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System Requirements
Joomla! version
All products by Yagendoo have been designed for the exclusive use with Joomla! 1.5 or later editions.
PHP Version
Minimum requirement PHP5! The primary development platform for all add-ons by Yagendoo is PHP version 5 or higher. If you use PHP4, this won't be a problem, as your web host usually allows you to update the PHP version to PHP5.
Virtuemart Version
Requires Virtuemart 1.1.5 (!) or a higher version from the 1.1.x series!
Installing the Yagendoo VM Cart module is really easy and takes just a few steps. In the following, you will learn how to install and commission the Yagendoo Virtuemart Cart module after downloading it.
1. Installing Yagendoo VM Cart
a) Unzip the package you have downloaded via the download link after the purchase to a local folder on your pc. It contains the module package and some files with information.
b) Navigate into your Joomla! backend to the Joomla! installer and select the module package you have downloaded to your PC. Install it using Joomla! installer. If the installation has been successful, a respective message will appear.
Note: As some servers are not 100% compatible with Joomla!, please check the CHMOD rights of the files and folders. All folders have to be set at a CHMOD of 755 and all files at a CHMOD of 644.
2. Overview on Yagendoo Virtuemart Cart
On the right, you see a possible view of the module. You can enable and disable different aspects, e.g. the display of images, taxes, the check-out link and the recycle bin icon.
Also, you can define the size of the images and their placement.
Depending upon the available space on your Virtuemart Shop website, you can define whether you always want to show products in the cart or open them with a mouse-click on the dropdown arrow.
3. Configuring Yagendoo Virtuemart Cart
In your Virtuemart backend, navigate to the menu item Extensions -> Module. Here, you will find the "Yagendoo Virtuemart Cart" module.
Here, you can make the changes mentioned above. Following the module suffix, you will find the display versions. You can define whether you want to show the Virtuemart Cart as dropdown or permanently.
In the following, you can define whether the images of the products (thumbnails) are to be shown. Also, you can change the placement of the thumbnails and their size.
The last three settings of your Yagendoo Virtuemart Cart module are the display of taxes, the display of the check-out link and the display of the "Delete" button for deleting products from the cart.
4. FAQs
The cart does not look good and seems to be messed up. What's the reason for that?
It might happen that the template of your Joomla website overwrites the settings of your cart.
The following trick might help you: Use FTP to download the main CSS file (often called "template.css") in the css folder (often called "css", "style" or "styles") in the /templates/YOUR-TEMPLATE/ folder.
Also, download the yagendoo_cart.css or yagendoo_dropdown.css in the modules/mod_yagendoo_vm_cart/assets/css folder. Choose the files depending upon the fact whether you want the dropdown or the default cart.
Copy everything from the Yagendoo CSS to the end of the template CSS. If this does not work, repeat the process with other CSS files of your template. Afterwards, re-upload the changed template CSS file to the server.
This trick can also help you with other modules and components if they are not displayed correctly.
The cart does not open correctly as dropdown or products are not moved to the cart right away.
Please check whether other modules or components might give out a JavaScript error. In that case, the cart might not work correctly anymore. JavaScript errors appear differently in different browsers.
I get the following warning and my cart does not work.
Warning: include(/DIFFERENT_DIRECTORIES/administrator/components/com_virtuemart/html/shop.yagendoo_basket_short.php) [function.include]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /DIFFERENT_DIRECTORIES/modules/mod_yagendoo_vm_cart/helper.php on line 27
Please use FTP to check the directory authorizations of the _virtuemart/html folder in the administrator/components folder. If this folder is read-only, the module cannot work.
It is sufficient to assign write-authorizations to this folder once, start the site with an enabled module (now there shouldn't be any error messages anymore) and take back the write-authorization again.
The info box does not always work.
Please check whether you use the newest version of Virtuemart. Version 1.1.5 is a mandatory requirement.
