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MageBridge Overview
MageBridge
Ful integration of
Magento in Joomla!
MageBridge Overview
Introduction
• Jira ICT– Training and events
– Consultancy
– Development
• Yireo– Tutorials and blog
– Extensions
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Yireo extensions
• Cross-over extensions– MageBridge, Vm2Mage
• Magento extensions– DeleteAnyOrder, ByAttribute, Woopra,
GoogleGears
• Joomla! extensions– SimpleLists, Dynamic404, SEFTest,
GoogleOptimizer, Trademark, SSL
Redirect
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History of MageBridge
• June 2009: Public release of version 1.0– Core functionality, visual integration, user synchronization
• August 2009: Public release of version 1.1– Connector architecture, multi-lingual integration, event forwarding
• November 2009: Public release of version 1.2– Product connectors, store connectors
• January 2010: Public release of version 1.3– Content plugin, RocketTheme template patches
• March 2010: Public release of version 1.4– JCE editor, user import, more connectors
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Bridge everything (1/3)
• Integrates Magento visually into Joomla!– Main content-area within Joomla! component
– Any other Magento block within Joomla! sidebars
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Bridge everything (2/3)
• Integrates Magento visually into Joomla!
• Synchronizes Magento data with Joomla!– Search products and categories
– User synchronization and authentication
– JCE editor
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Bridge everything (3/3)
• Integrates Magento visually into Joomla!
• Synchronizes Magento data with Joomla!
• Connecting Magento logic to Joomla!– Product connectors, store connectors
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Why MageBridge?
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Why Magento plus Joomla!?
“There's more to e-commerce than just sales”
• Marketing in Joomla!• Sell in Magento
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Use the best app for each purpose
• Magento– E-commerce: Catalog, cart, promotions
– Office: CRM, ERP, shipment tracking
• Joomla!– Sales: Blog, news, teasers, suggestions
– Support: FAQ, manuals, forum
– Experience: Customer testimonials, quotes, social
media, podcasts, videos
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Major improvements in MageBridge
• Thanks to Joomla!– Easy management of menus and content
– Quicker template development
– Simple module/plugin architecture
– Lower developing costs !!!!
• Thanks to Magento– Professional e-commerce
– Sell Joomla! logic in Magento
– Fully scalable with clustering abilities
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Compatibility with MageBridge
• Support for modern Joomla! versions– Joomla! 1.5
– Joomla! 1.6
• Support for all Magento versions– Magento Community Edition
– Magento Professional Edition
– Magento Enterprise Edition
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What do you get with MageBridge?
• Price– 195 Euro
• What do you get?– MageBridge extension suite
– Source code (over 1100 hours of work)
– 1 year updates
– Documentation
– Support
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MageBridge use cases
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MageBridge toolkit
• Core component + plugins– Visual integration, integrated login, integrated search, API
• Joomla! modules– Shopping cart, newsletter, tags and any other Magento block
– Slideshow, products-banner, categories-menu
• Joomla! connectors– Multilinguality connectivity between Joomla! and Magento
– Per-domain stores, Christmas sales, private sales
– Newsletter subscriptions, paid memberships
– Things we did not discover yet ourselves
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Simple shop
• One Magento shop– Less than 1000 Euro ???
– Buy MageBridge
– Buy Joomla! template
– Buy MageBridge template-patch
– Configure everything
– Done
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Virtual Joomla! products
• Access to a download section– Buy not a single download-file, but a directory of downloads
• Give the customer access to something:– Tutorial section only visible for paying customers
– Paid newsletter subscriptions
– Allow customers to write their own blog
• Customer community– JomSocial Karma Points
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Single-product site
• Focus your marketing on 1 single product– Blog / FAQ / tutorials
– Use-cases / testimonials / customer quotes
– Images / gallery / screenshots
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Multi-site stores
• Multi-site– Single Magento instance
– Multiple Joomla!/MageBridge stores
• Marketing– Per product
– Per country
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Private sales
• Use a MageBridge connector in Joomla!– Bind specific customer to specific Joomla! user group
– Point Joomla! user group to specific Magento store
– (But permissions in Magento are not dealt with yet ....)
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MageBridge overview:Support
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Yireo Support
• Documentation– 200+ tutorials
– Useful FAQ
• Support– Forum
– No phone!
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Yireo Partners
• Implementation– MageBridge
– Vm2Mage
– Magento
– Joomla!
• Consultancy
• Webdesign
• Development
yireo.com/partners
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Questions?
Web: http://yireo.com/magebridge
Email: [email protected]
Twitter: #yireo