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Blog Integration

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  • 31-10-2007 10:24am
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    Evil Phil
    Registered Users Posts: 7,468 ✭✭✭


    I'm developing a site for a client who wants to keep an on-site blog. What's the best way to approach this: Integrate the site with the likes of blogger.com or give her wordpress or something similar?


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    aidan_walsh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,208 ✭✭✭✭aidan_walsh


    I'd go with a third party package that you can customise the template of so that it keeps in styling with the rest of the site. Little worse than going to an "official blog" that is completely and utterly differently styled from the rest of the site, IMO.


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    Evil Phil
    Registered Users Posts: 7,468 ✭✭✭Evil Phil


    Yeah, it would be my prefered choice but I just want to get a feel for what is the general approach to this. I know blogger.com can be customised but I suppose it would be a cleaner approach to have it all contained within the one site.


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    steve-hosting36
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,161 ✭✭✭steve-hosting36


    Wordpress can be skinned easily - have a look at our blog here - http://blog.register365.com/ - you'd never know you'd left the site at all.


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    ianhobo
    Registered Users Posts: 413 ✭✭ianhobo


    Just reading up about Wordpress on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WordPress . It's quite popular with people here on boards, but...
    In May 2007, a study revealed that 98% of WordPress blogs being run are exploitable


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    Evil Phil
    Registered Users Posts: 7,468 ✭✭✭Evil Phil


    I'd rather not use wordpress. I am thinking of using joomla* as the CMS solution for the site. Can anybody recommend a joomla blog plugin?


    *I'm an Asp.net boy atm


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    fintan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 647 ✭✭✭fintan


    If you are looking at CMS solutions I'd recommend www.modx.com it has a blog plugin also.


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    ianhobo
    Registered Users Posts: 413 ✭✭ianhobo


    fintan wrote: »
    If you are looking at CMS solutions I'd recommend www.modx.com it has a blog plugin also.

    That links to a dead/inactive site?


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    Evil Phil
    Registered Users Posts: 7,468 ✭✭✭Evil Phil


    http://www.modxcms.com/ appears to be the correct site. Thanks, I'll have a look.


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    fintan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 647 ✭✭✭fintan


    Evil Phil wrote: »
    http://www.modxcms.com/ appears to be the correct site. Thanks, I'll have a look.

    Sorry that was my mistake, modxcms.com is the correct domain


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