This is from my presentation at Joomla Day Chicago on August 5, 2011. In it, I talk about different ways to incorporate social media in your Joomla website. This is a non-technical, high-level overview of the topic.

1. Getting Social with Joomla
Cory Webb
www.corywebbmedia.com

2. Getting Social | Agenda
● Introduction
● Simple
● Intermediate
● Advanced
● Which one should I choose?

3. Introduction | Who is this guy?
● Author, Beginning
Joomla Web Site
Development (Wrox
2009)

4. Introduction | Who is this guy?
● Joomla developer / integrator

5. Introduction | Who is this guy?
● Founder: Cory Webb Media, HowToJoomla

6. Introduction | Social is...
● Human interaction
● A 2-way street
● More than Twitter/Facebook/LinkedIn/Google+

7. Getting Social | Simple
● Step 1: Set up a
Twitter/LinkedIn/Facebook/Google+ page
● Step 2: Link to them

8. Getting Social | Simple
● Advantages
– Easy to set up
– Easy to maintain
– Leaves social networking functionality to the
established experts
● Disadvantages
– Sends visitors away from your site
– Less control over the medium

9. Getting Social | Intermediate
● Forums (NinjaBoard, Agora, Kunena)

10. Getting Social | Intermediate
● Facebook widgets (SourceCoast)

11. Getting Social | Intermediate
● Facebook Connect
(SourceCoast)
– Users login to your site
via Facebook
– Profile info and avatar
sync with site

12. Getting Social | Intermediate
● Twitter Modules (JoomlaBamboo, JoeJoomla)

13. Getting Social | Intermediate
● Other Tools
– AddThis / ShareThis Widgets
– JomComment
– JoomlaComment
– Disqus

14. Getting Social | Intermediate
● Advantages
– Keeps visitors on your site
– More control over the medium
– Still using established networks
● Disadvantages
– More effort to set up
– More to maintain

15. Getting Social | Advanced
● Build your own social
network
– JomSocial
– Community Builder
– Anahita Social Engine

16. Getting Social | Advanced
● Advantages
– Total control over the medium
– Creates a social destination for users
– Keeps visitors on your site
● Disadvantages
– Difficult to set up
– More to maintain
– More susceptible to spam
– Requires more effort to moderate

17. Which one should I choose?
● Good question. I'm glad you asked.
● The short answer is “It depends.”
● Remember the Jen Kramer rule:
“Just because you can doesn't mean you
should.”

18. Now is the time when you ask
questions, make comments, criticize
my presentation, make fun of my
shirt, call me names, etc.