JV Sport Shop

Introduction

JV Sport Shop is clean, modern and elegant Joomla 3 template with fully responsive layout that would be a pretty choice for any sports store such as sporty equipment, sports accessories, sportswear... It's also extremely customizable and easy to use theme, which can be tailored for any heavy Joomla store.

Along with a beautiful design, our amazing theme is equipped with Hikashop component, many extensions with lots of features, JV Slide pro with smooth transition effects, JV Latest News is easy to configure, JV Ajax Search Hikashop...

1. Features

Fully responsive

100% table-less design, HTML5 & CSS3

Bootstrap 3 integration

Joomla 3 support

RTL support

3 Preset colors

Full width and boxed layouts

Ecommerce template with Hikashop

Typography and various module variations

Mega Menu

2. JV and third party extensions supported

JV Slide Pro

JV Latest News

JV Ajax Search Hika

Hikashop

Mijopolls

SP Simple Map

Monials Fader

 

3. Module positions

It's very important to know the structure and module positions in the template. You can view in our demo or as shown below"

 

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References

You may find the following links very helpful if you are new to the world of Joomla!

Joomla FAQs

Video Tutorials

Joomla! Forum

Joomla! 3.x Installation guide

Joomla! default Modules

Technical requirements

Hikashop documentation

Menu management in Joomla 3.x

 

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System requirements

1. Browser compatibility

JV Sport Shop was tested to be ready to be compatible with the following browsers.

Firefox 4+

IE (Internet Explorer) 8+

Google Chrome 14+

Opera 12+

Safari 5+

2. Joomla 3 requirements

 

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Download & Installation

To be able to download this template you need to sign up for a membership account

Visit JV Sport Shop download area, where you can download quickstart, template, JV Framework, extensions...

If you are planing to create a completely new Joomla Site which clones JV Sport Demo, Quickstart Installation is the way to go.

1. Quickstart Installation

Choosing quickstart package to install helps you create an entire Joomla site site which includes Joomla! CSM, JV Shop Sport templates, extensions, sample articles, default Joomla! modules . This installation procedure is a perfect choice for those who are new to Joomla!. Following our guide can help you create your own site without much knowledge in programming!

After finishing this quickstart installation, you only need to edit or add text, logo, product images and information, menu, new articles... in the back-end administrative area.

Please refer to the following guide to learn how to install quickstart package.

 

2. Install JV Sport Shop on your existing Joomla site

Another way to build JV Sport Shop is installing each separate part: JV Framework 3.2, JV Sport Shop template, Extensions, and then add new default Joomla! and custom HTML modules to your site.

Note: please view the next section to know how to configure the default Joomla and custom HTML modules.

To install JV Sport Shop on your Joomla, take the following steps:

✔ Step 1: Install JV Framework 3.2 component by selecting Extensions >> Extension Manager, browse JV Framework 3.2 zip package and click upload and install as shown in the picture below:

✔ Step 2: By the same way, install JV Sport Shop template and other extensions on your Joomla!

Please view the following guide to know how to install new extensions (template, components, module, plugin) on your current Joomla site.

✔ Step 3 Once you have JV Sport Shop Template installed. Go to Extensions >> Template Manager, set JV Sport Shopas default for front-end display

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Template Customization

You can manage the template by navigating to Extensions >> Template Manager

Click on the name of the template in the Style column to edit style with our powerful JV Framework 3.2

Click on the name of the template in the Template column to edit core files

Styles column refers to changing the available parameters of a template, such as color, font-color, logo, etc. These are dependent on the parameters a template maker made available and are a convenience for quick changes. Template - column refers to editing the actual template files.

1. Edit Style

Accessing to Edit Style you can edit JV Sport Shop style with JV Framework 3.2. This area includes 10 tabs: Overview, Global, Google Fonts, Style, Megamenu, Grid Layout, Extension, Custom JS, Related Article, Assign. You can reset all settings to default by click on "Reset to default" in the top right corner. Now we will go to each tab to find out more

1.1. OVERVIEW:

This tab contains general information of JV Framework and the template .

1.2. GLOBAL

This tab contains a collection of general parameters that affect the entire site.

The sets of parameters that can be found in this tab are:

- Layout: Select layout for the template ( default/Left-Right-Main/Main-Left-Right/Mobile).

- Logo Setting: choose logo type (images/type). You can upload your own logo, add Logo text, slogan

- Direction RTL: enable/disable RTL mode

- Layout Mobiles: Allow you to select the type of layout that will be used when accessed from a mobile device

- Full HD: Enable/disable Full HD mode.

- Cache: This is where you enable/disable the cache function for JV Framework’s extensions or clear the cache.

- Compression: Allow you to optimize the site performance by utilizing various types of compression.

- Go to top: Enable/disable Go to top button

- Copyright: Allow you to enable/disable and modify copyright information.

1.3. GOOGLE FONT

In this tab, you can easily apply google font to your contents.

Click add, the choose a font type, then assign the font type to heading or paragraph tags as you can see below:

 

1.4. STYLE

This tab allows you to edit template color

- Module color: you can select whether to show 4 preset colors in specific for front-end user to choose (you should turn it off this mode because you should be the only one to preset the entire theme color)

- Theme color: simply select a theme color

- Custom color: enable/disable custom theme color mode

- Custom theme color:

If enabled, you can easily add your own color to classes, ids, heading, paragraph... Simply edit colors with color box and assign selector: background or border or color. You can also edit classes, ids... in the Custom Css box

Click "on add new Custom color" to add and style new classes, ids...

 

1.5. MEGA MENU

This tab allows the user to configure the Megamenu and their sub-menus used in JV Sport Shop, as well as the menu responsive

1.6. GRID LAYOUT

This tab allows you to adjust the size ratio of the grid layout.

1.7. EXTENSION

This tabs contains several sets of parameters that enhance or support the Framework .

- Date: enable/disable the date indicator, as well as configure it.

- Font Resizer: enable/disable the font resizer.

- Google Analytics: enable/disable Google Analytic.

- Yahoo Analytics: enable/disable Yahoo Analytic.

- Lazy Loading: enable/disable lazy loading mode.

1.8. CUSTOM JS

This is where you can add custom JS to certain part of the site using class or id.

1.9. RELATED ARTICLE

This tab allows you to configure the Related Article features (show related article underneath the one being read).

 

1.10. ASSIGN

If this style is not the default one, this is where you can assign which page will utilize this style instead of the default style.

 

2. Customize template

Joomla gives you great feature to edit files directly on web browser by clicking on template title in the right-side template column. If you are familiar with HTML and CSS, this feature may help you.

Click any file and you'll be able to edit it directly in the browser.

template.css file is an important file that contains entire template styling. This the biggest css file containing all the template styling. For your easy to find and edit code quickly, the file is arranged into the main segments:

 

2.2 Website/page title configuration

You also need to change website or page titles of your site, these are important and critical for SEO

In order to change website/page/menu item title, take the following steps:

Step 1: Go to Menus >> Menu Manager in back-end admin panel, then select a menu (in this example I choose Main Menu)

Step 2: In Menu Item Manager, Click on any Menu Item representing for specific page that you would like to change the title. ( In this example I choose the Menu Item Home, which stands for the website

Step 3: In the Edit Menu Item page, choose tab Page Display, then add title for the Menu Item

2.3 Changing Favicon

Favicons are the small 16x16 pixel pictures you see beside some Webpage title in your browser.

To change favicon, take the following steps:

Step 1: Create a 16x16 pixel image

Step 2: Name the image favicon.ico , now you have your own favicon

Step 3: Copy the file to /<your joomla>/templates/sportshop directory .

During this step, you should use FTP application to log into your server. There are number of both free and commercial FTP application. In this example, I choose FileZilla.

On you web server, open htdocs or public_html directory, then select where your Joomla has been previously installed

Scroll down to the template directory, double click to open it,

Continue to open jvsportshop directory

Replace the exsiting favicon.ico file in jvsportshop directory with your own file

 

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JV Extensions

1. JV Slide Pro

JV Slide Pro is an exclusive and professional extension designed by Joomlavi, It's not a free extension but will be included when you download JV Sport Shop.

You need to install Slide Pro extension and jvjquerylib plug-intogether. These packages can be found in JV Sport Shop package.

To configure the module, Navigate to Extensions >> Module Manager click on module Slide Pro. You will access to Module Manager: Module mod_slidepro

 

Slide source Settings:

Click on "Add" in the bottom to add new slide

The important thing is to choose slide source type in the top, you can select: Input image URL, Youtube video, Choose article, Choose K2 article, Form folder, Query articles, Query K2 articles. Each type of slide source has different image settings. In our demo we only use slide source type. Within this type, you can select main image and description image. Let's check how to set up images and description:

- Image title: you can enter title for the main image

- Image path: select main image from media Manager

- Thumbnails: select thumbnails from media Manager

- Description: in this section you can insert the path of description image, change title, heading, content, Simply replace red field with your own content!

Parameter explanations:

- Effect: choose one of 6 beautiful effects

- Item width (%,px): enter value for slide width ( in pixel or % ), default 100%

- Duration (ms): enter value for duration of time a slide lasts

- Start at: enter a value to select which slide initialize the slideshow

- Auto time (ms): enter value for auto sliding time. set 0 to disable auto play

- Easing: select easing function

- Hotkey: enable/disable arrow keyboard control

- Loop slides: enable/disable indefinite loop for slides

- Touch swipe: enable/disable slide touching function

- Mouse drag: enable/disable slide mouse drag function

- Mouse wheel: enable/disable mouse wheel to control slides

- Nav: enable/disable navigation function and buttons

- Nav with thumbs: enable/disable thumb navigation

- Nav with title: enable/disable navigation with image titles

- Slide break: set min and max slide item

- Navi with Slide: select to show navigation with slide

Module Slide Pro in Front-end:

2. JV Contact

This module is used to show latest joomla articles or K2 items from corresponding categories.

Settings:

Main parameter settings:

The module in frontend:

 

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Third Party Extensions

Listed below are 3 third extensions used in JV Sport Shop

1. Monials Fader

This module is used to add testimonials to your website. You can add unlimited number of testimonials, and the corresponding authors, title and date for it. You can download this extensions here http://www.freakishthemes.com/plugin/monialsfader-joomla-testimonial-module.

The module in frontend:

Main settings

For detailed documentation please visit Monials Fader Guide

2. MijoPolls

MijoPolls is a simple and flexible component for voting. Visit http://miwisoft.com/joomla-extensions/mijopolls-joomla-polls-component to download this extension

The module in frontend:

3. SP simple map

SP Simple Map is Google map module for Joomla. You can easily show your location to your visitors by putting Latitudes and Longitudes value of your location. You have the options to set default Zoom and map height. You can also specify the map type from the module admin. Visit http://www.joomshaper.com/joomla-extensions/simple-map to download this extension.

The module in frontend:

 

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Joomla! modules

Joomla! has many module types by default such as: login, breadcrumbs, Custom HTML, Footer, Random Image, Search etc.. to power your site. Also, JV Sport Shop demo utilizes some of Joomla modules. If you install with quickstart package, you only need to go to Module Manager, select modules to configure.

If you install JV Shop Sport on your Joomla!, you need to add new Joomla modules and configure like I show you in this section.

To add a new Joomla Module, Click "New" button in Module Manager, then choose a module type from a list as fully shown in the images below

1. Login

This type of module displays a username and password login form. It’s also display a link to retrieve a forgotten password. If the user registration is enable (in User Manager > Options), another link will be shown to enable self-registration for users.

Backend-settings:

Please hover over each parameter view more parameter explanations in the back-end

 

2. Breadcrumbs

This Module displays the Breadcrumbs

Main settings:

- Module position: top-1

- Menu assignment: on all pages except Home

3. Menu

This type of default Joomla module helps you display a menu in front-end.

In the demo template, there are 4 menu modules with different names as shown below.

To add this type of module, Click New, select type: "Menu" from a list: then configure the parameters of the module. Now we will go inside each module.

 

3.1 Main Menu

Settings

 

3.2 What we do

 

3.3 Categories

 

3.4 Sub Navigation

6. News Banner

Settings:

7. Product Banner

Main Settings:

Custom HTML Modules

The custom HTML module is one of the default modules for Joomla! It is designed to contain any valid HTML code. There are many cases where you might want to put free-form HTML inside a web page. For example, you might want to create an HTML Image Map or you might want to copy HTML code from PayPal, Amazon, or some other site. The Custom HTML Module allows you to create a self-contained HTML unit and then put it in any valid location on a page.

Note: If are new to Joomla! and HTML, best way for you is to copy and paste the code into the module. Or If you would like to edit the HTML code please notice on each of HTML module below.

How to create or a new Custom HTML module and edit an existing one?

Like the way you create a new Joomla! default module. To 'add' a new Custom HTML module, navigate to Extensions >> Module Manager

Click the 'New' button and click on Custom HTML in the modal popup window.

To 'Edit' an existing Custom HTML module, in the Module Manager click on the Custom HTML Module's Title or click the Custom HTML module's check box and then click the Edit button in the Toolbar.

When editing the content you can use "toggle editor" button in the bottom of the editor. A toggle button allows the user to change between two editors: HTML and Plain text.

Now we will go inside each custom HTML module built in JV Sport Shop

1. Slider Custom bottom

Main Settings

HTML code:

<p>Fusce massa lorem commodo ut inter ut, tincidunt eget velit. Fusce massa lorem commodo ut interut, tincidunt eget velit. Nulla blandit manec sem sagittis molestie.</p>
<div class="about-orther">Aenean viverra<br /> Consectetur Fusce<br /> Eros adipiscing<br /> Aenean viverra</div>
<div class="more"><a class="view-more" href="/component/content/?id=2&Itemid=197">View more ></a></div>

2. About Store

Main settings

HTML code:

<p>Fusce massa lorem commodo ut inter ut, tincidunt eget velit. Fusce massa lorem commodo ut interut, tincidunt eget velit. Nulla blandit manec sem sagittis molestie.</p>
<div class="about-orther">Aenean viverra<br /> Consectetur Fusce<br /> Eros adipiscing<br /> Aenean viverra</div>
<div class="more"><a class="view-more" href="/component/content/?id=2&Itemid=197">View more ></a></div>

 

3. Payment Accept

HTML code:

<div><img src="/images/payment-accept.png" alt="module custom html" /></div> 

4. Contact Us

Main Settings:

HTML code:

<div class="hotline">1800 - 123456<br /> 1800 - 123457</div>

5. NEWS & EVENT

Main Settings:

HTML code:

<p><a title="" href="/component/k2/itemlist/category/1.html?Itemid=189" target="_self"><img src="/images/news.jpg" alt="" /></a></p>
<p>Pellentesque suscipit egestas lectus Crasol estie orci at ante tristique sagittis Proin etelit nunc, sed vestibulum sem.</p>

6. Social Network

HTML code:

<ul class="follow-us clearfix">
<li class="facebook"><a title="Connect Us on Facebook" href="http://facebook.com/pages/Joomlavicom/100487240018744" target="_blank">Become a fan on Facebook</a></li>
<li class="twitter"><a title="Follow us on Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/joomlavi" target="_blank">Follow us on Twitter</a></li>
<li class="google"><a title="Follow us on google" href="#" target="_blank">Follow us on Google</a></li>
<li class="rss"><a title="Grab our Blog RSS feed" href="http://www.joomlavi.com/index.php?format=feed&type=rss" target="_blank">Grab our RSS feed</a></li>
<li class="flickr"><a title="Follow us on Flickr" href="#" target="_blank">Follow us on Flickr</a></li>
<li class="vimeo"><a title="Follow us on vimeo" href="#" target="_blank">Follow us on Vimeo</a></li>
</ul> 

7. Get in Touch

Main Settings

HTML code:

 <p><strong>Address:</strong>       1458 Sample Road, Greenvalley<br /> <strong>Telephone: </strong>  +123-1234-5678<br /> <strong>FAX:</strong>               +458-4578<br /> <strong>Others:</strong>         +301 - 0125 - 01258<br /> <strong>E-mail: </strong>          This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.</p>

8. Follow us on Twitter

Main Settings

HTML code:

<div class="img"><img src="/images/followme.png" alt="" /></div>
<h3>Follow us on Twitter</h3>
<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, adipistincidunt : <a title="" href="/twitter.com/yourusername" target="_blank">twitter.com/yourusername</a></p>

9. Support

Main Settings

HTML code:

<div class="top-support show-pc">SUPPORT 24/7 1800 - 123456789 | <a href="#">CHAT WITH US</a></div>
<div class="top-support dropdown show-mb"><a class="dropdown-toggle" href="#" data-toggle="dropdown"> <img src="/images/support.png" alt="" /></a>
<ul class="dropdown-menu">
<li>SUPPORT 24/7 1800 - 123456789
<div><a href="#">CHAT WITH US</a></div>
</li>
</ul>
</div>

10. Top link account(logged-in )

Main Settings

HTML code:

<div class="show-pc"><a href="/login-form/profile.html">My account</a> / <a class="f90-logout-button" href="#">Logout</a></div>
<div class="show-mb dropdown"><a class="dropdown-toggle" href="#" data-toggle="dropdown"> <span class="icon-cog"> <i style="display: none;">.</i></span></a>
<ul class="dropdown-menu">
<li><a href="/login-form/profile.html">My account</a></li>
<li><a class="f90-logout-button" href="#">Logout</a></li>
</ul>
</div>

11. Login

Main Settings

HTML:

<div class="show-pc"><a href="/login-form.html">Login</a>  /  <a href="/login-form.html?view=registration">Register</a></div>
<div class="show-mb dropdown"><a class="dropdown-toggle" href="#" data-toggle="dropdown"> <span class="icon-cog"> <i style="display: none;">.</i></span></a>
<ul class="dropdown-menu">
<li><a href="/login-form.html">Login</a></li>
<li><a href="/login-form.html?view=registration">Register</a></li>
</ul>
</div>

12. JV slider custom

Main Settings

HTML:

<ul class="jvSlider slidertop jcarousel-skin-tango">
<li><img src="/images/slide-top1.jpg" alt="" width="380" />
<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipisc, sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt</p>
</li>
<li><img src="/images/slide-top2.jpg" alt="" width="380" />
<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet,<br /> consectetuer adipisc.</p>
</li>
<li><img src="/images/slide-top3.jpg" alt="" width="380" />
<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipisc, sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt</p>
</li>
<li><img src="/images/slide-top1.jpg" alt="" width="380" />
<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipisc, sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt</p>
</li>
<li><img src="/images/slide-top2.jpg" alt="" width="380" />
<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet,<br /> consectetuer adipisc.</p>
</li>
<li><img src="/images/slide-top3.jpg" alt="" width="380" />
<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipisc, sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt</p>
</li>
</ul>

 

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Menu configuration

One of important things you need to do with your site is managing menus, and menu items.

1 Menu manager: Menus

Navigate to Menus >> Menu Manager. In the menu manager page, you can:

- Add a new menu by clicking on "New" button.

- View all existing menus available in your site

- View menus' status, modules linked to the menus

2 Menu manager: Menu items

This page lists the menu items contained in a menu.

To access Menu Manager: Menu Items, Select Menus >> [name of the menu] from the drop-down menu on the back-end. For example, if a Menu is called "Main Menu", select Menus >> Main Menu. Or you can navigate to the Menu Manager and click on the icon in the Menu Items column.

Within Menu Item Manager you can do the followings:

- Add a new menu item

- Edit any menu item

- View menu item status

3 Menu Manager: Edit menu item

Menu items are the main structure of a Joomla site. Each Menu Item is linked to a webpage. The Menu Item Type determines the type of page that will display when this menu choice is selected by the User. Joomla! provides users 29 different Menu Item types. If you install third-party extensions, these may add more menu types.

To Edit a Menu Item: Select Menus >> [name of the menu] from the drop-down menu on the back-end. For example, if a Menu is called "Main Menu", select Menus >>Main Menu. Then either click the title of the menu item in the table list or select the menu item check-box and click the "Edit" icon in the toolbar.

In this page, the most important thing you need to do is selecting the menu Item Type. After selecting, new tabs or parameters will appear.

You can configure each parameter in each tab when necessary. Hover over the each parameter to view the explanation.

4 MegaMenu

Mega menu is a feature of any template built-in JV Framework, to create a Mega Menu go the following steps:

4.1 Create menu structure

First of all, you need to create your own mene structure including level-1, level-2 ... menu items. It depends on how large is you menu system you want to build. The image bellow is an example, the level-1 menu item is the starting point.

If you want to add modules to Mega Menu, you need to create them first. In this example, assuming that I created the Module Custom HTML Gallery.

4.2 Flex Menu Options:

Go to each menu item and choose the tab "Flex Menu Options", this is the important tab, which helps you configure the Mega Menu:

In this example, we configure each menu item as following:

- Menu item "Product": This menu item is the starting point so you need to enter submenu Collumn

- Menu item "New Products": This menu item loads module "Categories", so you need to select menu item type: Module and select module "Categories"

- Menu item "Gallery": This menu item loads module "Gallery" so you need to select Menu item type: Modules and select module "Gallery" then

Parameter Explanations:

- Menu image type: select type for menu image (image/background)

- Menu Item type: this is an important field, you can select menu item type (menu item/group/modules/module positions)

- Modules: this is also an important field you need pass to build a mega menu for your site. Select modules to add to menu item

- Width: enter a value for the menu item width.

Let's check Mega Menu in JV Sport Shop Demo:

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hikashop configuration

This part is intended to cover important things of Hikashop Component. After going through this part, you can know know to configure the component and Hikashop modules used in JV Sport SHop demo

1. Installation

HikaShop is a Joomla Component and like any other Joomla extensions, it can be installed easily within no more 2 clicks!

You don't have to extract the package first, HikaShop will automatically install some plugins and modules.

Log on to the Joomla Administrator Section and go to Extensions >> Extension Manager

Browse for your HikaShop package and then click "Upload File & Install". The installation process may take about 1 minute

HikaShop will automatically install its modules and plugins and default categories so that you can directly add your products to your store.

2. Hikashop dashboard

The dashboard is the place you come to when you open HikaShop via the administrator joomla menu Components >> HikaShop. It is composed of two parts: a statistics part at the top, where you can see information about your sales and customers, and a menu part with a list of the main parts of HikaShop.

The statistics part will greatly help you in administering your shop. By default, you can see a list of your latest orders, your latest customers and a chart graph of your sales over a month period. This way, you can easily follow the success of your shop and access to the latest sales for more details.

On the bottom of the page, you should see a list of the main features available in HikaShop and a small description of the purpose of the corresponding area.You can also use the horizontal menu under the title of the page in order to quickly access all the important areas of the backend of HikaShop.

Products: This area allows you to manager all of your products. You can create, edit, delete, your products; handle images, files, prices, related products, information, etc.

Categories: You can create, edit, delete categories of your products

Customers: You can edit/manage customer information

Orders: Manage your customers order; create/edit/delete orders

Affiliates:Manage your affiliates and affiliate sales; create/edit/delete banners

Zone: Manage your store zone; manage taxes and tax categories for your products

Discounts: Manage discounts and coupon codes; handle restrictions on them

Currencies: Manage currencies available in your store; update currency rates

Plugins: Manage payment and shipping plugins

Display: Edit any view in Hikashop; config your Hikashop content menus & modules; custom fields configuration

Update/about: View Hikashop Documentation

4. Hikashop modules

During installation process, Hikashop will automatically install its modules in your Joomla! The modules types:

HikaShop Cart Module

HikaShop Content Module

HikaShop Currency Switcher Module

HikaShop Filtering module

HikaShop Wishlist Module

If you install JV Sport Shop on your Joomla, you need to add new modules by going to Extensions >> Module Manager >> New ,then choose a Hikashop module type from a list:

To manage Hikashop module, go to Extensions >> Module Manager in Joomla administrator area. Click on the title of the module. Finally click on HikaShop Options

Let's check all Hikashop module used in JV Sport Shop Demo

4.1. Shoping cart

This module shows shopping cart, subtotal, checkout button...

Main Settings

Hikashop options

4.2. My Cart

This module shows product in Home Page

Main Settings:

Hikashop options

 

4.3. Latest products

Main Settings:

Hikashop options

4.4. FEATURED PRODUCTS

Main settings:

Hikashop options

 

4.5. CURRENTCY

Main settings:

 

4.6. Related products

This Hikashop module shows related products.

Main settings:

Hikashop options