If you start developing for the project or just with VirtueMart you can set up a development environment with an IDE and a SVN program. We recommend you to use two programs below for working with VirtueMart and synchronizing the working directory with the local SVN repository: SmartSVN or TortoiseSVN http://tortoisesvn.net/downloads.html Eclipse for php or […]
From version 2.6.10, VirtueMart has a new features that allows payment to have their own template layout. It’s useful for payments like Pay With Amazon which has a complete checkout process running in parallel to the normal checkout process. The template from 3rd party developer may not include this new functionnality. So, how to adjust […]
Most shop owners need to customize some of displayed text in the frontend or to the shop administrator in the backend to fit individual requirements. VirtueMart uses the same system as Joomla. All text strings are stored in language text files with .ini as the filename extension. Ex: the primary english language file for text […]
Most VirtueMart 2 users want to change the styles and layouts as defined in the default vmsite-ltr.css. You should create an override file, to which you can apply all desired changes. The file should be copied into your Joomla template’s css folder. Ex: yourdomain\templates\yourtemplate\css\vmsite-ltr.css After doing this, the image paths for some VirtueMart images and […]
In VirtueMart we use the joomla template system to create the overrides of a plugin. To check if your plugin is overridable, then you check your installation. Search for your plugin in the path /root/plugins/group/name, for example: /plugins/vmcustom/textinput If the plugin has a second folder with the same name, then it is using the overridable […]
Friends! You can add logo for payment and shipment in 2 steps: Step 1. Uploading the logo in the correct folder The logos must be placed under the following folders: images/stories/virtuemart/payment for the payment methods images/stories/virtuemart/shipment for the shipment methods You can upload the logos via the Joomla media manager: For Joomla 1.5, go in […]
The new template system of virtuemart allows fine grained overrides for each category and product. We have the joomla template system: http://docs.joomla.org/Template_Development http://docs.joomla.org/Joomla!_1.5_Template_Tutorial http://docs.joomla.org/Layout_Overrides_in_Joomla_1.6 http://www.spiralscripts.co.uk/Joomla-Tips/using-template-overriding-with-joomla.html The virtuemart default shop template is overriding the joomla configurations. You can choose in the configuration the template and layout for the shop, the category and the product view, you […]
Custom Fields without stock control can be either with no Cart Attribute, or with Cart Attribute. Custom fileds without Cart Input Custom fields with no Cart Attribute are the same as product types in VM1. When created with No Cart Attribute option, custom fields can be used to give an identical description of a set […]
The PayPal Sandbox is a testing environment that allows you to test all the PayPal features. It is an almost identical copy of the live PayPal website. You should test the payment configuration with the Sandbox environment to make sure that it functions work well. You can learn complete details on using the Paypal Sanbox […]
The avalara plugin is for a dynamic tax calculation for whole USA. The configuration is mainly done with a calculation rule. I. Installation – Go to your plugin manager in joomla, select type (drop-down) vmcalculation and enable “VM – Calculation Avalara Tax” – Open your virtuemart administration, =>Taxes & Calculation Rules and create a new […]
We recommend VirtueMart sampledata for initial testing. And keep defaults if not specified or desired to change. Before you start: – Ensure show search is enabled: browse VirtueMart configuration vm > configuration > templates – Check config of menu item to display Searchable Custom Field. To be sure that the search is displayed, Browse Joomla […]
Update Joomla 3.8, get safe way with update from 3.x to 3.8 now! The new release plan for Joomla 3.8 is coming really soon. Let’s get several things ready to welcome it without any problem. In this post, we will share with Joomla fans as well as everyone how we did to prepare our site […]
Ready with new features in Joomla 3.8? To all Joomla interest, as we have been informed before, the newest version Joomla 3.8 is being launched soon. Are you wonder about something good with this new release? In this article we will share with you the features are going to be launched with it! New released […]
In this post, you will learn how to set up your shop with VirtueMart, enter some information visible across your shop and set some basic settings which affect the function of your shop. The first thing you need to do is to go to Shop >> Shop to open the respective form. I. Vendor Vendor […]
What is VirtueMart? VirtueMart is an open source eCommerce solution designed as an extension of the Mambo or CMS. It’s written in PHP and requires the MySQL database environment for storage. Here is step by step instruction on how to install VirtueMart: Step 1. Download the latest stable version of VirtueMart from here. You will see test […]
As you know, HikaShop supports all the existing currencies. It has a currency manager so you can tweak each currency, a currency switcher module that you can use to allow your users to change the current currency, and a system to automatically update the currency rates. Currency Management The first thing you need to do […]
Mass actions will allow you to process almost everything in Hikashop, for example you can edit multiple products as well as categories, orders, addresses or Hikashop users, avoiding long hours of repetitive work doing it element by element. You can also move products from one category to another or change the order status for every […]
Hikashop product insertion/translation plugins are functionalities which will allow you to display your Hikashop products through your Joomla articles. By this way, you can create Joomla articles about your “favorite/most popular/..” products and display your products. Hikashop product insertion: This plugin will be used through your Article creation page. Go to Control panel >> Article […]
Hikashop enables you to generate reports based on your shop data. Through graphs, tables, pies and many other charts you will be able to visualize your shop information such as the number of sales this month, the best product sold this year,…. Reports are available in both the Essential and the Business edition of HikaShop. […]
In HikaShop, you can manage all your custom fields, for the customer information, his addresses information, categories information, products information, article information and orders information. With the address custom fields, you can personalize the information you can gather from your customers for each of their addresses. With the user custom fields, you can personalize the […]
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