Sharing some data across a few TXP sites...possible?

maruchan · 2011-01-28 18:51:47

I have a client who needs a simple product database. I’ve been planning on using TXP, since it meets their requirements well.

The only problem I’ve run into is this: There are three websites — one for the parent company, and two for individual brands. They would like to only enter or update the product data once and then have it display on two sites — the parent and the brand in question.

Is this possible? If so, what would be a good approach?

As an example:

Parent Company Website
Brands
    Brand 1
        Products
            Product A
                Product A Description
                Product A Custom Field 1
                Etc.

Brand 1 Website
    Products
        Product A
            Product A Description (duplicate of Parent company entry)
            Product A Custom Field 1 (duplicate of Parent company entry)
            Etc. (duplicates of Parent company entries)

Thanks!

CeBe · 2011-01-28 21:02:54

The two first ideas that are coming, without thinking any further:

technically speaking: sharing the same database
SEO speaking : duplicate is baaaaaad :)

els · 2011-01-28 21:31:57

RSS, Simplepie, smd_xml… (I’m sure there is more) ;)

maruchan · 2011-01-28 23:35:58

SEO speaking : duplicate is baaaaaad :)

Is it that bad? I’m curious now. Especially since I might be using an RSS feed to display the items. Seems a lot of sites do that…

RSS, Simplepie, smd_xml… (I’m sure there is more) ;)

Ha, for some reason I was thinking RSS is for blogs and things…seems like that would work, thanks.

Last edited by maruchan (2011-01-28 23:36:47)

colak · 2011-01-29 06:39:34

They would like to only enter or update the product data once and then have it display on two sites – the parent and the brand in question.

Instead of rss you could use rah_external_output, and you could control what data appears on the “other” site.

Last edited by colak (2011-01-29 06:39:54)

CeBe · 2011-01-29 12:36:09

maruchan a écrit:

Is it that bad? I’m curious now. Especially since I might be using an RSS feed to display the items. Seems a lot of sites do that…

It doesn’t mean it’s a good practice.
Just search duplicate content and you will get a lot of informations.

merz1 · 2011-01-29 14:24:05

The simplest solution is to have point ‘Brand 1 Website’ to the section of ‘Brand 1’.
The elegance of sections is that you can have different CSS for each sections.

You can either choose between brand1.company.tld pointing to the section or a stand-alone brand1.tld pointing to the section.

Algaris · 2011-01-31 09:23:02

I asked something simular a while ago and rah_external_output looked like the best option back then.

http://forum.textpattern.com/viewtopic.php?id=34518

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Sharing some data across a few TXP sites...possible?

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