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- Herausgeber: Packt Publishing
- Kategorie: Wissenschaft und neue Technologien
- Sprache: Englisch
nopCommerce is a powerful e-commerce engine that gives you the tools to build an online store and start making money. Starting your own e-commerce store can seem like a daunting task. However, with nopCommerce you can easily start selling products online in no time. nopCommerce comes loaded with everything you need to run a first class e-commerce storefront.Getting Started with nopCommerce walks you through all the steps to get your storefront up and running. You will learn how to download and install nopCommerce, as well as how to configure all the main components of the storefront. From learning about the public facing storefront to managing orders in the backend, you will have all the skills needed to run a successful store.Getting Started with nopCommerce is a step-by-step guide for creating your online store with nopCommerce, allowing you to build a feature-rich and customizable store to sell your products online. It guides you through installation, the public facing storefront, configuration, adding products, accepting payments, and processing orders. As you work through each chapter, your online store will grow in scope and functionality. By the time you finish this book, you will have a complete and working store.
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Getting Started with nopCommerce
Getting Started with nopCommerce
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Brandon Atkinson
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About the Author
Brandon Atkinson is an architect and developer for CapTech Consulting in Richmond, VA. He specializes in Microsoft technologies including ASP.NET and SharePoint, regularly contributing to the SharePoint forums on TechNet. Brandon has owned and operated several online stores over the years, and he has also helped many others with their e-commerce efforts. When he is not writing code, Brandon enjoys playing music, reading, and spending time with his wife.
This book is dedicated to my dad, Mike Atkinson. I'm sure he would be proud to see how far I've come and I miss him every day.
I thank my wife, Jennie Cook, who has always supported me in everything I do and has never told me any idea was too crazy to try; I love you.
Thanks to my brother, Brian Atkinson, who was my Sherpa guide for writing a book.
And thanks to my mom, Brenda Michaels, who taught me to have a firm hand shake, be polite, look people in the eye, and always hold doors for strangers. These skills have proven more valuable in my career than any bit of technical knowledge I can fit into my head.
About the Reviewers
Nicholas Cipollina is a Senior Software Engineer with expertise in .NET development and iOS development. He has over 12 years of software development experience including developing large-scale n-tier web applications and iOS mobile applications. Nicholas received his Bachelor of Science degree in Management Information Systems from Liberty University in Lynchburg, VA. He currently lives in Mechanicsville, VA, with his beautiful wife, Dawn, and his two little girls, Isabella and Hannah.
Jennie Cook received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Fashion Merchandising from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2004. She is a business consultant specializing in merchandising and marketing of e-commerce retail businesses and enjoys working with start-up businesses in particular.
With over 10 years of experience, Jennie amassed a wealth of knowledge that she now shares with her students as an adjunct professor in the Fashion Merchandising department at her alma mater.
Currently, Jennie is working on her own online venture using nopCommcerce. Revelry Row, a website specializing in women's jewelry and accessories, was launched in 2012.
Chris Stout is a manager at CapTech Consulting, and has spent over 15 years working on a variety of web-related technologies. He is currently working in mobile security with a financial services client, and has interest in Windows Phone development and cloud computing. When not at work, Chris enjoys woodworking, scuba diving, and hanging with his wife and daughter.
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Preface
You're reading this book because you've decided to open an online store and you've chosen nopCommerce as your e-commerce engine. Congratulations! Opening an e-commerce storefront is an exciting adventure and nopCommerce is a top-shelf product that will serve you well. nopCommerce is an open source e-commerce engine built with Microsoft's ASP.NET MVC framework and which uses Microsoft's SQL Server database. This engine is a complete solution that includes everything you need.
nopCommerce consists of two major areas:
There are other areas in nopCommerce, including a blog and forums. However, these areas are outside the scope of this book, but you should be aware there is more to nopCommerce than just the e-commerce engine.
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Real world
In most installations, you may not use the built-in blog and forums provided. There are many products on the market that are solely built for these purposes, such as WordPress for blogging. Sometimes, it makes sense to use nopCommerce solely as your e-commerce engine and use other products for blogging and forums.
nopCommerce is licensed under the nopCommerce Public License v3. This license is the GPLv3 license with the additional requirement of having Powered by nopCommerce text on the bottom of each page. The GPLv3 license states that the software is free to use, change, share, and also that you are free to share your code changes with other users. Visit the GNU website (http://www.gnu.org/) for detailed information on the GPLv3 license.
The text requirement under the nopCommerce Public License v3 can be removed by purchasing a "nopCommerce copyright removal key" from the nopCommerce website.
This book was written using nopCommerce 2.80. All of the screenshots are from this version, which introduced a new theme that was not available in previous versions. However, the majority of the content is applicable to all versions of nopCommerce from 2.00 and above. To view all the versions of nopCommerce and to obtain details of the differences, visit the nopCommerce website.
What this book covers
Chapter 1, Downloading and Installing nopCommerce, will explain the various flavors of nopCommerce and will show you how to download and install the engine to your hosting provider or development environment.
Chapter 2, The Public-facing Storefront, will guide you through the storefront your customers will be using, explaining the various components along the way.
Chapter 3, The Administration Site, will guide you through the backend of nopCommerce and will highlight key areas where you'll be building your store.
Chapter 4, Configuring the Store, gives you a walkthrough of how to configure the most important areas of your store to get up and running fast.
Chapter 5, Processing Orders, will explain how to process orders you receive via your storefront as well as how to manage shipments and impersonate your customers.
What you need for this book
nopCommerce has several requirements needed before you begin working with it. These requirements and pre-requisites are different if you plan on performing custom development versus installing and using nopCommerce out of the box. The following list applies to versions of nopCommerce 2.0 through 2.8.
The following base components are required:
If you plan to write custom code or modify the code you will also need to the following:
Who this book is for
This book is for anyone who wants to build an e-commerce website using nopCommerce. No development experience is required to use nopCommerce or for this book. If you would like to perform custom development with nopCommerce, you should have experience using Visual Studio as well as ASP.NET MVC, C#, and jQuery.
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Code words in text, database table names, folder names, filenames, file extensions, pathnames, dummy URLs, user input, and Twitter handles are shown as follows: "Using your FTP program, connect to your hosting provider and upload all the files from the nopCommerce_2.80_NoSource folder."
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Chapter 1. Downloading and Installing nopCommerce
nopCommerce is easy to obtain and easy to install. Whether you are a talented developer looking forward to highly customize your site, or you're a business owner who would just like to get their online store up and running fast, you'll find a flavor for you. nopCommerce can be downloaded as a ready to install e-commerce engine or as full source code ready to be modified. No matter which path you take, the end result is the same—a fully-featured e-commerce engine that will allow you to sell your products online and make money. This chapter will cover everything you need to know for downloading and installing nopCommerce. If you are interested in developing custom code, we'll also cover what prerequisites you will need and how to set up your development environment.
Prerequisites and requirements
nopCommerce has several requirements needed before you begin working with it. These requirements and prerequisites are different if you plan on performing custom development versus installing and using nopCommerce out of the box. The following list applies to versions of nopCommerce 2.0 through 2.8.
The following base components are required:
If you plan to write custom code or modify the existing code, you will also need to install the following:
