Development of the e-commerce site meksikolainenkauppa using WordPress content management system

Abstract

E-commerce is the process of selling and buying goods through the internet. Businesses have seen the benefits of using the internet to increment the number of customers and at the same time reduce their operations expenses. Therefore, IT companies are developing e-commerce platforms that can be used by any kind of business, from entrepreneurs to big companies. Content Management Systems are programs that allow the users create and update their websites without requiring strong programming skills. Some content management systems, such as WordPress, have increased their functionalities in order to allow their users create e-commerce site.

The aim of this thesis was to create the e-commerce site meksikolainenkauppa. Meksikolainenkauppa is an online store that will sell representative products of the Mexican culture in Finland. Thus, it was required to create a site which handles online payments and multilingual content. The thesis report includes the theoretical information about e-commerce, content management systems and it described the development process of the site.

The result of this thesis was a responsive e-commerce site. This website was able to handle online payments and change its content in two different languages: Finnish and English. Although the site was not tested in physical devices, it was tested through a website that simulates the screen of different devices.