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Building Websites with e107

You're reading from   Building Websites with e107 A step by step tutorial to getting your e107 website up and running fast

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Product type Paperback
Published in Feb 2007
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781904811312
Length 260 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (16) Chapters Close

Building Websites with e107
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgement
About the Reviewer
1. Preface
1. An Introduction to e107 2. Installing e107 FREE CHAPTER 3. Setting Site Preferences 4. Customizing the Look and Feel of Your Site 5. Customizing Your Site for e-Commerce with Plugins 6. Customizing Your Site for Business with Plugins 7. Adding Content to e107 8. Information Dissemination 9. Maintenance, Optimization, and Security Resources

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...

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