Why do I lose products when I change languages in VirtueMart?

In our previous article, we explained how to change your VirtueMart store language. When we changed our store from English to Spanish, we noticed all of our products disappear. You can lose products in VirtueMart because the products are stored in the database based upon language. If you add 20 products in English, you are Read More >

How to change your VirtueMart store language

If you need to change your VirtueMart store language, you’ll need to change your Joomla 2.5 site language. VirtueMart does not allow you to have your store in a different language than the rest of your website. As you can see, the current language of our VirtueMart store is English: After we change the Joomla Read More >

What are VirtueMart language files?

VirtueMart language files are text files included with VirtueMart that help you change the language your store uses. Language files have a .ini extension, and they include predefined terms. For example, let’s look at the following file: language/en-GB/en-GB.com_virtuemart.ini COM_VIRTUEMART_CART_ACTION=”Update” COM_VIRTUEMART_CART_ADD_TO=”Add to Cart” COM_VIRTUEMART_CART_CHANGE_PAYMENT=”Change Payment” COM_VIRTUEMART_CART_CHANGE_SHIPPING=”Select Shipment” COM_VIRTUEMART_CART_CHECKOUT_DATA_NOT_VALID=”Invalid data entered” COM_VIRTUEMART_CART_CHECKOUT_DONE_CONFIRM_ORDER=”Checkout done, please confirm the order” Read More >

How to remove latest products from the VirtueMart homepage

VirtueMart for Joomla 2.5 includes a feature referred to as Latest Products, which shows your stores most recent products on the front page. Not everyone needs to show their latest products, and in this tutorial we’ll walk you through the steps for removing the Latest Products feed from your VirtueMart store front. To hide Latest Read More >

How to remove Featured Products from VirtueMart Store Front

By default, the VirtueMart store front for Joomla 2.5 shows Featured Products. In a previous article we showed you how to set a product as a featured product, however you can disable the showing of featured products on your VirtueMart frontpage. In this VirtueMart tutorial, we’ll show you how to prevent Featured Products from showing Read More >

How to add a Featured Product in VirtueMart for Joomla 2.5

Joomla 2.5 has reached its end of life as for 12/31/2014. Please be advised this may be a security risk to your website. You can view more information about the end of life here. In our last few VirtueMart for Joomla 2.5 tutorials, we have been deleting the sample data that was included with the Read More >

How to change your Site Title in VirtueMart for Joomla 2.5

Joomla 2.5 has reached its end of life as for 12/31/2014. Please be advised this may be a security risk to your website. You can view more information about the end of life here. In our last VirtueMart for Joomla 2.5 tutorial, we showed you how to update the description text on your store’s homepage. Read More >

How to Delete Products in VirtueMart for Joomla 2.5

Joomla 2.5 has reached its end of life as for 12/31/2014. Please be advised this may be a security risk to your website. You can view more information about the end of life here. In our last article, we showed you how to delete product categories in VirtueMart for Joomla 2.5. We are doing this Read More >

How to Delete a VirtueMart Product Category in Joomla 2.5

Joomla 2.5 has reached its end of life as for 12/31/2014. Please be advised this may be a security risk to your website. You can view more information about the end of life here. Now that we’ve created our first product category, we can delete the test categories that were included with the sample data Read More >

How to add a new Product in VirtueMart for Joomla 2.5

Joomla 2.5 has reached its end of life as for 12/31/2014. Please be advised this may be a security risk to your website. You can view more information about the end of life here. Adding a new product to our store will be the next step In our VirtueMart for Joomla 2.5 tutorial series. We Read More >

How to Add a Category image in VirtueMart for Joomla 2.5

Joomla 2.5 has reached its end of life as for 12/31/2014. Please be advised this may be a security risk to your website. You can view more information about the end of life here. Our VirtueMart for Joomla 2.5 tutorial series continues, and in this article we’ll discuss uploading category images. In our previous article, Read More >

How to link to your VirtueMart store front in Joomla 2.5

Joomla 2.5 has reached its end of life as for 12/31/2014. Please be advised this may be a security risk to your website. You can view more information about the end of life here. In our previous tutorial we installed VirtueMart for Joomla 2.5. The next thing we will want to do is create a Read More >

How to install VirtueMart for Joomla 2.5

Joomla 2.5 has reached its end of life as for 12/31/2014. Please be advised this may be a security risk to your website. You can view more information about the end of life here. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install VirtueMart 2.0.2. After you have installed the software, we recommend reviewing Read More >