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Chapter 4. Administrator Tutorial
This tutorial will walk you through the setup of your site, ongoing management, and advanced
administration accessed via the VirtueMart administrative interface.
administration accessed via the VirtueMart administrative interface.
It assumes that you have already installed and configured your site (VirtueMart 1.1 with Joomla!
1.0.13).
1.0.13).
VirtueMart allows you to select "Simple Layout" and "Extended Layout". The simple layout is the
standard layout and provides a basic cross-browser-safe layout. The extended layout instead uses the
fabulous ExtJS library for creating a nested layout that allows better presentation of the administrative
functions of VirtueMart. So it opens items for editing in a new tab inside the main panel. It should
work fine on Internet Explorer 6+, Firefox 2+, Opera 9+ and Safari 2+.
standard layout and provides a basic cross-browser-safe layout. The extended layout instead uses the
fabulous ExtJS library for creating a nested layout that allows better presentation of the administrative
functions of VirtueMart. So it opens items for editing in a new tab inside the main panel. It should
work fine on Internet Explorer 6+, Firefox 2+, Opera 9+ and Safari 2+.
4.1. Shop Configuration
The Configuration Panel is the most important part of VirtueMart. It can be accessed via "Admin"
# "Configuration".
# "Configuration".
Figure 4.1. The Configuration Form
Note that the Configuration Panel can be accessed by Users with Permissions "admin" only (by
default).
default).
You can access the different parts of the Panel by clicking on the Tab Headings.
4.1.1. Global
Global
Shop is offline?
Here you can switch the shop from Online to Offline mode. In
offline mode, the offline message is displayed instead of the
offline mode, the offline message is displayed instead of the