Joomla virtuemart is one of the most popular Ecommerce website builder tool. Joomla which is the most powerful content management system is made capable of handling the product management through virtuemart. Virtuemart iDEAL which handles the payment system should be configured properly along with Joomla virtuemart to achieve best online shopping experience.
As soon as the installation of Joomla is completed, you can easily excess the list of items available in Virtuemart. You can buy or sale quickly with the help of Joomla virtuemart, so make sure Joomla virtuemart is configured properly. The installation of Joomla is the best and easy way to understand, which allows you online shopping and keeps you away from standing in long queue, and now no longer waiting for buying any products.
Joomla installation is like opening the door to enjoy the online shopping facilities, viewing all the available items with the help of Virtuemart, to make any deal of purchase. The Joomla virtuemart iDEAL implementation is like the excellent way of online shopping supported with online payments. It becomes more advanced and trusted site if secured with the SSL certificate and configured properly.
Before the installations of joomla make sure that all the minimum system requirements have been met and all preparatory works have been done before. After the installation of Joomla, there is no requirement of separate system for virtuemart. You can view all the items available on Virtuemart as soon as the Joomla is configured properly. Whenever you are developing a web application, it is better to first develop and test it in development environment. Once you are satisfied with the results of your configurations and customizations, you are on the way for enjoying the online shopping.
Make sure your Joomla virtuemart is configured properly to place any order of your required items and make their payments with the help of iDEAL online payments. Dutch banking community has developed one very good and convenient online payment method, with which you can remain tension free for payment confirmation. You can check your transactions made by iDEAL online payment method. In this internet world no need to rush out for cash money, or standing in queue for any cash transactions, just a simple click and you are done for any purchase deal.
Virtuemart supports an unlimited number of products and categories, with products able to be assigned to multiple categories. It also permits the sale of downloadable products, and offers a catalog mode where the shopping cart features are turned off. Virtuemart supports multiple prices for a single product, based around shopper groups or a quantity range, and permits the use of a variety of different payment gateways.
Joomla Virtuemart implementation is an excellent ideal for online shopping facilities. It becomes more advanced and better when gets secured with the SSL Certificate. After the process of SSL certificate make sure that your Joomla Virtuemart is configured properly for superior usage. Visitors of your website can keep trust on you, if the website is secured with SSL Certificate and make further deal without any uncertainty.
Get proper configuration of Joomla Virtuemart iDEAL, which will make you enjoy and access all the products, as well as you can buy them according to your requirements. Everything is available at your finger tips, so easy and simple, convenient for everyone to understand and use.
Here are five tips for Joomla Virtuemart iDEAL implementation which are explained as under:
1. Use iDEAL module by well established IT Company:
For the best use and tension free situation it is always advisable to use the iDEAL module by well established IT Company. iDEAL is gaining good reputation of a trusted online payment method. Nearly half of the Dutch online shoppers use iDEAL. You can buy anything online or even book your holidays just sitting at home with the use of iDEAL module.
2. Get SSL certificate for your website:
Internet has made everything so easy, for which sometime people need online security. SSL technology protects your Website and makes it easy for your Website visitors to trust you. If your Website is not secured with SSL Certificate, visitors may leave before making any transactions. Get your SSL Certificate (Secure Sockets Layer) for better result and good conviction. SSL certificate contains unique and authenticated information about your Website and the owner of the site.
3. Make sure joomla virtuemart is configured properly:
After the installation of Joomla, you can easily excess the list or items in Virtuemart. You can buy or sale quickly with the help of Joomla virtuemart, so make sure Joomla virtuemart is configured properly. The installation of Joomla is the best and easy way to understand, which allows you online shopping and keeps you away from standing in long queue or don’t keep you waiting for buying any products.
4. Make your site is SEO friendly and use SEF url:
SEF URL’s are just a smart way to make your URL look nice and better. It is the technique which adds a degree of separation between the files used to generate a web page and the URL that is presented to the world. It makes your website URL’s more user friendly, which will help your website rank higher in search results. More and more people can visit your website and you can get better results with the SEF URL.
5. Enjoyable online shopping experience by iDEAL
iDEAL is a standardized method of payment with most secured online payments directly from the bank accounts. This is one connection to iDEAL, which enables each web shop’s visitor to access the online banking of ABN AMRO, ING, Rabo Bank to make such types of payments. Dutch Webshop with iDEAL payment, Joomla will be the best enjoyable online shopping experience by iDEAL.
iDEAL is the standard online payment method for secure online payments directly between bank accounts. iDEAL has been developed and supported by ABN AMRO, ING, Rabobank and Fortis Bank in the Netherlands. These banks have more then 90% Netherlands bank customers combined. With credit card and other payment modules like Paypal, Worldpay clients end up paying interest rates or higher transaction fees. With iDEAL the customer can easily buy products online at click of mouse. The money is directly debited from consumer’s bank account. This is most flexible and convenient way to pay/accept money online without the interference of a third person. You are directly connected to your bank.
Some of the advantages of Joomla iDEAL:
• iDEAL is the most convenient and hassle free payment method
• Customers can use iDEAL with their savings account. No need of an extra account.
• iDEAL has very low commission rate on any transaction
• No iDEAL Contract needs to be signed with the bank as a consumer.
• Consumer has direct control over the amount being charged and the service charge.
• Already 60% of all online shoppers are using iDEAL.
With the Trend of online purchase and online decision making increases, it’s very important for the business owner to make their Ecommerce website capable of accepting payments through iDEAL.
I just spent some time on the Virtuemart eCommerce bundle.
Do not use it!
The Virtuemart version is 1.1.2, not 1.1.3. Just install Joomla 1.5.9 as usual, and then install Virtuemart as usual.
What surprises me is that the JA-Larix theme looks incomplete. I don’t know how it is that there are no threads in the VM forum –nor my own forum — asking why the JA-Larix theme is producing errors. Well, it should because there are entire folders within it that are missing.
There is another problem. If you upgrade your “eCommerce” Virtuemart from 1.1.2 to 1.1.3, you then have to upgrade your JA-Larix theme as well (assuming you are using it). However, there is no JA-Larix theme for VM 1.1.3.
So you are faced with the decision to either upgrade JA-Larix theme files yourself, stay with VM 1.1.2, or change themes.
Remember that you have to upgrade your themes with each VM upgrade!
You are much better off not installing the VM eComm bundle.
UPDATE: The JA site’s JA-Larix is updated to VM 1.1.2 only.
osCommerce and Joomla with Virtuemart are both easy to administrate from each others’ respective admin interfaces.
osCommerce comes close in functionality, but from the developer’s perspective, the code could really benefit from a reorganization and some general TLC. Better comments, cleaner code layout, and a more thought out class structure would definitely boost osCommerce’s standing among developers.
If Joomla continues to grow as (probably) the best web CMS out there, Virtuemart could give osCommerce a run for its money. Having the advantage of being fully integrated into a very rich CMS, managing Virtuemart becomes almost trivial.
Joomla with Virtuemart Pros:
Fast and easy installation and configuration.
Easy to customize and extend.
Shopper groups (vendors, guests, whatever your heart desires. Product prices and descriptions can vary from group to group).
Small codebase, easy to develop for. (it’s just a Joomla module)
Easy to administrate.
osCommerce Pros:
Fast and easy installation and configuration.
Vetted. Though still a development release, it is widely popular and thus has a larger support base.
Lots of plug-ins. Chances are, any feature you need, has already been written by someone else.
Supports most e-commerce standard features out-of-box.
Joomla with Virtuemart Cons:
Still quite a bit on the CVS to-do list. (some functionality could require development if needed immediately)
Not stand-alone. Requires Joomla to function.
Must learn Joomla framework (or at least how to write Joomla modules and templates) to develop custom functionality.
osCommerce Cons:
Large and overly complex code base. Difficult to extend or modify.
In summary, both products support alot of the same features:
Joomla with Virtuemart definitely benefits over osCommerce when it comes to extensibility. If you are familiar with Joomla’s framework and templating system, then the sky’s the limit when it comes to extending virtuemart. osCommerce, while certainly popular, is difficult for the developer wade through, lacking meaningful comments and a having a code structure that is haphazard at best.
Shopper Frenzy is an entire theme designed around the popular e-commerce component, Virtuemart. This template has everything you would ever need to start or redesign your online store! It comes packed with tons of goodies, custom column widths, six preset styles, 23 module positions, 4 module styles, eye catching design, customized Virtuemart theme to match the template, S5 Ultimate Drop Down and so much more!
Not only are you getting a great template this month but you are also receiving our new module the S5 Image Set Rotator and customized Virtuemart modules. Each module shown on our demo has been customized to fit Shopper Frenzy’s design perfectly! These modules incluce, S5 VM Accordion, VM Currency, VM Featured Products, Virtuemart Random Products, S5 Drop Down Cart and VM Product Search. Start selling with Shopper Frenzy today! Features:
100% tableless CSS
Validates with XHTML
Validates with CSS
Joomla 1.5 compatible
SQL dump available
23 module positions
New S5 Image Set Rotator
S5 Horizontal Login Module
S5 Ultimate Drop Down
S5 VM Accordion Module
Customized Virtuemart modules
Custom Virtuemart theme
Sliced PSDs included
Site Shaper available (demo quick installs)
Fully collapsible module positions
S5 Effects scripts powered
Lytebox enabled
Tool Tips enabled
3 Menu systems: No-MooMenu Drop Down, No-MooMenu Fading or Suckerfish
Custom page and column widths
Compatible with the following browsers:
IE6+
Firefox 1.5+
Opera 9+
Safari
Netscape
Advant
1. drop_down_1 (in drop down)
2. drop_down_2 (in drop down)
3. drop_down_3 (in drop down)
4. cart
5. sub_menu
6. under_menu_left
7. under_menu_right
8. breadcrumb
9. search
10. left
11. above_body_1
12. above_body_2
13. above_body_3
14. inset
15. below_body_1
16. below_body_2
17. below_body_3
18. bottom_row_1
19. bottom_row_2
20. bottom_row_3
21. bottom_row_4
22. bottom_menu
23. debug (bottom of page)
Menu Styles:
Suckerfish Menu:
This menu is a Suckerfish menu system and is disabled by default but if you prefer to enable it you can set the menu to “2″ in the “Template Configuration”. In Joomla 1.5 will have the option in the template parameters.
S5 No-MooMenu Drop Down Menu:
The S5 No-MooMenu Drop Down Menuis completely powered by S5 Effects so your modules and components won’t cause any conflictions using this menu system. Just mouse over the top menu in the demo and you will notice the suckerfish menu smoothly expand in.
Don’t want this fancy menu? Not a problem, you can switch to the standard suckerfish menu system in the template configuration or completely hide the menu altogether.
S5 No-MooMenu Fading Meu:
The S5 No-MooMenu Fading Menu is completely powered by S5 Effects so your modules and components won’t cause any conflictions using this menu system. Just mouse over the top menu in the demo and you will notice the suckerfish menu smoothly fade in.
Don’t want this fancy menu? Not a problem, you can switch to the standard suckerfish menu system in the template configuration or completely hide the menu altogether.
Be sure to check the tutorials on the demo for more explanations and examples.
If you still aren’t sure or have any more questions don’t hesitate to ask on the forum.
At the basis, there is the hardware. It is never a bad idea to understand how the hardware of typical, contemporary computer systems works. A good understanding of the Von Neumann architecture, and its contemporary implementation in terms of CPU, memory, disk space and other typical devices will invariably end up proving useful.
2.2. The Kernel
Between the applications and the hardware sits the custodian of shared resources, the kernel. Every operation that lays claim on shared resources, such as memory or hardware devices, ends up in a series of system calls to the kernel. These calls are usually routed through the system libraries, of which the most important is the libc.
Understanding of kernel space versus user space is important background knowledge. Architectural understanding of the Linux system environment, the shell (Bash), the command line tools, and the C language will invariably end up proving useful.
2.3. The LAMP stack
Linux, Apache, MySQL, Php, that is, the LAMP stack, is currently the dominant technology on the web server side of things. These technologies are the foundation for the Joomla/Virtuemart server side technology pack. It is not possible to do useful Joomla/Virtuemart work without a sound understanding of the LAMP stack.
2.4. HTML, CSS, Javascript, Ajax
The days of rich desk desktop clients are mostly over. Whenever possible, the market will favour applications that — on the client side — run in the browser, to applications that run directly on the client Operating System (OS). Joomla/Virtuemart web user interfaces are eventually built on the foundation technologies: HTML, CSS, Javascript, and increasingly on asynchronous javascript remoting, Ajax.
2.5. Joomla
Joomla (http://joomla.org) is a CMS, based on the LAMP stack. To an important extent, your job will consist in installing, configuring, customizing and extending Joomla. You need to be able to figure out the standard Joomla application and library source code.
2.6. Virtuemart
Virtuemart (http://virtuemart.net) is a webshop — aka, e-commerce infrastructure technology — that installs as a Joomla extension (”component”). Read as much as you can on how to use and how to configure it. To an important extent, your job will consist in installing, configuring, customizing and extending Virtuemart. You need to be able to figure out the standard Virtuemart application and library source code.
The entire stack of technology bricks in our e-commerce framework is completely open source. From the lowest device driver in the kernel up to the most specialized credit card processing plugin in Virtuemart, the complete source code is available and can be fixed. There are no excuses valid such as “This is a problem with such and such library. We cannot fix it.” Wrong. We can always fix it.
This tutorial will show you how to install the VirtueMart component to your Joomla website. We recommend you to create a backup of your website before you proceed with the installation.
How to install VirtueMart
To install VirtueMart on an existing Joomla website, you need to install the core Virtuemart component and module. The installation steps are easy and intuitive.
First, go to www.virtuemart.net and download the complete package of the shopping cart, called VirtueMart_x.x_COMPLETE_PACKAGE.zip.
Next, extract this file on your local hard drive, to find the actual components and modules. Then go to your Joomla Administrator panel and navigate to Installers -> Components.
The first thing to be installed is the com_virtuemart.x.x.tar.gz file. Click on the [Browse...] button, select the file and hit [Upload File & Install].
The installation of the core element of VirtueMart is now complete.
Now, a module has to be installed, to make the functionality of VirtueMart accessible on your site. The procedure is quite similar to the installing of a component, described above. Please, go to Installers -> Modules, browse for the file called mod_virtuemart.x.x.tar.gz and click on [Upload File & Install].
Congratulations! You are now ready to use VirtueMart on your Joomla site!
In Joomla Administrator, go to Components -> VirtueMart and click on the [Go directly to Store] button. DO NOT interrupt this step - it may take a while as some time consuming SQL queries have to be executed. Please check the official installation instructions described in the installation.pdf file included in the main package.
There are additional modules and mambots that can enhance the performance and features of your website. These are very well covered in the documentation as well, and are also contained in the complete package archive you have downloaded.
If you experience problems with the installation of VirtueMart, do not hesitate to contact your SiteGround support team. With your SiteGround Hosting account you get Free and Professional Joomla Installation, and an affordable VirtueMart integration.
Shopper Frenzy is an entire theme designed around the popular e-commerce component, Virtuemart. This template has everything you would ever need to start or redesign your online store! It comes packed with tons of goodies, custom column widths, six preset styles, 23 module positions, 4 module styles, eye catching design, customized Virtuemart theme to match the template, S5 Ultimate Drop Down and so much more!
