VirtueMart

h1. VirtueMart Wiki

VirtueMart is an Open Source E-Commerce solution to be used together with a Content Management System (CMS) called Joomla!.  Joomla! and VirtueMart are written in PHP and made for easy use in a PHP/MySQL Environment. 

VirtueMart is the leading Online-Shop Solution for Joomla! with more than 2 million downloads so far. 

Requirements: 

* Joomla 1.5 or higher 

* PHP 5.2 and 5.3

* MySQL 5

h2. USER RESOURCES

*RECOMMENDED: 

Official VirtueMart 2 User Manual ebook:* http://oscmanuals.com/virtuemart-user-manual-with-free-install-quick-setup-guides-p-209.html?wiki

*Official VirtueMart 2 User Manual paperback:* www.amazon.com/ShowMe-Guides-VirtueMart-User-Manual/dp/1475144636

h3. ONLINE VIRTUEMART 2 ADMINISTRATION USER MANUAL 

[[VM2 Products Menu]]

[[VM2 Orders and Shoppers Menu]]

[[VM2 Manufacturers Menu]]

[[VM2 Shop Menu]]

[[VM2 Configuration Menu]]

[[VM2 Tools Menu]]

h3. INSTALLATION

[[Easy VirtueMart 2 Install Instructions]] - For Beginners

[[Installation of VirtueMart 2 with provided packages]]

[[Manual installation/update of VM2]] - For Developers

[[Create virtuemart installer]] - For Developers

h3. VIRTUEMART 2 UPGRADING/MIGRATION 

[[Latest live update information]] - For Beginners and Administrators

[[Upgrading VM1 to VM2 with provided packages]]

[[Migrate Joomla! 1.0 (incl. VirtueMart) to Joomla! 1.5]]

h3. USER INSTRUCTIONS, Explanations, How-To's & Hints

[[Hints for the use of the template system]]

[[General JS-Problems with templates and jQuery]]

[[Product custom fields without stock control]]

[[Product custom fields with stock control]]

[[Product custom fields Plugin Customer Text Input]]

[[Webservices usage]]

[[Tools]]

h2. DEVELOPER RESOURCES

h3. VirtueMart Development Getting Started

[[Nightly Builds]]

[[A note to new Developers]]

[[Developer guideline]]

- [[Setting up a Development Environment]]

-- [[Create virtuemart installer]]

- [[general php hints]]

- [[Coding standards and hints for Virtuemart]]

- [[GUI standard]]

[[Plugin system]]

[[Using Docblocks for quality code documentation]]

[[API documentation]]

[[Version infrastructure]]

[[Test cases]]

h2. SUPPORT RESOURCES

[[Writing documentation]]

[[Writing translation]]

[[Developing a module or plugin for VirtueMart 2]]

h2. VIRTUEMART VERSIONS

[[Version History]]

[[VirtueMart 1.5.x]]

[[VirtueMart 1.1.x]]

[[VirtueMart 1.0.x]]