how to embed wp.com on an external web site

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  wordpressantmedia · Member · Mar 3, 2011 at 9:16 pm

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  Hi,

  I have a client who has a ecommerce site and who wants their wp blog on this site. I cannot use wp.org as it is hosted with the ecommerce people and they wont allow it to be installed.

  Whats the best way of trying to make the blog on the site appear as identical as poss to the wp.com site? if i use an iframe will it have horrible scroll bars.? can i use rss – if so will images that are posted be pulled across? Is there a better way?

  Any suggestions gratefully received. I also have some “normal” websites that would like wp.com blogs embedding – again is rss or iframe the best / only way without using wp.org.

  Thanks

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  sl1k · Member · Mar 3, 2011 at 9:51 pm

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  Hi there!

  This this forum is for WordPress.com blogs only I am sorry to tell you that you’re in the wrong forum you will need to head over to WordPress.ORG for support because answers given within the WP.COM forums is tailored for the WP.com multi user platform….

  Please consider reading the following.

  WordPress.com vs. WordPress.org

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  timethief · Member · Mar 3, 2011 at 9:53 pm

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  how to embed wp.com on an external web site …
  I have a client who has a ecommerce site and who wants their wp blog on this site

  Free blogs from and being free hosted by WordPress.COM blogs cannot be embedded into websites.

  In a nutshell free blogs from and being free hosted by wordpress.COM cannot be used to drive traffic to third-party sites by means of advertising and/or affiliate programs (see next section for more clarity). E-commerce transactions via shopping carts and the like cannot be conducted on wordpress.COM blogs. No retailing or reselling the work created or services provided by anyone other than yourself is allowed.

  Affiliate marketing blogs
  The only exceptions with regard to affiliate links are found here:

  Affiliate marketing blogs: Blogs with the primary purpose of driving traffic to affiliate programs and get-rich-quick schemes (“Make six figures from home!!”, “20 easy steps to top profits!!”, etc). This includes multi-level marketing (MLM) blogs and pyramid schemes. To be clear, people writing their own original book, movie or game reviews and linking them to Amazon, or people linking to their own products on Etsy do NOT fall into this category. http://en.wordpress.com/types-of-blogs/

  Advertising
  I am sorry, but advertising is not allowed on free hosted WordPress.com blogs. The only exceptions are for high traffic blogs that qualify for and are accepted into the Ad Control program, and very high traffic blogs that qualify and are accepted into the paid VIP hosting program.
  http://wordpress.com/types-of-blogs/
  http://vip.wordpress.com/

  If you require an ecommerce site, advertising and/or affiliate links on your blog, you can hire a web host and get a free software install from http://wordpress.org In that case, please see the information at the link below to learn about the differences between free hosted WordPress.com blogs and WordPress.org software installs for self hosting. http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

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  wordpressantmedia · Member · Mar 3, 2011 at 11:35 pm

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  thks didnt know re not being allowed to do the marketing stuff will tell the client!

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  timethief · Member · Mar 3, 2011 at 11:42 pm

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  Please do because we get people here every day who have been hired to work for others but who fail to read the ToS and the support documentation.