Create e-commerce website Opencart

Prepared by : Reth Chantharoth

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Create e-commerce website

Opencart• What is opencart?

Opencart is free open source ecommerce platform for

online merchants. Opencart provides a professional and

reliable foundation from which to build a successful online

store. This foundation appeals to a wide variety of users;

ranging from seasoned web developers looking for a user-

friendly interface to use, to shop owners just launching their

business online for the first time.

Advantages of Opencart• Open source

• Unlimited category

• Unlimited product

• Unlimited manufacture

• Templatable

• Multi-currency

• Multi-language

• Product Review

• Product Rating

• Downloadable product

Advantages of Opencart• Automatic remote resize

• Multiple tax rate

• Related products

• Unlimited information pages

• Shipping weight calculation

• Discount coupon system

• Search Engine Optimizing(SEO)

• Module System

• Backup and Restore tools

• Printable invoice

• Sale report

Requirement

• Web server(perferably Apache)

• PHP (at least 5.2)

• MySQL

• Opencart zip file (Download latest version of Opencart

from OpenCart website )

Software recommendation : Xampp Control Panel

How to install opencart in localhost• Install Xapmm Control Panel

• Go to this directory in your computer C:\xampp\htdocs and

create a folder. Rename the folder as you want (eg.

onlineshoes).

• Unzip the zip file of opencart and copy : “upload ” folder ,

“license.txt” file , and “Readme.txt” file to the created folder(eg .

onlineshoes) in that directory(C:\xampp\htdocs \onlineshoes).

Getting start with opencart1. Create database for shop

• Start web service and MySQL

• Create a new database for your shop in phpmyadmin.

• Open web browser and login to admin page(According to sample

above, the address is localhost:/onlineshoes/upload).

Getting start with opencart(continue)1. Create database for shop

• Tick on I agree to the license and then click Continue.

Getting start with opencart(continue)1. Create database for shop

• In Page, Step 2 – Pre- Installation , click Continue.

• In Page , Step 3 – Configure . Configure database connection and

username and password for administration. Click continue.

Getting start with opencart(continue)1. Create database for shop

• Step 4- finished

Getting start with opencart(continue)After finished, you can see : store front page and administrator

page.

• Store front :

Getting start with opencart(continue)After finished, you can see : store front page and administrator

page.

• Administrator page :

Getting start with opencart(continue)Opencart default theme :

Getting start with opencart(continue)Product page :

Getting start with opencart(continue)Category product listing :

Getting start with opencart(continue)Product comparation :

Getting start with opencart(continue)Registration page :

Getting start with opencart(continue)Shopping cart :

Getting start with opencart(continue)Check out :

• There are 6 step :

• Step 1: Checkout Options

The customer can log into or register their account.

• Step 2: Billing Details :Personal details including "First Name", "Last

Name", "E-mail", and "Telephone" ……etc.

• Step 3: Delivery Details: user can choose other for payment.

• Step 4: Delivery Method : A method of shipping is selected here. A

comment box is added for the customer to add comments about their

order.

• Step 5: Payment Method : The customer selects their method of

payment here and may add comments in the comment box.

• Step 6: Confirm Order : In this last step, the customer will see an

overview of their purchase; including the product description, quantity,

and price (with tax & shipping).

Administrator panel1. Dashboard:

The main function of the dashboard is to give the shop owner an overview

of how the shop is performing.

There are 3 sections of the dashboard that can help you understand the

statistical data collected by your store:

• Overview

• Statics : A graph is provided to track the chronological progress of the store

relative to the amount of orders and customers over time. The x

value is time. The y value displays the number of total orders

(yellow) and total customers(blue).

• Latest 10 Orders : A list that displays the last 10 orders and their details

("Order ID", "Customer", "Status", "Date Added", "Total", and "Action")

Administrator panel2. Catalog:

• Category : you can add, edit, delete category here.

• Click insert to add a new category.

• Click Edit to edit category.

• Tick on tickbox, which is in front of product, and then click on Delete button to delete category

Administrator panel2. Catalog:

• Attribute: The attributes section lets you edit the attributes compared

between products in "Product Comparison"

Administrator panel2. Catalog:

• Options : lets you customize what details the customer sees when

checking out a product.

Administrator panel2. Catalog:

• Manufacturer : The Manufacturer section is used to categorize products

by manufacturer.

Administrator panel2. Catalog:

• Download :This section is only applicable to you if you sell digital products,

or products that have a downloadable component such as a PDF User

Guide or similar

Administrator panel2. Catalog:

• Review : Product reviews can be both submitted and viewed by customers

on the product page.

Note : Disable product review : In administration panel, go to

Administrator panel2. Catalog:

• Review :

Note : Disable product review : In administration panel, go to

SystemSetting . Under Action column , Click on edit for your store

name, and then click on Option Tab. In product session , click on No for

Allow Reviews .

Administrator panel2. Catalog:

• Information :

The Information section displays specific company information in

the footer of every page

Administrator panel3. Extensions:

• Modules : the Extension section contains additional tools to improve

the functionality of the OpenCart store.

Administrator panel3. Extensions:

• Shipping : The shipping methods need to be installed before they

can be enabled or disabled for the store. Each shipping method

needs to be individually edited to meet your shop's shipping

requirements and to specify the prices for that service.

Administrator panel3. Extensions:

• Payments : The OpenCart package offers a variety of payment

methods, from bank transfers to online payment gateways.

Administrator panel3. Extensions:

• Order total : These totals are extra fees that are added to the total

sum of an order in the store's shopping cart.

Administrator panel4. Sales :

• Order :When a customer goes through checkout, the information

on their order is automatically transferred to the Orders section for

you to keep track of. In the administration, you can view all of the

orders made on their site, manually add orders, or edit the details of

existing orders.

Administrator panel4. Sales :

• Customers : Shop owners can know their customers are and how

to manage their information.

• Affiliates : OpenCart gives you the opportunity to set up an

affiliate program to promote additional traffic to your shop. User

can add new, edit ,and approve attifiates.

• Gift vouchers can be individually sent to customers through their

email by other customers in the store front. The customer receiving

the gift certificate can use the code provided in the email at the

shopping cart to deduct the gift voucher amount from the order

total.

• Mail : The Mail system in OpenCart lets you send emails to specific

customer groups. You can use this feature to send newsletters,

information on specials, or to communicate any type of store

information to select groups of customers.

Administrator panel5. System :

• Setting: The Settings page lets you manage stores and their

individual settings. To edit settings , go to System Click on setting ,

and then click on edit for your store name.

• Designer :

• Layouts : you can edit some sitting such as Account, Affiliate,

category, check out, contact, default , Home, information ,

manufacturer , product, and sitemap.

• Banners : lets you customize the images and links displayed on

the banners.

• Users :

• Users : Managing the in's and out's of the admin side of an

online store can be quite the task for just one person to

handle.

• User Groups : set specific access and modification

permissions to user.

Administrator panel5. System :

• Localisation :The Localisation section takes into account

all the regional information needed to manage

customers and orders from different countries. This

information is needed to calculate shipping, estimate

taxes, convert product prices between currencies, and

manage other important tasks such as language, currency,

stock status, order status, return, country, zone, geo

zone, Taxes, Length class, weight class.

• Error Log : If a user experiences an error in the store,

the error will be displayed in an error log under System

> Error Logs. This section can be used by web

developers to track errors in coding for the store.

Pressing "Clear Log" will clear the list of errors.

Administrator panel5. System :

• Backup / restore :lets you download a backup of the

store's current database or restore the database to the

administration in System>Backup/Restore

Administrator panel6. Report : Let’s you view all report related the shop such as

sales, products, customers, affiliated.

Developer Guide• Opencart developed with PHP, OOP and the MVC

architecture.

• Developer module : All admin files are located in the admin/

folder:

1. Controller

2. Model

3. View

4. Language

Developer Guide (continue)• Controller : OpenCart identifies existing modules automatically,

simply by reading the admin/controller/module folder of your

store. created in the admin/view/template/module folder, and will

have the suffix .tpl.

• View :The second required file for your module's admin

interface is the view file. This will be created in the

admin/view/template/module folder, and will have the suffix .tpl.

• Language : The third file you will usually create for any module

is the language file(s). You will need one language file per language

that your module is compatible with. The language file will live in

the admin/language//module folder

Developer Guide (continue)• Model : For opencart, It is uncommon for modules to require a

model file on the admin side.The model file will live in the

admin/model/module folder.

Moving opencart to new server

• Copy all the OpenCart files from your existing web server

to the new web server.

• Export the OpenCart database and import it into the new

server.

• Edit config.php and admin/config.php. These files contain the

filesystem paths to OpenCart folders, URLs to OpenCart

frontend and admin, and database access details. The paths

and database details will most likely need to be updated, and

the URLs will need to be changed only if the OpenCart

store's domain has changed.

Adding language to opencart

• Copy all the OpenCart files from your existing web server

to the new web server.

• Export the OpenCart database and import it into the new

server.

• Edit config.php and admin/config.php. These files contain the

filesystem paths to OpenCart folders, URLs to OpenCart

frontend and admin, and database access details. The paths

and database details will most likely need to be updated, and

the URLs will need to be changed only if the OpenCart

store's domain has changed.

Website reference

• http://www.opencart.com

Documentation

• http://www.opencart.com/index.php?route=documentation/d

ocumentation

Extension

• http://www.opencart.com/index.php?route=extension/extens

ion

Forum

• http://forum.opencart.com