Building E-commerce Sites with VirtueMart Cookbook电子书

Building E-commerce Sites with VirtueMart Cookbook

Table of Contents

Building E-commerce Sites with VirtueMart Cookbook

Credits

About the Author

About the Reviewers

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Preface

VirtueMart and Joomla!

What this book covers

What you need for this book

Who this book is for

Conventions

Reader feedback

Customer support

Downloading the example code

Errata

Piracy

Questions

1. Setting Up Shop

Introduction

Installing Joomla! 2.5 in your web space

Getting ready

Connecting to your web host with FileZilla

Have your details to hand

How to do it...

How it works...

Increasing the Joomla! session lifetime

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Installing VirtueMart and the core add-ons

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Familiarizing yourself with VirtueMart

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Removing the VirtueMart AIO component

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Creating a link to our store

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Removing the currency not defined error

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Filling out the company information section

How to do it…

How it works...

See also

Fixing the safe path warning

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Setting up your company identity in VirtueMart

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Creating a menu for your must-have information

Getting ready

How to do it...

Creating the menu

Creating the container module

How it works...

There's more...

Displaying the core VirtueMart menus

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

2. Merchandising VirtueMart

Introduction

Successful merchandising

Adding manufacturers and manufacturer categories

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Implementing your product category structure

Getting ready

How to do it...

Adding a simple product (information tab)

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Adding a simple product (description tab)

Getting ready

How to do it....

How it works...

See also

Adding a simple product (status tab)

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Adding a simple product (dimensions and weight tab)

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Adding a simple product (images tab)

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Adding similar products

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

See also

Custom fields – adding consistent global information to multiple products

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Custom fields – customizing products with versions and charging different prices for them

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Custom fields – show related products on the product details page

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Custom fields – adding customizable product text and charging per letter

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Custom fields – creating groups of custom fields

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Setting the sort and search options for products and categories

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

3. Shipping and Taxes

Introduction

Shipping

Taxes

Charging for shipping by weight range

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Configuring shipping by country, zone, or continent

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Configuring shipping by zip code

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Configuring shipping by a combination of criteria

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Configuring VAT on the entire purchase (including or excluding VAT on delivery costs)

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Configuring a tax to start or finish on a set date

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Configuring a tax on a per-category basis

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

4. Making Your Store Look Amazing

Introduction

Removing the Joomla! branding at the footer

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Installing a VirtueMart template

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Installing a Joomla! Template

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Creating and installing a template with an Artisteer design software

Getting ready

How to do it...

Designing your store pages

How it works...

There's more...

Installing the Warp framework/template

Advantages and disadvantages of using Warp

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Installing the Gantry framework/template

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Customizing the Gantry framework/template

Getting ready

How to do it...

The Layouts tab

The Advanced tab

How it works...

Uninstalling a Joomla! template

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Cool header banners with jQuery and Sourcerer

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

5. Going Live

Introduction

Taking payments with PayPal

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Reset VirtueMart to a fresh install

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Configuring countries

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Configuring VirtueMart currencies

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Updating VirtueMart

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

See also

Creating a backup of your Joomla! VirtueMart site

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Using the backup of your Joomla! VirtueMart site

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Enabling SSL for sensitive areas

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Shipping an order

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Refunding an order

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

6. Killer SEO

Introduction

Installing Piwik analytics

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Setting up Piwik for Joomla!

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Setting up Piwik for VirtueMart

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Choosing your keywords

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Creating categories in Joomla!

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Creating articles in Joomla!

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Making articles available in a menu

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Enabling Joomla! SEF URLs

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Writing great metadata

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Entering your metadata into Joomla!

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Entering your metadata into VirtueMart

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

7. Extending Joomla! and VirtueMart

Introduction

Installing Sourcerer

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

See also...

Installing jQuery on Joomla! 2.5 using Sourcerer

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

See also...

Personalizing your store content with Sourcerer

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Detecting the user's country with Sourcerer and GeoIP

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Installing Weever Apps

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Configuring a Weever App

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Installing the VM Affiliate component

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Setting up a campaign and testing it with VM Affiliate

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

8. VirtueMart Alternatives

Introduction

Installing HikaShop as an alternative to VirtueMart

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

HikaShop quick evaluation tour

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Installing RedShop as an alternative to VirtueMart

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

RedShop quick evaluation tour

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Installing J2Store for in-article products

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Configuring J2Store

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Adding a product to a Joomla! article with J2Store

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Installing MyMuse for digital download products

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Configuring MyMuse

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Adding products to MyMuse

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

9. Blueprint – Making an Android App out of Your Site Content

Introduction

Installing the Java Development Kit

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Installing Eclipse

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Installing the Android SDK

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Installing the Android Development Tools plugin

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Configuring an Android emulator

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Wrapping our site in an Android WebView

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Testing our app on the emulator

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Exporting our app to use it on a real Android device

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Branding our WebView

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Publishing our app on Google Play

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

A. Apps, VirtueMart, and Joomla! Resources

Apps

VirtueMart templates

Paid themes

Free themes

Joomla! templates

Paid templates

Free templates

Custom made templates

VirtueMart extensions

Index