How do I add a blog to my site?

[Guest]

We have band site, and rather than just disconnected comments, we would like
a running blog. How do I set this up in FrontPage?

 

[P@tty Ayers]

We have band site, and rather than just disconnected comments, we would
like
a running blog. How do I set this up in FrontPage?

You might want to try http://www.blogger.com. It's excellent, easy to set
up, and free. You can host your blog on their servers or on your own.

 

[Guest]

We have band site, and rather than just disconnected comments, we would like
a running blog. How do I set this up in FrontPage?

I just experimented with it and it works, it's just not secure like
Blogger.com or any of those other blog sites. However, if you want to inbed
your blog into your webpage, use the form handling properties of FrontPage
(note: this was done with FrontPage 2003):

1) Create a form that has a "Display Name" field (and pre-populate it with
"Guest" or something else that you want it to say like "Band Groupie" or
whatever) and a text area/box for people to type their "blog entry" into.

2) Edit your form properties and have the form save it's results in an HTML
page. BUT, have it save the file in a public folder or in the root, NOT the
"_private" secured folder (it will give you a warning that saving it there
will allow the file to be publically viewed, but you WANT it to be publically
viewed)

Also, check off the check boxes so that a) the results page does NOT display
the field names/labels, and b) that it doen't put the most recent entry last
(so that the results page has the most recent entry at the top - reverse
chronology)

Do everything else you would normally do to setup the form including having
a results page and links back to your home page, etc.

3) In the page you're going to display your blog, insert an inline frame
(iframe) and have it set the initial page to the form results page you just
created.

4) Under the iFrame (or next to it depending on your layout) put a text or
icon with a link to the form you created so that people can "post" to your
"blog"

Like I said, it's a quick & dirty way to make a quickie blog/mini-message
board without getting third-party scripts, software packages or signing up
for a hosted blog site (or writing the application yourself). The downside
to it is that you have no real formatting control and there's no security -
ANYONE (including web robots & spammers) can "post" in your blog. Your
posters can't add HTML hyperlinks, smiley graphics, images, etc. - it's a
text-only solution AND there's no formatting (can't add boldface, italics,
underlines, colors, separate paragraphs, etc.)

Only other idea would be to sign up for something like MySpace.com, or
Blogger.com, create a "Band Blog" there, then link to the blog from your
website OR embed the blog page in your page with an iFrame.

 

[Guest]

Mark or anyone reading this,.... I tryed what markInNY said about simple
blog, but when I got to
3) insert a inline frame(iframe) I got lost...I don't know what a (iframe)
is....All I'm trying to do is start a on line journal to post runs/call we
make for houston fire department. I don't want people to post just be able to
view what I type in....and If I get that up and running I need to find a way
to make it so that certain people with access can enter info for other
shifts...thats down the road if I get this journal thing worked out.

can someone help???? and use simple language!!


Mark...InTX

 

[Trevor L.]

Mark or anyone reading this,.... I tryed what markInNY said about
simple blog, but when I got to
3) insert a inline frame(iframe) I got lost...I don't know what a
(iframe) is....All I'm trying to do is start a on line journal to
post runs/call we make for houston fire department. I don't want
people to post just be able to view what I type in....and If I get
that up and running I need to find a way to make it so that certain
people with access can enter info for other shifts...thats down the
road if I get this journal thing worked out.

can someone help???? and use simple language!!


Mark...InTX

Try this to solve the requirement for a read-only log.

Copy the code below between <head> and </head> into the <head> section


<head>
<style type="text/css">
iframe.c1 {
display: none;
height: 200px; /* change height as required */
width: 400px; /* change width as required */
overflow: auto; }
</style>

<script type="text/javascript>
function loadIframe(id,sPath)
{
var x = document.getElementById(id)
if (x.style.display != 'block')
{ if (sPath)
x.src = sPath
else
return
x.style.display = 'block'}
else
x.style.display = 'none'
}
</script>
</head>

Copy this into the <body> section
<button onclick="loadIframe('News','news.html')">Open/Close News of this
Site</button>
<iframe class="c1" id="News" src=""></iframe>

Create a file named news.html and update it with whatever you want.
Then, when you want to change the news, you only need to copy this file to
the web.

 

[Guest]

Trevor,
First of all I want to say thanks for the help...but I cut a pasted the
<head> stuff then the <body> stuff and went to "save as" news.html and
previewed it and I could see all of the code......when I looked at the
code(which I don't understand) the <head> stuff had moved to the body
section. I tryed it a few more times but it kept doing the same thing. Am I
saving it the right way???? You said create a file named news.html.....I
tryed to start a blank page named news.html ande cut and paste the info and
it still didn't work.....Like I said I'm just trying to create a page or form
where I can go and type a journal....anymore suggestions????


MArk

 

[Trevor L.]

Trevor,
First of all I want to say thanks for the help...but I cut a pasted
the <head> stuff then the <body> stuff and went to "save as"
news.html and previewed it and I could see all of the code......when
I looked at the code(which I don't understand) the <head> stuff had
moved to the body section. I tryed it a few more times but it kept
doing the same thing. Am I saving it the right way???? You said
create a file named news.html.....I tryed to start a blank page named
news.html ande cut and paste the info and it still didn't
work.....Like I said I'm just trying to create a page or form where I
can go and type a journal....anymore suggestions????


MArk

Mark,
I don't seem to be explaining this as well as I could

Let's assume you have a page on which you want your viewers to bring up the
news.
Say this page is general.html (for want of a better name). On my site, it is
actually index.html - the Home Page.

Then,
Copy the code below between <head> and </head> below into the <head> section
of general.html.
(Do not include "<head>" or "</head>" again - these should already exist on
that page

<head>
<style type="text/css">
iframe.c1 {
display: none;
height: 200px; /* change height as required */
width: 400px; /* change width as required */
overflow: auto; }
</style>

<script type="text/javascript>
function loadIframe(id,sPath)
{
var x = document.getElementById(id)
if (x.style.display != 'block')
{ if (sPath)
x.src = sPath
else
return
x.style.display = 'block'}
else
x.style.display = 'none'
}
</script>
</head>

Now, on the same page (i.e. general.html),
Copy the following into the <body> section, i.e between <body> and </body>
at the place where you want it to appear on the page.
It can be in an existing table or wherever, it doesn't matter.
<button onclick="loadIframe('News','news.html')">Open/Close News of this
Site</button>
<iframe class="c1" id="News" src=""></iframe>

Now, in a text editor (or FP I suppose) create a blank page and add this
into it
<html>
<!-- news.html -->
<head>
<title>News</title>
</head>
<body >
Schedule of Rosters
<!-- Type anything you want in here .
Make it a table if you want -->
</body>
</html>

Save *this page* as news.html

Now your page general.html will have a button labelled "Open/Close News of
this Site".
Whenever it is clicked it will load news.html into the frame with id
="News".

So, your viewers will see the current contents of news.html.
When you want to change what they see, all you have to do is alter news.html
and upload it to the site. No other changes are needed.

I hope this make more sense. Unfortunately I am out of sync timewise with
Texas, so it will probably be about 9pm when you get this. (It is 1300 AEDST
here - Australian Eastern Daylight Savings Time.)

I will probably be here for another 4 to 5 hours if you have any more
queries