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by Murat Yilmaz
OpenCart 1.4 Beginner's Guide
OpenCart 1.4
OpenCart 1.4
Credits
About the author
About the reviewers
Preface
What this book covers
What you need for this book
Who this book is for
Conventions
Reader feedback
Customer support
Errata
Piracy
Questions
1. Installing OpenCart
System requirements
Installing OpenCart
Downloading OpenCart
Time for action—downloading OpenCart
What just happened?
Uploading OpenCart files
Time for action—uploading OpenCart using cPanel File Manager
What just happened?
Time for action—uploading OpenCart using an FTP Client
What just happened?
Pop quiz—Uploading OpenCart Files
Time for action—setting file permissions
What just happened?
Time for action—creating a MySQL database and user
What just happened?
Time for action—using OpenCart Installation Wizard
What just happened?
Have a go hero—Adding another OpenCart instance
Summary
2. Categories, Products, and Options
Category, product, and option
Category Organization #1
Category Organization #2
Category Organization #3
Category Organization #4
Pre-installed store categories, products
Time for action—deleting pre-installed store data
What just happened?
Have a go hero—deleting pre-populated manufacturer data
Categories and subcategories
Time for action—adding a category and subcategory under it
What just happened?
Have a go hero—adding more categories and subcategories
Have a go hero—deleting pre-installed images
Adding manufacturers (brands)
Time for action—adding Reebok as shoe brand
What just happened?
Have a go hero—adding more sample brands
Adding products
Time for action—adding a Reebok shoe model as a product
What just happened?
Time for action—adding purchase options for customers
What just happened?
Pop quiz—understanding option values
Have a go hero—adding size option and its option values
Time for action—adding additional images for Reebok shoe
What just happened?
Summary
3. Tax Management
OpenCart tax system
Understanding Geo Zones
Time for action—adding Germany as a Geo Zone for taxes
What just happened?
Have a go hero—adding Rome, Milano / Italy as Geo Zone for taxes
Tax classes
Time for action—adding the Germany Geo Zone to the default tax class
What just happened?
Have a go hero—adding the Rome Milano Geo Zone to a new tax class
Time for action—setting the tax class for a Reebok shoe
What just happened?
Time for action—displaying prices without tax
What just happened?
Pop quiz—understanding OpenCart taxes
Summary
4. Configuring Store Settings
General Store Information
Time for action—configuring General Store Information
What just happened?
Have a go hero—testing store configuration settings
OpenCart and SEO
Time for action—applying SEO for product pages
What just happened?
Time for action—applying SEO for categories
What just happened?
OpenCart and templates
Time for action—installing an OpenCart template
What just happened?
OpenCart modules
Time for action—installing Google Talk module for Online Help
What just happened?
Information module
Time for action—updating Privacy Policy module information
What just happened?
Pop quiz—understanding SEO for online stores
Running Multiple Stores in a Single Installation
Summary
5. Setting Payment Models
Shopping cart system
Merchant account
Payment gateway
Understanding online credit card processing
OpenCart payment methods
PayPal
PayPal Website Payment Standard
PayPal Website Payment Pro
PayFlow Pro payment gateway
Time for action—configuring PayPal Website Payment Standard
What just happened?
Have a go hero—testing PayPal Website Payment Standard method
Time for action—configuring PayPal Website Payment Pro
What just happened?
Have a go hero—testing PayPal Website Payment Pro method
Authorize.net
Bank transfer
Time for action—accepting bank transfer on orders
What just happened?
Cheque / money order
Cash on delivery
Have a go hero—activating cheque / money order and cash on delivery options
Pop quiz—understanding online credit card processing
Summary
6. Setting Shipping Methods
Accepting orders from certain countries
Time for action—shipping items to selected countries only
Manual method
Automatic method
What just happened?
Choosing a shipping method
Free shipping
Time for action—configuring free shipping for all UK customers with orders of more than $100
What just happened?
Flat rate shipping
Time for action—configuring flat rate shipping for addresses in Germany
What just happened?
Per item
Have a go hero—configuring per item method
Weight Based Shipping
Time for action—applying weight-based shipping method for US customers
What just happened?
Pop quiz—Web Based Shipping Rates Usage
UPS
USPS
Activating multiple shipping methods
Customer Side—multiple shipping addresses
Summary
7. Offering Coupons Discounts
Coupons on OpenCart
Percentage-based
Fixed amount
Free shipping
Time for action—defining a 10 percent discount coupon code for orders more than $200
What just happened?
Have a go hero—testing the coupon code with orders less than $200
Time for action—defining $5 discount coupon code for certain items and free shipping for orders more than $150
What just happened?
Setting special discounts for selected products
Time for action—applying a special low price for a product for a certain period
What just happened?
Discounts for wholesale
Time for action—decreasing item price to $10 for order quantities more than 40 for special wholesale customers
What just happened?
Pop quiz—understanding coupons, and discounts
Summary
8. Understanding Order Lifecycle
Order flowchart
Placing the order
Time for action—processing the order
What just happened?
Have a go hero—placing an order and canceling it
Pop quiz—understanding order flowchart
Summary
9. Managing Customers and Users
Advantages of customer registration
Advantages for a customer
Advantages for the store
Important customer settings
Classifying customers in groups
Time for action—creating a new customer group and assigning a customer to it
What just happened?
Sending email newsletters
Adding customers manually
Have a go hero—creating a new customer group, assigning a customer to it, and applying a discount for this group
Pop quiz—customer management
Users, user groups, and permissions
Time for action—creating a new user group, Product Entry
What just happened?
Have a go hero—creating a Manager user group
Time for action—creating a new user and assigning to a group
What just happened?
Have a go hero—creating a new user and assigning to the Manager user group
Pop quiz—Users, user groups
Reports
Summary
10. Localization
OpenCart language packs
Time for action—installing a new language pack
What just happened?
Have a go hero—in running the store on your own language
Time for action—editing the text in a language file
What just happened?
Currency
Time for action—adding a new currency option
What just happened?
Pop quiz—localization
Summary
11. Upgrading OpenCart
Making backups of the current OpenCart system
Time for action—backing up OpenCart files and database
What just happened?
New OpenCart version
Time for action—downloading the latest Opencart files, uploading them to the server, and upgrading
What just happened?
Have a go hero—exploring config.php files
Restoring to the original OpenCart version
Time for action—restoring OpenCart system if upgrade fails
What just happened?
Pop quiz—understanding OpenCart upgrade process
Summary
A. Pop quiz—Answers
Chapter 1
Uploading OpenCart Files
Chapter 2
Understanding Option Values
Chapter 3
Understanding OpenCart Taxes
Chapter 4
Understanding SEO for online stores
Chapter 5
Understanding Online Credit Card Processing
Chapter 6
Web Based Shipping Rates Usage
Chapter 7
Understanding Coupons, Discounts
Chapter 8
Understanding Order Flowchart
Chapter 9
Customer management
Users, User Groups
Chapter 10
Localization
Chapter 11
Understanding OpenCart Upgrade Process
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