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Name: Ecommerce Package (For drupal 4.7.x)

Current Maintainer : Gordon Heydon http://drupal.org/user/959
Original Author    : Matt Westgate (not a current maintainer)

General Links:
Project Page       : http://drupal.org/project/ecommerce
Handbook           : http://drupal.org/node/50350
Support Queue      : http://drupal.org/project/issues/ecommerce
IRC                : irc.freenode.org > #drupal-ecommerce
Mailing List       : http://lists.heydon.com.au/listinfo.cgi/ecommerce-heydon.com.au
                     (Mailing list subject to change)

Developer Links:
Developers API     : http://ecommerce.heydon.com.au/api/ecommerce/function
Developers Docs    : http://drupal.org/node/52325
                     (Handbook pages are in development)

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DESCRIPTION:

This package aims to provide a framework for a complete ecommerce
solution for your website.

Product modules are available that allow you to sell a variety of product
types, from physical "tangible" products to virtual "files" or
perhaps "parcels" containing multiple items.

Sammys Spets (Synerger) has contributed a new email subsystem, a recurring
payments and anonymous purchasing modules.

Gordon Heydon (Heydon Consulting) has contributed a new invoicing system
with PDF support and more.

James Gilliland has done a lot of refactoring of the store.module and the
cart module.

A transaction system allows you to track and manage your orders,
changing the status as necessary and sending invoices and shipping
notifications.


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INSTALLATION:

Note: It is assumed that you have Drupal up and running. If you are
having problems, please review the Handbook, especially
http://drupal.org/node/43767. Besides Drupal core and ecommerce itself,
token.module (http://drupal.org/project/token) is also required to be installed 
and active.

Preparing for Installation:
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Note: Please back up your site and database.

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

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

3. Enable core modules by going to:
   > Administer > Site Building > Modules.

   With E-Commerce 5, there are the modules are grouped according to function.
   You should start with the E-Commerce Core modules. As you can see by
   the dependencies listed there, you cannot install other E-Commerce modules
   without the core modules they depend on.

   The core modules should be enabled in 3 stages in order to avoid any 
   disturbing warnings.

       1. There is a single non-EC module to install.
          * Token
       2. It is recommended at this stage to install the following E-Commerce 
          core modules before anything else:
          * Mail Subsystem
          * Product API
          * Anonymous purchasing
       3. And then these core modules:
          * Store
          * Cart
          * Payment API
   
   Begin by installing the essential core modules:
      
      - Cart
      - Mail Sub-system
      - Payment API
      - Product API
      - Store 

4. Having installed main modules, now install the other modules you'd like activated.
   You'll at least want to install a product module like Generic, and a payment
   module like COD.

5. Drupal 5 introduced a cleaner administration section. You can find E-Commerce
   settings in two blocks - Just click on Administer then click on:

   E-Commerce -- day to administration of your store.
   E-Commerce configuration -- settings for setting up your store.

   Individual module settings are also listed there with their descriptions.

6. Grant the proper access to user accounts under:
   > Administer > User Management > Access control

7. Create new products via:
   > Create content > Product

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


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Modules Summary and 5 (v3) Release Status.


Type            Name                 Status   Info
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REQUIRED        cart                          http://drupal.org/node/66650
                payment                       http://drupal.org/node/66801
                product                       http://drupal.org/node/50359
                shipping
                store
                ec_anon                       http://drupal.org/node/88222
                ec_mail                       http://drupal.org/node/88230

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Product                                       http://drupal.org/node/50359
                apparel              cvs
                auction              5
                custom               cvs
                donate               5
                file                 5        
                generic              5
                hosting              cvs
                parcel               5        
                service              cvs
                tangible             5
                subproducts          5        

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Payment                                       http://drupal.org/node/66801  
                assist               cvs
                authorize_net        5
                ccard                5
                cod                  5 
                eway                 5
                exact                cvs
                itransact            5
                linkpoint_api        cvs
                paypal               5
                paypalpro            cvs
                paypalpro_express    cvs
                worldpay             5

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Pricing         coupon               5
                role_discount        5
                tax                  5

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Shipping        shipcalc             5

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Contact/Addr    address              5        http://drupal.org/node/66072
          	    ecivicrm             5
           	    ecommailer           cvs

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Other           recommend            cvs
                stores               cvs
                submanage            cvs
                ec_devel             5

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