Books
The book for shop owners: Online Shops with OXID eShop, 2nd edition (German)
Alternatively, or in addition to the online documentation, we recommend that you read “Online shops with OXID eShop” (German). The 2nd edition of the practical guide for all (prospective) shop owners was published at the end of May 2014. The authors, Dr. Roman Zenner and Joscha Krug, describe the structure of an online shop with OXID eShop 4 & 5, from the installation of the software on a server to the general configuration and the product marketing. More information can be found here:
The book for developers: OXID eShop Cookbook (German)
In “OXID eShop Cookbook” (German), which was also published by O’Reilly in July 2013, the authors, Dr. Roman Zenner and Joscha Krug, offer insights into the inner workings of OXID eShop 4 & 5. They talk about typical use cases in building and expanding OXID eShop. The authors provide proven expert knowledge on themes and templates, the expansion of shop functionality through modules as well as performance and scaling of OXID eShop. They identify problems for each topic and describe possible solutions. In addition to their recipes for specific problem-solving, they also describe the software architecture of OXID eShop and best practices.
The book for users: Online Shops with OXID eShop (German)
“Online Shops with OXID eShop” (German) was published by O’Reilly in January 2012. In this book, the author, Dr. Roman Zenner assisted by Jürgen Busch, describes how to install OXID eShop 4 & 5 and fill it with products, how to set up shipping and payment methods and how to adopt the shop to your own requirements. He also sheds light on aspects such as marketing and social media.