Building E-commerce sites with VirtueMart Cookbook
- Length: 310 pages
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
- Publisher: Packt Publishing
- Publication Date: 2013-06-24
- ISBN-10: 1782162089
- ISBN-13: 9781782162087
- Sales Rank: #7013807 (See Top 100 Books)
Over 90 recipes to help you build an attractive, profitable, and fully-featured e-commerce store with VirtueMart
Overview
- Get to grips with VirtueMart and build an attractive store powered by Joomla!
- Increase the visibility of your store with SEO and product descriptions
- Keep your store profitable by configuring tax, shipping and orders
In Detail
VirtueMart is a premier eCommerce solution powered by Joomla!
In Building E-commerce sites with VirtueMart Cookbook you will learn how to create a full-functioning and attractive eCommerce solution with VirtueMart. You will be shown how to install and configure VirtueMart, how to set-up and run your store day-to-day as well as configure and customize the look and feel of your store. With this book by your side, you will be able to overcome as problems setting up, administrating and customizing your eCommerce store!
This book finishes with blueprint projects meaning that getting started with VirtueMart is even easier for the novice and aspiring site builder or developer. If you have always wanted to create a professional-looking store, but are worried about the complexity and difficulty involved, then this book is for you! With numerous recipes, practical tips and solutions Building eCommerce sites with VirtueMart Cookbook will take you through every step required to achieve eCommerce success.
What you will learn from this book
- Set-up and install a fully-functioning eCommerce store
- Configure tax, shipping and orders
- Administrate your shop day-to-day
- Customize the look and feel of your store
Approach
Written in a friendly, recipe-based style, this practical cookbook will show you how to create, maintain and customize attractive eCommerce solutions with ease.
Who this book is written for
This book is written for anyone who is interested in building eCommerce solutions with VirtueMart. If you have little to no experience with eCommerce this book will show you how to overcome any problem no matter how complex it appears. Experienced site builders and administrators will also find the solutions this cookbook offers useful. Basic HTML and CSS would be beneficial.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Setting Up Shop
Chapter 2: Merchandising VirtueMart
Chapter 3: Shipping and Taxes
Chapter 4: Making Your Store Look Amazing
Chapter 5: Going Live
Chapter 6: Killer SEO
Chapter 7: Extending Joomla! and VirtueMart
Chapter 8: VirtueMart Alternatives
Chapter 9: Blueprint – Making an Android App out of Your Site Content
Appendix: Apps, VirtueMart, and Joomla! Resources