VM2 Shop Menu¶

Shop Menu¶

This is general information about you, the shop vendor.

Shop - Vendor Tab¶

Shop Name¶

The name of this website.

Shop Company Name¶

The name of the company that runs this website.

URL¶

This will be filled in for you, do not change it!

Minimum purchase order value for your shop¶

If you want to refuse small purchases and force customers to purchase more than a minimum amount, enter the amount here.

Currency¶

Select your main currency from the drop-down list.

List of accepted currencies¶

Click in the box to display a drop-down list of all currencies to select from. Click the X on a currency to delete it.

Vendor Information - Images¶

Type a space to see a list of all images, or the red X on the image to delete it. Click the bottom right icon on the image to edit the image information. If your media won't upload, scroll down to the bottom of the page and check to see that the long links say "WRITEABLE." If not, use cPanel's FILE MANAGER to change the "Write Permissions" on the folders listed to 755 (on some hosts 777).

File Published?¶

Check the box to publish or uncheck the box to hide the media.

Unique Filename¶

A unique "alias" or name for the media.

Displayed Image Title¶

What words do you want to appear when visitors put their cursor over the image?

Image Alt-Text¶

What words do you want a sight-impaired reader to hear to describe this image?

Used URL¶

Leave blank for VirtueMart to assign a URL to this media.

Used Thumb URL¶

Leave blank for VirtueMart to assign a URL to this media.

Role¶

Choose "displayable" to allow customers to view the media only, or "downloadable" if you want them to be able to download the media.

Storing location/type¶

Category is filled in for you.

Upload File¶

To upload an image from your computer, click the BROWSE Button and select it from your personal computer. Then choose whether to upload, replace existing image or replace the existing thumbnail image. IMPORTANT: If you do not select the UPLOAD radio button, the image will not upload. Click the top right SAVE Button to upload.

Description¶

A description for the home page, sometimes called the "Home Page Welcome" text. Type the text like typing an email. Use the buttons at the bottom of the editor as follows:

ARTICLE Button¶

Link an article to the text.

IMAGE¶

Insert an image where your cursor is.

PAGE BREAK Button¶

Insert a page break.

READ MORE Button¶

Inserts the words "READ MORE..." so reader can click to expand and read all.

TOGGLE EDITOR Button¶

For advanced users, switch between HTML and design views.

Terms of Service¶

If you require customers to read and accept the Terms of Service (turn TOS ON or OFF in CONFIGURATION - Configuration - Checkout Tab - Terms of Service), type or edit the text here.

Legal Information¶

Delete the sample text and insert your own disclaimers, copyright or other information here.

Shop - Additional Information Tab¶

Vendor - Permissions¶

You are already assigned to the highest level, Admin. If you want to lower your own permissions, select a different role from this box. NOT RECOMMENDED.

Shopper Number/ID¶

This is pre-filled in for your information. If you use website statistics, you can use this number to eliminate your own visits to your store and get a true count of visitors.

Shopper Group¶

You can assign yourself to a special user group, example Wholesale, so you can see your storefront as your customers do. But I recommend that you sign up as a customer to create a separate account for testing, and then in your Admin assign them to a special group.

Shipment Addresses¶

Most users can add an additional shipment address here by clicking the green "+" icon. But because you are editing the "Super User" record, nothing happens. You must edit your address in JOOMLA's Users - User Manager - Super User.

Additional Information¶

This is all your logon information. When you have finished, click the top right SAVE Button.

Shop - General User Information Tab¶

Displayed Name¶

The name you want to be visible in the store.

Username¶

The name you will use to log onto the website.

Email¶

Your email address for receiving system messages, lost password reset, etc. from your VirtueMart store.

New Password and Verify Password¶

To change your password, type the new password in both boxes.

Receive System Emails¶

Do you want to receive emails, for example, copies of each order? Choose yes or no.

Media Files New or Edit¶

You can view and manage all the media files - images, video, pdf's, anything you need to upload or customers need to download - from this one easy location.

If you think this looks a lot like the product images tab, you are right! This is just ALL product images in one location.

Shipment Methods¶

VirtueMart includes one pre-installed flexible shipment method that you can configure many different ways. You can also purchase additional shipment modules, or have them custom-made for you. We discuss the pre-installed method here.

Shipment Methods - Information Tab¶

Shipment Name¶

Give a unique name to your shipment method. This name will appear in your checkout page.

Published¶

Must select YES for Published or the shipment method will NOT appear in your store.

Shipment Description¶

This explanation will appear in the checkout page so your customer can understand the choice(s).

Shipment Method¶

There is only one shipment method pre-installed in VirtueMart, so select it from the drop-down list.

Shopper Group¶

If you use customer groups like Wholesale, click in the box to display the drop-down menu, then select it. Otherwise, leave at default.

List Order¶

If you use multiple shipment methods, put a 1 for this method to appear first, 2 to appear second, etc.

Shipment Methods - Configuration Tab¶

Logo¶

If you have uploaded a small image to display on shipping and payment documents, select it here.

Countries¶

If you wish to ship to only some countries, click in the box and select the individual country names. If you will ship to any country, leave blank.

Zip range start and Zip Range end¶

To limit shipping to only certain zip codes, enter them here. Otherwise, leave blank.

Lowest Weight, Highest weight and Weight Unit¶

To limit shipping by weight, enter lowest and highest weights here. Otherwise, leave blank.

Minimum and Maximum Number of Products¶

To limit shipping by number of products, enter lowest and highest number of products here. Otherwise, leave blank.

Minimum and Maximum Order Amount¶

To limit shipping by price, enter lowest and highest prices here. Otherwise, leave blank.

Shipment Cost, Package Fee, Tax¶

How much will the customer pay for shipping if they meet the criteria you specified above? Will you charge a fee per package? If you are required to pay tax on shipping, select it here.

Minimum Amount for Free Shipment¶

If you want to allow free shipping, example on orders over $100, enter 100.00 here. Otherwise, leave blank.

Payment Methods¶

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