To use MageBridgeTM, you need to create an API user in MagentoTM. This API user is also related to a so-called API role. By default, there is neither API user nor API role, so you need to configure both.
Logging into the Magento Admin Panel
First an API role needs to be added. Login to the Magento Admin Panel and navigate to System > Web Services > Roles.
Create a new API role
This page lists the current API roles. If there none listed yet, click on Add New Role.
The second tab on the left (Role Resources) allows you to select which resources should be available for users with this role. While you can select exactly which privileges are given, we recommend you select All unless you're willing to spend hours with experimenting.
Create a new API user
Now that the role is created, you can add an user that makes use of this role.
The strange thing here is that the user fields here seem to indicate a person or individual, while in fact we're creating a system account of some kind. The fields First Name, Last Name and Email just need to be filled in with any value you like. Make sure the User Name and Api Key are secure enough.
The second tab on the left is called User Role, and that's where you select the role earlier created.
Configure the API details in MageBridge
The User Name and Api Key of the user that is created in Magento, need to be configured inside the MageBridge settings in Joomla!. Login to the Joomla!TM Administrator and navigate to Components > MageBridge > Configuration and select the tab API. Enter the user details in the fieldset Magento API user.
Tutorials on MageBridge administration
- Performance tuning with MageBridge
- MageBridge SEO Guide
- MageBridge scenarios
- Authentication guide for MageBridge
- Using MageBridge modules
- Step-by-step: Activating MageBridge plugins
- Upgrading Magento, Joomla! and MageBridge
- Configuring payment methods in MageBridge
- MageBridge Security Guide
- Step-by-step: Creating a MageBridge Menu-Item
- API permissions with MageBridge
- How to use URL-suffices with MageBridge?
- Using MageBridge stores to load a different Magento theme
- Step-by-step: Adding a custom Magento block
- Managing MageBridge extensions
- Using the MageBridge Content Plugin
- Enabling SSL for MageBridge
- Prevent direct access to Magento
- Switching stores with MageBridge
- Migrating users between Joomla! and Magento
- Using MageBridge Product Connectors
- Best practices with MageBridge
- Using the MageBridgeLinks/JCE-plugin
- Moving a MageBridge site
- Importing and exporting users
- Two VirtualHosts but one domain
- Removing MageBridge
- Disabling user synchronization in MageBridge
- Questions to ask your hosting provider
- MageBridge caching
- Setting the MageBridge URLs in Magento
Tutorials on MageBridge integrations
- Language configuration in MageBridge
- Integrating MageBridge with other Joomla! extensions
- Step-by-step: Configuring sh404SEF
- Integrating JomSocial and MageBridge
- JomSocial profile-synchronization
- Overriding the JomSocial-connector configuration
- Working with JomSocial events
- Related products with the Joomla! Tags component
- Using Layered Navigation Pro with MageBridge
- Using HM_FeaturedProducts with MageBridge
