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Neil

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WP and Civi on different servers and Integrations
October 18, 2013, 12:03:40 am
Hello....

I am helping OpenOakland get CiviCRM set up on their WP site.  I am an accidental techie, a former Civi user (eager to be one again) and a champion for Civi at OpenOakland and in the SF Bay Area.  I have someone to help me do our install and set up on their WP site which is hosted at Digital Ocean.  Two situations have come up which I am not skilled to address so I am reaching out for some help here.

1) I am being asked to provide pros and cons for us having our WP and Civi installation be on the same servers.  What are pros and cons?

2) A team member new to Civi is saying "My inclination is that we establish crm.openoakland.org to point to the civi install - there isn't a huge amount of need to full integration with the main site that I'm aware of - it very rarely is installed in that way." Is that true? is that a good idea?

I would appreciate hearing from anyone who has experience, comments and opinions to share with me.

Thank you
Neil - Oakland CA

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Re: WP and Civi on different servers and Integrations
October 18, 2013, 06:02:58 am
Your first question presumes that your main site has no connection with the CiviCRM site. If so, then it could be on a separate server. I don't see why not.

However the second question is better--should your main site have CiviCRM? I say yes, absolutely. For memberships and donations and event registrations, it's ideal to have these integrated into your site. This is actually the standard way to use CiviCRM.
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Re: WP and Civi on different servers and Integrations
October 18, 2013, 07:57:34 am
Hello Hershel

Thanks for your reply and support

Would you be willing to identify 2 or 3 examples of what makes it ideal to have memberships and donations and event registrations integrated into the main site?

I guess I am asking for a few specific advantages for having WP and Civi integrated?




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Re: WP and Civi on different servers and Integrations
October 19, 2013, 11:26:54 am
I don't quite understand the question. Why would you not want your donation and event pages etc. on your regular website? Why would you want to send your visitors to a separate site for such?

I think it should be clear that one integrated solution is almost always better than disparate ones.
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