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I have a website that I want to add a blog page to.
Has anyone done this yet?
The issue seems to be that I need to put my menu at the top of the blogger code, but either because of the code that's generated by XWD or the code generated by blogger, it won't work.
Any help is appreciated. Thanks!
Could you use an <iframe> in a placeholder for the blogger feed?
Coffe cup have a Blog app called Flash Blogger that might work. I haven't tried it myself but I think others have used Coffee cup products with XWD.
I am intending to start my own blog at some point but I had thought to just link to it from a button.
Here's the link in case you're interested in checking it out:Quote:
Originally Posted by Squeaky
http://www.coffeecup.com/flash-blogger/
In these cases it looks like the CC software creates the files needed, then gives you an HTML snippet you insert into your Web Designer page that displays the results.
Since when do you need CoffeCup software, in order to get a Weblog?
Free (and very good) Blog systems are discussed here.
Remi
Currently you can only use websites exported from Xara Web Designer with a static layout. It's not possible to adjust the length of your site, as you would need with a blog. There is the workaround with a <iframe>, as Steve (sledger) mentioned, but if you don't like it or don't trust iframes, then you can't use Xara Web Designer for this task.
Remi
Don't know how other blogging software handles page size, but the CC one gives you a scroll bar when the text gets too large for the current page size. All a matter of taste. :)
Why iframe? The <div> may be just enough.Quote:
Originally Posted by remi
You mean by scrolling within this div - the same like Spinny is recommending?Quote:
Originally Posted by covoxer
Erm, you can scroll anything that you can put into html within a <div>. Inline frames should be used only in case when the content must stay as a separate html file. Most often this is due to the content located and managed on the other site e.t.c.Quote:
Originally Posted by remi
Erm, I know that.
My question was, whether I have understood you correctly, that you're recommending the same way as Spinny.
You don't actually need something like CoffeeCup Blogger to use in this program, but it does work well with it and I tend to use it, because it is so easy to design it to fit exactly how you want it on the page.
The blog content is also very easily updated and can be done by just updating three or four files, instead of the whole site.
As already mentioned, it is a matter of taste, but I for one, am extremely pleased that the CC gadgets work so well in XWD.
If you look at www.bobbyharris.com you can see the BLOG link and what's happening.
I tried putting <DIV> tags on either side of the code in the placeholder but it didn't create scroll bars.
spoondolix, could you also post a link to such a website (XWD, integrated with CoffeCup Blogger) for us, please?
Thanks
Remi
Bobby, see also this tips from John
Something that just occurred to me, so I figured I'd 'fess up: if you use the CC blogging software the content of your blog won't be visible to search engines. It's stored in an external file and loaded by the flash display code so the spiders won't see it.
Figured that would be important if you wanted your words of wisdom to show up in Google. :cool:
It would seem to me that if the blog were your own, and you become (or expect to become) reasonably fluent in managing your site, blog entries should simply be entered as formatted text on a web page. If you want to run your entries chronologically/sequentially, then lengthen the page and simply add the text.
That is a very good point. What is blogging except making content for one kind of web page? The distinction probably doesn't need to be all that distinct, does it?
With Blogger I can send an email with my entry and it automatically gets added to the blog.
The way I did it before with my DW site was to add the top menu to my blogger.com account settings and it automatically updated whenever a new post was made.
I just don't see a way to get my menu to add to the HTML in the template because XWD is adding so much stuff at the top and it doesn't allow me to expand the page on demand.
remi,
I have tested this with XWD and it works, but I do not have a website up yet using it.Quote:
could you also post a link to such a website (XWD, integrated with CoffeCup Blogger) for us, please?
I used the blog structure as in my current home web site. It looked just the same in my test with XWD.
Ok, no problem.
Regards,
Remi