Drupal Commerce Entities, Fields and References

One of the key things a Drupal newbie realizes very late in the cycle is the fact that when you add any module or feature to your site, it comes with it's own Entities, Fields and probably Reference. Drupal Commerce is no different.

It is extremely important to understand what the various pieces of Drupal Commerce are, before trying to figure out how it all works. So this article covers the various entities, fields and references there are in Drupal Commerce.

Understanding Product Display in Drupal Commerce

Everything you do with the products with respect to configuring the Product and the Product Type starts with how you want your Product to display on your website. There are basically two things you need to think about the Product Display,

The Drupal Commerce Glitch....

It is important to note a small glitch in the Navigation and URL naming convention in Drupal Commerce for creating Product types

Sources of learning Drupal Commerce in D7

As a newbie, I have struggled finding sources of learning Drupal Commerce or even Drupal 7 as such. I have since discovered some sources of learning about Drupal Commerce and would like to share these with you.

Understanding the Product and the Product Type in Commerce (Part-1 of 2)

Welcome back... the coverage on this blog will include:

1. Prerequisites for understanding of the Drupal Commerce Product and Product Type.
2. Drupal Commerce URL paths for the Product and the Product Type.
3. Setting up / Defining of the Product Type.
4. One example and a case Study (Part - 2/2).

Setting up a Categories based Product Catalog ( Drupal Commerce) - the first approach

Setting up a Drupal Commerce Catalog based on Categories is one of the most important things in learning about Drupal Commerce. There are basically two methods or approaches of doing it. In this blog we will discuss the first method. In this method, there are basically three steps to it.