Building Ecommerce Website

Joomla - VirtueMart
By Dr. Nguyen Van Thoan

Hanoi, 2015 - 2016

 Note before continue
All group have at least 3 options
1.Creating shop on Etsy, Amazon…
2.Creating shop on Facebook, Vatgia…
3.Building shop using Joomla, VirtueMart

This is the guide for 3rd Option

Building shop using Joomla, VirtueMart
 Report for Webshop Project
1. Each Student submit a Report about webshop, as follows:
- About 10 A4 pages, including: Cover (logo, course name,
group name, member information, class, id, ...) Table of
Contents, Overview - 1page, Content (6-8 pages) including

Business Idea
Webshop technology choice (Joomla, VirtueMart, Facebook,
Etsy, Amazon…)
Process of building shop step by step (how to add products,
price, how to manage shop, how to advertise shop, customer
services, connecting to social networks, how to receive order,
how to receive payment, deliver products....)
 Report for Webshop Project
Report submit by:
- Print report in class, before Final Exam
- Upload the report to Google Drive
- Email to nvthoan@ftu.edu.vn
Note to subject:
website 2016 + student ID + full name + class
 Objectives
• A company selling consumer products
• A website for promotion
• Online catalogue, order
• Order management
• Online transaction
• Online payment
• Free solutions, a lot of efforts
• Understanding management of website
 Practice
1. Setting up server XAMPP
2. Setting up Joomla VirtueMart Quick Start
3. Configure Email
4. Test order
5. Check Email, configure Shop
Pass 50%

6. News – 1 hour
7. Products – 1 hour
8. Ordering test – 1 hour
9. Templates – 1 hour
10. Module – 1 hour
Pass: 100 %
 Resources
• Xampp (download free)
• Joomla, VirtueMart Quick Start Packgage
• Hosting: Free
• Domain: Free
Note:
What is Joomla
What is VirtueMart
What is Xampp (Apache, MySQL, PHP)
 10 steps to build a web shop
1. Download Xampp
2. Download Joomla
3. Download Virtue Mart
4. Install XAMPP
5. Install Joomla (copy website package to htdocs  Extract,
rename to localhost/groupname)
6. Login website: http://localhost/groupname
7. Login administrator
8. Quick start package has shop already
9. Start buying and selling
10. Set up email to receive confirm of orders!!!
Guides for Download XAMPP
Version: 5.6.11
Download JOOMLA
Download VirtueMart
1. After install XAMPP
2. Start XAMPP control
2. Start XAMPP control
3. Copy Joomla folder into htdocs
6. View website
6. View website
7. View administrator
8. Install VirtueMart
9. Install VirtueMart – Component,
modules
10. View and test buying
10. View and test buying
 Check list
1. Set up XAMPP – OK = 10 %
2. Copy Website Quick Start  htdocs = 10%
3. Unzip, change website folder name = 10 %
4. Open Web Browser 
localhost/websitename  Run setup website
 Successfully: 10%
5. Open website front end, open new window,
website administrator end  Login: 10%
 Check list
1. Change the Logo
2. Manage the Slider in Homepage
3. Manage the Menu
4. Manage Articles
5. Manage Catergory
6. Manage Modules
 Check list
6. Sliders
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