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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

Adding a simple product (description tab)


Now we will look at the next tab along and make our product more enticing. A good description can make or break the sale. It should not just be the raw uninteresting details that we enter here but the enticing product selling points that prompt a customer to part with their money.

Getting ready

Have a think about how to describe your product in a highly enticing way using the keywords in your keyword strategy, if you have one. See Chapter 6, Killer SEO if you want help with this.

How to do it....

Add a simple product using the following steps:

  1. If you are still in the product page just click on the Product Description tab. If not, navigate back to the VirtueMart products page and click on your product, then the Product Description tab.

  2. Copy and paste from Notepad or type your enticing description into the Product Description field and an abridged version into the Short Description field, as shown in the following screenshot:

    Near the bottom of the Product...