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Now that you have installed PrestaShop and that your are properly logged-in to your administration area, take the you must spend a good amount of time making sure every part of your future online shop is properly set up, secured, validated and ready for business.
While PrestaShop makes it easy for you to install it and build you business online, it cannot possibly be 5-seconds work: you are dealing with products, customers, and most importantly with real actual money that will be flowing from your customers to your bank account. We dare say you want to make sure nothing fails in the process of validating an order, have the products be found on your storage location, packaged, and shipped to your customers without a single glitch, or even without anything unpredicted happening without your knowledge.
We have created this chapter in order to help you make the best of your discovery of PrestaShop. Follow its directions to the letter, but be aware that you should read the whole guide in order to get a perfect grasp of your new online business tool!
Overview of the interface
Take the time to survey the Dashboard – that is, the first page you see when logging into your back-office. Not only does it present you with a summary of everything you need to know about your shop at any given time, along with quick links to the main action page, but as a first-timer in PrestaShop, it also gives you tips about what you should have a look at.
Overview of the interface
The top bar
At the top of the back-office is a black containing a handful of links:
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