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Internet & Networking => Web design => Topic started by: Flame on April 07, 2005, 01:33:04 PM

Title: Blogs
Post by: Flame on April 07, 2005, 01:33:04 PM
Hey everyone! I wanted to install Fusion news, but its too hard to install... I wanted to try CuteNews, but have no idea what to do there either... lol   Can anyone tell me of a decent looking blog/program that I can insert messages into my website with? This will be used to that me and my staff can post messages... Thanks!

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Title: Re: Blogs
Post by: Sidewinder on April 09, 2005, 11:25:46 AM
You could check out Serendipity at http://www.s9y.org/

You were a little lite on specifics, so checkout the requirements before downloading.

Good luck.  8)
Title: Re: Blogs
Post by: Flame on April 09, 2005, 12:43:14 PM
This is interesting... Does this allow me to insert the news into my webiste though? (I do not want to create a new page)...

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Title: Re: Blogs
Post by: Flame on April 09, 2005, 12:47:25 PM
I know its hard to explain, but maybe this will be a good example here... (Please excuse this site's "childish" content, but it has CuteNews, and this shows you want kind of system I am looking for... Just look at the home page to see what I mean...) http://www.k-anime.cjb.net/ ... Just click on the splash page button to enter...

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Title: Re: Blogs
Post by: Sidewinder on April 09, 2005, 02:19:53 PM
I found this blurb in the installation instructions:

In your serendipity configuration, you can set an 'embed' option to true or false.

This defines, whether you use your blog as a standalone webpage - or if you have different content wrapped around your blog, like the menu of your usual homepage.


I'm not sure if this is what you meant, but it sounds promising!

Good luck.  8)
Title: Re: Blogs
Post by: Flame on April 09, 2005, 03:20:48 PM
Well... This won't work... Winzip can't seem to extract the files...  :'(  Any other blog service you know of?

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Title: Re: Blogs
Post by: Sidewinder on April 09, 2005, 03:38:56 PM
I had no problem with Serendipity 0.7.1. WinZip handled like a champ. It did stop and say there was one archive in the zip file and asked if I wanted to create a temp dir, but after I answered Yes, it took off.

The other version was 0.8 but it was marked beta.

I'll hunt around and see if I can find anything else.

 8)
Title: Re: Blogs
Post by: Flame on April 10, 2005, 12:46:03 PM
In response to the private message... I downloaded the file, but when Winzip tried to unzip it, it said that it couldn't be done... Any ideas?

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Title: Re: Blogs
Post by: Sidewinder on April 10, 2005, 06:38:23 PM
Flame,

I responded to your messages at your yahoo address. I had a problem attaching a zip file to the forum.

If there is a problem or you never got it, let me know.

Regards,
;D
Title: Re: Blogs
Post by: Flame on April 11, 2005, 09:08:13 AM
I got the file, and it unzipped like a charm! Thanks!  ;D  I will now begin work on your E-Mail about Show Yer Desktop... Thanks again!  ;)

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Title: Re: Blogs
Post by: Flame on April 11, 2005, 10:31:15 AM
ok... Well at least I have the files... Now... I need someone to help me install the files... If anyone knows, please post... Here is a link to the download instuctions... http://blogcms.com/?item=installation-manual#new ... I do not have a c:/www  folder... Do I need one? What should I do? f anyone knows, please post...  ;)

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Title: Re: Blogs
Post by: Corrosive on April 23, 2005, 02:13:44 PM
Flame, I actually coded my own blog/CMS as my Advanced Higher Computing Project in school, using a mix of Webmonkey and the PHP manual. It's about as secure as a paper safe and about as feature rich as a draught excluder, but if you like I'll send you the source code so you can mess with it yourself.

But I mean, there are hundreds of others out there...
Title: Re: Blogs
Post by: Flame on April 23, 2005, 03:17:53 PM
Do you have a demo that I can see?

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Title: Re: Blogs
Post by: yaddayadda on April 27, 2005, 08:58:49 AM
Yeah its quite easy to make your own blog using PHP and a database, probably easier than downloading a service. You can also create a login page on your website so that you or an admin can log in and add a blog. You store the login details in the database too.
Title: Re: Blogs
Post by: Flame on April 27, 2005, 12:54:39 PM
Is it that easy when you have no PHP knowledge though... lol  I have no PHP knowledge, which is why I tried the services to have them tell me what's up...  :-[
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Title: Re: Blogs
Post by: yaddayadda on April 27, 2005, 01:41:18 PM
I would recommend learning PHP as it would probably bring big improvements to your site and help you learn more about web design. What web sever is your website running on currently? I think the hardest bit is probably setting up PHP and the database itself.
Title: Re: Blogs
Post by: Flame on April 27, 2005, 01:50:20 PM
Right now, I am using a family member's server, which I understand might be one of his computers... I'll have to ask...

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