Engine Templates

PHP has a quite normal coding syntax and can be read quite easily. This tutorial focusses on coding format and technics of the VirtueMart code. PHP is space insensitive like html. A ; ends a line. The = sets a value to a variable. The () indicate a function call, the content of functions is […]

VirtueMart 3 supports reloading of the productdetails by an ajax call. It means we have to trigger existing JS and add new JS, and it must be triggered like if the page just got ready. The joomla method to add JavaScript is in this case not sufficient. The scripts are added to the header of […]

Within Joomla plugins, there are manifest files that have the name <extension_name>.xml . They contain general information about the installation and parameters for the configuration of the plugin itself. In VirtueMart, those configuration parameters are used inside the component itself when creating a payment, shipment or a custom field. Since VirtueMart 3, you can hide […]

Templating and layouts In VM3 we introduce a new feature ShopFunctionsF::renderVmSubLayout($layoutName,AssocArray) you can call with it very easy small sublayouts, or minilayouts. They are stored in FE/sublayouts and can be overriden using /templates/yourtemplate/html/com_virtuemart/sublayouts. The main differences are in the cart layout. There is a new feature which allows you to display shopperfields in the cart. […]

VirtueMart Source Code VirtueMart manages its own SVN repository on the dev.virtuemart.net SVN Server. So it allows you to check out the latest source code! In order to obtain the Sources anonymously (read only) you need to know: SVN URL: https://dev.virtuemart.net/svn/virtuemart User: anonymous (no password required) This is the SVN command that fetches the repository […]

Extension plugins are used both in the front-end and the backend. They should be created as classes deriving from the base class  VmExtendedPlugin: public function __construct (&$subject, $config=array()) { parent::__construct($subject, $config); $this->_path = JPATH_PLUGINS.DS.$this->getName(); JPlugin::loadLanguage(‘plg_vmextended_’.$this->getName()); } List with events and a description on what moment they are fired. onVmAdminController() This event is fired, when the […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]