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Building E-commerce Sites with VirtueMart Cookbook

By : John Horton
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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 Sourcerer


Sourcerer is one of the most versatile Joomla! extensions. It allows you to add custom code (HTML, JavaScript, or PHP) at almost any point in Joomla!. This facilitates everything from custom database calls with output, to jQuery visual tricks. In this recipe we will take the first step by installing Sourcerer.

Getting ready

Download the free Version of Sourcerer from http://www.nonumber.nl/extensions/sourcerer.

Put the downloaded file on your desktop and follow this brief guide to install it.

How to do it...

If you have the download ready then read on. We will simply install Sourcerer and will do some fancy things in later recipes.

  1. From the Joomla! admin panel navigate to Extensions | Extension Manager. Click on the Browse button and select the file sourcerer-v4.1.x.zip. Now click on upload and install.

  2. To check that Sourcerer is working we will create a custom module and try and use a bit of PHP. Navigate to Extensions | Module Manager and then click on the New button. At...