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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 the Warp framework/template


The Warp framework is created by YOOtheme. If you like working with this template, check out their fancier offerings on www.yootheme.com.

Advantages and disadvantages of using Warp

Warp extensions just work and are in my opinion unrivalled. If you are happy with the default theme used in this recipe or you like one of their themes from the YOOtheme website, then you are most likely to be satisfied.

You can also modify the Warp framework templates but only with a good knowledge of CSS/HTML and a bit of inside information about the framework as well.

If on the other hand you feel the need to make adjustments to columns, colors, fonts, and much more without any CSS/HTML knowledge, then check the next two recipes that cover a competitor framework called Gantry.

Getting ready

Head over to http://www.yootheme.com/demo/joomla and click on the Master Theme download icon as shown in the following screenshot:

Click on the download button for your version of Joomla!...