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Social is huge there is no denying that. We tell all clients that we work with that if you are building a website you should really think about making your website easily integrated with social networks.  Joomla has some great extensions that you can add to your website which makes it easy for you to go social!

Facebook FanBox

If you do not have this extension or an easy way for people to connect with you on facebook  then I suggest you add this one.  Super easy and has some awesome functions!

The Fan Box lets users:

- See how many users are already fans/like

- Read recent posts from the Page

- Let visitors become a fan with 1-click

Before you add a Fan Box to your website, you need the following:

- A Joomla 1.5, 1.6, 1.7 or 2.5 website,

- Ability to install modules

- A Facebook Page that promotes your website

Check Out Facebook FanBox

JFB Connect For Joomla

This is also another plugin with even more functionality.  This includes other social networks like twitter, Google+, and LinkedIn Share.  This plugin is very powerful so check out all the features that it has.

Easy Facebook Single-Sign-On Solution

One-click Facebook login to over 500+ million users! Let Facebook users register and log into your site with their Facebook credentials.

Automatic Comments, Likes & Social Buttons

Enable Facebook Comments and Likes on any section, category, or article automatically with an email notification on new comments or Facebook Likes.  This is a super powerful feature!

Also includes Twitter Share, LinkedIn Share, and Google +1 buttons for content!  So you can get all the power to all social media outlets.

Open Graph Integration

Describe your page to Facebook when mentioned in a user’s Facebook wall. Specify default title, description, and image for your whole site and each page.

Facebook Page Tab & Facebook Canvas Integration

Show your site in your Facebook Page Tab or in a larger Facebook Canvas view. Easily set a different template on Facebook and even use a “Reveal Page” to get more Likes:

http://facebook.com/SourceCoast

Facebook Requests

Create and send requests to all of your Facebook users. Or, add the Facebook Requests modules to let your visitors invite their friends!

Much much more.  So check out this plugin and get this on your Joomla website today!

Check Out JFB Connect

If you need any of these added to your website you can get in touch with us.  We would be more than happy to help.  If you are interested in a psd to joomla conversion you can go to our order form today!

At PSD Center we get asked the question a lot what platform is better for ecommerce when it comes to Zen Cart VS OpenCart.  We say hands down OpenCart is a better platform to use and here are just some of the reasons below.

Here are some reasons why we do not enjoy Zen Cart.

1) Outdated platform with limited support
2) Non Friendly URL’s for SEO – Now they do have extensions and tutorials on how to make the URL’s SEO friendly but it is not that easy like OpenCart
3) Most templates are  built with old table based layouts
4) Shrinking community upgrading the platform and providing support through forums
5) Lack of new innovative plugins

Why OpenCart is highly recommended.

1) High Quality Free Templates
2) SEO Ready
3) Great plugins to make your store more social
4) Easy to use admin panel
5) Very easy for programmers to customize the platform

OpenCart is definitely a great platform right now and we see it being a powerhouse in the future.  If you are going to design an ecommerce store do it for OpenCart!  If you need any help with the PSD to OpenCart conversion you can give us a call!