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Joomla! is available for download, free of cost, from its web site http://www. joomla.org. You will see a download link to the latest version of Joomla!, both for

1.0.x and 1.5.x series. For this book, we are using Joomla! 1.5.9. However, most of the procedures described in this book will also work fine with the Joomla! 1.0.x series. To download Joomla!, visit http://www.joomla.org. On the right side of the page, you will find a box like this:

Click on the DOWNLOAD JOOMLA logo. You will be redirected to the Joomla! download page. Here, you will see the following listing of download files for Joomla! 1.5.x and Joomla! 1.0.x:

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Click on one of the list of packages, for example, ZIP beside 1.5.9 Full Package. The file will start downloading to your computer. Once you finish downloading the file, you can extract the file and see the contents of the folder. These files and folders need to be uploaded to your web server (local or remote).

Getting VirtueMart

Like Joomla!, you can also get VirtueMart from its web sitehttp://ww.virtuemart. net. Point your browser to this site and you will get a download link. Before

downloading, you must know something about available packages. The following are the VirtueMart package types available for download:

Complete Package for Joomla! 1.5: This package contains the VirtueMart component, modules, and plugins all in one. All of these will work on the Joomla! 1.5.x series. Once you download this package, you must extract the package to get the component, modules, and plugins installation packages separately. The component, modules, and plugins can be installed from Joomla!'s extension installer.

Complete Package for Joomla! 1.0.x or Mambo: If you are running Joomla! 1.0.x, or a Mambo-based site, and want to use VirtueMart in that site, you need to download this package. This package contains installer packages for the component, modules, and plugins.

Manual Installation Package for Joomla! 1.5: This package is good for upgrading an existing VirtueMart installation. If you are using an earlier version of VirtueMart with Joomla! 1.5.x, then download this package and extract the files. You will then need to upload all the files. It will start the upgrade wizard for VirtueMart in Joomla! 1.5.x.

Manual installation Package for Joomla! 1.0.x or Mambo: You need to download this package if you are using Joomla! 1.0.x or Mambo, and want to upgrade from an earlier versions of VirtueMart. This upgrade will happen by uploading the files to Joomla! site, not from the extension installer.

Language Pack: If you want to use more than one language, or another language other than English, you need to download the language pack for VirtueMart.

Patch Package (1.1.1->1.1.2) for Joomla! 1.5: This package is for upgrading from VirtueMart 1.1.1 to VirtueMart 1.1.2 in the Joomla! 1.5.x series. This • • • • • •

VirtueMart e-commerce Bundle (with Joomla! 1.5.5): This is the Joomla! 1.5.5 package bundled with VirtueMart 1.1.2. If you need to start the e-commerce site from scratch, you may download this package and install Joomla! 1.5.5 from this. Once Joomla! 1.5.5 is installed, you will get VirtueMart 1.1.2 as well. You don't need to install VirtueMart separately. For our example, we will download Complete Package for Joomla 1.5. Once we have downloaded this package and unzipped it on our computer, we will find the following files:

VirtueMart_1.1_Installation.pdf: This is an installation guide for VirtueMart. Read this guide for detail information on the VirtueMart installation.

com_virtuemart_1.1.2.j15: This is main component package which can be installed through the extensions installer. We should first install this package. We will find the following module files in the modules subfolder:

mod_virtuemart_1.1.2.j15.zip: This is the main module for VirtueMart. It will

display the products for the VirtueMart catalog. You must install and publish this module to show the products.

mod_product_categories_1.1.2.j15.zip: This module displays the product

categories. It is good for displaying product categories in the left or right sidebar, so that it acts like a menu.

mod_productscroller_1.1.2.j15.zip: When installed and published, you will see scrolling products. You can configure how many products will be scrolling and how quickly they will scroll.

mod_virtuemart_allinone_1.1.2.j15.zip: This module alone can display featured products, random products, top ten products, and latest products. These are shown in a separate tab.

mod_virtuemart_cart_1.1.2.j15.zip: This module shows the contents of the

cart. This mini cart contains a link to main cart page.

mod_virtuemart_currencies_1.1.2.j15.zip: This module shows currency

selector. You only need this module when you are using multiple currencies for your shop.

mod_virtuemart_featureprod_1.1.2.j15.zip: This module only displays

featured products. You can configure how many featured products will • • • • • • • • • •

mod_virtuemart_login_1.1.2.j15.zip: This module displays a login module

for VirtueMart users. This module ensures that user registration and login work for both Joomla! and VirtueMart.

mod_virtuemart_manufacturers_1.1.2.j15.zip: This module lists the

manufacturers. Clicking on a particular manufacturer will show the products of that manufacturer.

mod_virtuemart_randomprod_1.1.2.j15.zip: This module displays

randomly selected products. You can configure how many random products will be displayed.

mod_virtuemart_search_1.1.2.j15.zip: This is search module for VirtueMart.

When you install and publish this module, visitors will be able to search the VirtueMart product catalog.

mod_virtuemart_topten_1.1.2.j15.zip: This module displays the

top-ten selling products. This is similar to the best seller module in other shopping carts.

There are two plugins in plugins subfolder:

vmproductsnapshots_1.1.2.j15.zip: This plugin enables the administrator

to add a product snapshot in the content items, such as in an article. The snapshot will show a product image, price, and a link to add to the cart.

vmxsearch.plugin_1.1.2.j15.zip: This plugin enables search in the VirtueMart

catalog. When this plugin is installed and enabled, Joomla!'s standard search can find the VirtueMart products as well. In that case, you don't need to use VirtueMart's search module.

We now know the package types for VirtueMart and individual component, module, and plugin's functions. We will be looking into these modules in detail later in this book.