Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Authors; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Installation; Installing Magento locally; Requirements; Time for action -- installing Magento on a Windows machine; I'm on Mac; what should I do?; Installing Magento at a hosting service; How to choose a Magento hosting provider; Installatron; Time for action -- installing Magento using Installatron; What is SSL and do I need it?; Summary; Chapter 2: General Configuration; The installation is complete; what's next?; The Magento Dashboard; Managing Stores
General settingsSetting up taxes; General taxation settings; Product Tax Classes; Customer Tax Classes; Customer groups; Managing tax zones and rates; Managing tax rules; EU business to business VAT; Time for action -- using VAT validation; Summary; Chapter 3: Categories and Attributes; What you need to know; An example category structure; Catalog defaults; Time for action -- catalog settings; Working with attributes; Time for action -- creating your own attribute; Using attribute sets; Time for action -- creating your attribute set; Using categories
Step 8 -- the Categories tabTime for action -- filling the Categories tab; Related products, up-selling, and cross-selling; Adding related products in Magento; Time for action -- adding related products; Summary; Chapter 5: Beyond Adding Simple Products; Virtual products and Downloadable products; Adding a Virtual product; Time for action -- adding a Downloadable product; Grouped products; Time for action -- adding a Grouped product; Configurable products; Time for action -- creating a Configurable product; Simple products don't already exist; Simple products already exist; Bundle products
Time for action -- creating a Bundle productSummary; Chapter 6: Customer Relationships; Setting up guest checkout; Newsletters; Configuring contact options; Configuring customer options; Customer accounts on the frontend; Time for action -- registering for an account; Customer accounts in the backend; Time for action -- adding a customer; Managing an existing customer; Summary; Chapter 7: Accepting Payments; Common payment methods; Setting up Magento's default payment methods; Setting up PayPal Payments Standard; Time for action -- starting to sell through PayPal; Setting up saved credit cards
Time for action -- creating your first categorySummary; Chapter 4: Simple Products; Adding a Simple Product; Step 1 -- creating a product and assigning an attribute set; Step 2 -- the General tab; Time for action -- filling the General tab; Step 3 -- the Prices tab; Time for action -- filling the Prices tab; Step 4 -- the Meta Information tab; Time for action -- filling the Meta Information tab; Step 5 -- the Images tab; Time for action -- filling the Images tab; Step 6 -- the Custom tab; Time for action -- filling the Custom tab; Step 7 -- the Inventory tab; Time for action -- filling the Inventory tab
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This book is written in a friendly, beginner's guide style with plenty of step-by-step instructions for installing, configuring, and using Magento to run your own e-commerce site. We will set up an example store in the book with enough information to adapt the instructions according to your needs. This book is for anyone who wants to create an online store using Magento. If you are a non-technical person and are discouraged by the complexity of this powerful e-commerce application, this book is ideal for you. This book would also suit someone with e-commerce knowledge but requires a guide to ge