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Todd Tomlinson - Beginning Drupal 8 (The Expert's Voice in Drupal) - 2015

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Chapter 22 ■ Building a Commerce Site<br />

As a <strong>Drupal</strong> distribution, the Commerce Kickstart distribution was assembled by a team that has<br />

already done all the hard work of putting all the contributed modules in place, making it simple to get your<br />

storefront up and running quickly with the least amount of effort. You can also follow the same path that the<br />

Commerce Kickstart team did and find all of the related modules and install them individually. I’ve done<br />

it both ways, and I found that using Kickstart is significantly faster and easier, so I’ll take the road of least<br />

resistance for the demonstration site and start with Commerce Kickstart.<br />

Installing <strong>Drupal</strong> Commerce Kickstart<br />

The process for installing <strong>Drupal</strong> Commerce Kickstart is nearly identical to that of installing <strong>Drupal</strong> 8<br />

core, with the exception of a customized installation interface. Follow the steps for downloading <strong>Drupal</strong><br />

Commerce Kickstart (www.drupal.org/project/commerce_kickstart) into a directory on your web server,<br />

performing the same basic steps as installing <strong>Drupal</strong> core. Create the database and database user and<br />

launch the site in your web browser to begin the installation process.<br />

The first step in the process is to accept the Privacy Policy and User Agreement. This differs from<br />

installing <strong>Drupal</strong> 8 core, as there are third-party libraries included in the distribution that require acceptance<br />

of the Privacy Policy and User Agreement (see Figure 22-1). If you agree with the terms, click the Let’s Get<br />

Started! button.<br />

Figure 22-1. Acknowledging acceptance of the Privacy Policy and User Agreement<br />

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