VirtueMart - 1.1 Installation Guide
VirtueMart 1.1 Installation Tutorial
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Caution
If you don't change your Store Information and the
Email Address, VirtueMart sends Order Confirmation
Emails to demo_order@virtuemart.net.
Email Address, VirtueMart sends Order Confirmation
Emails to demo_order@virtuemart.net.
Localization / Language
Whatever language you set in the Global Configuration:
VirtueMart tries to pick it from its own language directory:
VirtueMart tries to pick it from its own language directory:
/administrator/components/com_virtuemart/
languages
If the selected language isn't found, the english language file is
loaded by default - so you must never delete it.
loaded by default - so you must never delete it.
Search Engine Friendly URLs
Recommended: Off
VirtueMart is fully SEF compatible, but please note that some
the SEF links for VirtueMart, which are generated by Joomla's /
Mambo's SEF module or others, sometimes lead to "URL
redirection limit exceeded..." or internal server errors.
the SEF links for VirtueMart, which are generated by Joomla's /
Mambo's SEF module or others, sometimes lead to "URL
redirection limit exceeded..." or internal server errors.
4. About the VirtueMart Project
VirtueMart is an Open Source E-Commerce solution for Joomla! [http://joomla.org] and Mambo
[http://mambo-foundation.org].
[http://mambo-foundation.org].
VirtueMart is released under the GNU General Public License. It is free to download and use.
There's a small group of developers who help in making this Shopping Cart Script more professional
and easily usable. The author of this documentation is the Lead Developer...and having not much time
besides Wife, Kids, Work & Studies.
and easily usable. The author of this documentation is the Lead Developer...and having not much time
besides Wife, Kids, Work & Studies.
History: VirtueMart is the successor of mambo-phpShop. mambo-phpShop was the first port of
phpShop to Mambo. phpShop was developed by Edikon Corp. [http://www.edikon.com] and the
phpShop community - http://www.phpshop.org.
phpShop to Mambo. phpShop was developed by Edikon Corp. [http://www.edikon.com] and the
phpShop community - http://www.phpshop.org.
5. The Community
Since VirtueMart is free and Open Source Software, everyone using it can (and should!) contribute
to this project.
to this project.
You can send your code snippets, hints and anything else helpful to the Homepage of the project:
http://virtuemart.net.
http://virtuemart.net.
There's also an active Forum, where discussion and bug reporting can take place: Forum [http://
forum.virtuemart.net/index.php].
forum.virtuemart.net/index.php].
The VirtueMart Developer Portal [http://dev.virtuemart.net] is an open Development + Hosting
Platform for all VirtueMart-related Open Source Projects. It offers the same services as
JoomlaCode [http://joomlacode.org] or Sourceforge [http://sourceforge.net], but focusses on
VirtueMart Development. The Portal is powered by a free Open Source Community License of
CodeBeamer [https://codebeamer.com] - the Enterprise Collaborative Development Platform by
Intland [http://www.intland.com].
Platform for all VirtueMart-related Open Source Projects. It offers the same services as
JoomlaCode [http://joomlacode.org] or Sourceforge [http://sourceforge.net], but focusses on
VirtueMart Development. The Portal is powered by a free Open Source Community License of
CodeBeamer [https://codebeamer.com] - the Enterprise Collaborative Development Platform by
Intland [http://www.intland.com].
6. The Documentation
This documentation was written using XMLMind XML Editor [http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor]
and the DocBook [http://www.docbook.org] XML Format.
and the DocBook [http://www.docbook.org] XML Format.