Thread: adding classipress to part of existing website

adding classipress to part of existing website

Hi,

I have an existing wordpress website and want to tadd the classipress facility to it. I simply want to add a tab on the top of my pages that says something like 'Marketplace' which links to the classipress section of the site.

The question is how can I incorporate classipress into site (same domain) have the theme appearance matching something similar to my existing site?

Thanks for your help!

Classipress is a wordpress theme too and integrating it with your existing wordpress site requires another instance of it either in your site's folder or subdomain. Adding a menu tab to your existing site might be as simple as adding it through the custom menu in the wordpress admin. If it does not use the wordpress custom menu, it might need some custom code modification to accommodate the menu tab.

I've the same question which I'm not sure is answered in the post above.

My wordpress site is established, themed and up and running but the current classifieds system isn't as good as yours. I don't want to, in fact can't change the theme but just want your classifieds system running on my site.

Is this possible?

Yes it was answered, but I can re-phrase it if it helps..

Yes, it is possible to use ClassiPress with an existing site, however you cannot integrate ClassiPress into an existing theme. In your case, where you want to retain the homepage/theme, you should then look at installing another instance of WordPress with ClassiPress in a subdirectory, i.e.

www.yourdomain.com <== Your existing homepage
www.yourdomain.com/classifieds <== Where your ClassiPress installation would go

Then you would simply create the links from one to the other in the navigation menus.

That's clearer and I get it now, thank you!

I'm sure this would be revealed in the fullness of time but how come I can't just use your classifieds system in my existing installation? I'm currently using another wordpress classified plugin but want something similar but more complete, that's lacking in many areas unfortunately and I'd just like to replace it with a more professional system.

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Any thoughts?

It's because ClassiPress is a stand alone WordPress theme, not just a plugin, so it's literally not made to be integrated into another theme (like any other WordPress theme which only allows you to use one at a time). The overall functionality of ClassiPress is therefore more complex than what a plugin can offer, as the whole theme is designed for its use as a Classifieds website.

one more question ;)

It's very simple and brilliant solution for this question, but I have one more.. ;)
is an option to add a main template menu with it's all items into classipress template?
maybe is an option with any floating/iframe element?

if there's an option for that it will be nice and then it can resolve any problems&questions about that.

solution :)

it's funny but I have an idea for that - we can duplicate items and design between this two templates so we have two similar menus with the same items which have custom menu urls and both menus use in two different templates.
of course similar in terms of appearance but with two type of links - to classipres in main template and other links in classipress template.

it's simple, easy to do and gives a good effect ;)

chears,
Borys

very useful thread i must say :) nicely explained