Chapter 5. Customizing Your Site for e-Commerce with Plugins

We have only been using a fraction of the power of e107 until now. If you were using e107 for a personal site or a small hobby site, then you would have completed your site except for adding some text and images to it. However, with version 0.7.x (where x is the latest version), we now have the tools to make e107 a powerful open-source CMS for e-commerce. In this chapter, we will work with setting up a shopping cart, banner advertisements, and a frequently asked questions section.

Introduction to Plugins

There are two types of plugins that are available for use with e107. There are the core aka certified plugins and non-core plugins. The biggest difference between the two types is that core plugins are created by members of the development team and as such are packaged with e107. Non-core plugins are created by other developers who found a need, developed the plugin, and then uploaded it for others to use. This is one of the greatest...