LemonStand

• Table Of Contents - contains the complete documentation listing.
• Installation, Configuration and Maintenance - explains how to configure email settings, backup feature, Google Analytics integration, manage users and other administration-related things.
  • Installing LemonStand - this section describes the installation process.
    • System requirements - describes LemonStand system requirements.
    • Checking system requirements - explains how to check system requirements using the Evaluation Tool.
    • Installing LemonStand trial copies - explains how to configure and install a trial copy.
    • Command-line or web installer? - describes the difference between the command-line and web installers.
    • Installing LemonStand in command-line mode - describes how to install LemonStand using the command-line installer.
    • Installing LemonStand using the web installer - explains how to install LemonStand using the web installer.
    • Troubleshooting a 500 Internal Server Error after installation - explains possible reasons for a Internal Server Error 500 and describes how to fix it.
    • Troubleshooting image and file uploading issues - explains possible reasons why the file uploader may not be working.
    • Troubleshooting Page Not Found after installation - explains possible reasons for a Page Not Found and describes how to fix it.
    • Troubleshooting unable to save templates, pages, or partials - explains possible reasons why the saving CMS pages may not be working.
  • Configuring the Google Analytics integration - explains how to enable the Google Analytics tracking.
  • Managing LemonStand users - explains how to create, modify or disable user accounts.
  • Configuring the email system - explains how to configure the outgoing email parameters.
  • Configuring and using the backup system - explains how to setup the backup schedule and how to restore the system from an archive.
  • Updating your LemonStand copy - explains how to get the latest versions of LemonStand core and modules.
  • Managing HTML Editor configurations - explains how to enable or disable toolbar buttons in HTML editors across the system.
  • Setting the administration area and Configuration Tool URLs - explains how to set URLs for the LemonStand administration area and Configuration Tool.
  • Using dash separators instead of underscores in URLs - explains how to configure LemonStand to use dashes in URLs.
  • LemonStand Configuration Tool - contains articles about the LemonStand Configuration Tool.
    • Configuring the database connection - explains how to setup MySQL database connection parameters.
    • Setting the Configuration Tool account - explains how to set the user name and password for logging into the Configuration Tool.
    • Setting the encryption key - explains how to set the database encryption key.
  • Freezing updates - explains how you can prevent future updates of your LemonStand copy.
  • Using the Maintenance Mode - explains how to enable maintenance mode and display a special maintenance page to visitors.
  • LemonStand Configuration Options - contains a list of parameters which you can use to configure your LemonStand copy.
  • Moving LemonStand installation to another server - explains the process of transferring the LemonStand installation to another server.
  • Performance tuning - explains how to configure the application to get maximum performance.
• Merchant Guide - learn how to manage products, how to configure your shop and how to use reports efficiently.
  • Managing product categories - explains how to create or modify product categories.
  • Managing products - Explains how to manage products and product properties.
    • How to Display a Group of Products as One Product - explains how to display a group of similar product options as a single product with a drop-down list
  • How to Create a Product Bundle - describes the process of creating bundle products.
  • Understanding grouped products - a small tutorial explaining how to use the grouped products feature for a t-shirt product.
  • Understanding Option Matrix - explains Option Matrix feature.
  • Managing customers - explains how to create or modify customers.
  • Managing orders - explains how to preview, create and modify orders.
    • How to Manually Change Order Status - describes how to manually change the order status
    • Creating a Return Merchandise Authorization Template
  • Tracking payment attempts - explains how to find details about order payment attempts.
  • Managing payment transactions - explains how you can void, refund or submit for settlement payment transactions from the Administration Area.
  • Paying an order from the Administration Area - explains how to pay an existing order from the back-end user interface.
  • Understanding the Payment Processed order field - explains how to determine whether an order has been processed by a payment gateway.
  • Creating custom product groups - explains how to create or modify custom groups, for example the Featured Products group.
  • Managing tax classes - explains how to manage product and shipping tax classes and how to setup tax rates.
    • How to Manage Multiple Tax Classes - describes how to define and manage multiple tax classes
  • Managing shipping options - explains how to create or modify shipping options.
    • How to Configure Table Rate Shipping Options - describes how to configure table rate shipping options
  • Managing payment methods - explains how to create or modify payment methods.
    • Supported payment gateways
  • Managing countries and states - explains how to setup a list of countries your store works with.
  • Configuring the order route and user roles - explains how to setup possible order statuses, transitions and user roles.
  • Understanding the Paid order status - explains the Paid order status.
  • Configuring the currency and currency converter - explains how to setup currency formatting rules and configure the currency converter.
  • Configuring the shipping parameters - explains how to define shipping origin location, default shipping location, dimension and weight units.
    • Configuring the per-product shipping cost - explains how to specify shipping cost for individual products.
  • Printing shipping labels - explains how to generate and print shipping labels.
  • Managing order shipping tracking codes - explains how to assign a shipping tracking code(s) to orders.
    • How to Automatically Notify Customers with Tracking Codes - describes how to automatically notify customers with tracking codes
  • Managing discounts - explains how to setup the catalog level and shopping cart level price rules.
    • Managing catalog level price rules - explains how to manage discounts on a product catalog level.
    • Shopping cart price rules (discounts) - explains how to apply discounts to shopping cart items and how to use coupon codes.
  • Importing products, customers and orders from CSV files - explains how you can import data from CSV files.
  • Printing invoices and packing slips - explains how to configure and print order invoices and packing slips.
  • Configuring the Product Search feature - explains you can enable searching products by SKU, manufacturer and other parameters.
  • Configuring LemonStand for tax inclusive environments - explains how you can configure LemonStand to display product prices with tax included
• Developer Guide - Guide for website developers
  • Getting Started - explains how to create pages, and how to build an eCommerce website
    • Understanding Themes
    • The Page Basics - learn the basics about page anatomy in LemonStand
    • Combining and Minifying JavaScript and CSS files - explains how you can reduce the number of JavaScript and CSS resource requests on your pages
    • Creating Editable Blocks - explains how to create editable content blocks on a page
    • Global Content Blocks
    • Managing Resources - explains how to manage a website's CSS, image and JavaScript files.
    • Ecommerce Security - explains how to protect your website pages and force HTTPS protocol for specific pages.
  • Advanced Features for your Online Store - explains how to implement special features for your online store
    • How to Display a Customer Order History Page - learn how to output a list of customer orders and their statuses.
    • Integrating Option Matrix - explains how to implement Option Matrix support.
    • Creating the Search page - explains how to create the product search page.
    • Implementing the Compare Products feature - explains how to add the Add to Compare links to your products and how to create a Compare Products page.
    • Manufacturer List page - explains how to build a page displaying all manufacturers created in your store.
    • Manufacturer Details page - explains how to build a page displaying all manufacturers details and a list of manufacturer's products.
    • Caching Pages and Partials - explains how you can cache pages and partials using the built-in caching system.
  • Checkout Process - explains how to implement the checkout process.
    • AJAX-driven single-page checkout - explains how to implement a single-page AJAX-driven checkout process.
    • Adding a Field for Customer Order Notes in Checkout - explains how to create a text field for entering customer order notes during the checkout process.
    • Implementing the Step-By-Step Checkout - explains how to implement a checkout process with one page per one checkout step.
    • Implementing a One-Step Checkout - explains how to create a one-step checkout, where the customer does not need to enter the most part of the usual checkout information.
  • Reference - learn about PHP Classes which work behind the scenes on LemonStand-driven websites
  • Extending LemonStand - learn how to develop modules, payment and shipping methods, dashboard indicators and reports.
    • Understanding LemonStand Modules - describes the module anatomy and explains what tasks you solve with custom modules
    • Working with the Database - describes methods of working with database tables and creating model classes
    • Handling LemonStand Events - explains how you can customize LemonStand by handling system events
    • Guide for Developing a Payment Module - explains how you can implement integration with payment gateways not supported by native LemonStand payment modules
    • Extending Existing Models - explains how you can add new fields to the customer, product and order models
    • Guide to Developing Shipping Modules - explains how you can implement integration with shipping services not supported by native LemonStand shipping modules.
    • LemonStand Module Templates - this section contains some module templates which you can use as a basement for your own modules
    • Accessing LemonStand API from third-party scripts - explain how you can access any LemonStand class and function from a third-party PHP script
    • Extending the Discount Engine - explains the process of developing new discount engine conditions and actions.
    • Authoring for LemonStand Marketplace - explains the process of becoming an author and developing themes and modules for the Marketplace.
    • Creating a Module Settings Page - explains how to add new links to the System/Settings and My Settings pages and how to implement settings forms.
  • Tips and Tricks - demonstrates some Shop API tricks which you may want to implement on your website.
    • How to Display Sale Products - explains how you can output a list of discounted products.
    • How to Allow Customers to Provide Item Specific Information - explains how you can add form fields to the Cart page, allowing your customers to enter item-specific information.
    • How to Enable Customers to Customize Products - explains how to allow visitors to customize products before adding them to the cart.
    • How to Support File Uploads on the Product Page - explains how you can allow buyers to customize your products with their own files.
    • How to Use Partials Instead of Flash Messages - explains how you can display partials with rich HTML formatting instead if standard flash messages.
    • Implementing a Ship to Same Billing Address Feature - explains how you can add the "Ship to the billing address" checkbox to the Billing Information page to skip the checkout Shipping Information step.
    • How to Simplify the Checkout Process - explains how you can combine the Payment Method, Pay and Order Review checkout steps.
    • Displaying a List of Active Product Catalog Price Rules - explains how to display a list of catalog price rules applied to a specific product.
    • Storing Cart Content After Customer Places Order - explains how you can leave the cart content non-emptied when a customer places the order.
    • How to Integrate Downloadable Products - explains how to integrate the downloadable products feature.
  • Categories - understanding how categories work in LemonStand
    • Displaying a List of Categories - explains how to output a list of product categories.
    • Creating a Category Page - learn how to create a page to output a category name, description and contents.
  • Products - understanding how products work in LemonStand
    • Displaying a List of Products - explains how to output a list of category products, custom group products or related products.
    • Creating a Product Page - explains how to create a product page and display its attributes, options, related products and images
    • Creating a Product RSS Feed - explains how to add the RSS channel representing a list of recently added products.
    • Displaying Product Ratings and Reviews - explains how you can display product rating and reviews and how to implement the Post a Review form.
    • Creating a Write a Review Form - explains how to create a "write a review" form
  • Shopping Cart - understanding how to create, customize, and configure the shopping cart
    • Creating a Shopping Cart Page - learn how to create a shopping cart page and allow customers to manage the cart content.
    • Creating a Checkout Button with a Coupon Field - explains how to create a checkout button with a coupon field
    • Displaying Bundle Items in the Shopping Cart - explains how to display bundle items in the shopping cart
    • Displaying a List of Shopping Cart Items - explains how to display a list of shopping cart items
  • Payment - understanding how payment methods and tax systems work
    • Creating a Payment Page - explains how to create a Pay page to accept credit cards or redirect to an external payment page.
    • Creating a Payment Receipt Page - explains how to create an order payment receipt page.
    • Custom Payment Methods and Bank Transfers - explains how to create payment methods which should display some textual information instead of a payment form.
    • Implementing Customer Payment Profiles - explains how to create user interface allowing customers to store and reuse credit card data.
  • Order History, Status, and Details - understanding how to display and manage order details
    • Displaying Individual Order Details - learn how to display details about a specific order.
    • Order Details Page for Inclusive Tax Environments - explains how to modify the order details page to work in inclusive tax environments.
    • Customizing Invoices Templates - explains how you can create invoices, packing slips and shipping labels consistent with your company identity.
    • Creating a New Shipping Label Template - explains how to create a new shipping label template
    • Creating a New Packing Slip Template - explains how to create a new packing slip template
  • Customer Accounts and Registration
    • Enabling Customer Login and Logout - explains how to organize customer login and logout process.
    • Creating a Customer Registration Page - explains how to create a customer registration page.
    • Creating a Customer Account Password Restore Page - explains how to create a page where customers can restore forgotten passwords.
    • Creating a Customer Account Change Password Page - learn how to create a page where your customers can change a password.
    • Automatic customer registration - explains how you can extend the checkout process with automatic customer registration and signing in.
  • Notifications and Emails - understanding how to generate email notifications
    • Creating Custom Email Templates - explains how to create or edit templates of email messages which LemonStand sends to customers.
    • Managing Compound Email Variables - explains how to create new or manage existing email variables.
    • How to Manually Send Email Messages - explains how you can send email messages to LemonStand customers or system administrators.
  • LemonStand Back-End - understanding the code, infrastructure, and logic of LemonStand
    • Using File-Based Templates - explains how to enable and use file-based templates.
    • Programming Pages - explains how to program your pages and the simple programming model behind LemonStand pages.
    • LemonStand Front-End JavaScript Framework - Describes the AJAX framework features
    • Caching API - describes LemonStand caching features.
    • Third-Party Integrations - explains how to install a third-party software, like a forum, on a same domain with LemonStand.
    • Handling errors - explains how to handle form validation errors on pages.
    • Troubleshooting - describes the detailed error information page and how to disable it.
    • Page Not Found (404) page - explains how to create a 404 error (Page Not Found) page.
    • Managing Page Navigation and Hierarchy - explains methods of creating dynamic website navigation.
    • Using Twig Templating Engine - explains how to use Twig in LemonStand themes.
    • Generating Site Maps - describes how to generate a site map
    • Generating Breadcrumbs - describes how to generate breadcrumbs
  • Administrative Dashboard
    • Adding a Back-End User Interface - describes the process of adding new pages to the Administration Area
    • Customizing the Administration Area - explains how you can customize the look of LemonStand back-end area.
• Additional modules - contains descriptions about additional LemonStand modules developed by Limewheel Creative Inc.
  • Blog module - explains how to add blog features to your store.
    • Implementing the blog archive page - explains how to implement a page for displaying all published posts from all categories.
    • Displaying a blog category list - explains how you can display a list of blog post categories.
    • Category page - explains how to create a page for displaying a list of blog posts belonging to a specific category.
    • Blog post page - explains how to build the blog post page.
    • Adding the comment form - explains how to implement a comment form form on the blog post page.
    • Implementing RSS channels - explains how you can add the posts and comments RSS channels.
    • Configuring the new comment notifications - explains how to create and configure the new comment notification email template and how to create the Unsubscribe page.
    • Tips and Tricks - demonstrates some API tricks which you may want to implement on your website.
    • Enabling the recent comments dashboard report - explains how to add the recent comments mini-report to the Dashboard.
    • Blog API - contains a list of blog module classes with detailed descriptions.
  • Subscriptions module - describes the Subscriptions module features and API.
    • What is a subscription and a subscription plan - describes subscriptions and subscription plans and explains how to create a subscription product.
    • How the subscriptions engine works - explains how subscription invoices are generated and other logic behind subscriptions.
    • Subscriptions and discounts - explains how Discount Engine can affect the subscriptions cost.
    • Understanding the Subscription Chart - explains the Subscription Chart features.
    • CSV support - describes how to update subscription-related product fields.
    • Website membership areas - explains how you can organize membership-only access to the website pages.
    • Implementation approaches - in this section we describe customer experience customization approaches suitable for subscription websites.
    • API extensions - describes API extensions which the Subscriptions Module introduces to the system.
  • Giveaway module - describes features of the Giveaway module.
    • Getting started with the Giveaway module - explains how to configure the module.
    • Creating a giveaway - explains how to create a giveaway.
    • Creating the giveaway page - explains how to create and customize the giveaway page.
    • Managing entrants and entries - explains how to view and delete entrant and entries.
    • Picking winners - explains how to pick giveaway winners.
    • Giveaway API - explains how to extend the entrant and giveaway models and handle module events.
• Beginner's Guide - Beginner's Guide to LemonStand
  • Installation Steps - Installing LemonStand
  • Settings - How to setup LemonStand after installation
  • System Users - Creating and managing system users
  • Modules and Updates - How to update and install new modules to your LemonStand store
  • Adding or Editing a Product - Setting up your first product
  • Guide to Front-End Customization - How to create pages in your store
  • Installing A Theme - From the LemonStand Marketplace
  • Installing A Module - From the LemonStand Marketplace
    • Recommended Starting Modules - a list of some recommended starting modules for any ecommerce store
• Articles - This section contains articles on advanced functionalities, features, and integrations for LemonStand.
  • How to Add Product Sorting to Search Results
  • How to Associate Country and State Codenames
  • How to Add Pre-Order Functionality - describes how to add pre-order functionality to oyur store
  • How to Set up Minimum Order Quantity (MOQ) - describes how to set minimum order quantities
  • How to Set Minimum Order Amount - describes how to set up minimum order amount
  • How to Create a Customer Profile Page - describes how to create a customer profile page

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