BlazeMiskulin Posted May 18, 2007 Share Posted May 18, 2007 I've seached back through 4 years of the forums. I've seen a few posts regarding this, but no real answers. It seems to have been a while since the last time someone asked about it, so I'll try again. I'm working on a number of sites which aren't "shopping sites"--that is, the catalog or shopping cart is not the primary focus of the site. Some of the larger sites involve forums, blogs, galleries, static pages, etc. I design most of these using WordPress as the CMS, though this question would pertain to any CMS, I believe. Is there a way (or what is the way) to take the "guts" of OSC and make them a "page" in WordPress? Would it work to take the index page, remove the left & right columns, strip out the formatting codes[1] and just display the categories and products (and the shopping cart when it's active) inside the framework of a WordPress page? I figured that, before I just dive in and try it, I'd ask to see if there are any obvious roadblocks. [1] Why is formatting hardcoded in OSC? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccsachs Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 Maybe another poster will help bring this back up to the limelight. Any suggestions or comments on this type of integration, anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drumcentral Posted July 3, 2007 Share Posted July 3, 2007 Hi there, I wish I could give you the answer you need! I'd love to be able to integrate a CMS system into my shop. At the moment, I'm using the html addon so I can, at least, have a custom front page and some others. But it's a real pain having to edit with an html editor, then upload the files, then preview, etc. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iggy Posted July 3, 2007 Share Posted July 3, 2007 Hi there, I wish I could give you the answer you need! I'd love to be able to integrate a CMS system into my shop. At the moment, I'm using the html addon so I can, at least, have a custom front page and some others. But it's a real pain having to edit with an html editor, then upload the files, then preview, etc. Been thinking about this lately and looking at this XML contrib to accomplish it http://www.oscommerce.com/community/contributions,5198 Haven't poured too much time in as of yet beyond just looking at it but might provide some routes to accomplish what you're looking to do. Heck, if it works as advertised might provide some ways to ditch the entire front end if you wanted to. Imagine a full ajax osC that you can edit in Dreamweaver for example :) Or a simple way to pass info into and out of Flash. Dare to dream ;) Hope that helps, Iggy Everything's funny but nothing's a joke... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iggy Posted July 3, 2007 Share Posted July 3, 2007 Is there a way (or what is the way) to take the "guts" of OSC and make them a "page" in WordPress? Would it work to take the index page, remove the left & right columns, strip out the formatting codes[1] and just display the categories and products (and the shopping cart when it's active) inside the framework of a WordPress page? You might try yanking it into an iframe. That probably has some issues with https and such. Easier is probably just to skin it match your blog and let it live in it's own space. [1] Why is formatting hardcoded in OSC? Because when it was originally written a few years ago that was how it was done. Look for that to improve drastically with osC MS3 (the next mile stone). Iggy Everything's funny but nothing's a joke... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccsachs Posted July 3, 2007 Share Posted July 3, 2007 Currently I am building the site with static pages in the root, shopping cart in /store and blog in /updates. The problem is getting OSC links on the front and static pages so that people can easily switch back and forth. The intention is to create a seemless website rather than three separate websites in one. there was a mention of a html addon. Are you refering to the STS system? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkellum Posted July 4, 2007 Share Posted July 4, 2007 I'm kind of "on the outside looking in" on this one but came across the following site not too long ago that may be what you are looking for: http://www.michaelwender.com/page/blog/arc...nto-os-commerce That link will take you to a step by step tutorial on how to integrate Wordpress and osCommerce. Maybe it will help??? :blink: Bill Kellum Sounds Good Productions STS Tutorials & more: STSv4.6, STS Add-ons (STS Power Pack), STS V4 Forum STS Forum FREE TEMPLATE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jquindlen Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 Well, what I've done is just made 4 seperate themes for all my systems instead of trying to wrap them together. I'm using the following: 1. Custom PHP homepage 2. Wordpress as a blog/knowledge base system 3. OSCommerce for sales 4. phpBB 3 forum for support I've recreated the same theme for all 4 systems and am using includes to have the same navigation. I've still got a few javascript issues and an issue with Opera/Sarfari to work out. Plus content. Anyway, I'm not ready for search engine spiders hitting my site quite yet, so if you're looking to view the site, it's non linked here: http://www.agaresmedia.com Just figured I'd share an alternative way to approach the problem ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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