Joomla! VirtueMart 1.1 theme and template design : give a unique look and feel to your VirtueMart e-commerce store / Joseph Kwan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kwan, Joseph.

Series:

Community experience distilled

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Joomla! (Computer file).

Web sites--Authoring programs.

Web sites.

Web site development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (610 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Birmingham, U.K. : Packt Open Source Pub., 2011.

Language Note:

English

Biography/History:

Kwan Joseph: Joseph Kwan has been a professional programmer for 12 years. He has thorough understanding of all major web technologies including HTML, XML, CSS, XSL, PHP, ASP, .NET, JS, AJAX, Apache, MySQL, MSSQL etc, on both Linux and Windows system. In the past 5 years or so, he has specialized himself in Joomla! /Virtuemart. Besides customizing/building many Joomla! components and modules, Joseph is also considered one of the few Virtuemart experts who know the system from front to back. He is highly regarded in the Virtuemart community and is renowned for building robust and quality extensions to Joomla! /Virtuemart. Joseph is also very active in the forum. He works from Burnaby, BC Canada.

Summary:

Give a unique look and feel to your VirtueMart e-Commerce store

Contents:

Joomla! VirtueMart 1.1 Theme and Template Design; Joomla! VirtueMart 1.1 Theme and Template Design; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewer; www.PacktPub.com; Support files, eBooks, discount offers and more; Why Subscribe?; Free Access for Packt account holders; Preface; What this book covers; What you need for this book; Joomla! VirtueMart versions; Basic Joomla! VirtueMart concepts you will need to know; Joomla! components, modules, plugins, and templates; VirtueMart modules, themes, and templates; Child products, advanced attribute, custom attribute, and product type

Who this book is forConventions; Reader feedback; Customer support; Downloading the example code for this book; Errata; Piracy; Questions; 1. The VirtueMart Engine; Navigating through the Joomla!/VirtueMart directories; Structure of the Joomla! URL path; Exercise 1.1: Making the Joomla! backend default to VirtueMart; Joomla! 1.5 presentation framework; Models; Views; Controllers; VirtueMart presentation framework; The class files - Data tier; The templates files - Presentation tier; The page files - Business logic tier; Roles of VirtueMart themes and templates; Ways to customize VirtueMart

Textual changesExercise 1.2: Customizing a language element; Steps; Notes; Layout changes; Frontend behavior changes; Modifying available template fields; Adding data fields; Modifying processing logic; Creating a new theme; Integrating with an external system; Other customizations; Before starting your project; Determining the scope of project; Locating file that needs modifications; Assessing your skills-determine whether to do it in-house or outsource; Back up data and files; Assessing impact on the site; Consider future upgrade compatibility; Implement design; Testing and debugging

Going liveSummary; 2. The VirtueMart Default Theme; The shopping life cycle; Landing page; The product listing; The product detail; The shop cart; Checkout; Account maintenance; Shopping digression; VirtueMart configuration; Global; Security; Site; Shipping; Checkout; Downloads; Feed Configuration; VirtueMart site configuration; Display subsection; Layout subsection; The default theme configuration; VirtueMart template groups; browse; product_details; basket; checkout; order_emails; common; pages; Summary; 3. Product List Templates; The product list page; Looking at our first template

HTML fragmentsPHP crash course; Available fields; Core browse templates; Exercise 3.1: Adding an Ask-Seller link to the browse page; Steps; Notes; Exercise 3.2: Changing core browse template CSS; Preparation; Steps; Notes; Exercise 3.3: Moving and modifying data; Preparation; Steps; Notes; Header templates; Exercise 3.4: Adding a category banner; Preparation; Steps; Notes; Navigation templates; Exercise 3.5: Using a custom sort order form; Steps; Notes; Add-to-cart form template; Exercise 3.6: Showing the add-to-cart button in all cases; Preparation; Steps; Notes; Addendum element templates

Product list style templates

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9786613349392

9781283349390

1283349396

9781849514552

1849514550

OCLC:

797916661