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Joomla Extensions for other websites

I did a Joomla site for someone and just wondered if the extensions that Joomla offers can be added to a regular php or html website?
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You would be able to use many Joomla extensions on a regular PHP site with a small bit of coding to remove any hooks / requirements for Joomla. These extensions are pretty much all just going to be standard HTML / CSS / JS and PHP.

Most extensions however will have fairly high requirement for functionality, classes and presentation layer from Joomla, so it might be a fair bit more work that you are willing to invest.

Is there a specific extension? Is there a reason as to why you would want to run it outside of a Joomla framework?

You should realise that it is possible to have your Joomla installation run a single subdirectory or URL on your web site. It is possible to have a small section of your site run by Joomla and the rest all being static HTML or another PHP script.

The disadvantage of this is that you lose the benefits of having the whole site generated from the one system... so changes have to be made manually to the various individual elements in the site rather than making them all in the one integrated control panel.
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The biggest elements that I would like would be to have someone add photos to the site and videos. I also need someone to be able to make text changes to just a few parts of the site.
Are you wanting them to only have access (permission) to modify a small proportion of the site. Or are you saying that they will only be interested in modifying a small portion but it is OK if they have access to modify all parts.

I would suggest to stick with Joomla as the core framework for the entire site...
I only want them to be able to update certain portions of the site.  They would like to add a little text, photos & videos to certain pages of their site.
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