<s>
VirtueMart	B-Application
(	O
formerly	O
known	O
as	O
mambo-phpShop	O
)	O
is	O
an	O
open-source	B-Application
e-commerce	O
solution	O
designed	O
as	O
an	O
extension	O
of	O
the	O
Mambo	B-Language
or	O
Joomla	B-Protocol
!	I-Protocol
</s>
<s>
content	B-Protocol
management	I-Protocol
systems	I-Protocol
(	O
CMS	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
VirtueMart	B-Application
is	O
written	O
in	O
PHP	B-Application
and	O
requires	O
the	O
MySQL	B-Application
database	O
environment	O
for	O
storage	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
VirtueMart	B-Application
began	O
as	O
offshoot	O
of	O
the	O
stand-alone	O
phpShop	O
e-commerce	O
web	O
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
dubbed	O
mambo-phpShop	O
it	O
became	O
the	O
first	O
substantial	O
native	O
e-commerce	O
component	O
for	O
the	O
Mambo	B-Language
CMS	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
community	O
forked	O
Mambo	B-Language
into	O
Joomla	B-Protocol
,	O
the	O
developer	O
re-branded	O
mambo-phpShop	O
as	O
VirtueMart	B-Application
,	O
officially	O
supporting	O
the	O
newer	O
Joomla	B-Protocol
CMS	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
current	O
implementations	O
may	O
still	O
function	O
with	O
Mambo	B-Language
CMS	O
,	O
and	O
older	O
editions	O
of	O
mambo-phpShop	O
are	O
still	O
available	O
to	O
download	O
,	O
they	O
are	O
no	O
longer	O
actively	O
supported	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
developed	O
by	O
Sören	O
Eberhardt-Biermann	O
,	O
in	O
September	O
2009	O
a	O
new	O
team	O
began	O
developing	O
VirtueMart	B-Application
2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2012	O
the	O
developer	O
team	O
declared	O
end	O
of	O
life	O
for	O
VirtueMart	B-Application
1.1	O
and	O
since	O
then	O
VirtueMart	B-Application
2	O
is	O
no	O
longer	O
maintaining	O
Joomla	B-Protocol
1.5	O
compatibility	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
VirtueMart	B-Application
supports	O
an	O
unlimited	O
number	O
of	O
products	O
and	O
categories	O
,	O
with	O
products	O
assignable	O
to	O
multiple	O
categories	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
VirtueMart	B-Application
supports	O
multiple	O
prices	O
for	O
a	O
single	O
product	O
,	O
based	O
around	O
shopper	O
groups	O
or	O
a	O
quantity	O
range	O
,	O
and	O
permits	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
different	O
payment	O
gateways	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
VirtueMart	B-Application
is	O
an	O
open-source	B-Application
e-commerce	O
solution	O
all	O
the	O
application	O
code	O
is	O
openly	O
visible	O
in	O
PHP	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
allows	O
PHP	B-Application
developers	O
to	O
view	O
,	O
update	O
or	O
customize	O
the	O
operation	O
of	O
the	O
shopping	O
cart	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
VirtueMart	B-Application
itself	O
offers	O
simplified	O
templates	O
(	O
called	O
'	O
fly	O
pages	O
 '	O
in	O
VirtueMart	B-Application
)	O
structure	O
that	O
allows	O
various	O
shopping	O
and	O
cart	O
page(s )	O
to	O
be	O
edited	O
as	O
standard	O
HTML	O
and	O
CSS	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Notably	O
new	O
to	O
VirtueMart	B-Application
1.1.0	O
was	O
the	O
inclusion	O
of	O
the	O
ability	O
quickly	O
to	O
change	O
themes	O
for	O
category	O
,	O
product	O
,	O
checkout	O
and	O
cart	O
pages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Virtuemart	B-Application
is	O
supported	O
by	O
an	O
iPhone	O
app	O
by	O
iVMStore	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
VirtueMart	B-Application
has	O
been	O
adopted	O
by	O
over	O
269,000	O
online	O
retailers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
the	O
week	O
of	O
Sep	O
23rd	O
2013	O
,	O
Quantcast	B-Protocol
data	O
collated	O
by	O
BuiltWith	O
Trends	O
indicated	O
that	O
VirtueMart	B-Application
ran	O
on	O
1.47	O
%	O
of	O
the	O
top	O
10K	O
sites	O
,	O
3.25	O
%	O
of	O
the	O
top	O
100K	O
sites	O
,	O
and	O
6.02	O
%	O
of	O
the	O
top	O
million	O
sites	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
VirtueMart	B-Application
is	O
only	O
a	O
plugin	O
for	O
Joomla	B-Protocol
!	I-Protocol
</s>
<s>
/	O
Mambo	B-Language
,	O
it	O
has	O
the	O
same	O
system	O
requirements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
other	O
required	O
supporting	O
libraries	O
or	O
extensions	O
include	O
MySQL	B-Application
,	O
XML	O
and	O
Zlib	O
support	O
built	O
into	O
PHP	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
VirtueMart	B-Application
1.1.x	O
is	O
compatible	O
with	O
Joomla	B-Protocol
1.5.x	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
VirtueMart	B-Application
2.0.x	O
is	O
compatible	O
with	O
Joomla	B-Protocol
2.5.x	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
VirtueMart	B-Application
2.6.x	O
is	O
compatible	O
with	O
Joomla	B-Protocol
2.5.x	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
VirtueMart	B-Application
2.9.x	O
is	O
compatible	O
with	O
Joomla	B-Protocol
3.x	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
VirtueMart	B-Application
3.0.x	O
is	O
compatible	O
with	O
Joomla	B-Protocol
2.5.x	O
and	O
Joomla	B-Protocol
3.x	O
.	O
</s>
