Useful extension for an eCommerce store to display the latest activity on the social site and show the best deals, offers and product information. Social Stream Magento Extension is fully managed from the admin panel, you should just enable it and fill your credentials to display the Facebook post, Tweets, Google+, Pinterest, YouTube, Flickr and Tumblr activities on your Magento eCommerce store. By this extension visitors analyse your social presence and the latest deals on the site.

Note: This extension comes as it is and there is no free support for the same.

INSTALLATION STEPS FOR SOCIAL STREAM MAGENTO EXTENSION:

• Step 1:Unzip the ZIP archive on your local computer. Remember to place the ZIP archive in a separate folder before you unzip.
• Step 2: Use an FTP client to transfer all the folders in the ZIP directly to your Magento root. The existing folders will not be overwritten, it will only add new files to the folder structure.
• Step 3: Please check the file permission and make it 777
• Step 4:Login to your Magento administration panel and clean / refresh your cache (System -> Cache managementand choose “Refresh”).
• Step 5: Now Logout, and Login again to your Magento administration and navigate to the System -> Configuration.
• Step 6: In the left sidebar, you will see the “Social Stream By Ocodewire” Under “Ocodewire” tab. Click on “Social Stream By Ocodewire”.
• Step 7:To enable Social Stream Extension, select “Yes” option.
• Step 8: Provide required API and usernames for which you want to display on the front end.
• Step 9: Now “Save” the Settings.

To Display Social Media Stream inside a CMS Page:

For displaying the Social Media Stream into the CMS Page Navigate to the CMS > Page

• Add new page
• Click on “Insert Widget”.
• Select “Ocodewire Social Stream”
• Now click on “Insert” and then “Save” that page. Now “Preview” that page and select your website layout preferably. Select the “1 Column layout” for that CMS Page.

FEATURES OF SOCIAL STREAM MAGENTO EXTENSION:

ADMIN FEATURES

• Display all social media stream( Facebook, Twitter, Google+, YouTube, Flickr, Pinterest, RSS and Tumblr) together in a single place randomly.
• Separate field to display all social media post.
• Display the social stream widget on CMS page.
• Display social media widget on the left / right side bar by just selecting the enable or disable option.
• Easily display social media widget on both sides of the page.
• Social media share button on the post.
• Display social post with the posted time or days.
• Option to select the left / right bar skin.

CUSTOMER FEATURES

• Easily view all social streams at single place.
• Separately check the each social activities under their Social name.
• The option to share the social post on multiple social media sites.

OTHER FEATURES

• No need to edit your code.
• Fully managed from the admin panel.
• 100% open source.
• Easy to install and customize.

TIPS:
1. You can add “Social Stream” in Left / Right side bars easily by using the “Social Stream by Ocodewire”, just navigate to the under “System -> Configuration” and enable Leftside / Rightside bar Social Stream by selecting “Yes”.
2. You can also change the skin color of the Left / Right sidebar widget by selecting one in Left/Right bars Skin.

Note: If You are doing any changes in API then every time just clean/refresh your Magento cache.