Can I use wireless hotshoe receivers to trigger studio strobes?

I'll start by saying I'm on a tight budget because photography is a hobby for me, not a profession.

My current set up is the Fuji S200EXR bridge camera which I really like as an entry level camera. I have three studio strobes and a single wireless transmitter and receiver which I plug into one of the strobes and set the other two onto slave.

I'm in the process of buying a YN560 flash. Now the dilemma. I would like to trigger all three studio strobes and the YN560 flash wirelessly. I have seen a set of receivers that have the hotshoe mount for the YN560 and they also have a socket on the side. Is the socket on a receiver likely to be an input (e.g. cable from socket on camera to receiver) or is it likely to be an output (e.g. cable from receiver into studio flash socket)? Ideally, I would like to be able to use all the receivers with hotshoes to speedlite when out and about but still be able to connect them to my studio strobes when indoors. Has anyone got any experience with doing this? Or am I just going to have to get separate receivers with hotshoes for speedlites.

On a side note, does anyone have any experience with using different brands of receivers and transmitters together? There are such a wealth of different budget transmitters and receivers that if they are not compatible, I think the only option is to buy everything at the same time from the same retailer to ensure that they are compatible.

Thank you for any help.