HELP! i'm trying to add a blog feed to a website...

[DougBarned]

Don't worry, when you call yourself blondie, it's to be expected :p

WordPress.org will let you download the package. However, you will need to be able to create a database and install the package on your/their server. Alternatives are using wordpress.com, which will host the site for you and cut out any complex installations, or some hosts (including myself) provide tools to automatically install the software onto your server via a control panel. Now, I'm not sure what level your at... so I'll leave that there until you respond...

The templates/themes that are available vary in complexity and ease of customisation. As anyone can build one, they come from a variety of sources and this means there is no 'standard' as such.

Would I be better just to get the blog feed and insert it into my premade page?

Would it be better? No. Easier? Yes :)

Let me know where you stand and I can help you with how you'd like to proceed with links to tutorials or helpful code snippets!

/Doug

[minkidesign]

hmmm, easier sounds good :)

to be honest, im not sure how to change the template - i've had a look and it doesn't make a HUGE amount of sense to me. I think it may be a little out of my comfort zone. not sure if you had a chance to look at the site i'm putting it onto, but you can see i've pretty much created it all in photoshop so i've probably made things even more difficult for myself.

here's the website to show what i'm talking about:

If You Dare

if you could give me any pointers adding the feed to a ready made page that would be fantastic! :)

living up to my hair description as ever...

[DougBarned]

Sorry for delay - Yup, had a look before :)

Well, if you're not looking at using wordpress, you can either use an iframe like you have previously, or you can use server side processing to get it dynamically entered into the page using PHP.

First though, do you know if the server you're using supports PHP?

(if you decide to look further into wordpress, I'm always willing to help - and wordpress.tv is a great resource for tutorial videos)

[minkidesign]

well i've signed up to an online wordpress account - does that count?

not sure if the server supports PHP, for this site they signed up with freeola - not one i'm particularly familiar with to be honest.

so with that in mind, i'm really open to either option of changing the template or adding feed. whichever is going to take less explaining i guess so you don't have to put up with all my questions!

thanks doug, you've been so helpful so far!

[chris_17]

Depending on your host, it usually has a auto installer for wordpress.

[DougBarned]

Righty, after a little look around, I've found these instructions on how to embed an RSS feed on an HTML page. Not knowing if you can use PHP and not wanting to host the blog on the same server, this may be your only hope. This is assuming there is an RSS feed on a Vox blog?

... though I've not used the solution before, so that's as far as I can help with I'm afraid -sorry.

If you want help in the WordPress direction, I that's something I can do... but to know if a WordPress installation is possible on the server, you will have to ask freeola or find out what package they are one and whether it supports it.

As you have a wordpress.com account, you could consider simply hosting the site there? Not sure how the .com site handles templates though, sorry.

/Doug