cart shop, forum and blog as one solution

Hi,

I've got a potential client and potential problem. The client wants a
website based on CMS with forum, blog and cart solution. Here's the
problem.

I could offer him:

- website based on CMS, e.g. joomla
- blog based on wordpress
- forum based on vBulletin
- and shop cart based e.g. on cubecart

The problem is I don't know ( and I assume it's rather not possible )
to integrate all of them into one website with the same look ( which
the client could stomach ) and, what's the most important, the same
login and password for the user who could access forum, blog and cart
shop.

Is there any solution or any way to integrate all of the requirements
into one?

...or bespoke solution is the only option?

Cheers,
Richard

Re: cart shop, forum and blog as one solution

On Dec 1, 7:34 am, Richard wrote:
>
> I've got a potential client and potential problem. The client
> wants a website based on CMS with forum, blog and cart solution.
> Here's the problem.
>
> I could offer him:
>
> - website based on CMS, e.g. joomla
> - blog based on wordpress
> - forum based on vBulletin
> - and shop cart based e.g. on cubecart
>
> The problem is I don't know ( and I assume it's rather not
> possible ) to integrate all of them into one website with
> the same look ( which the client could stomach ) and, what's
> the most important, the same login and password for the user
> who could access forum, blog and cart shop.
>
> Is there any solution or any way to integrate all of the
> requirements into one?

Take a look at Drupal:

http://drupal.org/

CMS, blogs, and forums will be there by default. Shopping cart
won't, so you'll have to get a third-party extension (there are
several).

Cheers,
NC

Re: cart shop, forum and blog as one solution

On Dec 1, 7:54 am, NC wrote:
> On Dec 1, 7:34 am, Richard wrote:
>
> > - website based on CMS, e.g. joomla
> > - blog based on wordpress
> > - forum based on vBulletin
> > - and shop cart based e.g. on cubecart
>
> Take a look at Drupal:
>
> http://drupal.org/

On a second thought, you might be able to do this in Joomla!, too;
blog functionality is already present, while forums and e-commerce
could be implemented with available extensions...

Cheers,
NC

Re: cart shop, forum and blog as one solution

Thanks NC for your suggestions.

I was thinking about Joomla. The only contern I have that e-carts for
Joomla aren't very professional.

Cheers,
R.


> On a second thought, you might be able to do this in Joomla!, too;
> blog functionality is already present, while forums and e-commerce
> could be implemented with available extensions...
>
> Cheers,
> NC

Re: cart shop, forum and blog as one solution

On Dec 2, 2:26 am, Richard wrote:
>
> I was thinking about Joomla. The only contern I have that
> e-carts for Joomla aren't very professional.

Well, that's where your software development skills come in. Take the
shopping cart extension that has the most of what you want and enhance
it...

Cheers,
NC