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Standalone or plugin version?
May 01, 2014, 04:58:41 pm
Hi all,

I am running an analysis for a customer, and when looking at the features, civiCRM seems like it would be a good fit for them. They would like to have an integrated website, with their association management system. Wordpress seems to be the system of choice for the website. I see that you have a plugin, but I am unsure of what scenario would be the most secure, and would also provide the full functionality of civiCRM. My scenarios are the following:

1) Install wordpress and the civiCRM plugin. Is this the full version of civiCRM. How customizable is it? Can I use the extensions with this?

2) Standalone installation, and integration with wordpress, via single sign on.

What is the best approach. I am looking to use the full funcionality or civiCRM, and I am unsure of the choice.

Thanks for your help,
Mari

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Re: Standalone or plugin version?
May 01, 2014, 05:17:31 pm
Installing as a wordpress plugin is the recommended way to integrate with WP. It gives you the full version of CiviCRM which works with extensions, etc.
Try asking your question on the new CiviCRM help site.

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Re: Standalone or plugin version?
May 01, 2014, 06:57:14 pm
Thanks for your clarification. Now, to control user access, based on membership level, would I use the user control tools in Wordpress? Also, what can civiCRM provide for chapter management and chapter websites?

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Re: Standalone or plugin version?
May 04, 2014, 03:50:22 am
The official releases of CiviCRM require a CMS--either WordPress, Drupal or Joomla. There is no community-supported stand-alone version today.

Controlling user access comes from your CMS, yes.

For chapter management, read up about multi-organzation features in CiviCRM, as that is probably what you want.
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