There are 3 divisions that operate under the Scottsdale Cultural Council; SCPA, SMoCA, and SPA. Currently, the only division utilizing our Tessitura Online Shopping cart is SCPA. However, SMoCA and SPA would also like the shopping cart to their sites. We were thinking of inserting the shopping cart pages into iframes in all 3 sites; SCPA, SMoCA, and SPA. This would eliminate the need of rebranding the shopping cart for all 3 divisions. Has anyone else used the shopping cart in an iframe? Can anyone foresee any problems in implementing this method? Any input is greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Hi Esmeralda,
I worked on a similar implementation for a non-Tessitura project. It worked, but there were a few headaches, notabley:
1) Site interaction between the iframe and the "true" site. We had a lot of trouble messaging to the user what was occurring when we opened/closed the iframe. There were a handful of interaction compromises that had to be made.
2) Cross-browser issues. It was particularly challenging to test and maintain. We ran into a few problems with IE 6 and Safari.
Thanks,
Patrick