Couple of days ago I posted a question on VirtueMart user registration, but it remained unanswered. May be my question was not clear enough to understand. However, just before this post, I conducted a forum search on VirtueMart but found only one forum posting and that is my earlier post. So I decided to give it an introduction here although presumably a lot of Astahost forum members are using it or its predecessor PHPShop
VirtueMart works as a plug-in component with Mambo/Joomla ( A CMS and discussed many a time in Astahost forum) and can not operate as stand-alone application.
The Salient Features:
Products can be classified into different categories and sub-categories upto any level depth.
That is classification like stores/books/poetry/Rabindra Nath Tagore/---- upto any level depth is possible unlike the container CMS ( Mambo/Joomla) which allows you to arrange topics like section/category/items only.
It can be configured globally to act both as a Shopping Cart or as a Category listings ( without a shopping cart).
Tax calculation and stock management.
Manages downloadable products like e-Books/Softwares as well.
You can create different Shopper Groups and assign users to different groups. Restrict "Display prices" to specific user groups!
Front-end administration is possible. So you do not need to log on to the Back-end to manage stores.
Manage different Currencies, Countries.
VirtueMart uses safe SSL encryption (128-bit) and Shared SSL for payment processing.
Order Management is completely automated.
Downloads and Installations
If you want to give it a FREE try first thing you require to do is to download VirtueMart 1.0.5 COMPLETE PACKAGE HOT!
Now you require to install VirtueMart as a Mambo/Joomla component and create a new menu item to point to your FREE online Shopping Cart.
For a complete installation guideline please read this article.
In short, it is definitely going to play a major role in providing eCommerce Solutions to the Mambo/Joomla users for its professional looks and feels, easy-to-use Adminstration and a wide range of Add-on features.
Support
So far as my earlier post is concered, I managed to get the answer here!
Yes, that is surely one strong point of using it, VirtueMart has a very active support forum.
Regards,
Sid
