MageBridge Mobile is a bridge between the Joomla! content management system and the Magento e-commerce platform. It allows businesses to use Magento for e-commerce functions like catalogs and carts, while using Joomla! for content like blogs, FAQs, and galleries. This provides a better experience for mobile users. MageBridge Mobile includes optimized themes for both Magento and Joomla! that improve speed and usability on mobile. It also replaces Magento's prototype JavaScript with jQuery to improve performance.
2. MageBridge Mobile
Introduction to MageBridge
? Bridge between Joomla! & Magento
¨C Magento = e-commerce
¨C Joomla! = blog, FAQ, gallery, forum,
? Yireo
¨C Home of MageBridge ...
¨C ... and many other extensions
? Vm2Mage
? DeleteAnyOrder
? GoogleTranslate
? reCAPTCHA
3. MageBridge Mobile
Use the best application for each purpose
? Magento
¨C E-commerce: Catalog, cart, promotions
¨C Office: CRM, ERP, shipment tracking
¨C Scalable e-commerce (enterprise, clustering, etc)
? Joomla!
¨C Sales: Blog, news, teasers, suggestions
¨C Support: FAQ, manuals, forum
¨C Experience: Customer testimonials, quotes,
social media, podcasts, videos
4. MageBridge Mobile
Why mobile & e-commerce?
? Everybody has a mobile device,
and everybody is a potential customer
5. MageBridge Mobile
App or web?
? App
¨C App downloaded by customer
¨C Excellent performance
? Web
¨C No app required
¨C Easily customizable
¨C Integration with social media
6. MageBridge Mobile
Benefits of MageBridge Mobile
? Content is very important
¨C Blog
¨C FAQ
¨C Photo gallery
? Easier with Joomla!
¨C Menu-management
¨C Webdesign / programming
¨C More CMS-extensions
7. MageBridge Mobile
Dual theming (Joomla! + Magento)
? Magento theme ¡°magebridge_mobile¡±
¨C Optimized for speed
¨C No ProtoType needed on category-pages and CMS-pages
? Joomla! template ¡°magebridge_mobile¡±
¨C Optimized for usability
¨C jQuery Mobile
8. MageBridge Mobile
jQuery Mobile
? Look & feel of mobile app
¨C Sliding effects, touch-effects, scrollers
? Performance
¨C 12k worth of JavaScript (compared to 240k ProtoType)
? Usability
¨C Large buttons
9. MageBridge Mobile
MageBridge Mobile: Challenges
? Speed
¨C Minimal bandwidth (optimized theme)
¨C Optimal caching (MageBridge Caching)
? JavaScript-usage
¨C Get rid of ProtoType and replace it with jQuery
¨C Alternatives for checkout, image-zoom, form-checks
? Styling
¨C Different devices need different layouts