Drupal eCommerce Framewrok Setup and Configuration

DESCRIPTION:

Drupal eCommerce module aims to provide an eCommerce framework such as shopping cart for your Drupal website.

INSTALLATION :

It is assumed that you have Drupal site in version 6.x is up and running. Please back up your site and database.

Step1: Download and install the token module for drupal:
http://drupal.org/project/token

Step2: Download and install the rules module for drupal:
http://drupal.org/project/rules

Step3: Download and install the views module for drupal:
http://drupal.org/project/views

Step4: Download and place the entire ecommerce module directory into your desired contrib modules location: eg. /sites/all/modules/

Step5: Enable core modules by going to(use administration Menu module for easy administration of Drupal driven sites): > Administer > Site Building > Modules.

With E-Commerce 6.x, each modules are grouped according to function. It is very important to install ecommerce modules in a particular order because of dependencies.

Here is the correct order:

(1) enable the Common and anonymous purchases modules
(2) enable the customer.module
(3) enable the receipting and store.modules
(4) enable the Product API and the address.module
(5) enable the checkout.module
(6) enable the buy now, cart and availability.modules

(Optional) The payment gateway module for paypal is included in the default download of Drupal eCommerce.

Once you have enabled the main Drupal eCommerce modules you can now start to setup your store by visiting ADMINISTER -> ECOMMERCE CONFIGURATION.

Step6: Drupal eCommerce 4 introduces a cleaner administration section. You can find E-Commerce settings in two blocks - Just click on Administer then click on:

E-Commerce — day to day administration of your store, managing orders etc.
E-Commerce configuration — your store settings.

You can find individual module settings are also listed there with their descriptions.

Step7: Create new products via: > Create content > Product

Step8: Optionally, enable the cart block via: > Administer > blocks :: Shopping Cart

REFERENCES & LINKS
Main Site : http://www.drupalecommerce.com
Features list : http://www.drupalecommerce.org/features
User Documentation : http://www.drupalecommerce.org/documentation
Support : http://www.drupalecommerce.org/help

Drupal.org Links:

Project Page : http://drupal.org/project/ecommerce
Handbook : http://drupal.org/node/50350
Support Queue : http://drupal.org/project/issues/ecommerce

eCommerce user group : http://groups.drupal.org/ecommerce
Mailing List : http://lists.heydon.com.au/listinfo.cgi/ecommerce-heydon.com.au
(Mailing list subject to change)

Developer Links:

Developers API : http://www.drupalecommerce.org/api
Developers Docs : http://www.drupalecommerce.org/developers