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IOS Eshop

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This page is part of the IOS Eshop v2.x online user guide created by Ioannis Sannos (Is Open Source).

You will find all articles of this manual inside the IOS Eshop category.
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License Commercial. Copyright (c) 2008-2010 Is Open Source. All rights reserved.


IOS eshop is a powerful yet easy to administer shopping cart component for Elxis CMS created by Is Open Source. With IOS eshop you can sell both tangible and intangible (like downloadable) goods online. The component supports many payment gateways and shipping methods and you can install even more. The component interface is multi-lingual and also allows you to enter products title, description, etc, in up to 4 languages.


Contents

Requirements

In order for the IOS Eshop to function properly all standard Elxis requirements should be fulfilled. The component does not need a special software or hardware to be installed on the site/server.

  • Elxis 2008.0, 2008.1, 2009.0, 2009.1 or newer (2009.2+ is recommended).
  • PHP 5.0 or newer (PHP 5.2+ recommended).
  • MySQL database (PostgreSQL might also work fine)
  • PHP's GD library for images manipulation
  • PHP's safe mode disabled
  • File uploads must be enabled


License and copyright

IOS Eshop license is Commercial. You are allowed to install and use this component in one (1) web site only. By purchasing this component you will get a product key for component activation. You are allowed to edit component's front-end CSS and images in order to match your site's style. You are not allowed to edit anything else. Component and underlying technology rights owned by Ioannis Sannos (IOS).
Copyright (c) 2008-2010 Is Open Source. All rights reserved.


Most important features

  • Unlimited product types.
  • Shoppers groups. Assign customers to different groups each one with different prices. Option also to aut-assign customers to group based on the origin country.
  • Unlimited categories and sub-categories of any level.
  • Unlimited products
  • Advanced products search. You may also search based on product type and any of the extra fields describing the product.
  • Product tags and tags cloud
  • WYSIWYG editor
  • Support for digital, intangible and downloadable goods (download manager is included)
  • Special offers
  • Discounts and discount coupons
  • Gift certificates
  • Product variants and price modifiers
  • Open payments support (customer fills-in the payment amount)
  • Tax and discount per product
  • Express checkout option (shop without login)
  • Generation of receipts and invoices (for companies)
  • Various shipping methods and automatic calculation of shipping cost
  • Various payment methods. Winbank (Piraeus bank), paypal, EuroBank, Delta Pay (Alpha Bank), moneybookers, 2checkout, Parsian bank, authorize.net, order, bank deposit, and more)
  • Latest products RSS feed
  • Products XML export for price comparison sites (many export options like different XML files for each language)
  • Download eshop extensions and updates from within eshop control panel
  • Option to set zero VAT depending on the origin country of the customer (i.e. for inter-European transactions)
  • Option to set eshop as new users registration handler.
  • Integration with IOS Newsletter component
  • Free updates and free support by IOS
  • Products comparison
  • Load Elxis bots inside products description.
  • Load Elxis modules internally inside the component's front-page or in category pages.
  • Cron jobs. A number of automatic tasks are executed once per day keeping your shop always in good condition or notifying you for various issues such as low product stock alert
  • Many modules and bots are included in the IOS Eshop package without any extra charge.

Versions

IOS Eshop 2.x releases

  • 2.1 - 28 March 2010 - CURRENT VERSION. Provides compatibility to the Elxis 2009.2 installer.
  • 2.0 - 08 February 2010. Brand new version with a lot more features, more user friendly and even easier to administer.


IOS Eshop 1.x releases

  • 1.2 - 25 August 2009. Compatibility with PHP 5.3+
  • 1.1 - 18 May, 2009. Better SEO PRO URLs for Elxis 2009.0+
  • 1.0 - Initial IOS Eshop v1.x release.

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