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Here, we present the modules that already exist as part of PrestaShop, and how to configure them. Click the "+" sign for each category in order to expand them.

List of available modules

SEO

This section contains only one module.

Google Sitemap

In order to optimize your SEO, it is essential to have a sitemap, which is a XML file that lists all pages and products on your store. This will allow search engines to index all pages easily and efficiently. Your products will then appear perfectly in the search engines when a visitor conducts a search. You can create a sitemap using PrestaShop and be indexed by Google (and other search engines that support the file format) using tools such as "Webmaster Tools". Once installed, click the "Configure" link to reach this page.

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The first step is to decide whether or not to display the products that you have not activated in your shop. If you want to use all products, check "Sitemap contains all products". Inactive products will then be indexed by Google so that you can make them visible as soon as you put them back online.
Once you've finished configuring the module, click on "Update sitemap file". You are given the Sitemap's address (e.g., myprestashop.com/sitemap.xml). Copy this URL to save it to your Google Webmaster Tools account. The module will then show you the file size and the number of pages indexed. Remember to update it regularly so that search engines index your content perfectly.

Smart Shopping

This section contains only one module.

Twenga API

Twenga is an online open shopping platform, that aims to bring together "all online products and stores in one place". This module helps you put your product on the Twenga platform: it exports your list of products on their service, and helps you track your sales through them.

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Once installed, click the "Configure" button and follow the instructions.

Billing & Invoicing

This section contains only one module.

European VAT Number

This module enables you customer to fill in their VAT number in their details. The VAT can be fetched through a web service, based on your country.

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The VAT field appears only when the user enters the company name.

Search & Filter

This section contains only one module.

Quick Search block

This module installs a search field in your store. It is installed and enabled by default, and you should leave it enabled to facilitate visitor's navigation. The search block can display results as soon as the first letters are typed.

There is no configuration page.

Market Place

This section contains only one module.

eBay

This module enables you to easily bring your your product catalog on eBay. This is an excellent way of widening your shop's audience.

Install the module, click on the "Configure" link, and follow the module's instructions. For instance, you will have to register your module/shop on eBay first in order for it to work.

Migration Tools

This section contains two modules.

Shop Importer

A generic module to import your products stock from another e-commerce system to your PrestaShop shop. By default it doesn't provide anything, it needs platform-specific modules in order to work. Once at least one such module is activated, this module's configuration page gives access to a drop-down menu. Choose the platform of the source system, and enter the required authentication details. Click next and follow the module's instructions.

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Importer osCommerce

This is an import module for the Shop Importer. Install it in order to use it with the Shop importer module.

Pricing & Promotion

This section contains three modules.

Birthday Present

This module can create and send discount vouchers to your clients on their birthdays. Install it and then click "Configure" to include this feature. Several options will appear:

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Specials block

This module adds a block to your shop's home page, where the customer can discover the current specials (randomly chosen).

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Install it, and see how simple the configuration is:

Customer loyalty and rewards

PrestaShop's loyalty tool offers your clients a certain amount of loyalty points depending on the amount they spend at your store Install it and click "Configure" to access this form:

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Fill in the various fields and selectors according to your needs, and save.

Payment Security

This section contains 4 modules.

FIA-NET - Système d'Analyse des Commandes

FIA-NET is a French third-party e-commerce trust partner: it protects both customers and online shops against against credit card frauds and other malevolent activities. You have to already have a FIA-NET account in order to use the module. Ask for one here. Once you have an account, configure the module with your details.

PrestaShop Security

PrestaShop Security is a service provided by PrestaShop in order to protect the security of your shop against fraudulent payments.

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Fill it in with your credentials and choices from your shop, and save.

Secuvad module

Secuvad is a solution fighting against online fraud.

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Once you have an account, fill in the form with your details, and click "Register".

Trusted Shops Customer Rating

Trusted Shops is "the leading seal of approval for online shops in Europe which includes buyer protection for consumers and a rating system".

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Once you have an account, fill in your details. Do not forget the second module's tab.

Advertising & Marketing

This section contains 6 modules.

Block Advertising

It will display on the front office of your store an image of your choice. Clicking on "Configure" you can load the image of your choice, or indicate the image URL. Validate and the image will appear as follows.

Criteo

Criteo is "the world leader pay per click solution in retargeting. Criteo's personalized banners have proven to drive 4 times the click-through-rate (CTR) compared to other re-targeted banners".

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Once you have an account, you can fill the module's fields with your details.

eKomi

eKomi "helps companies through their web-based social SaaS technology with authentic and valuable reviews from customers and helps increasing the customer satisfaction and sales". This module ads an eKomi block to your front-office.

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Once you have an account, you can fill the module's fields with your details.

Customer follow-up

This module enables you to create e-mail alerts for your customers. It gives you a way to automatically send discount vouchers to some of your customers.

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Enable it, then click "Configure". You may choose among four kinds of e-mails.

Google AdSense

Google AdSense "offers a contextual advertising solution to web publishers. Delivers text-based Google AdWords ads that are relevant to site content pages."

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Once you have one, all you have to do is to add your AdSense script code into the textfield.

Customer referral program

You shop can use your current customers to win new customers with a customer referral system. Install this module then click "Configure".

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The last tab in "my referrals", named "Friends I have sponsored", enables customers to see who among those to whom they sent a referral message, did accept the invitation and ordered an item on the store. When registering, the referees must indicate the email address of the person who referred them, so that they in turn may benefit from the discount:

Administration

This section contains 10 modules.

Artichow

This module enables a graphic library, that can be used in order to create stats graphs.

Google Chart

This module enables a graphic library, that can be used in order to create stats graphs.

Visifire

This module enables a graphic library, that can be used in order to create stats graphs.

XML/SWF Charts

This module enables a graphic library, that can be used in order to create stats graphs.

Simple HTML table display

Mail alerts

PrestaShop enables you to alert your clients by e-mail in certain cases, e.g., when a new order is placed in your shop, or if a product is almost out of stock. Guests can enter an email address at which they will be contacted when the product becomes available again. Click "Install" then "configure" to configure the module.

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Mail alerts can be sent to multiple addresses at the same time. To do so, list each e-mail address that will receive the notification (one e-mail address per line. To move to the line, press the Enter key on your keyboard). Once the setup is complete, click "Save."

Newsletter

Your customers can give you their e-mail address either by entering it in the Newsletter block located on the homepage or by checking the "Yes" box to subscribe to the newsletter when they register. You need these e-mail addresses in order to do some marketing. Install it and click "Configure" in order to see this page:

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Once you have filtered the e-mail addresses to export, click "Export .CSV File" to retrieve all addresses. As before, a notification on a green background appears asking you to click and download the file. This document contains six types of information: The customer ID, Last Name, First Name, email address, IP address, and date of registration. You can then use this information to send your marketing campaigns.

Import/export a theme

This is a special module that enables you to import a theme and install it (and its attached modules), or to export a theme and its modules from your shop in order to share it with the world.

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Once all the parameters are correctly set, click on "Generate the archive now". You will quickly get a file to download from your browser. Save it on your hard-drive, then give the save file a proper name. From there on, you can easily share this theme, and if it's your own creation, you can start selling it on PrestaShop's Addons website!

SMS Tm4b

Tm4b (Text-Messaging for Business) is "an SMS Gateway that provides text-messaging solutions for the business community".

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All information that you must enter into the various fields will be provided when you register on the Tm4b site.
Choose what information you want to receive by text/SMS. In order to receive the report, set a CRON job in your shop by adding your URL, such as www.myprestashop.com/modules/tm4b/cron.php, in your server's crontab.

Watermark

This module enables you to add a watermark to images from your store. This limits their diffusion on the Internet.

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After this process, your watermark image will appear on the images that you selected.

Shipping & Logistics

This section contains 10 modules.

Shipping Estimation

This module enables the customer to compare carrier possibilities before going under the checkout process. Just install it to display this on your frontoffice.

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Note that all your carriers must have their fees properly set. This is done at the bottom "Shipping" page, in the "Fees by carrier, geographical zone, and ranges".

Date of delivery

This module displays an approximate date of delivery during the checkout process.

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Set the remaining module options, and finally click "Save".

Dejala.com : Courier delivery

Once you sign up with Dejala, the module allows you to add supplementary delivery services. When your clients purchase a product, they will see the shipping options available with a detailed time slots. They will order the product and ask for it to be delivered during the time slot that works best for them.

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This service is only available in certain towns. Please see the site http://www.dejala.fr for more information. As of this writing, they have staff in France's Ile-de-France region, and in Madrid, Spain.

Envoimoinscher

This module allows you to compare carrier offers and online ordering services' negotiated delivery rates.

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Once you have an account, fill in the module's various form fields, and click "Save".

FedEx

FedEx is "the fastest courier services around the world daily. FedEx Express is your 24 hours solution for the best courier service".

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Once you have your account set up, fill in the various fields from the module's configuration form, and validate. Once your PrestaShop is tied to the FedEx webservice, you can use the two other tabs, named "Categories Settings" and "Products Settings". The last tab gives you some help.

Mondial Relay

This module enables you to display rates for delivering in Mondial Relay points. This service is available in France, Luxembourg, Spain and Belgium.

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From there on, follow the module's instructions.

So Colissimo

SoColissimo is a service offered by La Poste, which allows you to offer your customers various modes of delivery.

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Once you have your authentication details, use them for fill the module's form, then click "Save".

Tracking - Front office

Enable your affiliates to access their own statistics.

UPS Carrier

UPS is a well-know worldwide parcel carrier

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Once you have your account set up, fill in the various fields from the module's configuration form, and validate. Once your PrestaShop is tied to the FedEx webservice, you can use the two other tabs, named "Categories Settings" and "Products Settings". The last tab gives you some help.

USPS Carrier

This modules enables you to add the United States Postal Service to your list of carriers.

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Once you have your account set up, fill in the various fields from the module's configuration form, and validate. Once your PrestaShop is tied to the UPS webservice, you can use the two other tabs, named "Categories Settings" and "Products Settings". The last tab gives you some help.

Payments & Gateways

This section contains 12 modules

They are all explained in detail in the "Managing Payments Methods" section of this user-guide, in the "Setting up a payment module" section.

Analytics & Stats

This section contains 23 modules. Most of them create a new section in the "Stats" tab of your PrestaShop install. Many are installed by default. Therefore, if some of PrestaShop's functionalities are not useful to you, you can disable them here.

Many are described in detail in the "Understanding Statistics" of this user-guide. In this section, we will only describe the ones that are not enabled by default.

Google Analytics

This module makes it easy for you to install a Google Analytics script on your shop. You will then be able to enjoy the stats tools offered by Google.

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Do read all the instructions provided by the module.

Best manufacturers

This module adds a "Best Manufacturers" link to the list of possible stats.

Geolocation

This module adds a "Geolocation" link to the list of possible stats.

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At first launch, you will have to update the location of many of the missing countries (mostly the lesser know ones). This will help the module locate your visitors. Simply click on the country's name, and indicate where it is on the map.

Front Office Features

This section contains 34 modules.

Many of these are installed by default. Therefore, if some of PrestaShop's functionalities are not useful to you, you can disable them here.

Top seller block

Add a block displaying the shop's top sellers.

Cart block

Displays the products that your customers added to their basket. They can then see their basket to change the amount of product they're ordering or delete or add a coupon. The block is presented as follows. By clicking on "Shopping Cart", they see the "Summary Order" of all products added to their basket and their quantity.

Categories block

This feature allows you to display a list of your product categories on your site. To create the categories, consult the section Managing Categories on page 17.

CMS Block

Adds a block with several CMS links.

Currency block

This feature allows your customers to choose which currency will appear in price displays, as well as how the customers will pay for their orders. The block appears in standard currency in the header (top part) of your store (see picture adjoined). To add or configure the currencies go to the "payment / currency" section.

Language block

Choose the languages that you want your store to appear in with the "Language Block" model The languages will appear on your store in the following manner: If you don't want them to appear then uninstall this block.

Layered navigation block

Displays a block with layered navigation filters.

Before using this module for the first time, you have to initialize the cache. Use the module's tool.

Link block

With this module you can add links to the sites you want, or to pages of your store. Click "Install" then "configure" to add links to this block. The page below, divided into three sections, will appear.

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The second section "Block title," is where you add a site name as well as a URL to which visitors will be redirected.

Manufacturers block

Displays a block of manufacturers/brands.

My Account block

Each client must be able to view all of their account data. Here they will find a summary of previously made orders, package tracking, product returns, their addresses (if more than one), coupons etc. Once the client is connected he will see a panel shown in the manner displayed in the adjoining screenshot.

New products block

This block presents recently added products and quickly make them visible. With this option you can create traffic for your new products. You can set the number of visible links by configuring this module.

Newsletter block

This block invites your store's visitors to enter their email address to be included in the newsletter.

You can in the configuration set several options For example ‘Send a confirmation email after registration' or ‘send a discount code for each entry'

Block payment logo

Adds a block to display all payment logos.

The module's configuration page let's you choose where to display these logos.

Permanent links block

Adds a block that displays permanent links such as sitemap, contact, etc.

RSS feed block

The RSS feed allows your visitors to stay informed about news from a site that you specify in the field provided in the module configuration. Please do not put your website address in this field- it could create an error. The RSS feed will then appear on the front of your shop in a block. Visitors can sign up for the RSS feed in this block.

Stores block

Displays a block with a link to the store location.

Suppliers block

Adds a block displaying suppliers.

Tags block

This block can slightly improve your store's SEO and make visible the most important words of your shop. Indicate in the module's configuration how many keywords should appear. They will then show up in a block.

User info block

Adds a block that displays information about the customer.

Viewed products block

This block displays the latest products that each customer has consulted. You can set the number of products shown by completing the "products displayed" field.

Wishlist block

With this module your customers can save a wish list that can be sent to many people. Once the module is enabled, the product page will have a new button, "Add to my list." By clicking the button and logging in, you client can add the products to his list. He can always review its contents by going directly into the "My Wishlist" section of his account.

The module's configuration page enables you to view your customers' lists.

Cross Selling

This module displays a "Customers who bought this product also bought..." block.

Home text editor

To adjust your online store's home page click "configure". You will then discover all the fields that you can configure. You can edit each of them in all the languages installed on your shop. To do this, select the language by clicking on the flag next to the field.

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Note: The homepage is the first image that your visitors experience when they access your store. Remember to make it pleasant and efficient and to update it regularly.

RSS products feed

Permits you to generate an RSS Product Feed on your store, showing the latest products that you have put on line. Regular visitors as well as search engines are very fond of this module.

FIA-NET Seal of Confidence

Turn your visitors into buyers by creating confidence in your site.

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You have to already have a FIA-NET account in order to use the module. Ask for one here. Once you have an account, configure the module with your details.

Featured Products on the homepage

With this module you can choose which products to highlight by placing them on your homepage.

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Repeat for all of the products that you want to place on the home page by checking the box marked "Home".

iAdvize

Offer an interactive live chat to your customers.

LiveZilla

Live support chat.

Product Comments

This module gives visitors the possible to leave a message on your product page. They can write it by using a new tab that will add itself to your product page.

Click on "Configure" from your Back Office and you will have the option of validating or rejecting the comments submitted. To validate click on the corresponding green icon; to delete the comment then click on the red icon. If you want your comments to be validated automatically, check the red cross icon in "Validation Required."

Products Category

The "Products Category" module enables you to display on each product page suggestions of other products that are in the same category. This model is particularly useful for discovering what your store has to offer. See the example below.

Product tooltips

This model shows information on the behavior of the visitors on the page that you're currently looking at Click on "install" to install this module then on "configure" to set up all of the different possibilities offered. The screenshot below will then appear.

Validate the choices corresponding to the information that you would like to show to your clients. Once you are done click on "Update Settings" to save This information will then be posted in the top right section of your browser.

ReversoForm

This module allows your customers to quickly and easily fill in their contact information. Your customers only need to fill in their phone numbers, and then their name, address, zip code, and city will be filled in automatically. This saves your customers time, thus removing the reluctance they may have to create an account. To enable this module just click on "Install" then "Configure". You are asked for your ReversoForm account number (you can get it from the site: http://www.reversoform.com/ and the address of your shop. Once completed click on "Update" to save the settings. Your customers will see a field appear asking for their phone number.

Send to a Friend module

You want to give your customers the opportunity to share your product knowledge. In order to do this install the "send to a friend module t the bottom of your product pages a link will appear with which you can share the product.

By clicking on the link, you are then redirected to a form where you can enter the name and email address of the person with whom you want to share your product. He will then receive the link of the product in question, inviting him to see it.

Treepodia

Cover your entire catalog with product videos in 24 hours.

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