After successful installation of Phoca Cart click on link to go to Phoca Cart administration. When you open Phoca Cart administration for the first time, a popup with Getting Started Wizard will be displayed. It is recommended to start the wizard to set up all necessary settings:
- Create at least one category
- Create tax in case taxable products will be sold in your shop
- Create at least one product
- Create at least one shipping method (this step can be skipped if you don't use shipping methods and if this is set in the options)
- Create at least one payment method (this step can be skipped if you don't use payment methods and if this is set in the options)
- Add or import new countries. To import countries, click on Import Countries button in administration - in Country List View (country doesn't have to be set if the country field in checkout user address form is not displayed and not required - displaying of hiding country field in checkout address form can be set in Form Fields in administration)
- Add or import new regions. To import regions, click on Import Regions button in administration - in Region List View (region doesn't have to be set if the region field in checkout user address form is not displayed and not required - displaying of hiding region field in checkout address form can be set in Form Fields in administration)
- Create a menu link to Phoca Cart (as default Phoca Cart - Categories View should be set as menu link)
- Add or edit Phoca Cart modules.
You can download modules and plugins on Phoca Cart extensions page:
In Joomla! 3 it is recommended to use Bootstrap 3 (or newer) template. In Joomla! 4 it is recommended to use Bootstrap 4 template.
Install Phoca Cart demo data to test Phoca Cart on your test website:
For more detailed information on how to manage and administrate Phoca Cart, see next chapters in this documentation.