Presentation showcasing Magento and other PHP integrations with Chili Publisher, presented by Kevin Hereman at the 6th of September 2013 during the "Plugin the Power" launch event of Chili Publisher version 4
PHPro presentation "plugin the power"-launch event Chili Publish v 4
1. PLUG IN
THE POWER
#pluginthepower @CHILI_Publish
Linkedin Group: “CHILI Publish”
fb.com/CHILIPublish
www.chili-publish.com
Kevin Hereman
PHPro : Magento and other Chili
Publisher integrations
8. When PHPro met Chili Publish…
• November 2011
• Large potential for Magento in combination
with Chili Publisher as a web2 print solution
• Brainstorm sessions led to developing the
Magento plugin…
9. First of all…what is Magento?
• Most popular open source e-commerce platform at the
moment
• Extended e-commerce functionality out of the box
• Product catalog
• Promotions
• Upsell – Cross sell
• …
• Large community of developers
• Over 8000 plugins to extend functionality (Magento Connect)
• Community Edition – Enterprise Edition
10. Chili Publisher Connector for Magento…
• Transforms your Magento webshop into a web2print platform
for personalized printing
• Connects your Magento webshop to your own Chili Publisher
server
• Integrates Chili Publisher in the shopping cart and order flow
of Magento
• Backend of Magento integrates tightly with your Chili
Publisher server
18. Changelog / Roadmap Highlights
Changes already in place :
• Several compatibility issues with Magento Enterprise (eg image zoom,..)
• Possibility to add custom options to products on the editor page
• Possibility added to save a design to “concepts” for later use
• Configuration of pages where image preview should be generated
• …
Roadmap:
• Loading of Chili Editor in the language of the Magento store
• Fallback for PDF overview when local files are missing (eg manual delete on server)
• Add ability to allow/disallow preview of print-ready PDF on product level
• Ability to preview a document from the shopping cart without editing
• Ability to use logged on user’s profile data to prefill variable data in documents
• …
19. Where can you find it?
http://www.magentocommerce.com/magento-connect/
http://www.phpro.be/shop
20. And then came…
The “all in one” web2print shop solution (May 2013)
What is included ?
• Magento Default installation (Community Edition) with some additional modules
specific for web2print purposes, such as:
• Drop down quantity for configurable quantity dropdown boxes
• Login only catalog to enable/disable the possibility to view products catalog without logging on
• Customer Groups Catalog allowing shop owners to hide/show product categories for specific
cutomer groups
• Customizable Magento theme (look & feel)
• Chili Publisher Connector for Magento
• …and the glue which puts all above together
• 16 support hours from our experts during the 1st year after purchase.
• The standard support which comes with the Chili Publisher Connector
• Training (4hour online training on your environment)
21. And what does this cost?
Pricing overview “all in one” web2print shop solution