“Child” Team Website using “League” Website Database

  • Resolved cormip

    (@cormip)


    2 months, 2 weeks ago

    What I would like to do is to setup a SportsPress-based “league” website with multiple teams and also have separate SportsPress-based websites under independent “team” domains that pull their “SportsPress” event, roster, results, etc data from the main “league” database to display on their team websites. If I understand correctly, SportsPress Pro would allow “team” managers access to edit only their own team’s data on the “league” website, so the team websites would (should) only need read-only access to display their team’s data on their own team websites.

    Am I assuming correctly that this ready-made capability does not currently exist, and that I would need to leverage the WP REST API to retrieve and display this data? My preference would be to use an existing SportsPress-compatible theme for the team website that could be implemented for the team websites in such a way that the team websites can use the available shortcodes/widgets on their website, but the data would be retrieved from the league database and not the team’s database. AND implement this without affecting the theme’s base code so that the theme can be updated without breaking this connectivity.

    If anyone has any insights on the feasibility of this project, or wants to take it on as a paid contract, then I’d like to hear your thoughts.

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  • Plugin Contributor Savvas

    (@savvasha)

    Hi there @cormip ,

    One other option instead of using WP Rest API, is to use the Multisite functionality of SportsPress PRO. Ofcourse, each solution has pros and cons.

    It seems like an interesting project, but I am not sure if here is the “correct” place to seek for that kind of support. Probably you can post also these details at https://jobs.wordpress.net/ and https://www.upwork.com/ to find a freelancer developer to assist you.

    Thanks,
    Savvas

    Thread Starter cormip

    (@cormip)

    @savvasha I looked at the SportsPress Pro on WP Multisite. From what I could gather, the widgets can be shared across team websites, but it’s unclear if a “team” website can embed a widget on their site that shows only their team’s schedule, roster, news, etc from the league’s overall league “database”. I might have to simply setup a Multisite installation and test this functionality to see what the Pros & Cons are of setting things up this way.

    Plugin Contributor Savvas

    (@savvasha)

    It should be doable, but it is better to make a “test drive” first!

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