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Joomla! E-Commerce with VirtueMart

By : Suhreed Sarkar
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Joomla! E-Commerce with VirtueMart

By: Suhreed Sarkar

Overview of this book

<p>VirtueMart is a widely used component for adding e-commerce to a Joomla! site. VirtueMart covers all the aspects of e-commerce in an easy-to-use fashion and allows administrators to configure the various factors such as those of the shop, selling workflow, payment, products, and more. It also has many other features, which include managing customers and orders, so that every aspect of the shop is handled on-line for your comfort.<br /><br />This book demonstrates the setting up of an on-line Joomla! e-commerce site from scratch using VirtueMart. It focuses specifically on e-commerce and VirtueMart. It teaches all the aspects of quickly setting up a feature-packed, easy-to-build e-commerce site&mdash;from basic installation and configuration of Joomla and VirtueMart through adding features step-by-step to an example web site to deployment.<br /><br />The book begins with an introduction to VirtueMart with an explanation of its capabilities and how you can use it to earn money from your Joomla! site. This is followed by the necessary installation and configuration of Joomla! and VirtueMart to enable you to lay the foundation of your web site. Then it explains configuration of the VirtueMart store, which includes payment and shipping methods, configuring zones, and currencies.<br /><br />The book then looks at managing products, customers, and orders, and customizing the web site appearance, all through demonstration so that you can build your own store with minimum effort, investment, and time. It also illustrates the promotion and public-relations factors such as banner ads, featured products, coupons, and more, so that you can build a wide customer base. It follows this up with examples of more advanced features such as localization and using extensions for bulk import/export of products to your VirtueMart shop, to suit your individual store needs. Maintenance, troubleshooting, and security, which are essential for running your site, are also explained. There is also an Appendix provided for configuring shipping and payment modules.</p>

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Joomla! E-Commerce with VirtueMart
Suhreed Sarkar
Mar, 2009 | 476 pages
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Table of Contents (14 chapters)
Preface
Preface
What this book covers
What you need for this book
Who this book is for
Conventions
Reader feedback
Customer support
Free Chapter
1
1. Introduction to Joomla! and E-Commerce
1. Introduction to Joomla! and E-Commerce
What is Joomla!?
Main features of Joomla!
Use of Joomla!
Joomla! and e-commerce
What is VirtueMart?
Features of VirtueMart
Joomla! and other shopping carts
Store example used in this book
Summary
2
2. Installation and Basic Configuration of Joomla! and VirtueMart
2. Installation and Basic Configuration of Joomla! and VirtueMart
Pre-requisites for installation
Creating database for Joomla!
Brief installation process for Joomla!
Basic configuration of Joomla!
Basic administration of Joomla!
Installation of VirtueMart
Basic configuration of VirtueMart
Summary
3
3. Configuring the VirtueMart Store
3. Configuring the VirtueMart Store
VirtueMart administration panel
Store information
Shop configuration
Managing countries
Managing currencies
Using shipping modules
Using payment modules
Adding tax rates
Summary
4
4. Managing product catalog
4. Managing product catalog
Catalogue management
Managing manufacturers
Managing vendors
Managing product categories
Adding a product
Managing products
Summary
5
5. Managing Customers and Orders
5. Managing Customers and Orders
Customer management
Managing orders
Summary
6
6. Customizing the Look and Feel
6. Customizing the Look and Feel
Configuring the look and feel of a Joomla! site
Customizing VirtueMart's look and feel
Using search engine friendly URLs
Summary
7
7. Promotion and Public Relations
7. Promotion and Public Relations
Promotions
Customer reviews
Newsletters and product notification
Summary
8
8. Localization of VirtueMart
8. Localization of VirtueMart
Why localization?
Localizing regions and taxes
Using multiple currencies
Using multiple languages
Summary
9
9. Extending VirtueMart's Functionalities
9. Extending VirtueMart's Functionalities
Bulk product imports and exports
Using product tag clouds
Using testimonials
Improving product reviews by commenting
Wholesaling from a VirtueMart store
Using social networking and bookmarking sites
Using AJAX updates for products
Adding some spice to the shop
Summary
10
10. Maintenance and Troubleshooting
10. Maintenance and Troubleshooting
Uploading the local site to web server
Backing up files and databases
Auditing and hardening security
Common problems and troubleshooting
Summary
11
A. Configuration Options
A. Configuration Options
Configuring shipping modules
Configuring payment modules
12
B. Resources for Joomla! and VirtueMart
B. Resources for Joomla! and VirtueMart
Setting up the WAMP server
Resources for Joomla!
Resources for VirtueMart
13
Index
Index

Conventions

In this book, you will find a number of styles of text that distinguish between different kinds of information. Here are some examples of these styles, and an explanation of their meaning.

Code words in text are shown as follows: "In second line, we have mentioned the version of Joomla!. client = 'site' means this translation pack is for Joomla! site."

A block of code will be set as follows:

var $log_path = './public_html/bdosn/logs';
var $tmp_path = './public_html/bdosn/tmp';

When we wish to draw your attention to a particular part of a code block, the relevant lines or items will be shown in bold:

var $dbtype = 'mysql';
var $host = 'localhost';
var $user = 'root';
var $db = 'bdosn';
var $dbprefix = 'jos_';

Any command-line input or output is written as follows:

wget --max-redirect=1000 "http://www.yourserver.com/index2.php?option= com_joomlapack&view=backup&key=yoursecretkey&format=raw"

New terms and important words are shown in bold. Words that you see on the screen, in menus or dialog boxes for example, appear in our text like this: "You need to check Yes in the Enabled field, and configure the parameters".

Note

Warnings or important notes appear in a box like this.

Tip

Tips and tricks appear like this.

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