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So you do not want this button to appear nor you need the functionality of the “Ask a question about this product” button in your VirtueMart store (I’m talking about 1.1.9 version). Here’s how to remove “Ask a question about this product” button: 1. Open \components\com_virtuemart\themes\default\templates \product_details\flypage.tpl.php 2. Near row 43 find echo $ask_seller and comment it […]
Recently a client of mine started receiving spam mail through VirtueMart’s product inquiry feature. This makes perfect sense since there is no captcha on that form. I wonder how in the 21st century we still allow such feature to exist without any protection. Here’s how to add captcha to the VirtueMart 1.1.9 product inquiry […]
So today a Joomla VirtueMart site was throwing me a lot of errors including: Strict Standards: Declaration of VirtueMartControllerVirtuemart::display() should be compatible with JController::display($cachable = false, $urlparams = false) in/home/public_html/websiteaddress.com/components/com_virtuemart/controllers/virtuemart.php on line 31Strict Standards: Declaration of VirtueMartModelMedia::store() should be compatible with VmModel::store(&$data) in/home/public_html/websiteaddress.com/administrator/components/com_virtuemart/models/media.php on line 435Strict Standards: Declaration of JParameter::loadSetupFile() should be compatible with JRegistry::loadSetupFile() in/home/public_html/websiteaddress.com/libraries/joomla/html/parameter.php on line 512 […]
Need to add order total sum (order_total) and order number (order_id) and maybe some random text for the customer to the thank you page? Here you go. 1. Open \components\com_virtuemart\themes\default\templates\pages\checkout.thankyou.tpl.php 2. Find a good place, maybe at the bottom of the page (or where you want the order total and id to be displayed) and […]
When running a Joomla+VirtueMart 1.1.x shop, I encountered a problem accessing the backend. Sometimes it asked me to insert admin credentials straight to mydomain.com/administrator. Sometimes asked for a login when going in Components -> VirtueMart in Joomla admin menu. Here’s how I solved Joomla + VirtueMart double login problem. Open Joomla configuration file in your […]
VirtueMart comes with built in order confirmation e-mails. To edit VirtueMart order confirmation e-mail, just open this file: \components\com_virtuemart\themes\default\templates\order_emails \confirmation_email.tpl.php This file is used to generate the order confirmation e-mail for the customer. Add or remove stuff you want, save and you’re done. NB! There is no charset in this file, so if you plan […]
When you have a default install of a VirtueMart store on Joomla, you will notice that there are extra linebreaks on top of your e-shop main category page (the page that you get when you create a menu item in Joomla that points to VirtueMart category ID=0 e.g. the all category list page). This is […]