Selling Online With Drupal E-commerce: Walk Through The Creation Of An Online Store With Drupal's E-commerce Module (from Technologies To Solutions)

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This book will show you how to sell online using the award-winning open-source Drupal web application. No prior experience of Drupal is required; you will learn all you need as you step through the creation of an online shop. You will learn the basics of Drupal, and see how to use the standard features of Drupal to begin construction of an online shop, and improve the selling interface, handling of orders, and reporting with new modules and other customizations. This book is for people who want to start selling online as quickly as possible, and want to see how to use the proven Drupal platform to achieve this. The book is ideal for use in a small business with only basic in-house technical skills. It will also be useful for developers who not only want to create an e-commerce site, but also want a CMS platform for expanding the site in the future. No prior knowledge of Drupal is required. No PHP experience is expected, although it will be useful. Basic knowledge of e-commerce will also be useful, although the main concepts are introduced and covered as required.

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Selling Online with Drupal e-Commerce Walk through the creation of an online store with Drupal's e-Commerce module Michael Peacock BIRMINGHAM - MUMBAI This material is copyright and is licensed for the sole use by lawrence rambert on 16th June 2009 2012 price st, , rahway, , 07065 Selling Online with Drupal e-Commerce Copyright © 2008 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: March 2008 Production Reference: 1180308 Published by Packt Publishing Ltd. 32 Lincoln Road Olton Birmingham, B27 6PA, UK. ISBN 978-1-847194-06-0 www.packtpub.com Cover Image by Nilesh R. Mohite ([email protected]) This material is copyright and is licensed for the sole use by lawrence rambert on 16th June 2009 2012 price st, , rahway, , 07065 Credits Author Michael Peacock Reviewers Bruno Massa Project Manager Abhijeet Deobhakta Project Coordinator Abhijeet Deobhakta Gordon Heydon Greg Holsclaw Indexer Hemangini Bari Senior Acquisition Editor Douglas Paterson Proofreader Chris Smith Development Editor Nikhil Bangera Production Coordinator Aparna Bhagat Technical Editor Dhiraj Chandiramani Cover Work Aparna Bhagat Editorial Team Leader Mithil Kulkarni This material is copyright and is licensed for the sole use by lawrence rambert on 16th June 2009 2012 price st, , rahway, , 07065 About the Author Michael Peacock is a web developer and senior partner of Peacock, Carter & Associates (http://www.peacockcarter.co.uk) a web design and development business. Michael loves building websites and web applications, and when he isn't, likes to read, watch films, and occasion