WordShop? PrestaPress? Wordpress integration

[blingblingpow]

I'll assume this has been discussed before but I couldn't really find any definitive answers.

WordPress and PrestaShop integration - Anyone done this/ is there a plugin?

A new client wants to use WP with ecommerce facilities. I've researched and found all the WP options lacking in depth. Obviously WP isn't an ecommerce platform, in the same way that PS isn't a blog/ cms platform.

I'm talking with the client next week but the most straighforward solution I have found is installing WP at root and then PS in /shop
This works ok but, obviously, I know have to create 2 x themes plus there is no single sign-on (admin and user).

I know there is an ZenCart/ WordPress hack but I'm hoping to not use ZC.

I am, of course, open to any better suggestions.

[Paul C]

The problem with requests like this is that there is never a clear definition of what folks are actually trying to achieve. You can install wordpress and Prestashop on the same server, for sure and link to your products in blog articles.

The problems arise when you want to actually integrate the two together.

- You mention a single sign-on as being a requirement. Why? Is it that hard to log in to separate (and lets face it completely diffferent) admin systems?
- Is the intention to allow Wordpress content to be placed on Prestashop pages and vice-versa? How would you intend relating the two?
- Comments on product pages? Again, how would these be logically linked?

I guess what I'm saying is that just because a customer wants something, doesn't mean it's a good, well thought out idea

Paul

[blingblingpow]

I totally agree with you that just because someone wants something it doesn't mean it's a good thing.

My post was really to find out if such a combination already exists in any form rather than a request that it gets built.
Requests are fine but without a proper brief they are pointless.

Let's take this another route (just to see if any of these are currently possible).
What I want to do is combine WP with PS in the following ways:
1, Single sign-on for admin
2, Create one theme to be used across both apps
3, Have specific products displayed outside of the PS install - ie, WP is at root, PS is in sub folder - Display 5 products on the WP home page.

Out of all these, I suppose the only item that would really be useful to me is number 3.
2 would be useful but not a show stopper.

Don't get me wrong, this is not a request that these items get built, just an exploratory idea.

[Paul C]

Sure I realise you weren't looking for a "build" but to date the "requirements" haven't been terribly clear, so answering an "Is it possible" question is hard!

As far as I'm aware:

#1 No, not freely available. Still on my list of things to do, but fairly low priority for me right now.

#2 This is possible, although rather awkward due to the template system in Prestashop. I would suggest that the easiest approach would be to design a Prestashop theme, and then implement it in Wordpress, rather than the other way around.

#3 I've been looking at something similar for integrating Vanilla 2 and Prestashop. The answer is "Yes, this is kind of possible".

For #3 I've taken the approach of writing a module that accepts requests for dynamic content out of Prestashop that can be inserted elsewhere on the site without requiring the target to run any Prestashop-specific code. Using this method you could, for example, display the "homefeatured" block on your Wordpress pages. This seems convoluted but sadly there are just too many clashes (global functions and variables) to include code directly into Prestashop and hope that they will happily coexist, and vice-versa.

Hope this helps,

Paul

[Newest]

Well Paul C,

I always follow your thread and I value your opinion. I just want the welcome message, the customer name and the shopping cart appear on the top of all of the pages on wordpress. Is it possible? What is your suggestion?

[Paul C]

Since I'm working on this area myself and documenting it as I go along I'll post some entries on the subject you may find useful in my Prestashop development resources blog area. There's one article there already on capturing the output from a single module's specific hook function that might be handy if you were to write a generic script -- this would allow you to fetch it using AJAX for example.

I might even look at a Wordpress plugin that provides something similar to the functionality I'm putting into the Vanilla 2 plugin. Unfortunately none of it is particularly "end-user friendly" in its raw form, so would benefit from some generic plugin tools to help folks integrate Prestashop better into other complimentary Open Source applications.

Feedback on your own use of the techniques would be most appreciated so we can all learn from them! For me this is still all at the brainstorming stage :coolsmile:

Paul

[fabienl]

Hi everybody,

You should have a look at my website http://www.mariage-tranquille.fr, then "Le Blog" section.
Or directly here :
http://www.mariage-tranquille.fr/cms.php?id_cms=7

Bye,
Fabien.

[Paul C]

fabien, yes that's theidea although i wanted to be able to keep the sideboxes the same across the site.

You've done a good job of merging the two using the cms page as a lanch-pad though!

Paul

[blingblingpow]

I saw the new plugin today ... how does that work?

[Joël Gaujard]

Hello everyone,

I just release a plugin for WordPress http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-prestashop/ and a module for PrestaShop http://prestashop.joelgaujard.info/product.php?id_product=17

[blingblingpow]

Nice one Joel, I'll be investing in this straight after the current project (trust me, it's not the money but the time!!).

Can you basically say how it works.
As far as I see it:

Install WordPress
Install Prestashop
Purchase and install the module.

After that ...?

Is the PS simply presented within the WP/ blog as an iframe?
Are there still 2 separate logins?
What is the benefit of the module and the plugin?

Many thanks.

[Joël Gaujard]

Hello blingblingpow,

A tutorial is available for install correctly this functionality (only on french for the moment), you can read it here : http://blog.joelgaujard.info/tutorial/tutorial-prestashop-wordpress

Answers to yours questions :
* WP displays to iframe to keep header and footer of the PS website
* Still 2 separate logins but i search for funds to develop this functionnality
* One PS module for just display header and footer and one WP plugin for drag & drop widgets to display iframes

Regards,
Joel

[blingblingpow]

Excellent, thanks.

I'll see if I can get some funds together. I'm sure it won't be much but every little helps.

[Bhasha Technologies]

Guys,

Just recently integrated Wordpress and Prestashop recently, it is super simple.

Use wordpress to do your posts, keeping the store layout for your blog.

you can check it on our site www.bhasha.co.cc/blog

 

Let me know your feedback

[clal]

Hello

 

Bhasha, how do you do to integate Wordpress in your Prestashop ?

 

Regards,

Clal