions of the paid versions.

Getting ready

Buy/download the version of HikaShop that is right for you. If you are going with the free starter version for now you can get that at http://www.hikashop.com/en/download.html. Just click on the big green Download button shown in the following screenshot:

Put the contents of the download you just got from hikashop.com on your desktop and find the file hikashop.zip.

How to do it...

It is nice and simple to get started with HikaShop, so let's do it:

  1. From your Joomla! control panel select Extensions | Extension Manager.

  2. In the Upload Package File area click on the Browse button and select the downloaded hikashop.zip file. Now click on Upload File and Install.

  3. We now have a big long list...