MageBridge integrates Magento into Joomla! - it integrates Magento blocks visually into Joomla!, but also takes up all the other bridging tasks. This full bridging solution is so rich in features, that it takes also some time getting to know its full functionality. This slideshow gives you an overview.

1. MageBridge Overview
MageBridge
Ful integration of
Magento in Joomla!

2. MageBridge Overview
Introduction
• Jira ICT
– Training and events
– Consultancy
– Development
• Yireo
– Tutorials and blog
– Extensions

3. MageBridge Overview
Yireo extensions
• Cross-over extensions
– MageBridge, Vm2Mage
• Magento extensions
– DeleteAnyOrder, ByAttribute, Woopra,
GoogleGears
• Joomla! extensions
– SimpleLists, Dynamic404, SEFTest,
GoogleOptimizer, Trademark, SSL
Redirect

4. MageBridge Overview
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

5. MageBridge Overview
Bridge everything (1/3)
• Integrates Magento visually into Joomla!
– Main content-area within Joomla! component
– Any other Magento block within Joomla! sidebars

6. MageBridge Overview
Bridge everything (2/3)
• Integrates Magento visually into Joomla!
• Synchronizes Magento data with Joomla!
– Search products and categories
– User synchronization and authentication
– JCE editor

7. MageBridge Overview
Bridge everything (3/3)
• Integrates Magento visually into Joomla!
• Synchronizes Magento data with Joomla!
• Connecting Magento logic to Joomla!
– Product connectors, store connectors

8. MageBridge Overview
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

10. MageBridge Overview
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

11. MageBridge Overview
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

13. MageBridge Overview
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

14. MageBridge Overview
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

16. MageBridge Overview
Simple shop
• One Magento shop
– Less than 1000 Euro ???
– Buy MageBridge
– Buy Joomla! template
– Buy MageBridge template-patch
– Configure everything
– Done

17. MageBridge Overview
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

22. MageBridge Overview
Yireo Support
• Documentation
– 200+ tutorials
– Useful FAQ
• Support
– Forum
– Email
– No phone!

23. MageBridge Overview
Yireo Partners
• Implementation
– MageBridge
– Vm2Mage
– Magento
– Joomla!
• Consultancy
• Webdesign
• Development
yireo.com/partners

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Questions?
Web: http://yireo.com/magebridge
Email: info@yireo.com
Twitter: #yireo