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h1. VirtueMart Wiki 

 VirtueMart is an Open Source E-Commerce solution to be used together with a powerful 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 over more than 2 million downloads. It is reported to be the third most popular Ecommerce program in the world, and is in actual use in more websites than osCommerce, PrestaShop, and OpenCart. 

 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]]