Learn everything you need to know in order to get your first Drupal Commerce website set up and trading Key Features Understand the key concepts of Drupal Commerce, its philosophy, and how it fits in the Drupal Ecosystem Learn the essentials of planning your store to save time and frustration Set up and configure your store including the catalogue, taxes, discounts, coupons, and shipping Configure your cart and checkout process and integrate them with a payment gateway Learn with the help of a step-by-step guide to creating a new e-store using a real life example Book DescriptionDrupal Commerce is emerging as the preferred option for open source e-commerce, and it also stands up to comparison against established proprietary systems. Getting Started with Drupal Commerce is an introductory guide to building an online store using Drupal Commerce in Drupal 7. Getting Started with Drupal Commerce takes you step-by-step through a complete e-commerce website build, from a clean installation of Drupal to a working example store. Starting with how to set up a Drupal development environment, we then discuss the planning of an e-commerce site and the typical questions you should be asking before getting started. Next, we walk through all of the essential setup required for most types of e-shop, including taxes, shipping, discounts and coupons, the checkout process, and backend order management. By the end of Getting Started with Drupal Commerce, you will be fully-equipped to plan and build your own store and you will understand the fundamental principles of Drupal Commerce that will enable you to progress to more complex store builds.What you will learn Learn the fundamental concepts of Drupal Commerce Install Drupal and Drupal Commerce in a local development environment Plan an e-shop for building in Drupal Commerce Install and configure Drupal Commerce Set up a product catalogue and learn the difference between product displays and variations Configure VAT and sales tax Set up the checkout process Create price variations and special offers for products and customers Manage the order process in Commerce Backoffice Extend Commerce with more contributed modules Who this book is forThis book is for beginners and will take you through the installation and configuration of Drupal Commerce from scratch, but some familiarity with Drupal 7 will be an advantage. All examples are based on development on a local computer 'AEi you do not need a hosted Drupal environment.

About the Author
Richard Jones is the Technical Director of i-KOS, a UK-based digital agency specializing in Drupal and e-commerce. He has been working with the project leads of Drupal Commerce since the early planning stages, and he maintains a number of contributed modules on drupal.org under the username ikos.Since joining i-KOS as Technical Director in 2003, Richard has worked with Managing Director Myles Davidson to build the business from a 3-person web agency into a 20-person e-commerce consultancy powered by Drupal. During that time, he has worked on some of the largest high-profile Drupal Commerce builds to date. Richard heads up all Drupal site builds and e-commerce projects at i-KOS. He specializes in Drupal site development, training and bespoke module development, Internet strategy, and e-commerce. Richard is a prolific Drupal module contributor and a regular speaker at UK and international Drupal events.Outside of the Drupal world, Richard lives on the south coast of England in Hove with his wife and two young daughters.


Book Information
ISBN 9781783280230
Author Richard Jones
Page Count 152
Imprint Packt Publishing Limited
Publisher Packt Publishing Limited