Building Online Stores with osCommerce: Beginner Edition. A step by step introduction to osCommerce

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Using an easy-to-read and engaging style, this book introduces the fundamentals of osCommerce, and helps you build your first online store. It covers the out-of-the-box features of osCommerce, but it also shows you how to customize the application to your own needs.The book starts with the basics of downloading and installing osCommerce, or simply how to enable it on your Internet domain using the tools provided by your host. All of the most important configuration issues are explained, with clear instructions and advice to help you make the right choices.Once osCommerce is installed and configured, you will take a good look at how to work with your store's data including product information as well as other data which is responsible for keeping your site healthy.The all important topic of customization is also dealt with comprehensively. You will see how to develop attractive sites that will make your store a pleasure to browse and your products a pleasure to buy!Of course, no discussion on osCommerce would be complete without a look at how to obtain and treat payments. Using the modules provided with osCommerce you will be collecting money from your happy customers in no time!Once the reader has a fully fledged, and operational site it is time to look at deployment? an important topic for discussion if development has taken place on a development machine.The appendix will add a few tools to your armory and shed some light as to what is going on behind the scenes in case things go awry. Spis treści:
Building Online Stores with osCommerce: Beginner Edition
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Building Online Stores with osCommerce: Beginner Edition
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
Introduction
What This Book Covers
Conventions
Reader Feedback
Customer Support
Errata
Questions
1. Introduction to E-Commerce with osCommerce
What is E-Commerce?
The What and Why of osCommerce
The osCommerce Online Community
Contributions
Forums
Knowledge Base
Documentation
Bug and Progress Reports
Summary
2. Setting Up osCommerce
Your Sites Basic Requirements
Downloading osCommerce
Transferring osCommerce to Your Live Site
FTP Drag and Drop
FTP Utility
Make Sure the Host is Ready
Installing osCommerce on the Host
Configuring osCommerce
Troubleshooting
Summary
3. Basic Configuration
The Administration Tool
My Store
Maximum and Minimum Values
Images
Customer Details
Shipping and Packaging
Product Listing
Stock
Logging
Cache
Email Options
Download
GZip Compression
Sessions
Summary
4. Working with Data
Preparing to Add Product Data
Catalog
Categories/Products
Adding and Deleting Categories and Products
Moving and Copying Categories and Products
Product Attributes
Manufacturers
Reviews
Specials
Products Expected
Customers
Orders
Viewing Reports
Summary
5. Customization
Language Definitions
english.php
index.php
Using HTML for Language Formatting
Working with Boxes and Columns
Removing a Box
Moving Boxes
Modifying Box Content
Adding a Box
Removing a Column
Dealing with Images
The images Folder
Sizing and Naming Images
GraphicsLogos and Icons
Creating and Inserting New Graphics
Moving and Removing Graphics
Background Images
Button Images
Customizations Using the Stylesheet
Inserting Background Images
Changing Colors and Fonts
Miscellaneous Customizations
Resizing Pages
Adding Pages
Emails
Summary
6. Taxes, Payments, and Shipping
Locations and Taxes
Tax Zones
Tax Classes and Rates
Getting Paid with PayPal
Setting Up PayPal on osCommerce
Connecting osCommerce and PayPal
Working with PayPal
Credit Card Payments
The Credit Card Module
The PsiGate Module
Alternative Forms of Payments
Checks and Money Orders
Cash on Delivery
Shipping
Flat Rates
Per Item
Table Rate
UPS and USPS
Zone Rates
Contechst Books Shipping Solution
Summary
7. More Advanced Topics
Securing the Administration Tool
Creating Password-Protected Folders
Implementing SSL for the admin Folder
Securing Payments
The Front End of the Store
The Back End of the Store
PayPal Payments
Credit Card Payments
Low Stock Reports
Working with Downloadable Products
Installing the Download Controller
Working with the Download Controller
Testing the Download Controller
Creating Matching Buttons
Search Engine Optimization
Summary
A. Troubleshooting
Types of Errors
An Effective Process for Dealing with Bugs
Debugging Code Yourself
Summary
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