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Getting Started with Drupal Commerce

By : Richard Jones
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Getting Started with Drupal Commerce

By: Richard Jones

Overview of this book

Drupal Commerce is emerging as the preferred option for open source e-commerce, and it also stands up to comparison against established proprietary systems. Getting Started with Drupal Commerce is an introductory guide to building an online store using Drupal Commerce in Drupal 7. Getting Started with Drupal Commerce takes you step-by-step through a complete e-commerce website build, from a clean installation of Drupal to a working example store. Starting with how to set up a Drupal development environment, we then discuss the planning of an e-commerce site and the typical questions you should be asking before getting started. Next, we walk through all of the essential setup required for most types of e-shop, including taxes, shipping, discounts and coupons, the checkout process, and backend order management. By the end of Getting Started with Drupal Commerce, you will be fully-equipped to plan and build your own store and you will understand the fundamental principles of Drupal Commerce that will enable you to progress to more complex store builds.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
Getting Started with Drupal Commerce
Credits
Foreword
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Definition of terms


The following terms are important to understand when setting up shipping. Commerce is using industry standards, but the difference between a shipping method and shipping service can be subtle:

  • Shipping method

  • Shipping service

Shipping method

A shipping method is the physical method of moving the order—for example UPS, FedEx, and Royal Mail.

In this chapter we will be looking at the Flat Rate shipping method which allows you to calculate the shipping for an order, but does not integrate with any third-party systems.

Shipping service

A shipping service is what will be presented to the customer—for example, Standard delivery, Express delivery, and so on.