Joomla! E-Commerce with VirtueMart -- Table of Contents -- Joomla! E-Commerce with VirtueMart -- Credits -- About the author -- About the reviewers -- Preface -- What this book covers -- What you need for this book -- Who this book is for -- Conventions -- Reader feedback -- Customer support -- Errata -- Piracy -- Questions -- 1. Introduction to Joomla! and E-Commerce -- What is Joomla!? -- Main features of Joomla! -- Use of Joomla! -- Joomla! and e-commerce -- Affiliate carts -- Paid access to content -- Billing and payment systems -- Auction systems -- Shopping carts -- What is VirtueMart? -- Features of VirtueMart -- General features -- Product catalog features -- Administration features -- Payment modules -- Shipping modules -- Joomla! and other shopping carts -- osCommerce -- Zen Cart -- Magento -- Freeway -- Store example used in this book -- Summary -- 2. Installation and Basic Configuration of Joomla! and VirtueMart -- Pre-requisites for installation -- System requirements -- Setting a development environment -- Getting Joomla! -- Getting VirtueMart -- Uploading installation files to server -- Creating database for Joomla! -- Brief installation process for Joomla! -- Basic configuration of Joomla! -- Basic administration of Joomla! -- Managing contents -- Managing sections -- Managing categories -- Managing articles -- Managing extensions -- Installation of VirtueMart -- Basic configuration of VirtueMart -- Adding VirtueMart to menu -- Showing the modules -- Summary -- 3. Configuring the VirtueMart Store -- VirtueMart administration panel -- Store information -- Shop configuration -- Global configurations -- Shop status configuration -- Price configuration -- Frontend features -- Tax configuration -- User registration settings -- Core settings -- Logfile configuration -- Security settings -- Checkout configuration -- Feed configuration.

Managing countries -- Managing currencies -- Using shipping modules -- Flex shipping -- Standard shipping -- Zone shipping -- Using payment modules -- Adding credit cards -- Configuring payment methods -- PayPal -- Credit card processing through Authorize.Net -- Cash on delivery -- Adding a payment method -- Adding tax rates -- Summary -- 4. Managing product catalog -- Catalogue management -- Managing manufacturers -- Adding a manufacturer category -- Adding a manufacturer -- Listing the manufacturer categories -- Managing vendors -- Vendor category -- Adding vendor -- Managing vendors and categories -- Managing product categories -- Adding product categories -- Modifying product categories -- Adding a product -- Managing products -- Adding multiple product images -- Adding extra files with products -- Configuring downloadable products -- Using attributes -- Simple attributes -- Parent-child products -- Adding product attributes -- Creating a new item -- Editing items -- Managing product attributes -- Using product types -- Adding product types -- Adding parameters to product types -- Adding product type to products -- Summary -- 5. Managing Customers and Orders -- Customer management -- Registration/Authentication of customers -- Revisiting registration settings -- Enabling VirtueMart login module -- Managing fields for user registration form -- Adding a new field -- Text field -- Checkbox (Single) -- Checkbox (Multiple) -- Date -- Age verification (date select fields) -- Drop Down (Single Select) -- Drop Down (Multiple Select) -- Email Address -- EU VAT ID -- Editor text area -- Text area -- Radio button -- Web address -- Fieldset delimiter -- Editing a field -- User manager -- Joomla! user manager -- VirtueMart user manager -- Which user manager should we use? -- User groups -- Joomla! user groups -- VirtueMart user groups.

Creating a new user group -- Group permissions -- Assigning permissions to user groups -- Adding new module -- Adding new function -- Assigning users to groups -- Checking how these work -- Managing orders -- Viewing the orders -- Viewing an order's details -- Understanding an order's status -- Managing order status types -- Changing an order's status -- Viewing an order's history -- Order statistics -- Managing inventory -- Summary -- 6. Customizing the Look and Feel -- Configuring the look and feel of a Joomla! site -- Installing Joomla! templates -- Applying a template -- Customizing a template -- Changing a site's logo -- Customizing VirtueMart's look and feel -- Look and feel configurations in VirtueMart -- Customizing and applying themes -- Customizing templates -- Shop front-page -- Product listing -- Product detail page -- Basket templates -- Checkout templates -- Email templates -- Other page templates -- Using search engine friendly URLs -- Built-in Joomla! SEF -- SEF with sh404SEF -- Summary -- 7. Promotion and Public Relations -- Promotions -- Promotional discounts -- Creating discounts -- Adding discounts to products -- Special products -- Best sellers -- Latest products -- Random products -- All-in-one -- Scrolling products -- Cross-selling and up-selling -- Use of discount coupons -- Customer reviews -- Enabling review -- Submitting reviews -- Moderating reviews -- Newsletters and product notification -- Using Acajoom Newsletter -- Configuring Acajoom -- Creating a list -- Creating newsletters -- Creating an article with product information -- Sending newsletters -- Adding fields in the Registration Form -- Using the Vemod News Mailer -- Summary -- 8. Localization of VirtueMart -- Why localization? -- Localizing regions and taxes -- Countries -- Adding state or region -- Configuring taxes by region -- Using multiple currencies.

Using multiple languages -- Adding a new language to a Joomla! site -- Translating the site language -- Manual translation -- Translation through the translator component -- Creating new translation -- Translating the language files -- Editing the translation INI file -- Using the translation -- Packaging the translation -- Showing multilingual content -- Translating VirtueMart language files -- Summary -- 9. Extending VirtueMart's Functionalities -- Bulk product imports and exports -- Creating new import and export template -- Using import and export templates -- Using CSVImproved for catalog building -- Using product tag clouds -- Using testimonials -- Improving product reviews by commenting -- Wholesaling from a VirtueMart store -- Using social networking and bookmarking sites -- Using AJAX updates for products -- Adding some spice to the shop -- Spicy cart -- Slideshow with product images -- Including modules in content items -- Summary -- 10. Maintenance and Troubleshooting -- Uploading the local site to web server -- Transferring local site by FTP -- Step1: Transferring site files -- Step 2: Dumping and recreating a database -- Step 3: Reconfiguring Joomla! and VirtueMart -- Faster relocation using JoomlaPack -- Backing up files and databases -- Using JoomlaPack -- Using LazyBackup -- Auditing and hardening security -- Joomla! tools suite -- GuardXT -- Some tips about security -- Common problems and troubleshooting -- Joomla!-related problems -- Problems with installation of extensions -- SEF problems -- VirtueMart-related problems -- Problem after relocation -- Issues related to user registration -- Showing latest products -- Issues related to vendors -- Issues related to VirtueMart SEF -- Issues related to multilingual contents in VirtueMart -- Summary -- A. Configuration Options -- Configuring shipping modules -- Australia Post.

Canada Post -- DHL -- FedExdc -- Flex -- Intershipper -- Shipvalue -- Standard shipping module -- UPS -- USPS -- Configuring payment modules -- 2Checkout -- Credit card (eProcessingNetwork) -- Credit card (PayMeNow) -- eCheck.net -- eWay -- iTransact -- noChex -- PayMate -- VeriSign Payflow pro -- WorldPay -- B. Resources for Joomla! and VirtueMart -- Setting up the WAMP server -- Resources for Joomla! -- Resources for VirtueMart -- Index.