2. Joomla! versus Magento
Part I - e-commerce?
Part II - Feature comparison
Part III - More than a shop
Presentation online: http://slideshare.net/yireo
Tweets: @yireo
Presentation “Joomla! vs Magento” - http://slideshare.net/yireo
Jisse Reitsma (jisse@yireo.com) - Twitter @yireo
7. Actual comparison (1 of 2)
VirtueMart
Magento
Fairly easy but sometimes weird
Complex but very flexible
Support, mwoah
Fairly supported
Awesome CMS (Joomla!)
Limited CMS features
Only basic features
Tags, comparison, multisite
Presentation “Joomla! vs Magento” - http://slideshare.net/yireo
Jisse Reitsma (jisse@yireo.com) - Twitter @yireo
8. Actual comparison (2 of 2)
VirtueMart
Magento
Joomla! MVC
XML layout / PHTML
Simple database structure
EAV database-structure
Shared hosting
VPS or Magento “shared dedicated”
< 3000 Euro
3000 Euro >
Presentation “Joomla! vs Magento” - http://slideshare.net/yireo
Jisse Reitsma (jisse@yireo.com) - Twitter @yireo
9. Advanced Magento features
API
SOAP, XML-RPC, REST
Scalability
Varnish
Clustering
Redis, MariaDB, Solr, Sphinx
Presentation “Joomla! vs Magento” - http://slideshare.net/yireo
Jisse Reitsma (jisse@yireo.com) - Twitter @yireo
10. Part III
More than a shop
Presentation “Joomla! vs Magento” - http://slideshare.net/yireo
Jisse Reitsma (jisse@yireo.com) - Twitter @yireo
11. Who needs a CMS anyway?
Promotion
Blog / news linking to products
Product-pages, screenshots, demos
After sales
Download-section for manuals, whitepapers, software
Newsletters
Follow up emails
Presentation “Joomla! vs Magento” - http://slideshare.net/yireo
Jisse Reitsma (jisse@yireo.com) - Twitter @yireo
12. Yireo Stuff
MageBridge
Integrate Magento into Joomla! and vice versa
Replace Magento theming development with Joomla! templating
After sales actions (downloads, newsletter, emails, tutorials)
Vm2Mage
Migration tool from VirtueMart to Magento
JoomlaPassword
Re-use Joomla! encrypted passwords in Magento
Presentation “Joomla! vs Magento” - http://slideshare.net/yireo
Jisse Reitsma (jisse@yireo.com) - Twitter @yireo