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== Building E-commerce Applications with Ubercart in Drupal ==

Building E-commerce Applications with Ubercart in Drupal Training Materials

Outline: http://www.nobleprog.co.uk/training/building-e-commerce-applications-ubercart-drupal 

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== Installing Ubercart ⌘==

Installation details:
* module package for Drupal
* won't run without Drupal
* requires Drupal installation and related modules
** http://drupal.org/documentation/install 

=== Ubercart System Requirements ⌘===
memory limit to >= 64Mb

(for just drupal core it's 32Mb)

Module specific requirements
* uc_authorizenet: cURL
* uc_cybersource: cURL, or SOAP and DOM
* uc_google_checkout: SimpleXML
* uc_paypal: cURL
* uc_ups: SimpleXML, OpenSSL
* uc_usps: SimpleXML

=== Required modules(dependencies) ⌘===
* Rules (version 7.x2.0beta2 or later)
* Views
* Ctools
* Entity API
* Entity tokens

=== Recommended modules ⌘===
* Colorbox
* Google Analytics
* Token

=== Ubercart modules ⌘===
* Ubercart package
** main core modules
** other core modules
* More additional modules
** Optional non core modules
** Fulfillment modules
** Payment modules

==== Main core modules ⌘====

Required core modules
* Cart (ubercart/uc_cart)
** Gives you a shopping cart for an Ubercart e-commerce site.
* Order (ubercart/uc_order)
** Allows you receive and manage orders through your website.
* Product (ubercart/uc_product)
** Allows you to create products for your store. Imagecache and CCK Image field are recommended for displaying images of products.
* Store (ubercart/uc_store)
** Allows you to setup the store settings and manage your Ubercart site.

==== Optional other core modules ⌘====
Provide other basic systems and functionality but may not be required for every store.

* Attribute (ubercart/uc_attribute)
** Allows customer selectable options on products. For example, if you sold shirts you'd give the customer a selectable option on the size.
* Catalog (ubercart/uc_catalog)
** Creates a block and a page display of products by category.
* File Downloads (ubercart/uc_file)
** Allows products to be associated with downloadable files.
* Notify (ubercart/uc_notify)
** Send e-mail notifications to customers at checkout and when modifying their orders.
* Payment (ubercart/payment/uc_payment)
** Enables the payments API for receiving and tracking payments through your site. All payment related modules are found in the ubercart/payment directory.

==== Optional other core modules(more) ⌘====
* Reports (ubercart/uc_reports)
** View reports about your store's sales, customers, and products.
* Roles (ubercart/uc_roles)
** Assign permanent or expirable roles based on product purchases.
* Shipping Quotes (ubercart/shipping/uc_quote)
** Displays shipping quote information to customers at checkout. All shipping related modules are found in the ubercart/shipping directory.
* Shipping (ubercart/shipping/uc_shipping)
** Sets up shipments for shipping companies with integrated web services.
* Taxes (ubercart/uc_taxes)
** Calculates tax on orders

==== More additional modules ⌘====
* Optional non core modules
* Fulfillment modules
* Payment modules

===== Optional non core modules ⌘=====
Helpful, but not essential.

* Cart Links (ubercart/uc_cart_links)
* Google Analytics for Ubercart (ubercart/uc_googleanalytics)
* Importer (ubercart/uc_importer)
* Product Kit (ubercart/uc_product_kit)
* Repeater (ubercart/uc_repeater)
* Stock (ubercart/uc_stock)

===== Fulfillment modules ⌘=====
Extend the functionality of the shipping quote and order fulfillment systems.

* Flatrate (ubercart/shipping/uc_flatrate)
* UPS Shipping (ubercart/shipping/uc_ups)
* USPS (ubercart/shipping/uc_usps)
* Weight quote (ubercart/shipping/uc_weightquote)

===== Payment modules ⌘=====
Extend the functionality of the payments API and so rely on the core Payment module being enabled.

* 2Checkout (ubercart/payment/uc_2checkout)
* Authorize.net (ubercart/payment/uc_authorizenet)
* Credit Card (ubercart/payment/uc_credit)
* CyberSource (ubercart/payment/uc_cybersource)
* Payment Method Pack (ubercart/payment/uc_payment_pack)
* PayPal (ubercart/payment/uc_paypal)
* Recurring Payments (ubercart/payment/uc_recurring)
* Test Gateway (ubercart/payment/uc_payment)

== Configuring Your Store ⌘==

Just installing and enabling the required modules is not enough. 

There are post installations we need to do.

Related drupal manual: http://drupal.org/node/1311846

=== Ubercart Settings ⌘===
=== Attribute Settings ⌘===
=== Cart Links Settings ⌘===
=== Cart Settings ⌘===

* Basic settings
* Cart lifetime
* Continue shopping element
* Cart breadcrumb

=== Catalogue Settings ⌘===
=== Checkout Settings ⌘===

* Settings
** Basic settings
** Anonymous checkout
** Customer information pane
** Instruction messages
** Completion messages
* Rules

=== Country Settings ⌘===

* Countries
* Address fields
* Address formats
* Import countries

=== Google Checkout ⌘===
=== Importer Settings ⌘===
=== Manufacturer Settings ⌘===
=== Notification Settings ⌘===
=== Order Settings ⌘===

* Settings
** Invoice settings
** View screen
** Edit screen
** Invoice screen
** Customer screen
* Workflow
* Manage fields
* Manage display

=== Payment Settings ⌘===
=== Product Settings ⌘===

* Product settings
* Attribute settings
* File download settings

=== Report Settings ⌘===
=== Shipping Quote Settings ⌘===
=== Stock Settings ⌘===
=== Store Settings ⌘===

* Basic information
* Store address
* Currency format
* Weight format
* Length format
* Display settings

=== Table Display Settings ⌘===
=== Tax Settings ⌘===
=== Workflow Configuration ⌘===

== Creating Products ⌘==
=== Basic Product Creation ⌘===
=== Product Attributes and Options ⌘===
=== Product SKUs and Adjustments ⌘===
=== Understanding Product Classes ⌘===
=== Building a Product Catalogue ⌘===
=== Product Kits ⌘===
=== Selling Files ⌘===
=== Selling Site Access (Role Assignments) ⌘===
=== Theming Product Pages ⌘===
=== Tracking Stock Levels ⌘===
=== Importing and Exporting Products ⌘===
=== Importing Data ⌘===

== Processing Orders ⌘==
=== Automated Order Processing with Workflow-ng ⌘===
=== Receiving Payments ⌘===
=== Shipping Your Products ⌘===

== Viewing Reports ⌘==
=== Cart Links ⌘===
=== Customers ⌘===
=== Products ⌘===
=== Sales ⌘===
=== Sales per Year ⌘===
=== Custom sales summary ⌘===
=== Stock ⌘===
=== Custom reports ⌘===

== Contributed Modules ⌘==

* Ubercart Subproduct (uc_subproduct)
* UC Alertpay Integration
* UC Node Checkout
* UberPOS
* Ubercart Addresses
* Ubercart Gestpay (uc_gestpay)
* Ubercart Marketplace
* Ubercart pictured cart block
* ePay - Scandinavian payment module
* uc_dropdown_attributes

=== More contributed modules ⌘===

Go to:
http://drupal.org/project/modules

and type "ubercart" in "Search Modules:" field

there are above 500 modules related somehow to ubercart


If we still need something different, we can ask here:

http://www.ubercart.org/forum

== Example sites: ⌘==

http://www.ubercart.org/site 


== References and materials: ⌘==
* Manuals and links
* Books

=== Manuals and links ⌘===
* Ubercart manual
** for users and different versions
*** http://www.ubercart.org/docs/user
** d7 and ubercart 3
*** http://www.ubercart.org/docs/user/30436/ubercart_3x 
* Drupal project
** http://drupal.org/project/ubercart

=== Books ⌘===

"Drupal 7 Ubercart 3 Ecommerce Manual", David Ipswitch
http://www.amazon.com/Drupal-Ubercart-Ecommerce-Manual-ebook/dp/B007SF5I34/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1368604646&sr=1-1&keywords=ubercart 

"Drupal Web Services", Trevor James
http://www.amazon.com/Drupal-Web-Services-Trevor-James/dp/1849510989/ref=sr_1_7?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1368604646&sr=1-7&keywords=ubercart

== Drupal alternatives: ⌘==

Drupal Commerce module

http://drupal.org/project/commerce 

http://www.commerceguys.com/