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osCommerce Users Manual V. 2.0: A Guide for Store Owners and Website Developers [Paperback]

Kerry Watson (Author)
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Book Description

August 2004
NEW IN VERSION 2.0: Nearly 50 new pages have been added to this manual to take the mystery out of running your store, including:

- Review and comparison of Credit Card Payment Processors so you can easily choose the best one for your company's needs. Includes fees, countries available, length of commitment, and ease of installation.
- Shipping Methods comparison to make selecting the right shipper easy.
- ALL NEW CHAPTER - Records and Database Management, Disaster Planning & Recovery. Hurricane Ivan, we've got you covered.


THE OSCOMMERCE USERS MANUAL, Version 2.0 shows you everything you can do yourself using the Administrative Module, once the program is installed (and we can refer you to hosts who will install your site FOR FREE), including:

- Entering your "My Store" settings
- Entering your product information
- Linking to your credit card processor or PayPal
- Setting your Shipping and Taxes
- Editing your Privacy Statement, Contact, Shipping & Returns, and Welcome page
- Maintaining Your Store, Managing Orders & Customers, and
- What you can comfortably tackle by yourself, and what you should leave to a technical pro-and we can refer you to technical pros.


PLUS, our exclusive QUICK START GUIDE can help you get your first OSCommerce Website up and running in as little as 30 minutes after installation.


CHOCK-FULL of FREE CHECKLISTS and CHEATSHEETS

...to make managing your new store a breeze, including: -List of Web Hosts, Installers & Consultants - many will install or move your store for FREE
-PRE-SETUP Checklist for Your Store
-Font and Color Selectors

-Look and Feel Checklist
-InfoBox Checklist
-Greetings Checklist
-Advanced Users' Fully-Commented Style Sheet
-Advanced Users' Annotated Cheat Sheet

These checklists and cheat sheets are also available to readers ON THE WEB as forms that can be filled out by the client and emailed to the installer. They may be used by osCommerce consultants, installers and web hosts to zip through your installations!



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"...immensely helpful. I had been struggling for months to figure out osCommerce... I feel confident about working withmy store now." -- Kate Emens

"...this book is something no store owner, or web developer should find themselves without." -- Clifton Murphy, Hyperactive Inc.

"...very well written... takes all the mystery out of osCommerce... [h]ighly recommend them to anyone, including experienced web developers." -- Matt McGinnis, McGinTech

About the Author

Kerry Watson joined the Open Source movement in 1996 as the consulting Producer for the Netscape Navigator website. Her mission was to make Netscape accessible to everyday users, not just technical users. There she authored plain-language tutorials such as Netscape Navigator for Internet Explorer Users and Netscape Tips & Tricks. Before that she was a vice president of NetAdvantage, an e-commerce turnkey outsourcing company like PayPal. She holds an MBA and a Bachelor’s of Liberal Studies with a concentration in Sociology and Communication. Today she heads Pithy Productions, Inc., a web project management company that specializes in custom OsCommerce websites.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 191 pages
  • Publisher: OnDemandManuals/Trafford Publishing (August 2004)
  • ISBN-10: 1412038154
  • ISBN-13: 978-1412038157
  • Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6.8 x 0.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,728,791 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Very, very basic, November 30, 2004
This review is from: osCommerce Users Manual V. 2.0: A Guide for Store Owners and Website Developers (Paperback)
Much too simple for all but the neophyte. And much too expensive.
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Good BASIC book, November 24, 2004
This review is from: osCommerce Users Manual V. 2.0: A Guide for Store Owners and Website Developers (Paperback)
Little weak on the more complex features of oscommerce.. This book needs to be a first chapter of a more in-depth book.
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10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding Reference for the Tech Manual challenged., January 28, 2005
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A small information packed reference for those who want to get the job done without leafing through a thick book. Kerry Watson has done a great job creating a manual for store owners and web slaves alike.
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Inside This Book (learn more)
First Sentence:
If you've just had your osCommerce store installed and want to open quickly for business, your grand opening is just a few clicks away. Read the first page
Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
main administration menu, low order fee, following tax class, ask your installer, one shipping method, administrative module, payment module, shipping zone, info box, credit card processor, checkout process, rate shipping, update cancel, selected zone, transaction currency
Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Click the Update, Changing the Header Text, Date Added, The Payment Menu, Sort Order Sort, Front Page, Newsletter Manager, What's New, Order Total Modules, Products Attributes, Changing the Text, Handling Fee Handling, Information Info Box, Products Price, Quick Start Guide, Reviews Box, Styles Checklist, Manufacturer Info Info Box, Products Notifications Info Box, Quick Find Info Box
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