Sitecore integration- best approach

Hello,

I have a Sitecore website and want to integrate forums into the website. I have downloaded Telligent Community Edition for evaluation purpose. I have setup TC as separate website.

Right now, I have 2 websites - one for Sitecore and another for Telligent. My original intention is to run Telligent right inside Sitecore so that the URL looks like http://my-sitecore/forums.

I have gone through documentation on integrating Telligent with external website but it lacks clear explanations (or I didn't fully understand what it meant!). Here are few posts I have referred - https://community.telligent.com/blog/b/product/posts/telligent-community-and-sitecore-integrationhttps://community.telligent.com/community/10/w/user-documentation/59728/how-can-i-integrate-my-community-with-other-websites-and-services and https://community.telligent.com/community/10/w/developer-training/59711/rest-sdk-and-sitecore as part of bringing Telligent to existing website. Apart from this, I have seen Social Sitecore SDK and Social Sitecore SDK Samples.

Here is my doubt.

  1. If I am going to integrate TC to existing Sitecore website, can I use the Views of TC?
  2. Does both Sitecore and TC co-exists in the same website and I only need to wire-up SSO between them?
  3. Or do I need to fully implement forum (Views, functionality, etc.) from scratch using Social Sitecore SDK?

More clearly, how the development looks like if I am bringing TC into existing Sitecore website? It would be great if anyone can guide me.

Any help will be appreciated.

Thank you.

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  • The developer training artivle on the REST SDK is what you want, as using REST is the appropriate way to integrate.

    To Answer questions directly:

    • If I am going to integrate TC to existing Sitecore website, can I use the Views of TC?
      • No, there is no remote view concept other than using REST to execute a remote widget or build a UI using raw data.
    • Does both Sitecore and TC co-exists in the same website and I only need to wire-up SSO between them?
      • No they should not, while its is theoretically possible, it may be unstable and not really meant to work that way, especially since Telligent Community has its own server specific system requirements.   It is a standalone website, not meant to be an add-on.
    • Or do I need to fully implement forum (Views, functionality, etc.) from scratch using Social Sitecore SDK?
      • Correct.

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  • The developer training artivle on the REST SDK is what you want, as using REST is the appropriate way to integrate.

    To Answer questions directly:

    • If I am going to integrate TC to existing Sitecore website, can I use the Views of TC?
      • No, there is no remote view concept other than using REST to execute a remote widget or build a UI using raw data.
    • Does both Sitecore and TC co-exists in the same website and I only need to wire-up SSO between them?
      • No they should not, while its is theoretically possible, it may be unstable and not really meant to work that way, especially since Telligent Community has its own server specific system requirements.   It is a standalone website, not meant to be an add-on.
    • Or do I need to fully implement forum (Views, functionality, etc.) from scratch using Social Sitecore SDK?
      • Correct.

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