Magento Beginner's Guide Second Edition
Time for action – installing Magento on a Windows machine
Installing Magento at a hosting service
How to choose a Magento hosting provider
Time for action – installing Magento using Installatron
The installation is complete; what's next?
Time for action – using VAT validation
Time for action – catalog settings
Time for action – creating your own attribute
Time for action – creating your attribute set
Time for action – creating your first category
Time for action – filling the General tab
Time for action – filling the Prices tab
Time for action – filling the Meta Information tab
Time for action – filling the Images tab
Time for action – filling the Custom tab
Time for action – filling the Inventory tab
Time for action – filling the Categories tab
Related products, up-selling, and cross-selling
Time for action – adding related products
Virtual products and Downloadable products
Time for action – adding a Downloadable product
Time for action – adding a Grouped product
Time for action – creating a Configurable product
Time for action – creating a Bundle product
Time for action – registering for an account
Customer accounts in the backend
Time for action – adding a customer
Setting up Magento's default payment methods
Time for action – starting to sell through PayPal
Working with payment service providers
Time for action – installing and configuring a PSP extension
Shipping processes and shipping arrangements
Default shipping methods in Magento
Time for action – configuring Table Rate shipping
Other ways of calculating shipping costs
Presentation of shipping methods in your store
Customizing Your Store's Appearance
Your home page, CMS pages, and static blocks
Changing transactional e-mails
Time for action – changing the text inside transactional e-mails
Choosing between a pre-made and a custom-made theme
Time for action – changing a heading to normal text
Time for action – changing the color of a heading
Time for action – removing a block from the right column
Time for action – creating a first sales order
Managing sales orders on the backend
Time for action – opening and processing an order
Creating sales orders on the backend
Time for action – creating a manual Sales Order
Time for action – creating a Credit Memo
Maintaining and Administrating Your Store
Overview of your Magento installation
Go-live checklist configuration settings
Further development of your website
Time for action – planning for the future