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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 RedShop as an alternative to VirtueMart


RedShop is free but most if its components and modules are not. So you can download and try out the basic functionality before you decide if you want to make an investment. This recipe will help you install the basic components, the next will take you on a whirlwind tour of the free and paid aspects to help you decide if RedShop is for you.

Getting ready

Make a free account at http://www.redcomponent.com/redcomponent/redshop. Log in to your account and download the free RedShop. Put it on your desktop.

How to do it...

This recipe just uses the free download but the next recipe uses many of the paid for/pro license downloads:

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

  2. Click on the Browse button and select the file redSHOP-v1.2_25j.zip that you just downloaded.

  3. Click on Upload and Install.

  4. Wait while RedShop installs. It takes around 5 minutes.

  5. Click on the install Demo Content button, it will make exploring and evaluating...