How to integrate site admin page with WordPress admin?

I am going to build a site that is mainly a word press blog, but the blog will have a link to a shop area where you can purchase products.

I am going to have to build an admin page for the site owner to add/remove products. Since they are already going to be using the WordPress admin for their blog, I am wanting to integrate the products-admin into the WordPress admin so th开发者_如何学Goe owner can easily administer everything from one central location.

I am not a blogger and don't have much experience with blog software so before I started poking around I wanted to ask if their was a best practice or standard way of doing this?

Use the WP-Ecommerce WordPress plugin. You can run your shop and everything directly from WordPress. Everything's integrated.

The easiest way is just to put link to your products admin area from wordpress admin area. You can put such link using WordPress plugins.

Pluses are...

• you haven't to go deep into WordPress plugins to intergrate
• you haven't to do new design for your admin area (belive me - it will waste a lot of time)

Minuses are...

• admin should be logged in your products admin area; another way he would be asked to auth at your admin panel

UPDATED: More easies way is to show your products admin area in integrated into Wordpress admin using plugin.