Great topic for a book, just ordered it. To support embeddable menus for Real Time Farms we went with: - a script include that is very lightweight and only -

Great topic for a book, just ordered it. To support embeddable menus for Real Time Farms we went with: - a script include that is very lightweight and only - document.writes an iframe and - asynchronously loads a helper script to deal with cross domain communication so that the frame can change height when the menu tabs change See it in action here http://www.northernspyfoodco.com/menus/dinner http://www.northernspyfoodco.com/menus/dinner it eventually loads the iframe with this content: http://www.realtimefarms.com/restaurant/northern-spy-food-co/iframe http://www.realtimefarms.com/restaurant/northern-spy-food-co... The benefit of using an iframe so far has been much easier reuse of code for the widget content. However, we've had a few folks request to use their own stylesheet which can't be supported (instead we offer a configuration of the embed snippet to style a few things like menu width, fonts family and colors). In any case, if we learn even a single helpful trick about embedding rich content from this book, it will have been money well spent!