OpenCart 1.4 Beginner's Guide -- Table of Contents -- OpenCart 1.4 Beginner's Guide -- 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. Installing OpenCart -- System requirements -- Installing OpenCart -- Downloading OpenCart -- Time for action - downloading OpenCart -- What just happened? -- Uploading OpenCart files -- Time for action - uploading OpenCart using cPanel File Manager -- What just happened? -- Time for action - uploading OpenCart using an FTP Client -- What just happened? -- Pop quiz - Uploading OpenCart Files -- Time for action - setting file permissions -- What just happened? -- Time for action - creating a MySQL database and user -- What just happened? -- Time for action - using OpenCart Installation Wizard -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero - Adding another OpenCart instance -- Summary -- 2. Categories, Products, and Options -- Category, product, and option -- Category Organization #1 -- Category Organization #2 -- Category Organization #3 -- Category Organization #4 -- Pre-installed store categories, products -- Time for action - deleting pre-installed store data -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero - deleting pre-populated manufacturer data -- Categories and subcategories -- Time for action - adding a category and subcategory under it -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero - adding more categories and subcategories -- Have a go hero - deleting pre-installed images -- Adding manufacturers (brands) -- Time for action - adding Reebok as shoe brand -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero - adding more sample brands -- Adding products -- Time for action - adding a Reebok shoe model as a product -- What just happened?.

Time for action - adding purchase options for customers -- What just happened? -- Pop quiz - understanding option values -- Have a go hero - adding size option and its option values -- Time for action - adding additional images for Reebok shoe -- What just happened? -- Summary -- 3. Tax Management -- OpenCart tax system -- Understanding Geo Zones -- Time for action - adding Germany as a Geo Zone for taxes -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero - adding Rome, Milano / Italy as Geo Zone for taxes -- Tax classes -- Time for action - adding the Germany Geo Zone to the default tax class -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero - adding the Rome Milano Geo Zone to a new tax class -- Time for action - setting the tax class for a Reebok shoe -- What just happened? -- Time for action - displaying prices without tax -- What just happened? -- Pop quiz - understanding OpenCart taxes -- Summary -- 4. Configuring Store Settings -- General Store Information -- Time for action - configuring General Store Information -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero - testing store configuration settings -- OpenCart and SEO -- Time for action - applying SEO for product pages -- What just happened? -- Time for action - applying SEO for categories -- What just happened? -- OpenCart and templates -- Time for action - installing an OpenCart template -- What just happened? -- OpenCart modules -- Time for action - installing Google Talk module for Online Help -- What just happened? -- Information module -- Time for action - updating Privacy Policy module information -- What just happened? -- Pop quiz - understanding SEO for online stores -- Running Multiple Stores in a Single Installation -- Summary -- 5. Setting Payment Models -- Shopping cart system -- Merchant account -- Payment gateway -- Understanding online credit card processing -- OpenCart payment methods -- PayPal.

PayPal Website Payment Standard -- PayPal Website Payment Pro -- PayFlow Pro payment gateway -- Time for action - configuring PayPal Website Payment Standard -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero - testing PayPal Website Payment Standard method -- Time for action - configuring PayPal Website Payment Pro -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero - testing PayPal Website Payment Pro method -- Authorize.net -- Bank transfer -- Time for action - accepting bank transfer on orders -- What just happened? -- Cheque / money order -- Cash on delivery -- Have a go hero - activating cheque / money order and cash on delivery options -- Pop quiz - understanding online credit card processing -- Summary -- 6. Setting Shipping Methods -- Accepting orders from certain countries -- Time for action - shipping items to selected countries only -- Manual method -- Automatic method -- What just happened? -- Choosing a shipping method -- Free shipping -- Time for action - configuring free shipping for all UK customers with orders of more than 100 -- What just happened? -- Flat rate shipping -- Time for action - configuring flat rate shipping for addresses in Germany -- What just happened? -- Per item -- Have a go hero - configuring per item method -- Weight Based Shipping -- Time for action - applying weight-based shipping method for US customers -- What just happened? -- Pop quiz - Web Based Shipping Rates Usage -- UPS -- USPS -- Activating multiple shipping methods -- Customer Side - multiple shipping addresses -- Summary -- 7. Offering Coupons Discounts -- Coupons on OpenCart -- Percentage-based -- Fixed amount -- Free shipping -- Time for action - defining a 10 percent discount coupon code for orders more than 200 -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero - testing the coupon code with orders less than 200.

Time for action - defining 5 discount coupon code for certain items and free shipping for orders more than 150 -- What just happened? -- Setting special discounts for selected products -- Time for action - applying a special low price for a product for a certain period -- What just happened? -- Discounts for wholesale -- Time for action - decreasing item price to 10 for order quantities more than 40 for special wholesale customers -- What just happened? -- Pop quiz - understanding coupons, and discounts -- Summary -- 8. Understanding Order Lifecycle -- Order flowchart -- Placing the order -- Time for action - processing the order -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero - placing an order and canceling it -- Pop quiz - understanding order flowchart -- Summary -- 9. Managing Customers and Users -- Advantages of customer registration -- Advantages for a customer -- Advantages for the store -- Important customer settings -- Classifying customers in groups -- Time for action - creating a new customer group and assigning a customer to it -- What just happened? -- Sending email newsletters -- Adding customers manually -- Have a go hero - creating a new customer group, assigning a customer to it, and applying a discount for this group -- Pop quiz - customer management -- Users, user groups, and permissions -- Time for action - creating a new user group, Product Entry -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero - creating a Manager user group -- Time for action - creating a new user and assigning to a group -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero - creating a new user and assigning to the Manager user group -- Pop quiz - Users, user groups -- Reports -- Summary -- 10. Localization -- OpenCart language packs -- Time for action - installing a new language pack -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero - in running the store on your own language.

Time for action - editing the text in a language file -- What just happened? -- Currency -- Time for action - adding a new currency option -- What just happened? -- Pop quiz - localization -- Summary -- 11. Upgrading OpenCart -- Making backups of the current OpenCart system -- Time for action - backing up OpenCart files and database -- What just happened? -- New OpenCart version -- Time for action - downloading the latest Opencart files, uploading them to the server, and upgrading -- What just happened? -- Have a go hero - exploring config.php files -- Restoring to the original OpenCart version -- Time for action - restoring OpenCart system if upgrade fails -- What just happened? -- Pop quiz - understanding OpenCart upgrade process -- Summary -- A. Pop Quiz Answers -- Chapter 1 -- Uploading OpenCart Files -- Chapter 2 -- Understanding Option Values -- Chapter 3 -- Understanding OpenCart Taxes -- Chapter 4 -- Understanding SEO for online stores -- Chapter 5 -- Understanding Online Credit Card Processing -- Chapter 6 -- Web Based Shipping Rates Usage -- Chapter 7 -- Understanding Coupons, Discounts -- Chapter 8 -- Understanding Order Flowchart -- Chapter 9 -- Customer management -- Users, User Groups -- Chapter 10 -- Localization -- Chapter 11 -- Understanding OpenCart Upgrade Process -- Index.