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Book description
This book demonstrates the setting up of an on-line Joomla! e-commerce site from scratch usingVirtueMart. The book focuses specifically on e-commerce and VirtueMart. It teaches all theaspects of quickly setting up a feature-packed , easy-to-build e-commerce site _-from basicinstallation and configuration of Joomla and VirtueMart through adding features step-by-step toan example website to deployment, in a comprehensive manner.
Detailed description
This book begins with an introduction to Joomla! and VirtueMart. This is followed by thenecessary installation and configuration of Joomla! and VirtueMart to enable you to lay thefoundation of your website. Then it explains configuration of the VirtueMart store which includespayment and shipping methods, configuring zones and currencies, which are essential for your shop. The book then takes up managing products, customers and orders, and customizing thewebsite looks, all through demonstration so that you can build your own store with minimumeffort, investment, and time. It also illustrates the promotion and public relation factors such asbanner ads, featured products, coupons, and more so that you can build a wide customer-base.The book follows this up with examples of more advanced features such as localization and usingextensions for bulk import/export of products to your VirtueMart shop, to suit your individual storeneeds. Maintenance, troubleshooting, and security which are essential for running your site arealso explained. There is also an Appendix provided for configuring shipping and paymentmodules.
What you will learn from this book
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Learn e-commerce options in Joomla!, and also about VirtueMart and its features
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Install/Uninstall Joomla! components, plug-ins, and modules; install VirtueMartcomponent and its modules, to start building your store
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Configure the shop, create and use the appropriate zones and currencies, configurepayment methods, shipping methods, and taxes which form part of the most essentialshop functionalities
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Manage manufacturers and vendors, products and productcatagoriescategoriesandwatch your VirtueMart shop take a real shape with the products you want to sell
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Configure user registration settings for VirtueMart, manage users and user groups, createand use order status types, view order statistics and order details, update orders andmanage inventory, which will ease your apprehensions about customer service
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Install and configure new themes, customize the Joomla! template, customize VirtueMartthemes and layouts, and use search engine friendly(SEF) URLs for attracting morecustomers to your shop
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Use VirtueMart’s promotional tools such as banner ads, specials, featured products,newsletters, product notifications, and more, which are important factors in determiningthe success of your business
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Add further value to your shop by using different regions and region-specific taxes,multiple currencies, installing new languages, and translating the language of the site
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Learn to add third-party extensions to further broaden VirtueMart functions for bulkimport/export of products to your shop catalogue, update multiple product information at atime using AJAX, and display slideshows with product images to spice up your shopfurther
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Finally, learn to move the shop to your server, to backup and restore files and databases,and also about security, maintenance, and troubleshooting as a final step to completeyour brand new VirtueMart shop!
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