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One of the new social features added to this latest release of Four Roads Commerce is social bookmarking. Over the last couple of years there have been several methods of doing this from CS Modules to Chameleon controls, all with configuration via the...
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We're happy to announce that Four Roads Commerce 2.5.1 is available for download. Four Roads Commerce is the first integrated social commerce add on for the Community Server platform. The primary goal of this release is to support Community Server...
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Honestly, we can talk about what Social Commerce is and what it isn't all day long. The truth is though, Social Commerce is a continually evolving concept atributable to the creative and diverse business models in which it is being applied. At it's...
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In looking at the evolution of e-Commerce and social networking over the last few years, a convergence has occured which is now being called "Social Commerce". Ratings, reviews, referrals, personalized recommendations...It's really quite...
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What is the difference between social commerce and ecommerce applications? I can summarize the difference between social commerce (scommerce) and ecommerce simply by looking at the core features that make a social commerce application. The list below...
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At the recent successful e-commerce expo at Olympia in London there was a debate on Social Media ROI, which by all accounts was an interesting session. I was interested to read this blog on the debate and try to relate it to where Community Server , Harvest...
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Four Roads Commerce 2.5 is now available. This version of Commerce supports Community Server 2008.5. Please see below for information on upgrading from an older version of Commerce to this latest version. Improvements in this version include: CS 2008...
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Following Sean’s earlier round-up of Telligents second annual conference, I thought I’d post my own summary of the events in Dallas earlier this week. Firstly, kudos to the entire Telligent team for putting on a very productive event that I’m sure benefited...
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We're back from the in.Telligent 2008 social computing conference. Last year's event was terrific and this one was even better! We've a lot to talk about and other members of the team will be sharing their experience in this blog. What stood...
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Great news! The latest release of Commerce that is compatible with Community Server 2008.5 is in final testing and a release will be made available some time just before the inTelligent conference. As pointed out by our well qualified associates Bill...
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The current financial climate is, to be honest, shaky at best. I can't pass comment on the economics of what is happening or if what is being done is the right thing. Assuredly, businesses will find the next few years to be very difficult. But in...
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Social Commerce is based on incorporating various communal aspects of the social media and online community world into the online shopping experience. Providing new ways to for people to interact throughout the purchasing process stimulates organic referrals...
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When your users place orders through your community, you typically want the user to receive a receipt. If you're shipping physical product, you may also want to notify the customer once their order has been packaged and dispatched via a carrier. Out...
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One of the simplest ways to inject code into Community Server is through the use of a CS module. Using a CS module, you register a method with Community Server such that the method is called when a an event occurs, such as the creation of a new user....
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Over the past months, we've been helping various people install and use Four Roads Commerce in their Community Server websites. One of the features people have asked for is the ability to collect a person's postal address at the time they create...