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    Post by berrybok January 8th 2022, 7:56 pm

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    Forum version : #phpBB3
    Position : Founder
    Concerned browser(s) : Internet Explorer
    Who the problem concerns : Yourself
    When the problem appeared : It's really just a question
    Forum link : https://ppbmwr.forumotion.com

    Description of problem

    do any of the forums you offer support being embedded in an existing web site?
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    Post by Jucarese January 8th 2022, 8:15 pm

    Code:
    <iframe src="https://ppbmwr.forumotion.com/" width="400" height="500" frameborder="0" scrolling="Yes"></iframe>
    change width and heigt to your liking until you see it well on your web page, you must put it where your page allows HTML

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    Post by Niko January 8th 2022, 10:06 pm

    Dear @berrybok

    in which way would you like to embed the forum?

    in the meantime I can add to jucarese proposal, the Forumotion external widget - which allows you to embed the "Last topics" widget Wink
    Announcement here: https://help.forumotion.com/t160868-the-forumotion-external-widget-to-integrate-your-forum-last-topics-on-a-website

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    Post by berrybok January 9th 2022, 12:34 am

    something more like the iframe snippet. I created an empty page with code segment your provided. When I tried to Log In I got the following message "ppbmwr.forumotion.com refused to connect."

    You can see the web page here
    https://www.pikespeakbmwriders.org/forum
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    Post by SLGray January 9th 2022, 1:54 am

    I got this when I clicked the login button/link:
    Firefox wrote:Firefox Can’t Open This Page

    To protect your security, ppbmwr.forumotion.com will not allow Firefox to display the page if another site has embedded it. To see this page, you need to open it in a new window.



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    Post by Niko January 9th 2022, 2:10 am

    @berrybok I can perfectly see the frame on my side Wink

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    In any case, I see that you want to embed your forum on your custom domain name. You may do that throught CNAME if you have access to your domain DNS settings, more info can be found here: https://help.forumotion.com/t7021-cname-redirect-an-extern-domain-name-that-you-own-to-your-board?highlight=CNAME

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    Post by skouliki January 9th 2022, 9:30 am

    hello

    i can also see the page ok using chrome and opera

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    Post by Jucarese January 9th 2022, 1:42 pm

    berrybok wrote:something more like the iframe snippet. I created an empty page with code segment your provided. When I tried to Log In I got the following message "ppbmwr.forumotion.com refused to connect."

    You can see the web page here
    https://www.pikespeakbmwriders.org/forum

    that is a Forumotion security system, which does not allow you to open security elements such as login in sites embedded by our own safety, then you must create a button that leads to your forum is the only form, or tell Firefox or the browser What do you use, open the link in a new window.
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    Post by berrybok January 9th 2022, 5:13 pm

    To be clear, I can also see the page fine. It's just that when I was testing functionality, I found that the Log In function didn't work.
    I'll look into the suggestions that have been made. FWIW, I used microsoft edge browser, but there will be many in our group who use different browser than me. Thanks for your help.
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    Post by Niko January 9th 2022, 5:24 pm

    @berrybok in any case embedding a website through frame is not a valuable solution in any case, not just for forumotion but in general. For that reason the best solution as I suggested is CNAME.

    Sadly it is not something that Forumotion can solve on its side, because it is a general security measure. This type of cross-site interaction is highly non-suggested and limited by web protocols.

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    Post by mSyx January 10th 2022, 12:16 am

    Hi,
    If you want a website that has a forum inside it, I'd suggest using either custom HTML Pages or the inbuilt Portal system. Otherwise, I doubt Forumotion would fit your needs in such case.
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