Book Image

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 a Joomla! Template


As there is clearly something of a supply problem when it comes to VirtueMart-specific free templates, this recipe will look at installing a regular Joomla! template and using it in your VirtueMart store.

Installing a Joomla! template is a very easy thing to do. But if you have never done it before read on.

Getting ready

Check the resources appendix for a choice of places to get free and paid templates. Download your chosen template on your desktop. It should be in the form of a ZIP file. Log in to your Joomla! admin area and read on.

How to do it...

This simple recipe is in two steps. First we upload the template then we set it as the active template.

  1. Select Extensions | Extension Manager from the top Joomla! menu.

  2. Click on the Browse... button in the Upload Package File area, find and select your template file as shown in the following screenshot:

  3. Click on the Upload & Install button.

  4. Now select Extensions | Template Manager.

  5. Click on the checkbox of the template...