Building Online Stores with osCommerce: Beginner Edition Table Of Contents

Table of Contents

• Introduction

• Chapter 1: Introduction to E-Commerce with osCommerce
• What is E-Commerce?
• The What and Why of osCommerce
• The osCommerce Online Community
• Contributions
• Forums
• Knowledge Base
• Documentation
• Bug and Progress Reports
• Summary

• Chapter 2: Setting Up osCommerce
• Your Site's Basic Requirements
• Downloading osCommerce
• Transferring osCommerce to Your Live Site
• FTP Drag and Drop
• FTP Utility
• Make Sure the Host is Ready
• Installing osCommerce on the Host
• Configuring osCommerce
• Troubleshooting
• Summary

• Chapter 3: Basic Configuration
• The Administration Tool
• My Store
• Maximum and Minimum Values
• Images
• Customer Details
• Shipping and Packaging
• Product Listing
• Stock
• Logging
• Cache
• Email Options
• Download
• GZip Compression
• Sessions
• Summary

• Chapter 4: Working with Data
• Preparing to Add Product Data
• Catalog
• Categories/Products
• Adding and Deleting Categories and Products
• Moving and Copying Categories and Products
• Product Attributes
• Manufacturers
• Reviews
• Specials
• Products Expected
• Customers
• Orders
• Viewing Reports
• Summary

• Chapter 5: Customization
• Language Definitions
• english.php
• index.php
• Using HTML for Language Formatting
• Working with Boxes and Columns
• Removing a Box
• Moving Boxes
• Modifying Box Content
• Adding a Box
• Removing a Column
• Dealing with Images
• The images Folder
• Sizing and Naming Images
• Graphics—Logos and Icons
• Creating and Inserting New Graphics
• Moving and Removing Graphics
• Background Images
• Button Images
• Customizations Using the Stylesheet
• Inserting Background Images
• Changing Colors and Fonts
• Miscellaneous Customizations
• Resizing Pages
• Adding Pages
• Emails
• Summary

• Chapter 6: Taxes, Payments, and Shipping
• Locations and Taxes
• Tax Zones
• Tax Classes and Rates
• Getting Paid with PayPal
• Setting Up PayPal on osCommerce
• Connecting osCommerce and PayPal
• Working with PayPal
• Credit Card Payments
• The Credit Card Module
• The PsiGate Module
• Alternative Forms of Payments
• Checks and Money Orders
• Cash on Delivery
• Shipping
• Flat Rates
• Per Item
• Table Rate
• UPS and USPS
• Zone Rates
• Contechst Book's Shipping Solution
• Summary

• Chapter 7: More Advanced Topics
• Securing the Administration Tool
• Creating Password-Protected Folders
• Implementing SSL for the admin Folder
• Securing Payments
• The Front End of the Store
• The Back End of the Store
• PayPal Payments
• Credit Card Payments
• Low Stock Reports
• Working with Downloadable Products
• Installing the Download Controller
• Working with the Download Controller
• Testing the Download Controller
• Creating Matching Buttons
• Search Engine Optimization
• Summary

• Appendix A: Troubleshooting
• Types of Errors
• An Effective Process for Dealing with Bugs
• Debugging Code Yourself
• Summary

• Index