Social E-Commerce with JomSocial

Social eCommerce is currently a big trend in eCommerce. It uses the power of social media to better inform potential buyers of the latest happenings in your marketplace.

jMarket will empower your marketplace with these new tools and will make sure you are not missing out on this hot trend. It features a more powerful integration with JomSocial adding Social activities in the wall.

All the happenings in the marketplace get posted to the wall:  items, categories or vendor acitivities all get recorded on the wall.

This functionality is only available for jMarket Pro suite users.


Flexible options to Post Items, Categories and Vendors in JomSocial wall

Post Item / Category / Vendor Views
Post Item / Category / Vendor Comments
Post Item / Category / Vendor Favorite
Post Item / Category / Vendor Watch
Post Item Wish
Post Item / Category / Vendor Like / Dislike
Post Item / Category / Vendor Share Wall
Post New / Category / Vendor Item
Post Item / Category / Vendor Edit
Post Vendor Update

To enable the functionality above, please follow the simple steps below;

1. In the Admin panel, select Components >> jMarket >> Catalog >> Preferences >> Integration >> Jomsocial
2. In the Integration page, select the options that you would like to enable in your store. Most of the options obtain a tooltip that will help you explain its usage.

3. Click [ Save ] to save your changes.

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 Other useful functionality;

View products from JomSocial Profile
View Orders from JomSocial Profile
View Subscription from JomSocial Profile

This will require you to install a plugin in order for the integration to work. You can install the latest version of the plugin in the Joobi download page.

 

To activate the above functionality, please follow the instructions below;

1. Download the latest version of the plugin in the Joobi website download page.
2. Install the plugin using Joomla standard installation.
In the admin panel, Extensions >> Extension Manager >> locate the dowloaded plugin in your local computer and click Upload & Install

3. After install, go to Plugin Manager and enable the plugin.

4. Then go to your JomSocial Profile >> Profile >> Customize My Page
5. Click Add applications to enable the plugin you just installed.

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  • Saturday, 19 January 2013