Site Configuration
Here we can set some settings which are used sitewide. They are
- Online shop information
- Shop Name
- Real world address
- Phone number
- Contact email
- Shipping cost
- Currency
- A flag whether to send a notification email to admin when a customer place an order
The shop information is shown on the footer ( include/footer.php ). You really shouldn't leave any field blank. Having these information can assure the customers that your online shop is a real business. This can improve customer trust and also improve your credibility and without those two you really can't expect anyone to buy.
The currency chooser is simply a drop down box where you can choose between Dollar, Euro, Poundsterling or Yen.
Why only four currencies ?
Because i'm making the shop using Dreamweaver and the only special characters for currency that i can find are €, £, and ¥. Plus the dollar sign ( $ ) that makes four currencies.
Under the currency list is the shipping cost. Since this shop use flat shipping cost a simple text box is sufficient. If you plan to offer different shipping cost like depending on the product weight or shipping courier then you really have to change it to suit your need.
The last setting is for sending email whenever a new order is placed.The notification email is sent to the address you specify as the contact email ( in the screenshot above it's franky@tomsworkers.com ). If you run a super busy shop it would be better to turn this off otherwise you will be flooded with emails and your mail server might think someone is spamming you.
