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1. Add Category List Categories 5 6 1 1 Adding or modifying Product Categories To create a new product category open the Product Category Form Products 2 Add Category To modify an existing category click on the name of the category you want to edit in the category list gf Category Infor mation d Images Publish e Category Name Category Description show hida B Z U ic sEaem Oo X da d Ge i A Bi b JA Z a Format Saagaeana it Path ah insert J insert z image page break ListOrder Mew items default to the last place Ordering can be changed after this item is saved Parent Default Top Level Show x product per row f Category Browse Page managed Category Flypage flypage tp Product Category Fields Publish Used to specify whether the category will be published on the site Category Name The name that will be used to identify the category Category Description The description that will be displayed for the category 32 VirtueMart User Manual ListOrder The Place of this category in a list with other categories Parent The parent category with which this category will be associated If the category is to be a top level category leave the Parent drop down list with the Default Top Level selected If the category is to be a sub category of an existing category choose the appropriate parent categor
2. Add Attribute C3 Add Product Type C3 Ne search Prot List Product Name Media SKU Price 1 v Chain Saw PO1 Pw You can also access the Price List for a Product from its Product Form Just click on List Prices as shown in the following figure tueMart Administrat Charn Saw x 9 Add attribute List Prices Add Product Type Opa W current product flypau T te Item Chai n Sa splay Options Product Status P roduct Information oduct Information MNA Publish fv a In the Price List for this Product you can find a List of all available Prices for Shopper Groups and Quantities That s where you have a great Price overview In this List you can modify existing Prices by clicking on a Group Name or add new Prices by clicking on the New button in the toolbar 41 VirtueMart User Manual 2 New Q Remove Reload Product MU Price for Charn Saw un Quantity Group Name Price Currency Start 1 default 149 99000 USD g 2 Gold Level 2 99000 USD 0 In the Product Price Form you can choose the Price the Shopper Group and the Quantity Range this Price is valid for If you leave the Quantity Fields empty the Price will be independent from the Quantity in Cart Save Q Cancel Q Reload Price Information New Price for Product Chain Saw Product Price Met Product Price Gross lo Currency US Dollar
3. 63 VirtueMart User Manual or according to the weight of the shipment You can also select whether to add VAT to the shipping rate or not All of this takes place in the Shipping Rate Editor see next figure To edit or delete existing shipping rates select Shipping Rates from the Shipping menu New Remove Reload Shipping Rates list Search Shipper Shipping Rate description Weight fram x sim Remow 1 DHL Inland gt 4kg 0 000 4 000 8 2 DHL Inland gt 8kg 4 000 8 000 i1 3 DHL Inland gt 12kg 8 000 12 000 i1 4 DHL Inland gt 20kg 12 000 20 000 un 5 DHL EU gt 4kg 0 000 4 000 i1 6 DHL EU gt 8kg 4 000 8 000 i1 7 DHL EU gt 12kg 8 000 12 000 rn 8 DHL EU gt 20kg 12 000 20 000 i1 9 DHL Europe gt dkg 0 000 4 000 un 10 DHL Europe gt Bkg 4 000 8 000 rn 11 DHL Europe 12kg 8 000 12 000 i By clicking on the name of a shipping rate in this list you can access the shipping rate form to edit this shipping rate To add a new shipping rate click the New button in the toolbar an Save OQ Cancal Reload Create Edit a Shipping Rate Shipping Rate description Inland gt 12kg List Order B Shipper DHL vj iauntry Finland A France France Metropolitan French Guiana 3 French Polynesia French Southern Territories Gabon Gambia Georgia ZIP range start b ooga ZIP range end poog9 Lowest Weight 8 000 Highest Weight 12 000 Fee 7 16
4. 4 Go to Components gt VirtueMart gt Products gt Categories gt Add category and set up your categories and category structure Be sure that all of them are published 5 Go to Components gt VirtueMart gt Products gt Products gt Add Product and add as many products as you need repeating this step 4 1 Joomla Global Configuration VirtueMart makes use of the global Configuration values which can be set in the Global Configuration for your Joomla Mambo site Allow User Registration YES An user customer must be registered to your site before being able to checkout even if the customer might not recognise it due to silent registration VirtueMart provides an enhanced Registration Form where customers can leave their account and shipping data When register using this form they are automatically added to the Joomla user list Use New Account Activation NO If you keep this feature disabled new customers have a streamlined checkout process and don t have to activate their new account by checking their email and restart their checkout Mail Configuration varies VirtueMart sends Mail using the global Mail configuration So be sure to modify the values according to your server Caution If you don t change your Store Information and the Email Address VirtueMart sends Order Confirmation Mails to demo_order virtuemart net Localization Language Whatever language you set in the Glob
5. Colour Red 2 x Hand Shovel 5 64 Red Small 1 x Nice Saw 25 05 Size big Power 100VV 1 x Hand Shovel 12 28 Blue Large Hand Shovel Fed Small e 420 4 32 Hand Shovel Green Medium P5400 4 32 Md View Full Size Image 5 Praduct 75 88 roducts Hand Shovel Blue Large Show Cart 156 23 12 98 1 MAIH MEHU Manufacturer E erue Home 4 32 You Save 20 00 Online Shop DocBook Collab Ask a question about this product Newsletter Hand crafted hande with maximum grip torque Hews Titanium tipped shovel platter Half degree offset for less accidents Includes HowTo Video narrated by Bob Costas Specifications 5 Diameter Tungsten handle tip with 5 point lott Guestbook Blog Product Details Page Administrator Screenshots Back to Joomla Administration VirtueMart Administrat Simple Layout Extended Layout r Control Panel Statistics c Your Store Control Panel Administration t3 Admin Configuration Pro duct List Category Tree Orders List Payment a Users Methads amp User Groups Manage User Fields List Countries 1 C Add Country Users Con figuration List Currencies Add Currency List Modules Add Module t Store Products Shopper Orders Administration Control Panel VirtueMart User Manual Back to Joomla Administration VirtueMart Administrat Simple Layout Extended Layout Add Attribute List Price
6. Your package fee 2 00 Currency Eure WAT Id 0 Gnone xl Aultiselect use CTRL Key ind Mouse The Shipping Rate Editor 64 VirtueMart User Manual In this form you can specify the details of the shipping rate Shipping Rate Description This is the name of the Shipping Rate displayed to the customer in the checkout List Order The order of this shipping rate in the list of all other shipping rates numeric value Shipper Select the carrier for this shipping rate Country The country countries this shipping rate applies to Shoppers from other countries won t be able to select this shipping rate ZIP Range Start The lowest ZIP Postcode this shipping rate is valid for Leave empty if you re using non numeric values ZIP Range End The highest ZIP Postcode this shipping rate is valid for Leave empty if you re using non numeric values Lowest Weight The lowest total weight in cart this shipping rate is valid for Highest Weight The highest total weight in cart this shipping rate is valid for Fee The Fee for this shipping rate the costs Package Fee The package fee additional costs for packaging Currency The currency which applies to the costs you have filled in above VAT ID Here you can select a tax rate which is applied to this shipping rate If you select none no tax will be applied 5 11 2 UPS Shipping Module 5 11 3 USPS Shipping Module 5 11 4 Intershipper Shipping 5 11 5 Zone Ship
7. Reload Add Edit Product Discount Discount amount cy Discount Type Percentage 9 f Total Startdate of discount m T End date of discount n Gy Discount Amount required Discount Type required Start Date optional End Date optional This is the amount of discount you want to have subtracted added from the product price Has the syntax 000 0000 no comma The Discount Type specifies how the amoung is handled either as a percantage or as a total amount If you select Percentage the amount will mean that you give a Discount of XX to the Product Price If Total is selected the amount will be substracted added from the Product Price By clicking on you can specify a date from the calendar which will be the first day the Discount is calculated and shown to the customer The Start Date is no must You can also only have an End Date or leave this field blank when this discount shall begin instantly If you have specified a Start Date you ll surely want an End Date that would be something like Sale So click on and specify the last Day of the Sale from the calendar You can also only have an Start Date or leave this field blank when this discount is not limited 48 VirtueMart User Manual When you re done don t forget to Save your information Deleting a Discount You can easily delete a discount Note that this removes the Discount from all products which
8. Due to the fact that not containing uncommon characters such as binary formats it s possible to index and search directly on the documents written on SGML and consequently on DocBook The SGML systems use markups to make their description DocBook holds over 300 markup elements each one with several attributes which can assume several values these can be fixed or defined by the document style that the author has used 72
9. E Andorran Peseta ADP ii A 3 AK AOK rh 4 E Argentiniean Peso ARP ii a 5 Amban Florin AWG i 6 Australian Dollar AUD rh hy 7 Bahamian Dollar BSD ii 8 Bahraini Dinar BHD im 8 Bangladeshi Taka BDT rh 10 Barbados Dollar BBD itn To add a new Currency click New in the top of the list and fill out the fields in the Currency form 26 ah Save Q Cancel VirtueMart User Manual 5 Reload Add Currency Currency Mame Currency Code Don t forget to save and the new currency is added to the list You can modify existing currencies To do so just click on the name of a currency in that list and a form opens and you can modify the properties of this currency Again don t forget to save your changes To remove one or more currencies from the list either click on the trash bin icon in the last column of each row and confirm to remove the currency or select multiple currencies using the checkboxes and click on Remove in the toolbar 5 4 3 VirtueMart Core Modules VirtueMart Core Modules have absolutely nothing to do with Joomla Module which are sideblocks in your Joomla site Core Modules build a part of your store and are used to manage the different sections and their access permissions Caution You need to act carefully in this part of VirtueMart Changing Core Modules and their permissions can result in locking out other users or even yourself from the store Core Modules are
10. Install Uninstall when using an older Mambo version in the Top Menu SearchBot Performs a search on the product table and delivers search results for Joomla s Mambo s site search Select the file virtuemart searchbot_x x tar gz and click Upload File amp Install Mambot ProductSnapshot Displays product figure price add to cart link in content items Select the file mosproductsnap_x x tar gz and click Upload File amp Install Publishing the Mambots Mambots need to be published before they do ANYTHING Click on Mambots gt Site Mambots in the Top Menu Now browse through the list of installed Mambots and find virtuemart searchbot and mosproductsnap Select one click on the name and modify its settings details Remember to publish it For more information about Mambots please refer to the Joomla documentation http help joomla org You re now done with the Installation of VirtueMart and its elements 3 4 Manual Installation The installation has failed You have safe_mode On You don t need to pull out your hair You can still use the manual installation Manual Installation is a little bit harder than the automatic installation It will need some file copying 1 Download the Manual Installation Package This is just another Package Form of VirtueMart 2 Unpack the archive file VirtueMart x x Manual Installation Package tar gz you have downloaded in Step 1 to a local directory using Winzip or Wi
11. Shopper Group default Quantity Start Quantity End Don t forget to save your changes when you re done 42 VirtueMart User Manual 5 6 3 2 Deleting a Price Prices can only be delete from the Product Price List How to access this List can be read in the Section Adding or Modifying Prices In this List you can click on the Trash Bin Icon at the end of the row of each Price Entry to remove a Price You can also select multiple Prices using the Checkboxes and then click on Remove in the Toolbar 5 6 4 Product Attributes Attributes are the characteristics of a product like Color Size or Type If you add attributes to a product this product becomes a parent product After that you can add child products called Items to this parent product each having different values for each attribute 5 6 4 1 Adding Product Attributes To create a new product attribute click on Products gt List Products to display a list of all products Then click on the name of the product for which the attribute is being created to display the product entry form for that parent item Then click on the Add Attribute button on the top of the screen A new window will open displaying the attribute entry form Complete the attribute entry form and click the Save button at the top of the form to save the new item attribute Next you need to define the new attribute for the items Click on the name of an item to display the product
12. This is easy All you need to do is install VirtueMart It will convert your installation of mambo phpShop rename the tables and copy all customer information into its own table __vm_user_info So just follow the instructions for the automatic installation or if you have difficulties with it the manual installation Note It is recommended to uninstall the old mambo phpShop modules after you have installed the VirtueMart component and then install the new VirtueMart modules Caution It is absolutely necessary to make a backup of your whole site before you upgrade your shop An upgrade failure can always happen So please BACKUP BACKUP BACKUP Upgrade from VirtueMart 1 0 0 1 0 5 We have fixed a lot of bugs An upgrade is highly recommended Just get the Patch Package for your current VirtueMart version and overwrite your exising files with the ones from that package The are two small changes to the database so you must run the following SQL queries on your database to update it Just open phpMyAdmin and run those queries Ht tt HF HH EF EH FF EE FF EE FF EH EF EH EF EE FOF EE FF SQL update script for upgrading Erom VitftueMarc 104x to VirtueMart 120 5 T Hatt HH HHH HE FH FF EE FF EE FF EH EF EH EOF EE FOF EE FF ALTER TABLE jos vm product mf xret CHANGE product id product id INT 11 ALTER TABLE jos vm orders ADD order tax details TEXT NOT NULL AFTER order Allow Shopper group discounts up to 100
13. 00 ALTER TABLE jos vm shopper group CHANGE shopper group discount shopper gro Allow bigger discounts than 999 99 ALTER TABLE jos vm product discount CHANGE amount amount DECIMAL 12 2 Allow prices up to 9 999 999 999 99 ALTER TABLE jos vit product price CHANGE product price Product price DECIM Adjust order item price ALTER TABLE Jos vm order item CHANGE product item price product item price VirtueMart User Manual Adjust order item final price ALTER TABLE jos vm order item CHANGE product final price product final pri i Adjust order total allowing totals up to 9 999 999 999 999 99 ALTER TABLE Jos vm orders CHANGE order total order total DECIMAL 15 5 ALTER TABLE jos vm orders CHANGE order subtotal order subtotal DECIMAL 1 Allow larger coupon amounts ALTER TABLE Jos vm orders CHANGE coupon discount coupon discount DECIMAL ALTER TABLE jos vm coupons CHANGE coupon value coupon value DECIMAL 12 Allow larger payment discounts ALTER TABLE jos vm orders CHANGE order discount order discount DECIMAL 1 ALTER TABLE jos vm payment method CHANGE payment method discount payment m UPDATE jos components SET params RELEASE 1 0 5 nDEV_STATUS stable WHERE If you have another database prefix than jos mos then you must change the jos to your prefix mostly The queries can be found in the file sq1 UPDATE SCRIPT VirtueMart 1 0
14. Product m Search Product Name lledia SKU Price 1 e Chain Saw Pod 3 2 Lr Circular Saw PD 220 80 Click on Add Attribute and a new window will open displaying the Attribute Form Complete the attribute entry form and click the Save button in the toolbar to save the new item attribute Once all item attributes have been defined it is time to create the individual items child products dd Attribute List Prices Add Product Type New Item PA Save Q c rent product flypage in shop Update Item Hand Shov ct Information Display Options Product Status Product Dimensions and Weight Pr st Information Publish 5 Product Price Net 4 99000 Product Price Gross 5 40158 SKU 601 Name Hand Shovel WAT iA o m 25s wl Click on the Add Items button in the toolbar to display the product entry form for the specific item This form is the same as previous product entry forms only the vendor and category fields have been populated for you and item attribute fields for the attributes you have defined are now available Complete the product entry form and click the Save button in the toolbar to save the new item 44 VirtueMart User Manual Editing Items Product List Product Name Chain Saw Circular Saw Drill LI d ad Hammer Hand Shovel Item Information ToT Ladder ltem Information 7 Nice Saw To edit an existing ite
15. are assigned to it Just go to the Product Discount List and click on the Trash Icon of the row of the Discount you want to delete at the right side of the List Confirm that you want to delete this record and done 5 6 9 Product Reviews 5 7 User Management VirtueMart comes with an extended User Management compared to Joomla s User Management Features Important Always use the VirtueMart User Manager for Adding Editing and Deleting Users to from your Joomla site If you use Joomla s built in User Manager you will run into troubles because important database entries are not created for such users So for the other case When you delete Users with the Joomla User Manager from the site that have been added with the VirtueMart User Manager you will have a lot of useless database entries VirtueMart also provides the ability to create any number of addresses for a particular user Not only can a user have separate bill to and ship to addresses but addresses for home and business as well 5 7 1 Shopper Groups VirtueMart offers the ability to not only manage users by vendor but also by shopper group This enables storekeepers to create shopper groups for whatever need e g site access customer rating tax display etc These shopper groups can then be used to provide special services discounts or access to a specific group of users Because users and shopper groups are associated to a particular vendor it is important to c
16. default Shopper Group in 98 0 00 T Group Description show hide uem _ 1 cL LT j rs ra J i B Z U m ABE Um 7 A Ga P Am l a 21 1 3 tular 1 Rant fendglh wl Rant cerca 1 A T ab r ral 5 7 1 2 Deleting Shopper Groups You can delete Shopper Groups from the Shopper Group List by clicking the Trash Bin icon in the last column of each row in the shopper group list You could also check the checkboxes of each shopper group which you want to remove and click the Remove button in the toolbar Note You can t delete shopper groups which still has customers assigned to it 5 7 2 Users 5 7 2 1 Adding or modifying Users 5 7 2 2 Deleting Users 5 7 3 User Groups User Groups are Permission Groups and used to restrict access to certain parts and functions of the shop Each user is assigned to a user group By default registered customers are members of the group shopper 50 VirtueMart User Manual When can this be useful Imagine you have a user who wants to access the Report section of the store Usually this is restricted to admins and stoeradmins If you assign this user to the admin storeadmin group he will also be able to access other sensible parts of the store where he could change or delete important data The solution is to add a new User Group called Report which will have the same permissions as shoppers PLUS access to the report core module A
17. each row and confirm to remove the module or select modules and click on Remove in the toolbar 5 4 4 VirtueMart Core Functions Functions are a core feature of VirtueMart and allow to control the access to all processes in VirtueMart Functions are executed using the func parameter in the URL given the other URL parameters as function variables Caution You need to act carefully in this part of VirtueMart Changing Core Functions and their permissions can result in locking out other users or even yourself from the store Functions are always assigned to core modules So at first you need to go to the module list Admin gt List Modules and then click on Function List in the row of the module you want to manage functions for If you have done this you can see a list of all functions for that module 28 VirtueMart User Manual o New Remove Reload Function List admin Search 8 Function Name Class Name Class Method admin storeadmin shopper demo ARsch none lali Remo Permissions 1 adminPasswdUpdate ps user update admin passwd w B m E m ia 2 changeordering vmAbstractObject class handleordering FC p E TI rr Fr i 3 countryAdd ps country add a I E TI Pr E 4 countryDelete ps country delete a I E m E r ji 5 countryUpdate ps country update e ra m EET 1i if 6 currencyAdd ps_currency add I fe E TI rr Fr ji 7 curencyDelete ps_curency delete I I E E E fi 8 cu
18. events for example whether it has been paid for shipped or cancelled The actual values you use for status are up to you but by default you are given status values of Pending Confirmed Cancelled Refunded and Shipped If you want to define your own status values you can do so by selecting List Order Status Types from the Order Status sub menu of the Orders menu 35 VirtueMart User Manual To view all of the orders in the system click on List Orders on the Orders menu This takes you to the Order List which is illustrated in the next figure 5 8 1 The Order Q Remove OR List eload Order List Order lumber 1 9Oooo0026 ooo00025 4 3 Oooo00024 4 oooo0023 Print hame Label S ren Eberhardt S ren Eberhardt S ren Eberhardt S ren Eberhardt Pending Confirmed Shipped Cancelled All Void Print Last TP m ee RTT EE sa 16 Mar 07 16 Mar 07 a 06 44 06 44 Search Update SubTotal Remov Notify j Customer 210 36 ya Update Status Notify ap M MATT Teg a seneo sooo df Update Status Notify i E Paa Pending Customer 0 00 ia Update Status Notify a ae bee Pending Customer 0 00 fi Update Status When you click on an order number you are given the full details of the order as shown in the next figure When you click on the name of the customer you will be taken to the user form for this user The Print
19. is not you can t access or browse your shop Additional modules mod product categories mod productscroller mod virtuemart allinone mod virtuemart cart mod virtuemart featuredprod mod virtuemart latestprod mod virtuemart manufacturers Product Categories Module It can display the product categories you have set up Product Scroller Module It can scroll certain products somewhere on your site using a marquee tag All in one module Can display the latest featured top ten or random products in one module using tabs Mini Cart Module Displays the mini cart for the customer with a link to the cart page Featured Products Module Can display featured products in your store Featured products are those which are on special Latest Products Module Displays the newest products in your store Manufacturer Module Shows all manufacturers from your store with a link to find all products of the selected manufacturer 10 VirtueMart User Manual mod_virtuemart_randomprod Random Products Module Does what the name says displays random products from your store or a certain category mod virtuemart search Searchbox Module Displays the VirtueMart searchbox which lets the customer search for products mod virtuemart topten Top Ten Products Module Displays the bestsellers from your store 7 Recommended Mambot Installation Click on Installers gt Mambots or Mambots gt
20. location the tax rate of the store vendor location or in EU Mode the tax rate of the country the store is located in regardless where the goods are shipped to Check this if you have products with different tax rates e g 7 for books and food 16 for other stuff Sets the flag whether to subtract the Discount for the selected payment BEFORE checked or AFTER tax and shipping e Normal Account Creation This type of registration asks each customer for a username and password and all other published registration details e Silent Account Creation In this mode users don t need to fill in a username and password for a new account Instead the email address is used for the new account and a random password is generated The registration details are mailed to the customer Optional Account Creation The customer can select if a persistant account is created or not If the customers chooses to create an account he is asked for an username and password If he chooses not to create an account a hidden account is created so the customer can be silently logged in and check out No Account Creation possible In this mode the customer can checkout without being able to create an account for returning later on Each time a dummy user account is created to keep the data structure intact The Remember me feature allows to set a cookie in the customer s browser so the customer doesn t need to login each time he returns
21. managed in the module list which can be accessed through Admin gt List Modules O New 3 Remove Module Mame admin store product shopper order vendor m 71 1 71 711710717118 repartbasic tax Q Reload D Module List admin storeadmin shopper demo ARsch nene 7 So A A 4 M AATA WW 7I m 711 1 L3 C a 7H m 71 1 1 71711 27 m TT Ty 1 1 od 1 m 71 1 4 71 34171 ad eave Permissions Funetions Functian List Function List Funetion List Function List Functian List Function List Function List Functian List m Search Reorder E E w gt bPbbbbib 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 2 3 Remove Ea Th VirtueMart User Manual To add a new module click New in the top of the list and fill out the fields in the module form Lan Save OQ Cancel j Reload Module Information Module Name demo shopper storeadmin F admin Mao Restriction Module Ferms Show lodule in Admin menu Y es Display Order D Module Description Don t forget to save and the new module is added to the list You can modify existing modules To do so just click on the name of a module in that list and a form opens and you can modify the properties of this module Again don t forget to save your changes To remove one or more modules from the list either click on the trash bin icon in the last column of
22. need to upload the images into the product image directory Thumbnails won t be automatically created The CSV Import Documentation can be found under the CSV Import Export form Products gt Use CSV Import Export 5 6 2 3 Deleting Products To delete an existing product click on Products gt List Producs at the top of the VirtueMart Administration pages to display a list of product categories Now click on the Trash Icon in the row of the product you want to delete and confirm that you want to delete this record 5 6 3 Product Price Management Products usually have only one price but if you need more VirtueMart allows you a really flexible Price Management You can have a different Product Price for each Shopper Group and you can even have different Prices depending on the Quantity in Cart 5 6 3 1 Adding or Modifying Prices The standard Product Price for the default Shopper Group can be set and modified in the Product Form 39 VirtueMart User Manual ict Status I Product Dimensions and Weight Product Images Related Products Product Price Net 20 50000 US Dollar T _ ProductPrice Gross D3912425 mm VAT Id 2 82596 v Discount Type 200099 Discounted Price 913000 60 T You can also directly add and modify Product Prices from the Product List Just click on one of the Price Entries with the yellow background This opens a Price Form where you can select Currency and Shopper Gr
23. of the cart total or a fixed total value Coupon Type There are two types of coupons Gift Coupons and Permanent Coupons Gift Coupons are removed from the database once they have been used to place an order Permanent Coupons can be used for campaigns because they can be used again and again until you remove them from the coupon list Value This is the numeric discount value of this coupon Don t forget to save your changes and you re done 70 VirtueMart User Manual 5 14 Reports VirtueMart comes with a basic and self explaining Report Module It allows you to view the product sales of a specific time range 6 Known Problems See Bug Tracker http virtuemart net index php option com_flyspray amp Itemid 9 1 T To Do List 7 1 Wishlist Not implemented Features Meta Description Keywords for products Quick Add Discount on all Products allow send as gift with individual text on order e Shipping based on Cart Total 7 2 General improve performance improve Security Clean up code XHTML compliance Clean up checkout 8 About 8 1 The Project VirtueMart is an Open Source E Commerce solution for Joomla and Mambo VirtueMart is released under the GNU Public License It is free to download and use There s a small group of developers who help in making this Shopping Cart Script more professional and easily usable The author of this documentation is the Lead Developer and having not mu
24. or Hide the PDF Button in the Shop Frontend Show the Recommend to a friend Show or Hide the link to the form for recommending a product button to a friend in the Shop Frontend Show the Print View link Show or Hide the link for the print view page in the Shop Frontend Show Page Navigation at the Top default checked of the Product Listing Switches On or Off the Display of Page Navigation at the Top of the Product Listings in the Frontend Default Product Sort Order Here you can select by which criteria products are ordered in the product lists Available Sort by fields Here you can select the criteria which is available for the customer to reorder the product list Show the Number of Products default checked Switches On or Off the Display of Products in a Category right behind the Category Name like Power Tools 3 19 Design VirtueMart User Manual no image image Show footer powered by Global Shop Theme Default number of products in a row Category Template FLYPAGE Dynamic Thumbnail Resizing Thumbnail Image Width default ps_image noimage gif This image will be shown when no product image is available Displays a powered by VirtueMart footer image Give credits back to the author Here you can select which theme is used to style the shop The configuration link takes you to the theme configuration screen This defines the number of products in a row Example If you set i
25. purposes Availability Text Image This is used to display it on the product details page E g 48 hrs or On Order Alternatively you can select an availability image from the drop down list below Tip You can use your own images here Just copy them to the direcory shop image availability and then you can select them here 36 VirtueMart User Manual On Special Featured Used to indicate whether there are any specials running for the product When checked this product will be displayed on the Featured Products Module Discount Type The type of special being run on the product Select a discount from the discount list When there are no discounts create one using the Product Discont Form Advanced Attribute List Syntax Size XL 4 1 99 M S 2 99 Colour Red Green Yellow ExpensiveColor 224 00 AndSoOn Adds easy attributes to the product These are attributes which can be selected by a customer This does not create items for each attribute value If you want to check the stock on each item e g green red and black T Shirts use the Attribute Form to add Attributes and after that Items for each Attribute Value using the Item Form Custom Attribute List Syntax Attributel Attribute2 Attribute3 Adds custom attributes to the product These are attributes which can be selected by a customer This does not create items for each attribute value If you want to check the stock on each item e g gre
26. that they offer If the person supplying the products on your site will be managing their own shipping etc then they are a vendor If you will be managing these aspects then the supplier is a manufacturer See Manufacturer Administration for more information on that topic 5 9 2 1 Adding a Vendor To create a new vendor select Vendor Add Vendor in the VirtueMart admin menu Edit the following fields in the Vendor Information Form Full Image Required Displays the currently configured store logo Upload Image Optional Browse to the vendor s company logo This will be uploaded when you click on the Save icon Currency The vendor s global default Currency Minimum purchase order value This is the amount which is the minimum Order Value for Checkout 60 Minimum Amount for Free Shipping Currency symbol Decimals Decimal symbol Thousands separator Positive format Negative format Description Terms of Service Store Name Store Company Name URL Address 1 Address 2 City State Province Region Country Zip Postal Code Phone Last First amp Middle Name Title Phone 1 amp 2 Fax Email Address VirtueMart User Manual This is the amount from which on Shipping is free This is the currency symbol which will be used when displaying prices Number of decimals Can be somethin like or empty Display Order Style for positive numbers Display Order Style for negative numbers T
27. to check the stock level when a user adds an item to the shopping cart If set this will not allow user to add more items to the cart than are available in stock Let s you decide wether Products that are out of Stock are displayed or hidden only available when Check Stock is enabled If enabled VirtueMart checks wether the browser of the customer accepts cookies or not This is user friendly but it can have negative consequences on the Search Engine Friendlyness of your shop This allows you to select a certain currency converter module Such modules fetch exchange rates from a server and convert one currency into another This determines how your order confirmation emails are set up asasimple text email e oras a html email with images Turns on the debug output This causes the DEBUGPAGE to be displayed at the bottom of each VirtueMart page Very helpful during shop development since it shows the carts contents form field values etc Example https www mydomain com The secure URL to your site https with trailing slash at the end Caution Be careful what you fill in here if the address doesn t exist customers would be redirected to a non existing location and receive a 404 error Some of the areas of your shop can be forced to use the SECUREURL connection Here you can choose the modules which must use this SECUREURL By default this is account Account Maintenance and checkout the complete Check
28. to the PayPal site Payment Method Form Configuration lapt lampp htdacs joomla administratar components com virtuemart classes payment ps paypal cfg php Writeable When enabled let s you test your Notify Script File egt mode 7 Yes http localhost joomla administrator components com virtuemart notify php through this Testing Form www eliteweaver co uktestingApntest php ayPal ayment you yourbusiness com Your business email address for PayPal payments Also used as receiver email smail Irder Status Select the order status to which the actual order is set if the PayPal IPM was successful If using download eful Confirmed selling options select the status which enables the download then the customer is instantly notified about the HELEEN IN download via e mail ransactions peat The order Status to which Orders are set which har leted Payment Transaction The transaction w SEE Pending j e order Status to which Orders are set which have no completed Payment Transaction The transaction was CHE not cancelled in this case but it is just pending and waiting for completion Accept only H SA if v y 5 4 rit t FA bz fr b BURNER itl ha jfi dP vP t i E Mo j ere you can choose if you only want to accept payments fram buyers with a verified Pay al account when al TED account is not verified PayPal does transfer the funds but they do not fully quarantee the validity of the sale Irder Status or fail
29. to the site This is done by default But such cookies can be a security risk especially when people are sharing a PC in an Internet Cafe So check this checkbox to allow customers not to store a user cookie When enabled your customers are presented a drop down list with states where they can select one Check if you want a shopper to agree to your Terms of Service before registering to the shop Check if you want a shopper to agree to your terms of service on EVERY ORDER before placing the order Store owners are required by law to inform their customers about return and order cancellation policies in most european countries So this should be enabled in most cases This text instructs your customers in short about your return and order cancellation policy It is shown on the last page of checkout just above the Confirm Order button 17 VirtueMart User Manual Long version of the return policy link to a content item Check Stock Show Products that are out of Stock Enable the Cookie Check Currency Converter Module Order mail format DEBUG 5 1 2 Security SECUREURL Shop Areas which must use https Generally prevent secure connections Encryption Key Store Credit Card Information Allow Frontend Administration This is the long and detailled version of your returns policy This text is linked in the short version and appended to each order confirmation email Sets whether
30. x to VirtueMart_1 0 3 sql and sq1 UPDATE SCRIPT VirtueMart 1 0 3 to VortueMact 1 i040 Sq 3 3 Automatic Installation VirtueMart is a complex script It s not component only but also requires a Module So it comes to you in a file called VirtueMart x x COMPLETE PACKAGE zip This file contains various Elements for VirtueMart Important This file 1s not installable Its contents are but they must be unpacked first Package Contents Component com virtuemart x x tar gz Main VirtueMart module mod virtuemart x x tar gz 10 additional Modules 2 Mambots 1 Search 1 Content Mambot Unpack the file VirtueMart x x COMPLETE PACKAGE zip to a local directory 2 Log in into Mambo s Backend using the URL http joomla url administrator to access the administrative interface VirtueMart User Manual X Joomlal Administrator Username Fa Login ED Welcome to Joomla Use a valid username and Password password to gain access to the administration console Login Joomla is Free Software released under the GNU GPL License Backend Login Screen You need to have the priviliges of an Administrator Superadministrator to install Elements 3 Click Installers gt Components or Components gt Install Uninstall when using an older Mambo version in the Top Menu Install new Component Upload Package File Package File Durchsuchen Upload File amp Install Install
31. yahoode Add Edit Credit Card Types Shipping Module List List Export Modules Store Information Currency Display Style Add Export Module Full Image Currency US Dollar Product C reducta TIENDITA eR 6 El Shopper Upload Image Durchsuchen Decimals P za Orders Store From The information from the Store Information form is displayed in various locations on the shopping site This is your store s primary identity essentially a special master vendor 23 VirtueMart User Manual Store Name Store Company Name URL Address 1 Address 2 City State Province Region Country Zip Postal Code Phone Last First amp Middle Name Title Phone 1 amp 2 Fax Email Address Full Image Upload Image Minimum Purchase Order Value Minimum Amount for Free Shipping Currency Currency symbol Decimals Decimal symbol Store Information Form Fields Required The name of the Store Required The name of your company The Store s Internet Address Address Line 1 Address Line 2 The City where your Store is located The State Region where your Store is located The Country where your Store is located The ZIP of your Store s location Your Store s Phone Number The Name of your Contact Person The title of the Contact Person Your contact s Phone number The Fax number for the Contact Primary store contact email address Required Displays the currently confi
32. 5 VirtueMart User Manual Offline Message Use only as catalogue Show Prices Membergroup to show prices to Show including XX tax when applicable Show the price label for packaging Show Prices including tax Enable content mambots plugins in descriptions Enable Coupon Usage Customer Review Rating System Auto Publish Reviews Comment Minimum Length Comment Maximum Length Enable Affiliate Program Virtual Tax Tax mode product pages This means the whole shop section isnt usable for customers Administrators won t see the shop too This message will be displayed to customers who try to access your store Hides all Add to Cart buttons When enabled product prices are displayed useful when using catalog only functionality Note that you can t hide prices from unregistered users to show prices only to registered users Either ON or OFF default Public Frontend Here you can decide which membergroups of your site are allowed to see product prices When checked users will see the text including xx tax when prices are shown incl tax which depends on shopper group settings Use price per packaging label Sets the flag whether the shoppers sees prices including tax or excluding tax When enabled prices are displayed like X XX including XX Tax If enabled you can use your mambots and plugins for dynamic content in the product or category descriptions If yo
33. Information promoting or about the manufacturer Click the Save icon to create your new manufacturer Editing Manufacturers To edit an existing manufacturer select Manufacturer List Manufacturers to see a list of all manufacturers You may also get to this screen by clicking on the linked text Manufacturer List in the Manufacturers column on the Manufacturer Category List screen Click on the name of the manufacturer you would like to edit or click on the linked text update in the Admin column either will take you to the same Manufacturer Add Information form Make your changes in the Manufacturer Add Information form described above and click on the Save icon You will be returned to the Manufacturer List screen Deleting Manufacturers Before deleting an existing manufacturer all products associated to that manufacturer must be removed through either deletion or re association to another manufacturer VirtueMart will not allow the deletion of a manufacturerwhile these child records still exist for that manufacturer Once these child records have been removed select Manufacturer List Manufacturers to see a list of all manufacturer Then click on the name of the manufacturer you would like to delete In the Manufacturer Add Information form click on the Remove icon You will be returned to the Manufacturer List screen Once this manufacturer has been deleted it is removed from the system To recover this manufact
34. PI complete Order Management with Order History Customer Notification and Order Edit Functionality basic Reporting feature sold items monthly amp yearly revenue manage Order statuses Shoppers can add their own Shipping Addresses let your Customers easily search for Products through a Search Form feature specific products by setting them on special let your shoppers know when a product is available again Shoppers can see in what time a product will usually ship on product details page with nice images Shoppers can manage their User Accounts registration required VirtueMart User Manual e Shopper can view all their Orders and Order Details e Order Confirmation Mail customizable is sent to Shopper and Store Owner e manage different Currencies Countries amp States e use safe SSL encryption 128 bit capable of live Credit Card Processing use payment gateways like authorize net http www authorize net eWay Worldpay PayMate and NoChex e use PayPal http www paypal com or the 2Checkout IPN gateway extend your Shop with other Payment amp Shipping Modules or just write your own e many more Just browse to virtuemart net http virtuemart net for more Features amp Extensions 2 2 What does it not do VirtueMart is a simple Online Shop application But it is surely no out of the box killer application for professional companies It s not tested in 100 secure environments It
35. The same needs to be done for the function list of each module 5 7 4 User Registration Fields The User Fields Management allows you to freely modify the fields displayed on registration and account maintenance Such fields are for example First Name Last Name Telephone The User Field Management can be accessed via Admin gt Manage User Fields Th CercEFE HE Rtas ALEE New Publish s Unpublish Q Remove Reload amp Users User Groups DS Manage User Fields Manage User Fields Search List Countries Add Country Field name Field title Field type Requi List Currencies 1 delimiter_userinfo PHPSHOP ORDER PRINT CUST INFO LBL delimiter x 3 Add Currency 2 email REGISTER EMAIL aulas il n 2 List Modules 3 E username _REGISTER_UNAME text y Add Module 4 password PHPSHOP SHOPPER FORM PASSWORD 1 password W E Store lis P password2 _PHPSHOP_SHOPPER_FORM_PASSVVORD_2 password y 7 Products ll e FT Aalimitar hilka DHOSHAD IZER FARMA RIIT 1 RI rlalimitar E d 5 7 4 1 Add a new Field You can add a new field by clicking the New button on the toolbar The Field Form allows you to choose from various field types like text field checkbox textarea date drop down email or EU VAT ID In our example we will add a new field where users from the EU can fill in the EU VAT ID of their company if applicable 52 VirtueMart User Manual Add Edit User Fiel
36. View Link opens a new window that allows you to print out the order In the status column you can see the current status of this order You can change this value and after that click on the Update Status button to the right to update the order status If you wish to notify the customer about this action check the option Notify the customer To delete an order use the Trash Bin icon in the last column or select multiple orders using the checkboxes in the first column and click on remove in the toolbar 5 8 2 The Order Details Purchase Order Order Number oo000026 Order Date 16 Mar 2007 06 44 Order Status P IP ADDRESS 127 0 0 1 Coupon Cade Bill To Name Company Address 1 S ren Eberhardt Firma Mit Klugstrafie 2 Address 2 City State Province Region Zip Postal Code Country Phone Milwaukee 17034 Germany 0385757358 Fax Email soereng virtuemart net lt Prev next gt Order Status Change Order History Order Status Change Order Status Pending xj Update Camment Ship Ta Name Company Address 1 Address 2 City State Province Region Zip Postal Cade Country Phone Fax Modify Order Notify Customer lt Include this comment S ren Eberhardt Firma Mt Klugstrafie 2 Milwaukee 17034 Germany 0385757358 The Order Details View shows all details which are relevant to the store owner You have three tabs in the up
37. VirtueMart User Manual S ren Eberhardt htto virtuemart net Russel Walker www netshinesoftware com http www netshinesoftware com Copyright 2005 2007 Soeren Eberhardt This document is published under the Open Content License available from http www opencontent org opl shtml http www opencontent org opl shtml Revision History Revision 1 0 April 2007 soeren nb Updated to reflect new features in VirtueMart 1 1 Revision 0 91 November 23 2005 soeren nb VirtueMart conversion Revision 0 9 May 31 2005 soeren nb Updated for Version 1 2 stable Revision 0 81 March 09 2005 soeren nb Initial Release Table of Contents EE MMO NC sys tees cea Ev A LAM MM dU IM DIM m LR A RIED UR UE 1 2 SAPO CMC RITE 1 De AS UA OM Om eT 5 S MEE Ee NM EE 13 2 CMAs AVL VOM I cousine ia trattare PUn IBS Dota ratum teat ne Eo UTOR te Eea 15 MM do Problems RTT E E 71 Dg OOO MIS MM Tm mm 71 NP oes eE EE 71 The content of this document is related to VirtueMart VirtueMart is free Software licensed under GNU GPL VirtueMart http virtuemart net 2005 2007 Soren Eberhardt amp the VirtueMart development team The Software VirtueMart is intended for use in Joomla or Mambo version 4 5 x 4 6 x Joomla and Mambo is free Software licensed under GNU GPL Joomla is available from www joomla org http www joomla org 2 Introduction VirtueMart User Manual 2 1 What does it do 2 1 1 About VirtueMart is
38. VirtueMart User Manual Vendor Category Description The description of the vendor category Click on the Save button You will be redirected to the Vendor Category List page showing the default category and the new category you just entered Back to Joomla Administration VirtueMart Administrat Products New Reload Shopper Orders amp List Vendors B B B D a aaa g Category Name Category Description Vendors R Add Vendor LJ gary gory pt Vendor Category List Search 1 defaut Default List j C39 Add Vendor Category Tax gt Shipping gt Coupon gt Manufacturer Help MEILEN B Vendor Category List You may also add a new vendor category with the Vendor Category Form by clicking on the New button in the toolbar 5 9 1 3 Editing Vendor Categories To edit an existing vendor category select Vendor List Vendor Categories in the VirtueMart admin menu This will return the Vendor Category List screen shown above Click on the linked text showing the name of the vendor category you would like to edit to bring up the Vendor Category Form When you have finished making changes click on the Save button You will be redirected back to the Vendor Category List screen 5 9 1 4 Deleting Vendor Categories If you remove a vendor category all vendors in that category will be reassigned to the default vendor category that was created upon in
39. a Shopping Cart Application for selling goods over the internet It s a Component plugin for a Content Management System called Joomla and Mambo and can t be used without Joomla It installs fairly easy using the automatic Component and Module installer It s intended for use in small mid sized Online businesses Online Shops So every user who wants to build up a Online Store can use this component for selling something to customers 2 1 2 Features manage an unlimited Number of Products and Categories use it as a Shop or just as an Online Catalog you can even turn off Price Display sell downloadable Products powerful Web Administration Tool integrated into Mambo Product Import amp Export using CSV Files add Images and Files like Spec Sheets and Flyers to a Product add Attributes like Size or Color to your Products manage your Customers in Shopper Groups assign more than one Price to a Product each Shopper Group has its own display Prices either including or excluding tax manageable for each Shopper Group Shop Statistics Control Panel with a Summary of new Customers new Orders manage the Stock Level for Products and Items notify Shoppers when a Product is back in Stock use Zone based Tax Calculation city state amp country region OR Store Owner based Tax Calculation e g in european countries manage your own Shipping Carriers and Rates use InterShipper UPS USPS or Canada Post Shipping Rate A
40. able jos_mambots jos_modules You can add these entries by uploading an SQL file using phpMyAdmin that contains all necessary queries administrator components com_virtuemart sql virtuemart modules installation sql Now you should have installed VirtueMart correctly 3 5 Installation FAQ 3 5 IThe Installer tells me ERROR Could not find an XML setup file in the package What s wrong Mostly this problem arises because you have not unpacked the file VirtueMart x x COMPLETE PACKAGE zip before and tried uploading installing this file 3 5 ZT he Installer tells me Another component is already using the directory com virtuemart Please delete the directories site root components com virtuemart and site root administrator components com virtuemart If you can t delete the directories using ftp try the file manager for Joomla joomlaXplorer http joomlacode org gf project joomlaxplorer instead 3 5 3When using the automatic installation nothing happens after clicking on Upload amp Install What s the cause 12 VirtueMart User Manual VirtueMart is a big component its installer file archive has a size of more than 1 5 MB When uploading this file to your server you can wait a long time until the file is completely transferred to your server You can use the Remote Installer for VirtueMart instead Remote Installer for VirtueMart http joomlacode org gt project virtuemart frs action FrsReleaseBrowse
41. al Configuration VirtueMart tries to pick it from its own language directory administrator components com virtuemart languages If the selected language isn t found the english language file is loaded by default so never delete it Search Engine Friendly URLs Recommended Off VirtueMart is fully SEF compatible but please note that some the SEF links for VirtueMart which are generated by Joomla s 14 VirtueMart User Manual Mambo s SEF module or others sometimes lead to URL redirection limit exceeded or internal server errors 5 Administrator Tutorial This tutorial will walk you through the setup of your site ongoing management and advanced administration accessed via the VirtueMart administrative interface It assumes that you have already installed and configured your site VirtueMart 1 1 with Joomla 1 0 12 VirtueMart allows you to select Simple Layout and Extended Layout The simple layout is the standard layout and provides a basic cross browser safe layout The extended layout instead uses the fabulous ExtJS library for creating a nested layout that allows better presentation of the administrative functions of VirtueMart So it opens items for editing in a new tab inside the main panel It should work fine on Internet Explorer 6 Firefox 2 Opera 9 and Safari 2 5 1 Shop Configuration The Configuration Panel is the most important part of VirtueMart It can be accessed via Admin gt Config
42. an List State Albania List State Algeria List State E American Samoa List State Andorra List State Angola List State Anguilla List State Antarctica List State i Antigua and Barbuda List State 10 Li Argentina List State Current Zone 1 1 1 1 Q Remove 3 Reload Country Code 3 AFG ALB DZA ASM AND AGO Search Country Cade 2 Removw AF AL ita AG AR JI 3 li To add a new country click New in the top of the list and fill out the fields in the country form 25 VirtueMart User Manual a Save OQ Cancel Reload Add Country Country Mame Curent Zone Default Country Cade 23 lus Country Cade 3X USA Don t forget to save and the new country is added to the list You can modify existing countries To do so just click on the name of a country in that list and a form opens and you can modify the properties of this country Again don t forget to save your changes To remove one or more countries from the list either click on the trash bin icon in the last column of each row and confirm to remove the country or select countries and click on Remove in the toolbar 5 4 2 Managing Currencies Currencies are managed in the currency list which can be accessed through Admin gt List Currencies o New o Remove 3 Reload H Currency List Search E Currency Name Currency Gode Remowe 1 Afghanistan Afghani AFA yA 2
43. ategories in your store alphabetically using this functionality Please note that this can t be undone Once the categories are reodered you would have to change back manually 5 6 1 3 Removing Product Categories Before deleting an existing product category all sub categories associated to the product category must be removed through either deletion or re association VirtueMart will not allow the deletion of a product category while subcategories still exist for that product category 33 VirtueMart User Manual Categories can be removed from the store although they contain products If products are assigned to more than one category those products won t be removed if you delete just one category But if a product is just assigned to one category it will be deleted if you delete its category Removing a category can be done by clicking the trash bin icon in the last column of each row in the product category list But you can also click the checkboxes of the categories you want to remove and click the Remove button in the toolbar 5 6 2 Products When creating your product records it is important to make a distinction as to whether the product that is being created can be uniquely identified by its nature or name e g Compact Disks Video Cassettes Books etc or is one of many similar items that are uniquely identified by their attributes e g Apparel Furniture Automobiles etc The reason this distinction needs to be mad
44. ch time besides Wife Work amp Studies History VirtueMart is the successor of mambo phpShop mambo phpShop was the first port of phpShop to Mambo phpShop was developed by Edikon Corp http www edikon com and the phpShop community http www phpshop org 8 2 The Community Since VirtueMart is free and Open Source Software everyone using it can and should contribute to this project 71 VirtueMart User Manual You can send your code snippets hints and anything else helpful to the Homepage of the project http virtuemart net http VirtueMart net There s also an active Forum where discussion and bug reporting can take place Forum http www VirtueMart net index php option com_smf amp Itemid 7 1 8 3 The Documentation This documentation was written using XMLMind XML Editor http www xmlmind com xmleditor using the DocBook http www docbook org XML Format DocBook defines a set of markup elements useful for marking up text so that the text can then be transformed into several different formats It s possible to create documents in different formats PDF HTML HTML Help chm Files for Windows Help XML RTF TeX WordML Word 2003 and others The author of this document uses eDE http docbook e novative de for generating the End User documents The idea is to write just once and reach the largest possible number of people with the information Digital information not stored properly tends to get lost
45. d Thumbnail Image In the Shipping section you can select one or more of the provided Shipping Modules Tip You can configure Online Services like UPS or Intershipper in Store gt List Shipping Modules gt Service Name Other Shipping methods like Standard Shipping or Zone Shipping must be configured through their own administrative interface Shipping gt Shipping Rates Shippers or Zone Shipping gt Zone List The Free Shipping module can be configured by amount only in the Store Form The selected Shipping Module will list all available Shipping Rates on Checkout Note If you want no Shipping Rate Selection you must select Disable Shipping method selection AND a checkout process next Tab which doesn t include Shipping Method selection 5 1 5 Checkout Enable the Checkout Bar Checkout Steps 5 1 6 Downloads Enable Downloads Enable download Status Disable download Order Status DOWNLOADROOT default Enabled Check this if you want the checkout bar to be displayed to the customer during checkout process 1 2 3 4 with graphics The Checkout Process is divided into different Steps Steps can be combined to so called Checkout Stages by giving the same ordering number Each one of the steps can be re arranged by using the input boxes and writing a numeric value into it indicating the step number Check to enable the Download Feature Only If you want sell downloadable good
46. ds D Field Type EU VAT ID Table Field Mame Title Field Label Description field tip d text or HTML Required Ma Show on Account Mo User Read Only Mo Show at Registration No N Published Mao La Size Max Length Move the customer into the following shopper group defaut gt upon successtul validation of stelle fia the EU VAT ID The Form Fields have the following meaning Type The type of this field Can t be changed afterwards Table Field Name The name of the column that will be inserted into the table structure of the tables jos_vm_user_info and Jos vm order user info in your database Title This is the Label of the Field in the Registration Account Maintenance Form Description This description will be shown to the customer in the frontend in a small tooltip besides the field to explain the field Required If this is set to yes a value must be provided or chosen otherwise registration will not be possible Show on Account This defines wether the field is shown in the account maintenance form or not User Read Only If this is set to yes the field 1s read only and can t be changed by the customer Show at Registration If this is set to yes the field will be shown in the registration form Published Here you can unpublish the field completely so it won t be shown in any form Size This defines the length of text input fields 53 V
47. e is because the methods for creating editing and deleting differ for each Items require the creation of Item Attributes but products do not 5 6 2 1 Adding Updating Products To create a new product click on Products gt Add Product to display the product form Complete the product entry form and click the Save button in the top right corner to save the new product When Updating a product just click on the Product Name in the Product List to display to Product Form of that product Back to Joomla Administration Simple Layout Extended Layout VirtueMart Administrat Add Attribute List Prices Add Product Type New Publish Product List SEE Administration Admin E Product Name Media SKU Price Category St ORE das 1 7 Chain Saw 3 pot 149 98 USD Outdoor Tools ti Products SJ ji Use CSV upload 2 Circular Saw 2 Po2 220 80USD Power Tools Products 3 Drdll m po3 1 4812USD Indoor Tools List Products Add Product 4 Hammer 9 0 HO2 200USD Hand Tools d MICI bi 5 Hand Shovel tem Information W 2 G01 495 USO Hand Tools Special products Product Folders 4 6 Ladder Item Information Wy 2 Go2 4959USD Garden Tools Product Discount List 7 Nice Saw 2 Hot 2499USD Hand Tools C39 Add Edit Product Discount 8 Power Sander m2 Po4 T495 U50 Power Tools lt Product Type List Add Edit Product Type 8 Shovel 5 2 G03 2499USD Garden T
48. e VirtueMart admin menu Click on either the linked text in the Tax Country or the Tax Rate column both will take you to the same record Next make changes to the Tax Country State or Region or Rate fields as needed and click on the Save icon to save your changes Tax Rate changes will be placed into effect for all purchases moving forward Deleting Tax Rates 5 10 1 To delete an existing Tax Rate select Tax List Tax Rates from the VirtueMart admin menu Click on the linked text in the Tax Country or Tax Rate column to edit the record Click on the Remove icon You will be returned to the Tax Rate List Alternatively you may pull up the Tax Rate List by selcting Tax List Tax Rates and click on the trash can icon in the Remove column next to the record you would like to delete Adding Tax Rates To add tax rates select Tax Add Tax Rate from the VirtueMart admin menu This will bring up the Add Tax Information Form 62 VirtueMart User Manual Add Tax Information Form Fields Tax Country The country this tax rate will be applied to determined by either the vendor or the purchaser s shipping address Tax State or Region The State or Region this tax rate will be applied to If there is no region listed for the country you are configuring a tax rate for select the Non USA Non Canadian Not Listed option If you don t need a state but need more than one Tax Rate for a country just selec
49. ed Cancelled Select an order status for failed PayPal transactions ransactions ayment Extra Into php url https www paypal com cgi bin webser itax_total db fi order tax db fi order shipping tax discount total db gt f coupon discount db fi order discount This payment method allows automatic Order Status Updates There s a filein administrator components com virtuemart which is called notify php You will need to enter the appropriate URL web address for the script file in PayPal s control panel When a customer finishes the Payment the PayPal server connects to this script on your server When the transaction AND the payment have been successful the order status is automatically updated to the status you have set in the PayPal configuration form Worldpay www worldpay com Worldpay integration is made using a Webform that transfers the customer to the Worldpay site Allows automatic Order Status Updates There s a file in administrator components com_virtuemart which is called worldpay_notify php You will need to enter the appropriate URL web address for the script file in WorldPay s control panel When a customer finishes the Payment Worldpay copnnects to this script on your server and when the transaction AND the payment have been successful updates the order status authorize net www authorize net This payment module uses the authorize net AIM method which means that the custom
50. ed on a link below instal some Sample Data now Go directly to the Shop gt gt Install SAMPLE DATA gt gt Go ta virtuemart net for further Help Installation Welcome Screen You can now choose whether you want to install Sample Data 18 products with attributes in 5 categories to see how things have to be set up Or you can go directly to the Shop gt gt without installing Sample Data VirtueMart User Manual Caution This step again takes some time amp the VirtueMart installer is running a lot of Database Queries now So please be patient 6 Click Installers gt Modules or Modules gt Install Uninstall if you re using an older Mambo version in the Top Menu to proceed to the installation of the VirtueMart Main module Choose the file mod_virtuemart_x x tar gz in the File Dialog and click Upload File amp Install Repeating this step you can install the additional modules for VirtueMart Publishing the Module Click Modules gt Site Modules in the Top Menu Now browse through the list of installed modules and find the one with the name VirtueMart Module Select it click on the name and modify its settings details You can now choose where to put the Module on your Joomla site For more information about modules please refer to the Joomla documentation help joomla org http help joomla org Important Anywhere you place the module on your site IT MUST BE PUBLISHED If it
51. en red and black T Shirts use the Attribute Form to add Attributes and after that Items for each Attribute Value using the Item Form A Save Cancel O Reload New Product Product Information Display Options Product Status Product Dimensions and Weight Pra Product Dimensions and Weight Length Width Height Unit of Measure inches Weight Unit of Measure pounds Unit piece Units in Packaging fs Q9 Units in Bax 0 9 Length The length of the product Used for shipping purposes Width The width of the product Used for shipping purposes Height The height of the product Used for shipping purposes Unit of Measure Dimensions The unit of measure used in determining the LWH of a product Used for shipping purposes 37 VirtueMart User Manual Weight The weight of the product For shipping purposes Unit of Measure Weight The unit of measure used in determining the weight of a product Used for shipping purposes Important Allowed UOM are po pound s kg kilogram m s ou ounces lb LB v Save Cancel C Reload New Product Product Information Display Options Product Status Product Dimensions and Weight Product Imasee Related Produc fapt lampp htdocs joomla components com virtuemart shop image product Writeable fapt lampp htdacs joamla campanents cam virtuemart shop image praduct resized Writeable Full Image Thumbnail Image Durch
52. endors should be avoided unless absolutely necessary Before deleting an existing vendor all products product categories users and orders associated to that vendor must be removed through either deletion or re association to another vendor VirtueMart will not allow the deletion of a vendor while these child records still exist for that vendor Once these child records have been removed select Vendor List Vendors to see a list of all vendors Then click on the name of the vendor you would like to delete In the Vendor Add Information form click on the Remove icon You will be returned to the Vendor List screen Once this vendor has been deleted it is removed from the system To recover this vendor you must re create the vendor information and re associate all appropriate product categories and products 5 10 Tax Rates VirtueMart has some tax calculation configuration capabilities Details on configuring tax calculations on your site can be found above under Configuration There are two Tax modes available in VirtueMart Based on vendor address and Based on shipping address Depending on which option you select you should configure Tax Rates for the locale of each vendor as entered in the Vendor Information Form described above or for each country or state you plan to have customers from that you wish to calculate taxes for Editing Tax Rates To edit existing Tax Rate information select Tax List Tax Rates from th
53. entry form for that item Populate the new item attribute field in the product entry form and click on the Save button at the end of the form to save the new item attribute definition Product Attributes Form Fields Name The name used to identify the attribute Number in List The order in which the attribute is listed 5 6 4 2 Editing product Attributes To edit an existing product attribute click on Products List Products to display the list of products Then click on the name of the parent product for which the attribute is being edited to display the product entry form for that parent product Then click on Products gt Current Product gt List Attributes in the top menu A new window will open displaying a list of product attributes assigned to the product selected Click on the name of the attribute you want to edit to display the attribute entry form for that attribute Complete the attribute entry form and click the Save button at the top of the form to update the item attribute 5 6 4 3 Deleting Product Attributes To delete an existing product attribute click on Products gt List Products to display the list of products Then click on the name of the parent product for which the attribute is being edited to display the product entry form for that parent product Then click on Products gt Current Product gt List Attributes in the top menu A new window will open displaying a list of product attribut
54. ers stay on your site and enter all Credit Card details When the order is being completed the Payment Module connects with authorize net and tries to initiate the Money Transfer using the Payment Details of the buyer and your account details that you have set up in the configuration panel for authorize net 2Checkout http www 2checkout com This payment module acts very similar to the PayPal Payment Module It transfers the customer to www 2Checkout com where all payment details can be entered After that the customer is directed back to your site But before you must make the following steps 1 Fill in your details for 2Checkout in your Shop Store gt Payment List gt 2Checkout 68 VirtueMart User Manual For the field Secret word just choose a secret word without spaces max 16 characters fill it in and keep it in mind 2 Login to your 2Checkout account at www 2checkout com 3 Go to the section called Look and Feel 4 Fill in https YOUR_JOOMLA_URL 2checkout_notify php into the fields Approved URL and Pending URL 5 Fill in the secret word from Step 1 into the Field Secret Word 6 Move the file YOUR JOOMLA PATH administrator components com virtuemart 2checkout notify php to YOUR JOOMLA PATH 2checkout notify php means into the Mambo root When those steps have been completed you can use 2Checkout with automatic Order Status updates on your site 5 12 3 5 eWay WWW eway com au This payment m
55. es assigned to the product selected To delete an attribute click on the Trash Bin icon in the last column of the row of the attribute you want to delete 5 6 5 Items create Child Products for Parent Products Going back now to offering variations on a product If you want to offer a fixed list of variations for your customer to choose from rather than allowing them to pick and mix attributes as they please you need to create some items Note These are different from the content items in Mambo itself An item in VirtueMart is a pre defined variation on the main product In order to create an item you 43 VirtueMart User Manual have to set up at least one attribute first Hence it is only after you have added an attribute that the New Item toolbar button and its related menu option appear Adding Items To create a new item a parent product must exist be created first When completing the form keep in mind that the product information product dimensions and product images entered here are the ones that will be displayed initially for all items Once a specific item is selected by the customer the product information product dimensions and product images for that item will be displayed Next the attributes that will be used to identify the items need to be created Open the Product Form of the Parent Item you create in the first step o Add Attribute o List Prices Add Product Type o Searcl
56. from directory Install directory l opt lampp htdocs joomla administrator components com installer component Install media Writeable administrator components Writeable components Writeable images stories Writeab le 9 Installed Components Currently Installed Component Menu Link Author Version Date Author Email Author URL C Banners Joomla Project 1 0 0 July 2004 admin amp ijoomla org waw joomla ong C DocMan option com docman DOCMan Project s dx Aug 2005 admingimambodocman com www mambodocmar C Mass Mail Joomla Project 4 5 1 February 2005 admingjoomla org www joomla org C News Feeds option com newsfeeds Joomla Project 1 0 0 July 2004 adminggjoomla arg www joomla org C Polls option com poll C simple Machines Forum option com smf registration T heodore 3 18 20 09 2004 everythi everything science com www everything scit Reg istration Hilde bra net List of installed components Caution You must check if the directories listed above the component list are writable If the directories are not writable use ftp or JoomlaXplorer to change the permissions For proper installation the directories should be set to 777 after that you can change back to 755 VirtueMart User Manual In the part Upload new component select the file com virtuemart x x tar gz This is the package file which contains all files for the VirtueMart Component located on your computer see Step 1 Now click on Upload File amp Install Since the tar gz f
57. frs_package_id 192 3 5 1 4What are those tar gz files aren t those for Unix Linux systems only tar gz Archives come from the Unix World but they can be used on Windows and Mac systems as well On Windows you can unpack them using Winzip or Winrar Gzip has a much much better compression than Zip that s one reason why most Open Source projects use it for their distributions 3 5 1 30n an upgrade from mambo phpShop the VirtueMart installer won t recognise my existing tables What to do now Sometimes the tables beginning with jos_pshop_ or mos_pshop_ are not found Before you click on Install sample data or Go directly to the shop you can just type in this URL in the addess bar of your browser index2 php option com_virtuemart install_type updatel2pl13 After that the upgrade procedure begins 3 5 CAfter the installation I try to access VirtueMart but it just prints out an error like store is not a valid VirtueMart module What s wrong The installation 1s corrupt The registered functions and core modules which are used by VirtueMart to check the acccess permissions are missing You need to make sure that the tables jos vm functions and jos vm modules have been created in your database and contain records If they are missing you can add those tables manually by using the SQL installer file sql virtuemart installation joomla sql Search for those tables copy the SQL code and paste it into the textarea in phpMyAdmin
58. fter the Group has been added you can assign this user to the new group User Groups can be added modified and deleted from the User Group List Admin gt User Groups New Remove Reload User Group List Search User Group Name User Group Level Remove 1 admin 0 Wy 2 storeadmin 250 Wy 3 E shopper 500 4 4 CI demo 750 4 5 New Group 1500 pn iy k You can click on the name of an existing group to open the user group form Note The groups admin storeadmin and shopper are key groups in VirtueMart and can t be modified nor removed You can add a new Group by clicking on the New button in the toolbar This opens the User Group Form W Save Q Cancel Reload Add Edit a User Group Jser Group Name New Group Jser Group Level 300 T Here you can choose a name for the group and the group level Note The higher the group level the less permissions are assumed admin has higher permissions than storeadmin because the group level number is lower After you have saved the user group it is available in the core module and function list forms 51 VirtueMart User Manual e Module List Save t Module Name admin storeadmin shopper afo ra nf iam Functit admin Zz E C Ar ia 7 store F F r r 1 idus Fs p RF Fr F m Ti Now you can start to grant permissions to this new group by checking the boxes in this list for the column of the New Group Important
59. gured store logo Optional Browse to your company logo This will be uploaded when you click on the Save icon This is the amount which is the minimum Order Value for Checkout This is the amount from which on Shipping is free The Store s global default Currency This is the currency symbol which will be used when displaying prices Number of decimals Can be somethin like or empty 24 VirtueMart User Manual Thousands separator Positive format Negative format List of accepted currencies Description Terms of Service Display Order Style for positive numbers Display Order Style for negative numbers This list defines all those currencies you accept when people are buying something in your store Note All currencies selected here can be used at checkout If you don t want that just select your country s currency default This is your Store s Description which is shown on the page shop index This is the complete text for your Terms of Service that is displayed to the customer Click on the Save icon Now you re ready to begin adding Categories Products and Manufacturers 5 4 Countries Currencies Core Modules amp Functions 5 4 1 Managing Countries Countries are managed in the country list which can be accessed through Admin gt List Countries Add a State List States Mew Nr Country List a Country Name E Afghanist
60. his is the Vendor Store s Description which is shown on the page shop index This is the complete text for your Terms of Service that is displayed to the customer Required The name of the Vendor Store Required The name of the vendor company the vendor s Internet Address Address Line 1 Address Line 2 The City where the vendor is located The State Region where the vendor is located The Country where the vendor is located The ZIP of the vendor s location The Vendor s Phone Number The Name of the Vendor s Contact Person The title of the Contact Person Vendor s contact s Phone number The Fax number for the Contact Primary Vendor contact email address Click the Save icon to create your new vendor 5 9 2 2 Editing Vendors To edit an existing vendor select Vendor List Vendors to see a list of all vendors You may also get to this screen by clicking on the linked text list in the Vendors column on the Vendor Category List screen 61 VirtueMart User Manual Click on the name of the vendor you would like to edit or click on the linked text update in the Admin column either will take you to the same Vendor Add Information form Make your changes in the Vendor Add Information form described above and click on the Save icon You will be returned to the Vendor List screen 5 9 2 3 Deleting Vendors Important Since vendors represent the top most tier of site management deletion of v
61. if you have a vendor that sells both types of items In this case you might want to use Antiques as your vendor category VirtueMart creates the vendor category name default upon installation It is not necessary to change this unless you choose to fully utilize the vendor category functionality 5 9 1 1 Browsing Vendor Categories The Vendor Category List can be accessed in the Vendor Menu Vendor gt List Vendor Categories You may easily navigate to the vendor list by clicking on the linked text list in the Vendors column of the Vendor Category List New Reload Vendor Category List ER E Category Name Category Description Vendors Remayv 1 defautt Default emm La n 2 New Category List Le This will open the Vendor List page 5 9 1 2 Adding Vendor Categories To create a new vendor category select Vendor Add Vendor Category from the VirtueMart admin interface This will bring up the Vendor Category Form Back to Joomla Administration VirtueMart Administrat Products Ya Save Cancel Reload Shopper Bt Vendor Category Form e Category Information p List Vendors C3 Add Vendor SERIE LOC Category Description 6 List Vendor Categories Add Vendor Category j Tax Shipping Coupon Manufacturer Help lt mmm UOO Vendor Category Form Vendor Category Form Fields Vendor Category Name The name used to identify the vendor category 58
62. ile is about 1 MB in size you will have to wait a moment while the file is being uploaded to your server and unpacked If the upload takes too long try Step 4 or do the Manual Installation 4 Alternative You can unpack the contents of com_virtuemart_x x tar gz and upload those files to a remote directory using a ftp connection Now specify the directory on the server from where you want to install the files and click Install Note Package Files are mostly a ZIP or tar gz compressed file directory which includes all information for the installation The main file is an XML document which describes the installation process In order to use this function for your installation your web server must support the zlib extension You can check this in the Admin Section Menu item System System Info System Information 5 The VirtueMart Component should be installed now You ll see the Welcome Message Screen with some options for the next steps Welcome to VirtueMart 1 1 0 beta VirtueMart 1 1 0 beta Time Has Come Today l 02 2007 14 00 GMT The first step of the Installation was SUCCESSFUL Let s prepare the database now the Installation Script hasn t found existing mambo phpShop VirtueMart Tables so let s do afresh installation Make aDonation Basic Installation has been finished You can To fill your Shop with dummy products and use VirtueMart in a moment after having to see how things can be set up you can click
63. irtueMart User Manual Max Length This is the maximum number of characters that can be filled into the text field Move the customer into the Here you can select into which shopper group the newly following Shopper Group registered customer is moved when the EU VAT ID has been succesfully validated If you are finished filling in the necessary values don t forget to Save your changes Here is a screenshot of the newly added field EU Vat ID in the registration form Bill To Information Ie Register an Account An Account allows you to come back to this shop and view all the orders Username Password Confirm Passwore Send Registration Company Name EU VAT ID D Title none 5 7 4 2 Modifying Fields Fields can be reordered renamed published set to be required or not and much more Reordering Fields Fields can be reordered using the blue arrows in the user field list or using the text input fields in each row of the list Show in Show in T ed Published registration account Reorder E lr Remove form maintenance v v v w 1 iii ma 2 w w w a F 3 i W w w a F 4 v x v a cw 5 ii v W W a F B W W v a cw 7 W w x a F B rn w w w a F w w v a F 10 ya i i If you have used the input fields to change the ordering of the fields you must apply your changes by clicking the Save Icon in the top of this column After that the fields will be reordered 54 VirtueMart User Manual Pub
64. istration the store keeper is able to manage products users and orders by vendor or supplier TODO heirarchial drawing For simple stores where there are only a few products offered vendor administration is not necessarily needed but for larger more complex stores such as an online mall vendor administration can be essential Since all products product categories users and orders are associated to the vendor record establishing the vendor and vendor category structure is the first step to building the online store Note that it is not necessary to create the vendor categories first Vendors can be re associated to vendor categories after all the vendor records have been created However creating the vendor category records first can save some extra work if you already know how you want to categorize your vendors 5 9 1 Vendor Categories Vendor categories are a way to classify the types of goods and services that vendors offer on your site For example you may have an online mall for buying and selling furniture You may want to create vendor categories such as Antiques Office Furniture and Patio Furniture 57 VirtueMart User Manual Note that a vendor on your site can only be associated with a single vendor category so it is important to use categories that are broad enough to represent the shopper s choice of storefronts For example Antique Furniture and Vintage Clothing would not be broad enough categories
65. itle what the Customer sees Chain Saw File URL optional You have the chance to upload a new file which makes sense if you just upload a smaller image or product specsheet Note If you want to assign a bigger file maybe a 8MB mp3 file you need to upload the file using an FTP program into the directory you have specified for downloadable product files see Configuration After you have done this you can select the file from the drop down list in the file form 5 6 8 Product Discounts Discounts in VirtueMart must be created in the Product Discount Form before being able to assign a Product to a specific Discount Caution When updating a discount your changes apply to all products which are assigned to this discount Adding Updating a Discount Go to Product gt Add Edit Product Discount 47 VirtueMart User Manual Back to Joomla Administration VirtueMart Administrat ijj Use CSV upload Products List Products Add Product View Inventory Special products Product Folders E Add Edit Product Discount lt Product Type List 3 Add Edit Product Type LEM n m a ma E Of Product Discount List Discount amount Discount Type Startdate of discount 1 2 00 Total 2004 10 25 2 10 00 Percentage 3 20 00 Percentage 2004 10 14 wo Now fill in the details for this Discount Record Save GQ Cancel
66. ler Shovel The image icon is the link to the file manager The number behind the icon is the total number of all files assigned to this product The File List for a Product contains all files currently assigned to the product Files can have different roles like downloadable file to be sold additional file and additional image New Cancel 3 Remove D Reload i H u H H p A FileManager Image File List for Chai n Saw Filename Role View File Title Fila Type Published Remov 1 narmal 333 1206 187 1 1 jpg normal 333 1206 1871 1 jpg P ri Full Image View Te Soma Ug 2 Chain Saw 458beff339727 jpg Tuer image LU Chain Saw 458beffa30727 jpg jpg wy hy Full Image View E 1 Nu deel lL Thumbnail Image View Erwin JPA ail ji e To add a new file let s say an mp3 file which is the file we want to sell we just open the file form by clicking the New button in the toolbar of the file list 46 VirtueMart User Manual A Save 3 Cancel Reload w Upload a File for Chai n Saw Filename Durchsuchen Filename benchmark php File Type additional Image fd Uploadto default Product Image Path C Specify the file location apt lampp htdacs joomla media C Download Path e g far selling downloadables Resize Full Image File le Height Boo Width Boo Auto Create Thumbnail Height po Width po File is published e File T
67. lish show Unpublish hide Fields You can publish and unpublish fields by clicking on the icon in the column Published After that the publish state will be toggled Changing Fields You can access the field form by clicking a field name in the User Field List In this form you can modify all settings except the field type YA Save Cancel Reload Add Edit User Fields bo Field Type ext Table Field Name first name Title Field Label PFHFSHOP_SHOPFER_F ORN Description field tip text or HTML Required Yes Show on Account Yes User Read Only Ha Le L Le Show at Registration Yes Published Yes T Size BO Max Length 2 5 7 4 3 Deleting Fields You can delete all non system fields from the User Field List You just need to click on the Trash Bin icon at the end of the row of the item you want to remove You can also select the checkboxes of the fields which you want to delete and then click the Remove button in the toolbar 5 8 Order Administration Your shop is online your catalogue is bursting at the seams you ve run all of your payment processing tests and you re ready to go live Well maybe not quite You need to know what to do when those orders come flooding in When someone orders a product through your VirtueMart website a record is created in the system with the details of the order The order record has a status to indicate where the order is in the stream of
68. m open the product List and click on the Item Information Link behind a Product You will be presented a List of all Child Items of that product If you want to make changes to a specific item click on the name of the item you want to edit to display the item entry form for that item Make your changes and click the save button at the end of the form to update the item Click on the Return to Parent Product link at the top of the page to edit another item Deleting Items To delete an item List the Product s Items like in the previous section Then click on the basket at the end of the row of the item you want to delete If you want to delete all items you must delete each item before deleting the parent item Once all items have been deleted click on the Delete button at the end of the product entry form of the parent item to delete the parent item 5 6 6 Product Types 5 6 6 1 Product Type Management 5 6 6 2 Product Type Parameters 5 6 6 3 Product Type Relations 5 6 7 Product Files and additional images VirtueMart allows to manage additional files and images for each product The File Manager can be accessed from the Product List 45 VirtueMart User Manual Search IM Product List Product Name E Chain Saw Circular Saw PO3 1 D n E Hammer E Hand Shovel ltem Information i E Ladder ltem Information E Nice Saw E Power Sander l E Shovel ea u n Im 0 m smal
69. nrar You should now see at least four directories The directory structure in those directories is the same as in your Joomla Mambo site administrator components mambots modules 3 Open up an FTP Connection to your site you should use an FTP Program like SmartFTP and upload the directories to the root of your Joomla site 1 VirtueMart User Manual site root administrator site root components site root mambots site root modules 4 Login in to the Backend Administration of your site http www your_site com administrator 5 When having logged in you see this URL in the address bar http www your_site com administrator index2 php 6 Now just add option com_virtuemart after index2 php so it looks like this in your browser s address bar http www your_site com administrator index2 php option com virtuemart and submit press Enter 7 You should now see the Installation was successful Screen There you can click on GO TO THE SHOP gt gt or INSTALL SAMPLE DATA gt gt when you want to have some sample Products and Categories in your Shop 8 That s it 9 To install the Modules and Mambots for VirtueMart follow the instructions of the Automatic Installation Steps 6 and 7 If this doesn t help you because NO automatic installations are possible you can manually upload the files you have probably already done this in step 3 Modules and Mambots require an entry in the t
70. odule implements the eWAY XML Payment Solution The customers stay on your site and enter all Credit Card details When the order is being completed the Payment Module connects with the eWay gateway and tries to initiate the Money Transfer using the Payment Details of the buyer 5 12 3 6 Paymate 5 12 3 7 eProcessingNetwork com www eProcessingNetwork com See section authorize net 5 12 3 8 NoChex 5 12 3 9 PayMeNow 5 13 Coupon Administration You can access the list of coupons from the menu Coupons gt Coupon List 69 VirtueMart User Manual O New Q Remove Reload Of Coupon List Search Code Percent or Total Coupon Type Value Remove 1 D test Parcent Permanent Coupon 15 00 a 2 m test3 T otal Permanent Coupon 2 00 ii 3 test Total Permanent Coupon 1000 00 j 1 4 testi Percent Permanent Coupon 500 00 iL Here is where you can add modify or remove existing coupons To add a new coupon click the new button in the toolbar The coupon form shows up Late Save OQ Cancel Reload New Coupon Coupon Code Percent T C T atal Coupon Type Gift Coupon T Value PO Percent or Total Now you need to fill in the necessary value for the new coupon Coupon Code This is the code a customer needs to fill in to redeem this coupon This can be a simple word or a secret string with numbers and characters Percent or Total Here you can choose wether the coupon value is a percentage
71. odules g E iKobo IK 30 00 default HTML Form based e g PayPal x List Export Modules 10 irTransact ITR 0 00 default HTML Form based e g PayPal x 7 Products Payment Method List It is possible to create a new payment method there is a New toolbar button but you may to hack the VirtueMart code in order to make use of it not for the faint hearted The configuration options for each payment method are different depending on what is required by that payment service provider Usually your payment service provider will give you some kind of code key or user name which needs to be entered in the Payment Method Editor The Payment Method Editor consists of 2 tabs the first of which you will probably not need to touch The next Figure shows the 2nd tab Configuration which varies depending on the payment service provider and the example shown here is for WorldPay 66 9 12 2 9 12 3 5 12 3 1 VirtueMart User Manual Add and Edit Payment Methods Y Save LJ Cancel Reload Payment Method Form Payment Method Form Configuration Active Payment Method Hame PayPal Code PP Payment class name ps_paypal o Payment method type credit Card C Use Payment Processor Bank debit Address only Cash on Delivery HTML Ferm based e g PayPal Shopper Group default j Discount 0 00 T Discount Type Percentage T Total Maximum discount amount Doo Minimum disc
72. ools List Categories 10 Smaller Shovel mi G04 18 88USD Garden Tools Add Category wo ot 34 a Unpublish 3 Remove Manufacturer Manufacturer Manufacturer Manufacturer Manufacturer Manufacturer Manufacturer Manufacturer Manufacturer Manufacturer Manufacturer 3 Reload Search Product modified After Custor Revie Add Revie Add Revie Add Revie Add Revie Add Revie Add Revie Add Revie Add Revie Add Revie Add Revie VirtueMart User Manual Product Form at Save Q Cancel Reload New Product Product Information Display Options Product Status Product Dimensions and Weight Product Images Related Products Product Information Publish e Product Price Net US Dollar Praduct Price Grass VAT Id anew Discount Type O none v Discounted Price T URL Vendor Washupito s Tiendita Manufacturer Adidas xj Cat ies agones 1 Hand Tools Short Deseription 1 Power Tools B 2I Outdoor Tools 2 Indoor Tools 1 Garden Tools Product Description showwhide ennpru Bax m Q X Ga dA dm dm dA 2h HI abe Publish Used to specify whether the product will be published on the site SKU Means Article Number Stock keeping unit SKU is an identification usually alphanumeric of a particular product that allows it to be tracked for inven
73. ory must be removed through either deletion or re association to a different manufacturer category VirtueMart will not allow the deletion of a manufacturer category while manufacturers still exist for that manufacturer category See below under Manufacturers for information on re association and deletion of a manufacturer Once the manufacturers have been removed select Manufacturers List Manufacturer Categories from the VirtueMart admin menu Click on the name of the manufacturer category you want to delete In the Manufacturer Category Form click on the Remove icon Click OK to confirm that you are sure you want to delete this category You will be returned to the Manufacturer Category List Note that the manufacturer category you deleted is no longer listed To recover this record you must create a new manufacturer category and re associate any manufacturers that belong in that manufacturer category 30 VirtueMart User Manual 5 5 2 Manufacturers Adding Manufacturers To create a new manufacturers select Manufacturer Add Manufacturer in the VirtueMart admin menu Edit the following fields in the Manufacturer Information Form Manufacturer Name The manufacturer s name or company name URL http www example com The manufacturer s fully qualified web address Manufacturer Category The manufacturer category this manufacturer will be associated with Email The manufacturer contact s email address Description
74. ount amount Doo List Order D Some payment processors will allow you to specify a script to be run on successful completion of a payment Such a script could be used to automatically update the order status in VirtueMart so that you don t have to manually tie up all of your online receipts with your product orders Another advantage of this process is that when you re selling downloadable files you don t have to set the Order Status that enables the Download this sends out the Download ID email manually This is done automatically by the script See the Section Pre Configured Payment Methods for more details on specific payment gateways Other payment service providers may use different methods of automatically notifying you when a payment is received Again it is probably easiest to get your web designer to sort out the requirements for this but if you need to do it yourself check with your payment service provider as to what their requirements are Often automatic notification is referred to as IPN or Instant Payment Notification Pre Configured Payment Methods VirtueMart already comes with several Payment Modules that allow accepting payments from customers after a short time for setting them up with your Account Details PayPal www paypal com http www paypal com 67 5 12 3 2 5 12 3 3 5 12 3 4 VirtueMart User Manual PayPal integration is made using a Webform that transfers the customer
75. oup this Price is for Search Name Media SKUs Ghoti tlc Mhufacturer CUStOMEr Publish Clone b Reviews Product w L _ gt Add ida 3 ji Price 20 90000 Buc d Review v Saw Poz ARE detaut nufacturer EE w BE 2 4 Group oe Review v g Currency US Dollar Add 2 P 3 nufacturel Tes W 2 HO2 nufacturel BERE W vel Item Informati D G 1 Hand Tools Manufacturer Add w evel Item Information 2 i and Tools lManufacturel ERE Item Informati gt G 2 Garden Tools Manufacturer Add wv tem Information 2 02 arden Tools Manufacturer pe view Each time you change the Shopper Group from the Drop Down List the Form refreshes If the Price Field is empty there s currently no Price for this Shopper Group You must save your Changes for the Price of a certain Shopper Group before you switch to another Shopper Group or your Changes will get lost So just click on Save and your Changes will be saved 40 VirtueMart User Manual Customer Clone t Publish Reviews Product j Add Review v o Info The product price has been updated Add Review i Add Review v i Add Review v tem Information G01 USD Hand Tools Manufacturer Sinai Y oa z pa ap Add nformation I GO2 Garden Tools Manufacture RRE w To add Prices for Quantity Ranges you need to go to the Product Price List which is available from the toolbar in the Product List List Prices Produ
76. out When checked the shopper is redirected to the normal URL when not browsing in those shop areas which are forced to use the SECUREURL The secret key for encrypting payment account data like credit card numbers and storing them encrypted in the database Allows to completely disable the storage of Credit Card data for non Backend Users 18 VirtueMart User Manual With this setting you can enable the Frontend Administration for users who are storeadmins but can t access the Mambo Backend e g Registered Editor Table Prefix for VirtueMart Tables This is an experimental feature to allow multiple shops in one Joomla installation HOMEPAGE Example shop index This is the page which will be loaded in the frontend by default ERRORPAGE Default shop error This is the default page for displaying VirtueMart Error Messages Proxy Server URL The URL of the Proxy Server you need to pass from the server for connections into the Internet Proxy Port The Port of the Proxy Server Proxy Auth Username Only if needed the username for authentication at the proxy server Proxy Auth Password Only if needed the matching password for authentication at the proxy server 5 1 3 Site Display amp Layout Display VirtueMart makes use of the Joomla Mambo Templates CSS It uses the Standard CSS Classes defined for Joomla like sectiontableheader sectiontableentryl sectiontableentry2 and so on PDF Button Show
77. per part Order Status Change Order History and Modify Order 56 VirtueMart User Manual Product Price Quantity Name SKU Order Status Net Product Price Gross Total 1 Magnificient Traversal Order Status 58 19440 67 51 67 51 Size Big Fending j DOWNLOAD STATS BAGELS normal 333 1206 1871 1 jpg Remaining Downloads 3 Resend Download ID 738 dexterSplate gif Remaining Downloads 3 Resend Download ID 1 Metal Ladder LO1 Order Status 79 35000 56 59 85 58 Material Metal Pending xj Update 1 Dr ll PO3 1 Order Status 46 1 2000 52 09 52 09 Pending Update 1 Hammer Hoz Order Status 2 00000 2 17 217 Size big Pending Material wood and metal Update SubTotal 188 31375 Tax Total 20 24 Shipping and Handling Fee 30 00 Shipping Tax 70 00 Fee 2 00 Total 210 36 In this part of the order details screen you see the list of all purchased products If the products are downloadable products you can re send the Download Notification Email or re initiate the downloads if the maximum download number has been reached or the download period has expired You can also change the order status for single order items using the status drop down list in each row of the order item list 5 9 Vendor Administration Warning THIS PART OF VirtueMart STILL IS NOT COMPLETE IT S NOT RECOMMENDED TO USE THIS FEATURE Vendors and Vendor Categories represent the top most tier of VirtueMart administration Through vendor admin
78. ping 5 12 Payment Methods The area of payment processing can get a bit complicated and it might be best to leave this to your web designer to sort out if possible If you are able to use one of the payment processing companies that are already supported by VirtueMart it will make life a lot easier you will need to sign up with a payment processor yourself the program won t do that for you You can see the options available by clicking on the List Payment Methods icon on the store summary or by selecting List Payment Methods from the Store menu 65 VirtueMart User Manual 5 12 1 Payment Method Management Simple Layout Extended Layout Search Administration E Mame Code Discount Shopper Group Payment method type Active Admin 1 E 2Checkout 2CO 0 00 default HTML Form based e g PayPal w t3 Store D Summary 2 E Credit Card AM 70 00 default Use Payment Processor x amp Edit Store 3 credi Card ce 0 00 default Credit Card ww E List Payment Methods 4 E Credit Card eProcessingMetwork EFN 0 00 default Use Payment Processor x a Add Payment Method 15 E Credit Card PayMeMow PH 0 00 default Use Payment Processor x Shipping Module List 6 Dankort PBS PBS 0 00 default HTML Form based e g PayPal x R 7 eCheck net ECK 0 00 default Bank debit Credit Card List E x Add Edit Credit Card Types 8 eWay EW 0 00 default Use Payment Processor x F List Export M
79. reate your vendor records before creating the user and shopper group records Note There s only one default shopper group Whatever shopper group you set as default its settings are used for new customers New customers are automatically assigned to the default shopper group 5 7 1 1 Adding or modifying a Shopper Group You can add and modify shopper groups in VirtueMart using the Shopper Group List which can be accessed through the menu Shopper gt List Shopper Groups 49 VirtueMart User Manual Back to Joomla Administration VirtueMart Administrat 2 Products New Remove Reload p Zist Shopper Groups fee Shopper Group List amp Add Shopper Group Orders E Group Name Vendor Group Description Default Remov Vendor E 1 Li default VWashupito s Tiendita This is the default shopper group w ii 3 ax a 2 E Gold Level Washupito s Tiendita Gold Level phpShoppers x il A E Coupon a Wholesale Washupite s Tiendita Shoppers that can buy at wholesale x ii A Manufacturer Help Your Version a VirtueMart 1 1 0 beta li gt To add a new shopper group just click on the New button in the toolbar In the following shopper group form just fill out the necessary fields Y Save Cancel Reload Default 7 Group Name Gold Level Vendor Washupito s Tiendita show Prices including tax Yes T Q9 Price Discount on
80. rencyUpdate ps currency update a I E E E E 8 functionAdd ps function add k r E Tr rr nr ite 10 functionDelete ps_country show_checkout_bar p E TI rr Fr a 11 functionUpdate ps function update F rr E I EI i i To add a new function click New in the top of the list and fill out the fields in the function form Y Save Q Cancel 3 Reload Function Information Function Mame Class Name Class Method add shopper Funetion Perms storeadmin F admin Hao Restriction Function Description Don t forget to save and the new function is added to the list You can modify existing functions To do so just click on the name of a function in that list and a form opens and you can modify the properties of this function Again don t forget to save your changes To remove one or more functions from the list either click on the trash bin icon in the last column of each row and confirm to remove the function or select functions and click on Remove in the toolbar 20 VirtueMart User Manual 5 5 Manufacturer Administration Manufacturers are associated with products providing web site contact and descriptive information Each product that is created is associated with a Manufacturer For stores where manufacturer information is not necessarily relevant a default manufacturer is created upon installation It is not necessary to create manufacturers prior to creating your catalog Prod
81. s Add Product Type New Publish 7 Product List Administration Admin E Product Name Media SKU Price Category Store 1 Chain Saw 3 Pot 148 88 LISD Outdoor Tools 53 Products J ji Use CSV upload 2 Circular Saw 2 Po2 220 80USD Power Tools Products 3 Drall W 2 PO3 1 4812USD Indoor Tools List Products Add Product 4 Hammer W 2 H02 200USD Hand Tools d Wen menio 5 Hand Shovel tem Information W 2 c0 488USD X Hand Tools Special products pP 8 adder em Information arden Tools Product Folders Ladder Item Information 2 Go Garden Tool Product Discount List 7 7 Nice Saw 2 H01 2498USD Hand Tools C9 Add Edit Product Discount 8 Power Sander 2 Po4 7459USD Power Tools Product Type List C3 Add Edit Product Type 9 Shovel 2 G03 2495050 Garden Tools List Categories 10 Smaller Shovel m G04 18 88USD Garden Tools C3 Add Category Administration Product List Installation 3 1 Requirements 3 1 1 Server Requirements As VirtueMart is only a plugin for Joomla it has the same System Requirements which are Joomla 1 0 x or Mambo 4 5 1 recommended Joomla 1 0 x PHP 4 2 x or above http www php net recommended PHP 4 4 x MySQL 3 23 x or above http www mysql com recommended MySQL 4 0 x Apache 1 13 19 or above http www apache org recommended Apache 2 x You must ensure that you have MySQL XML and Zlib Support b
82. s value can be some Order Status not cancelled Select the order status at which the customer is notified about the download via e mail Sets the order status at which the download is disabled for the customer The physical path to the files for the custumer download trailing slash at the end Important Must be a physical path no URL Caution For your own shop s security If you can please use a directory ANYWHERE OUTSIDE OF THE WEBROOT 21 VirtueMart User Manual Download Maximum Sets the number of downloads which can be made with one Download ID for one order Download Expire Sets the time range in seconds in which the download is enabled for the customer This range begins with the first download When the time range has expired the download ID is disabled Tip 86400s 24h Keep Product Stock Level on When enabled the stock level for a downloadable product is Purchase not lowered although it was purchased by customers 5 2 Getting Started To access the configuration of VirtueMart select Components VirtueMart in the Joomla Administration Interface S loornici Administrator Home Ste Menu Content Components Modules Mambots Installers Mes WB Banners VirtueMart 1 1 x Test com_ Community Builder Contacts Control Pan DocBook collab JCE Admin aC joomlaXplorer GF Letterman PJ Mass Mai Add Mew Content 3 T Polls d syndicate m4 Version Management E VirtueMar
83. s SQL execution screen 3 5 1 After having installed the component I add a Main Menu Link to the VirtueMart component But clicking on that link only displays the text Welcome to Washupito s What s wrong VirtueMart is no component only script It s programmed to be used together with the corresponding VirtueMart Main Module VirtueMart will not operate properly without the VirtueMart Main Module 4 First Steps Do you have installed the VirtueMart Main Module If not do so now Don t forget to publish it somehere on your site This module is meant to display all categories and to control the component Note All following procedures mean that you use the Main Menu of the VirtueMart Administration Tip VirtueMart provides FULL ACCESS to its Administration Panel from the Frontend That means that you don t have to login at the backend of your site to make all your changes but just click on Administration in the VirtueMart Main Module requires admin or storeadmin permissions 13 VirtueMart User Manual 1 Go to Store gt Edit Store and make all important settings that fit to your details Don t forget to set currency currency display style and your email address 2 Go to Tax gt Add tax rate and add a tax rate accoring to the local settings of your Shop important for european shops 3 Go to Components gt VirtueMart gt Admin gt Configuration and change all details to fit your needs
84. s not meant to be 100 performant You will need some time to customize this application to fit your needs Be prepared to be confronted with bugs which have currently not been found yet VirtueMart has an active community and a forum where problems and questions can be discussed http virtuemart net http VirtueMart net 2 3 screenshots Frontend Screenshots using the Template solarflare_ii PRODUCT CATEGORIES ey a shop EX Joomla SE Hand Tools me of Joo H Power Tools dees Lj Garden Tools Home Online Shop Hand Tools CURRENCY MODULE Hand Tools US Dollar Hand Tools Change Currency YOUR CART Order by Product Name 1 x Shovel 28 21 Size XL 2 15 Hammer Hand Shovel Nice Saw Colour Red 2 x Hand Shovel 9 64 2 17 5 40 ize Red Small 4 32 25 05 1 x Hice Saw 25 05 Ns You Save 20 00 You Save 2 00 E Size big E le Power 100VV 1 x Hand Shovel 12 88 Blue Large 5 Praduct 75 88 s A great hammer to hammer away Show Cart with Product Details This saw is great for getting cutting Mice hand shovelto dig with in the through downed limbs VirtueMart User Manual Category Overview Page HL Power Tools SE Garden Tools Home Online Shop Hand Tools Hand Shovel CURRENCY MODULE Hammer Hice Saw POF PRINT EMAIL US Dollar Change Currency Hand Shovel 4 YOUR CART 1 x Shovel 25 21 Nice hand shovel to dig with in the yard Size XL f 2 15
85. stallation You can then re associate the affected vendors if needed as described below under Vendors To delete a vendor category just go to the Vendor Category List screen Click on the trash can icon in the Remove column next to the name of the vendor category you would like to delete 59 VirtueMart User Manual New Reload Search Vendor Category List Die Seite mit der Adresse http localhost meldet E Categc Vendors Remov m 1 99 Are you sure you want to delete this record 1 defau List j i Abbrechen OK b T Vendor Category Deletion Click OK to confirm deletion of this category 5 9 2 Vendors Vendors are the main organizational factor in VirtueMart Products and product categories billing options etc are all configured per vendor Upon installation a global default vendor is created This special case cannot be deleted and is managed separately via the Store Edit Store menu option If you are running a shopping site for a single vendor for example if you are the only vendor that will be offering products in your store then there is no need to create additional vendors If however you will be running an online mall site that will be host to several vendors then create one vendor account for each storefront owner It may be worth noting here that you should not confuse vendors with manufacturers A single vendor may have a different manufacturer for each product
86. suchen Di Image Action Image Action e none e nane C Auto Greate Thumbnail URL OO URL Optional Optional No Image No Image Available m EN Thumbnail A thumbnail image that can be displayed along with the product Full Image A larger image that can be displayed along with the product Note If you have enabled Dynamic Thumbnail Resizing the Thumbnail here won t be automatically created from the Full Image Related Products Related Products are assigned to a product to indicate a general relationship of some kind Related Products can be accessoires or other types or a similar product 38 VirtueMart User Manual v Save Q Cancal D Reload New Product Product Information Display Options Product Status Product Di mensions and Weight Product Images Related Products Related Products T Filter Gase sensitive filtering Related Products Garden ToolsiShovel Garden TaalsiLadder Garden ToolsiSmaller Shovel Hand ToolsiHammer Hand ToolsiHand Shovel Hand ToolsiNice Saw Indoor TaalsiPDrall Outdoor Toalsichai n Saw Power ToolsiCircular Saw Power ToolsiPower Sander Now you re done Just click on Save to make sure the changes are stored 5 6 2 2 Importing Products using CSV Import VirtueMart allows a comfortable automated mass Import of products using CSV and Excel Files Note You can t import product images using this import but just the names of the image files You still
87. t Content tems Manager d VirtueMart Language Manager Web Links kh Component Drop Down List 22 VirtueMart User Manual If you see the VirtueMart Welcome page when accessing VirtueMart click Go Directly to Shop Navigating to the VirtueMart admin interface will bring up the Store Summary page Control Panel Statistics Your Store Control Panel Product List Fy ad oe Orders Lisers Configuration Edit Store Shop Start Homepage You may also access this page from within the VirtueMart interface under Store Summary 5 3 Store Setup To begin setting up your store select Store Edit Store from the VirtueMart admin interface Back to Joomla Administration VirtueMart Administrat Simple Layout Extended Layout i Simple Layout Extended Layout a A Store Information Store Contact Information Store Name Washupito s Tiendita Last Owner SS z Admin store Company Name i ashupito s Tiendita pon URL http ocalhostioomla Name Summary Address 1 foo Washuptto Avenue Nw SCS Hiat ame Address OO Title gt Ci f i E List Payment Methods ity San Antonio ca B55 555 1212 Administration lema Add Payment Method Country United States xj S Phone 555 555 1212 State Province Region Texas gt 2 E Zip Postal Code 92630 Fax 655 555 1 212 Credit Card List Phone ESE SS5 3212 Email Soeren_nb
88. t some dummy state for each Tax Rate for that country Tax Rate Example 0 0825 The tax rate as a decimal value For example 8 25 would be entered as 0 0825 Click on the Save icon to add your new Tax Rate information 5 11 Shipping Modules 5 11 1 Standard Shipping It is wise first of all to think about how you will charge for postage and packing The easiest way is to have a fixed shipping price for all of your products but this is not always practical especially if your products vary greatly in size and or weight Not only do you need to think about shipping rates but also shipping methods Will you offer more than one shipping method eg next day delivery as well as standard DHL as well as Royal Mail Even if you decide to only use one company for all of your shipping you still need to tell VirtueMart about it To set up a new shipper select Create Shipper from the Shipping menu This takes you to shipper editor Lat Save OQ Cancel Reload shipper edit create shipper Company Listorder The Shipper Editor List order is just a numeric value which is used to sort the shipper names so enter 1 for the shipper that you want to be listed Ist 2 for the one you want to be listed 2nd etc When you have added the shipping companies you want to use you need to configure the shipping rates You can set up different rates for different service levels eg next day two day first class etc
89. t to 4 the default category template will display 4 products per row Note You can change the Category s Number of products per row for each category in its category form default browse 1 This defines the category template for displaying products in a category when no special template is set You can create new templates by customizing existing template files which reside in the directory COMPONENTPATH nhtml templates and begin with browse Note You can change the Category Template for each category in its category form default shop flypage This is the page used for displaying product details when no special flypage is set Note You can change the Flypage for each category in its category form If checked you enable dynamic Image Resizing This means that all Thumbnail Images are resized to fit the Sizes you provide below using PHP s GD2 functions Tip You can check if you have GD2 support by browsing to System gt System Info gt PHP Info gt gd The Thumbnail Image quality is much better than Images which were resized by the browser The newly generated Images are put into the directory shop_image prduct resized If the Image has already been resized this copy will be send to the browser so no image is resized again and again The target width of the resized Thumbnail Image 20 VirtueMart User Manual Thumbnail Image Height 5 1 4 Shipping The target height of the resize
90. tory purposes Name The name that will be used to identify the product URL A URL that can be displayed with a product Usually used as a link to the product vendor or manufacturer Category The product categories with which this product will be associated Vendor The vendor with which the product will be associated Manufacturer The manufacturer with which the product will be associated Retail Price VAT ID Short Description Flypage Description The price for the default Shopper Group Just fill in a decimal number Select the Product Currency from the drop down list at the right The ID of the tax rate that will be applied to this product Here you can select a specific tax rate for this product If you don t want that this product is taxed fill in a zero weight at product weight and Disable Virtual Tax The short description that will be displayed on the browse overview page for a category or search result This is the details description that will be displayed on the Flypage details page of this specific product 35 VirtueMart User Manual Display Options PA Save 3 Cancel O Reload New Product Product Information Display m Praduet Status Product Di mensions and Weight Praduet Images Ji Re Display Options Use Parent Settings E Oweride Child products Display values and use parents List Use List box for child List Style products m 7 One Add to Cart Button Displa
91. u enable the Coupon Usage you allow customers to fill in Coupon Numbers to gain discounts on their purchase If enabled you allow customers to rate products and write reviews about them So customers can write down their experiences with the product for other customers If enabled customer reviews are instantly shown after being submitted Maybe not a good idea because you want to check the product reviews before This 1s the amount of characters a customer must write at least before a review can be submitted This is the maximum amount of characters a customer can write before a review can be submitted This enables the affiliate tracking in the shop frontend Enable if you have added affiliates in the backend Caution The Affiliate Program doesn t fully work It must be completed in future versions This determines whether items with zero weight are taxed or not only applies in Ship To Address based Tax Mode This determines which tax rate is taken for calculating taxes It can be either the tax rate of the customer s shipping address 16 VirtueMart User Manual Enable multiple tax rates Discount before tax shipping User Registration Type Show the Remember me checkbox on login Customers can select a state region Must agree to Terms of Service Agree to T o S on EVERY ORDER Show information about Return Policy on the order confirmation page Legal information text short version
92. ucts can be re associated to manufacturers after all the product records have been created However creating the manufacturers first can save a lot of extra work if you already know that you will be using this information 5 5 1 Manufacturer Categories Manufacturer Categories are used to group Manufacturers into different categories Adding Manufacturer Categories VirtueMart creates the manufacturer category name default upon installation It is not necessary to change this To create a new manufacturer category select Manufacturer Add Manufacturer Category Manufacturer Category Form Fields Category Name The name of the Manufacturer category Category Description A description of the Manufacturer category optional Click on the Save icon You will be redirected to the Manufacturer Category List page showing the default category and the new category you just entered Editing Manufacturer Categories To edit an existing manufacturer category select Manufacturer List Manufacturer Categories in the VirtueMart admin menu This will return a list of existing manufacturer categories Click on the name of the manufacturer category you want to edit make any necessary changes to the fields listed above and click on the Save icon You will be returned to the Manufacturer Category List Deleting Manufacturer Categories Before deleting an existing manufacturer category all manufacturers associated to that categ
93. uilt into your PHP Support for https openSSL and cURL is recommended 3 1 2 Client Requirements VirtueMart can be used with most major browsers including Internet Explorer version 5 54 Firefox Opera Safari and Konqueror Javascript doesn t need to be enabled when shopping and checking out The administration section requires Javascript to be enabled The browser needs to be capable of accepting Cookies 3 2 Installation and Upgrade New Installation When having met all the requirements and when you are running Joomla or Mambo you have two choices Unpublish 3 Remove Manufacturer Manufacturer Manufacturer Manufacturer Manufacturer Manufacturer Manufacturer Manufacturer Manufacturer Manufacturer Manufacturer C Reload Search Product modified After Custor Revie Add Revie Add Revie Add Revie Add Revie Add Revie Add Revie Add Revie Add Revie Add Revie Add Revie wu VirtueMart User Manual 1 The automatic installation with Joomla s Mambo s Element Component Module Mambot Installer 2 The manual installation Some users can t use the automatic Installer because of the PHP setting safe mode being set to On In case you re running into trouble with the automatic Installer try the manual installation instead Upgrade from mambo phpShop You want to upgrade to VirtueMart from mambo phpShop
94. uration Ya Save Q Cancel Reload g Configuration laptilamppihtdacs joomla administrator components com virtuemart virtuemart cfg php Writeable Global Path amp URL Site Shipping Checkout Downloads Feed Configuration Global Price Confiquration Shop is offline If you check this the Shop will display an Offline Show Prices Message lt Enable this feature Public Frantend Registered Authar Editor E Membergroup to show Offline Message n7 0ur Shop is currently down for prices to aintenance s h2 Please check back again soon Show including XX tax when applicable Show the price label a Use only as catalogue if you check this you disable all cart functionalities for packaging Frontend Features Tax Configuration Enable content Virtual Tax 7 mambots plugins in m descriptions Tax mode Based on vendor address Enable multiple tax rates Enable Coupon Usage le Enable Customer a Review Rating System Adin BDohhch Doia F FO Subtract payment discount before 0 0 The Configuration Header Note that the configuration panel can be accessed by users with permissions admin only by default You can access the different parts of the Panel by clicking on the Tab Headings 5 1 1 Global Global Shop is offline Here you can switch the shop from Online to Offline mode In offline mode the offline message is displayed instead of the 1
95. urer you must re create the manufacturer information and re associate all appropriate products 5 6 Product Administration VirtueMart offers the ability to categorize products not only by manufacturer but also by product category Product categories may also contain subcategories enabling storekeepers to manage their products in as much detail as possible Because products and product categories are associated to a particular vendor it is important to create your vendor records before creating the product and product category records 5 6 1 Product Categories VirtueMart includes the ability to associate products to product categories and subcategories to enable better product management 3l VirtueMart User Manual PME gt Store C3 New Publish Unpublish 3 Remove Q Reload 4 Products tg z Category Tree dil Use CSV upload Search Products a x E Category Name Category Description Products Publish ListOrder E 5 Rei p List Products 9 Add Product 1 Hand Tools Hand Tools 3 Shaw W ww 1 i a View Inventory 2 7 M Power Tools Powe r Tools 2 Show y a 2 it 73 Special products i 3 2 Outdoor Tools Outdoor Tools 1 Show 4 Product Folders E l i v H ap 2 Indoor Tools Indoor Tools 1 Show Ld i 5 j soj Product Discount List Add Edit Product Discount 5 IlGarden Tools Garden Tools 4 Shaw W r 3 iI Product Type List Tu Add Edit Product Type 4 List Categories
96. y Child Descriptian Add to Cart Button for 0 6 Child Description each Child Width Display Table Header 10 Child Attribute Link ta child product from Width list Child Class Suffix Include Product Type With Child Extra IDs Product IDs to include Quantity Standard Quantity Box Drop Down Box Values Hide Quantity Box Start Value K Use Dropdown Box End Walue f Use Check Box f Use Radio Box 1 Step Value Product Status Product Information Display Options Product Status I Product Dimensions and Weight Product Images Related Products Product Status In Stack Mini mum Purchase Quantity Maximum Purchase Quantity Availability Date BOOV 0417 Availability QU No Image Available Select Image xl T NEN On Special FUSE ces New Attribute New Property Property Price Examples for the Atribute List Format Size XL t1 95 M 3 2 95 Caolour Eed Green Yellow ExpenziveColoar 243 00 A ndS3oUn Inline price adjustments for using the Advanced Attributes modification Add this amount to the configured price Subtract this amount from the configured price Set the product s price to this amount Custom Attribute List Quantity in Stock The current quantity in stock for the item Used for shipping and inventory purposes Availability Date When the current quantity in stock 1s available for distribution Used for shipping and inventory
97. y from the Parent drop down list Show x products per row The number of products per row when displaying products of this category Note The Browse Page usually has to be adjusted when the number of products per row has been changed You can use browse 2 for 2 products per row browse 3 for 3 products per row and so on maximum per default 5 Category Browse Page Example browse 1 The template file for displaying the products of this category in a list Category Flypage Syntax shop flypage This is the template file for displaying the Product Details of a product in this category You can create your own templates by modifiying existing templates in the directory components com virtuemart themes templates product details The file for preparing the display of the Flypage is htm1 shop product details php Some of the details that you can t find in the Flypage template can be found there Note You should leave this field empty when you re not sure what to fill in 5 6 1 2 Reordering or sorting Product Categories You can reorder categories the way you want There are different ways to achieve this Use the blue arrows in the category list to move a category up or down Use the input fields in the rows of the category list to change the list order If you have finished changing the values click on the Save icon in the column header Use the sort alphabetically icon in the list header You can sort all c

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