
Get started with an overview of PrestaShop, a popular open-source e-commerce platform. This lecture covers the basic features and benefits of PrestaShop, setting the stage for deeper exploration into its functionality and setup.
Dive into the specifics of PrestaShop, including its architecture, core features, and how it compares to other e-commerce platforms. This lecture provides a comprehensive introduction to the system, preparing you for its installation and configuration.
Learn the process of installing PrestaShop on your server. This lecture covers the prerequisites, installation steps, and troubleshooting tips to ensure a successful setup of PrestaShop.
Continue with the installation setup, focusing on configuring your PrestaShop installation. This lecture details the steps needed to finalize the installation, including database configuration and initial settings.
Learn how to download and unzip the PrestaShop package. This lecture provides step-by-step instructions on obtaining the PrestaShop files and preparing them for installation.
Discover how to upload PrestaShop files to your web server. This lecture covers the methods and tools for transferring files, ensuring that your PrestaShop installation files are correctly placed on your server.
Understand the "Setup Pup" process, which involves configuring the initial settings for your PrestaShop installation. This lecture provides guidance on how to perform the initial setup to get your store up and running.
Explore the auto installer feature for PrestaShop, which simplifies the installation process. This lecture explains how to use automated tools to streamline setup and minimize manual configuration.
Learn about the Command Line Interface (CLI) for managing PrestaShop. This lecture covers basic CLI commands and how they can be used for tasks such as installation, updates, and maintenance.
Get familiar with the onboarding process for PrestaShop. This lecture walks you through the initial steps of setting up your store, including configuring essential settings and familiarizing yourself with the admin interface.
Dive into the store administration features of PrestaShop. This lecture covers the administrative tasks involved in managing your e-commerce store, including product management, order processing, and customer support.
Explore the default data provided by PrestaShop, including sample products, categories, and other content. This lecture explains how this default data can be used to understand the platform's functionality and how to replace it with your own content.
Learn how to configure the basic settings for your PrestaShop store. This lecture covers essential configurations such as store information, currency settings, and tax options to tailor the store to your needs.
Discover how to customize your store’s appearance by working with themes in PrestaShop. This lecture provides an overview of theme options, installation, and customization to create a visually appealing storefront.
Understand the role of modules in extending the functionality of your PrestaShop store. This lecture covers how to install, configure, and manage modules to add features and enhance the capabilities of your e-commerce site.
Explore integrating a search engine in the menu, linking the form with JavaScript, and configuring a shopping cart with item counts and tax-inclusive totals, plus a mega menu of categories.
Learn how to implement a product slider in a PrestaShop store, including image slides, optional captions, and jQuery-driven transitions for effective ecommerce presentation.
Explore how demography influences pricing and product presentation, and see how the product page uses categories, quick view, stock, and related items to build a competitive online store.
Explore how a Prestashop-based online medical store organizes product lineups, banners, and categories, with hot deals and a timer. It also highlights testimonials, email subscriptions, and free shipping over $50.
Explore Prestashop as an innovative e-commerce solution to build and manage an online store, with product and category management, shipping and payment methods, and html fundamentals, basic php, and mysql.
Configure language and country options in the Prestashop header, add currency choices (euro and USD), and enable my account, sign-in, cart checkout, and wishlist features.
Script a shopping cart with subtotal, shipping, tax, and a popup cart in a PrestaShop store using USD. Build category search and a navigable menu with electronics and clothing dropdowns.
Learn to configure a PrestaShop store with language and currency options, manage header and menu sections, display products with images, and add a blog or dummy blocks for practice.
Conclude the Prestashop online store demo by reviewing header elements, category and menu setup, and features like free shipping, secure payments, and customer support that boost product visibility.
Explore Prestashop, a reliable open-source e-commerce platform, with a powerful back-office, real-time catalog and cart management, multilingual support, and scalable features for growing online stores.
Master the two essential tools for PrestaShop customization—a text editor and an FTP client—using editors for Windows, Mac, and Linux, and explore the add-ons marketplace with modules and themes.
Download the latest Prestashop, upload the files to your hosting server via FTP such as FileZilla, and place them in root or a directory. Create a MySQL database with phpMyAdmin.
Install PrestaShop with the auto installer, verify server configuration and PHP settings, adjust file permissions recursively, configure the database, and complete the shop configuration.
Learn to fill global product information in PrestaShop, including naming, barcodes (EAN-13, JAN, UPC), references, status and visibility, stock options, and descriptive fields across languages.
Learn how to enable product customization and attachments in Prestashop, configuring file and text fields on the order page, and manage attachments, suppliers, and product references.
Manage order status, returns, and partial refunds in Prestashop, using credit slips, vouchers, and cart rules. Edit shipping and invoice addresses, update tracking numbers, and access invoicing documents.
Learn to manage order and return statuses in prestashop, customize colors and icons, configure email templates and invoice pdfs, create new statuses, and organize customers for targeted discounts.
Learn how to create and manage customer accounts in PrestaShop, including entering essential fields, enabling B2B mode, managing newsletters and groups, and using search and filters to locate customers.
Navigate Prestashop shipping by configuring weight or price based pricing, set carriers, zones, and localization to calculate fees and offer options like free shipping thresholds.
Explore configuring Prestashop shipping: set size and weight limits, group access, and multi-store options; define weight and price ranges, zones, and fees, then save or draft the carrier.
Learn to add and translate languages in PrestaShop, import language packs, and configure language details, ISO codes, date format, flag, RTL status, zones, and country settings.
Configure local settings in Prestashop by adding country states with ISO codes, selecting country and zone, and managing currencies with manual and automated rate updates.
Edit translations in the modified translations section, customizing front office and back office text, with placeholders, language packs, themes, and PDF and email template translations.
Configure PrestaShop native payment gateways such as Realex and Skrill (Moneybookers), sign up with providers, enter IDs and keys, and enable fear.net and Certis SIM fraud protection on checkout.
Master best practices by avoiding risky Smarty usage in Prestashop, guard security by refraining from using constants and database passwords, and prevent hard-to-read code by avoiding direct PHP calls.
Explore available Prestashop jQuery plugins, learn how Ajax loads content asynchronously, and understand JSON as a lightweight data format for dynamic websites.
Learn best practices for Prestashop theme development, from planning your shop hierarchy and 30 essential pages in Photoshop to optimizing code for search engines and ensuring usability and trust.
Create automated discounts and vouchers with catalog price rules and cart rules, using codes and conditions to apply percentage or fixed discounts to products, categories, or carts.
Learn to create and apply percentage discounts, buy one get two free offers, and free shipping using PrestaShop price rules, with emphasis on the condition tab and cart rules.
Introduction
Welcome to the Comprehensive PrestaShop Training course! This course is designed to take you from a beginner to an advanced level in using PrestaShop, an open-source e-commerce solution. Whether you're looking to set up your online store or enhance your current skills, this course covers everything you need to know.
Section 1: PrestaShop - Beginners
In this section, you'll get an introduction to PrestaShop, starting with an overview of its capabilities and benefits. You'll learn how to install and set up PrestaShop, including downloading, unzipping, and uploading files. This section will also cover essential topics like store administration, configuring basic settings, themes, and modules, giving you a solid foundation to start building your e-commerce site.
Section 2: Project on PrestaShop - E-Commerce Online Medicine Store
This section guides you through a hands-on project where you'll create an online medicine store using PrestaShop. You'll follow step-by-step instructions to install PrestaShop, set up the project, and customize various elements such as the code menu, slider, and product pages. By the end of this project, you’ll have a functional e-commerce site and a deeper understanding of PrestaShop’s capabilities.
Section 3: Project on PrestaShop - Create an Online Business Store
In this project-based section, you'll learn how to create a complete online business store. Starting with the basics of installation, you'll progress to more advanced topics like coding headers, menus, feature products, and blogs. This practical experience will help you apply your knowledge to real-world scenarios and build a robust online store.
Section 4: Create E-Commerce Store with Prestashop Comprehensive Course
This comprehensive section dives deeper into PrestaShop's functionalities. You'll learn about creating databases, installing PrestaShop, configuring your online shop, and managing the interface. Detailed lessons on adding products, managing categories, setting product prices, and handling orders will equip you with the skills to run a successful e-commerce business. You'll also cover advanced topics like shipping management, local settings, and making native modules work effectively.
Section 5: Advanced PrestaShop Features and Best Practices
In this advanced section, you'll explore PrestaShop’s more intricate features, including understanding preferences, advanced parameters, and back office administration. You’ll also learn about theme templates, integrating Ajax, jQuery, and JSON, and following best practices for maintaining a secure and efficient online store. Key SEO tips and merchant tutorials will help you optimize your store for better performance and visibility.
Conclusion
By the end of this course, you will have gained extensive knowledge and practical experience with PrestaShop, enabling you to create, customize, and manage professional e-commerce websites. Whether you're starting from scratch or looking to enhance your existing store, this course provides all the tools and insights you need.