OpenCart 1.4 Beginner's Guide Build and manage professional online shopping stores easily using OpenCart Murat Yilmaz BIRMINGHAM - MUMBAI OpenCart 1.4 Beginner's Guide Copyright © 2010 Packt Publishing All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embedded in critical articles or reviews. Every effort has been made in the preparation of this book to ensure the accuracy of the information presented. However, the information contained in this book is sold without warranty, either express or implied. Neither the author, Packt Publishing, nor its dealers or distributors will be held liable for any damages caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly by this book. Packt Publishing has endeavored to provide trademark information about all the companies and products mentioned in this book by the appropriate use of capitals. However, Packt Publishing cannot guarantee the accuracy of this information. First published: August 2010 Production Reference: 1190810 Published by Packt Publishing Ltd. 32 Lincoln Road Olton Birmingham, B27 6PA, UK. ISBN 978-1-84951-302-9 www.packtpub.com Cover Image by Duraid Fatouhi (
[email protected]) Credits Author Murat Yilmaz Reviewers Jose Argudo Editorial Team Leader Akshara Aware Project Team Leader Priya Mukherji Tomáš Kissík René Skotnik Project Coordinator Leena Purkait Acquisition Editor Dilip Venkatesh Proofreader Aaron Nash Development Editor Akash Johari Production Coordinator Melwyn D'sa Technical Editor Pallavi Kachare Cover Work Melwyn D'sa Indexer Tejal Daruwale About the author Murat Yilmaz is a software developer, and online entrepreneur who lives in Moscow. Murat has over 10 years of experience in different IT fields including development of web driven solutions, database and OLAP systems and has worked in several international companies in Istanbul (Turkey), Anchorage (Alaska), and Moscow (Russia) as a consultant. He currently runs his own blog and online advertising network. He holds a bachelor degree in Computer Science, Marmara University at Istanbul. He spends his free time playing progressive rock songs on the guitar and enjoys writing for his gadgets and technology blog at www.vubx.com. He is also author of OpenX Ad Server Beginner's Guide from Packt, which teaches people about building and maintaining professional, online advertising solutions for their web sites. For my newborn son Deniz, I wish that your life will always be full of sunshine and a blue sea of dreams. About the reviewers Jose Argudo is a web developer from Valencia, Spain. After finishing his studies he started working for a web design company. After working six years for that company, and some others, he decided to start working as a freelancer. Now, after some years have passed, he things that's the best decision he has ever taken, a decision that has l