Top 3 Joomla e-Commerce Extensions

 

E-Commerce definitely is the need of the hour. There was a time when Joomla did not have many powerful E-Commerce extensions on board. Now we have a lot of extensions available for building a feature-rich E-Commerce store using Joomla. To assist users to understand which ones are the best and what features they offer, below are the top 3 extensions Joomla has for E-commerce. Lets get started:

Hikashop

Hikashop is simple and easy to use to set up a basic shop quickly. You need to have basic knowledge of code to set it up. However if you want your shop to be little advanced, you have to go for one of the commercial versions or hire joomla developer India to put things together for you. Hikashop has garnered rave reviews from its customers because it is a powerful all-in-one package with features like analytics, marketing tools, multi-vendor etc. You do not have to separately install extensions above it. Cost:

• HikaShop Starter: Free
• HikaShop Essential: €45.95
 • HikaShop Business: €99.90

Compatible with the latest Joomla version: Yes
JED link: http://demo.hikashop.com

Virtuemart

Virtuemart is the pioneer for E-Commerce in Joomla. It has ruled being the sole stable E-Commerce extension for almost a decade. Good thing about Virtuemart is that it has constantly kept improvising itself in terms of UI, performance as well as code. Virtuemart 3 is quite powerful and has some new features too for both the shop owners and developers. It has a wide forum with lot of members to support your queries.

• Cost: Free
• Compatible with the latest Joomla version: Yes
• Demo link: http://demo.virtuemart.net

Mijoshop

 
 As compared to the two above, Mijoshop is relatively new but has gained popularity over the past 2 years because of its clean UI and ease of management in the backend. It extremely feature rich, supports multiple domains and has wide range of extensions including 30+ payment gateways. The only drawback is that it is little expensive but once you have it, you do not need to purchase any other third-party extensions.

• Cost: Plans start from $59
• Compatible with the latest Joomla version: Yes
• Demo link: http://demo.miwisoft.com/joomla/

All 3 extensions have their own strong and weak points. Depending on the kind of store you want to set up and kind of features you want to build, you can evaluate and choose the best extension wisely. To get professional help, contact Joomla Web Development Company India and get your store set up done.

Basic Principles of Responsive Design

 

 There are lot of myths regarding responsive website which if not corrected can end up doing worse for your site. There are few simple yet essential principles you need to follow to get a correct responsive website built. Below are few such points that you must keep in mind while starting to build your responsive website:  

Responsive design is not just about mobile screen Responsive design is not just about showing your website in mobile screen. It is all about building single standardized code without redundancies such that your site renders correctly in all resolutions like desktop, tablets along with mobiles.  

Responsive design is not just about mobile screen Responsive design is not just about showing your website in mobile screen. It is all about building single standardized code without redundancies such that your site renders correctly in all resolutions like desktop, tablets along with mobiles.  

Responsive frameworks Twitter Bootstrap or Foundation framework can be used for building your responsive website. It is a huge add on to have a hand of any of these frameworks because they come up with inbuilt grid calculation using which half of your job becomes easy. These frameworks are fluid and so robust that you don’t have to worry about cross browser compatibility if used correctly.  

Media queries for breakpoints Media queries are nothing but syntax used in CSS to define breakpoints as per the layout. This means that as per the device size, media query decides which CSS will serve for which device.  

Mobile first concept Thinking about mobile device design while building your website makes most sense. The concept suggests starting it with mobile design first and then evolving to bigger devices like tablets, desktops in progression. This is technically helpful as you know the importance of each module and you will keep that in mind while designing too.  

Bitmap or vector images? It is important that your images load faster in the mobile devices too along with desktop resolutions. Bitmap images come in JPG/PNG format and use pixels whereas vector images come in SVG format. If your images have fancy effects, opt for bitmap else opt for vector. Use vectors only where essential. However, bitmap are preferred more. Remember, whichever format you opt for, you must optimize all your images before uploading.

Hope this article was informative and helps you to build your responsive website correctly. If you need any professional help for your Responsive Website Design feel free to contact us and we will be happy to assist you.