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stevem · 11-05-2010

Hi

Not really a question regarding Morph etc.

I initially used Joomla because it had the wrapper functionality that enabled me to embed the result of a utility price request within one of our pages. The results come from an external price comparison site and it works OK.

Apart from that the site is not that complicated. I wanted to add some blogging functionality and have been advised to use Wordpress to re-write the site.

For those with Wordpress experience can similar functionality (wrapper), i.e the embedding of search results be done using Wordpress? The price comparison site can not export the data, merely display it on a page.

Any help greatly appreciated.

tess · 11-05-2010

Oh, you just brought up my favorite topic: wordpress and joomla! ;) It's maybe not exactly what you are asking about, but I warmly recommend you to use Wordpress for Joomla by corePHP: WordPress for Joomla! | Wordpress It gives you a whole new level of integration, something that is not possible if you set up a separate wordpress install just for your blog.

I unfortunately don't know if you can display something similar to a wrapper in Wordpress, but I imagine it would be possible. Sorry I can't be of more help there...

Cheers,
Tess

stevem · 11-05-2010

Tess

Thanks for that.

Given I am struggling with the day job and managing a Joomla web site, part of the attraction of Wordpress was I have been told that it is simpler to use.

So learning Joomla and Wordpress would be an ask.

When I stop to think about why I was using Joomla, I remembered that it was the wrapper functionality that solved a particular need and for our main company site this remains the case.

If anyone knows if you can do it in Wordpress I would be grateful.

Steve

tess · 11-08-2010

Hi Steve,

After some Googling and reading, I'm coming up pretty much blank on thist topic. The closest thing I could see that would maybe work is WordPress › Embed Iframe WordPress Plugins

Maybe a search for 'wordpress iframe' can come up with some useful results. :)

Cheers,
Tess

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stevem [+] more user info Join Date: May 2010 Location: Brighton, UK Posts: 41 Thanks: 11 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Answered: Wrapper functionality Hi Not really a question regarding Morph etc. I initially used Joomla because it had the wrapper functionality that enabled me to embed the result of a utility price request within one of our pages. The results come from an external price comparison site and it works OK. Apart from that the site is not that complicated. I wanted to add some blogging functionality and have been advised to use Wordpress to re-write the site. For those with Wordpress experience can similar functionality (wrapper), i.e the embedding of search results be done using Wordpress? The price comparison site can not export the data, merely display it on a page. Any help greatly appreciated.

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11-05-2010	#2 (permalink)
tess eMarketing & support tigress [+] more user info Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Cape Town, South Africa Posts: 3,761 Thanks: 1,629 Thanked 248 Times in 234 Posts	Oh, you just brought up my favorite topic: wordpress and joomla! ;) It's maybe not exactly what you are asking about, but I warmly recommend you to use Wordpress for Joomla by corePHP: WordPress for Joomla! \| Wordpress It gives you a whole new level of integration, something that is not possible if you set up a separate wordpress install just for your blog. I unfortunately don't know if you can display something similar to a wrapper in Wordpress, but I imagine it would be possible. Sorry I can't be of more help there... Cheers, Tess

11-05-2010	#3 (permalink)
stevem [+] more user info Join Date: May 2010 Location: Brighton, UK Posts: 41 Thanks: 11 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Tess Thanks for that. Given I am struggling with the day job and managing a Joomla web site, part of the attraction of Wordpress was I have been told that it is simpler to use. So learning Joomla and Wordpress would be an ask. When I stop to think about why I was using Joomla, I remembered that it was the wrapper functionality that solved a particular need and for our main company site this remains the case. If anyone knows if you can do it in Wordpress I would be grateful. Steve

11-08-2010	#4 (permalink)
tess eMarketing & support tigress [+] more user info Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Cape Town, South Africa Posts: 3,761 Thanks: 1,629 Thanked 248 Times in 234 Posts	Hi Steve, After some Googling and reading, I'm coming up pretty much blank on thist topic. The closest thing I could see that would maybe work is WordPress › Embed Iframe WordPress Plugins Maybe a search for 'wordpress iframe' can come up with some useful results. :) Cheers, Tess