[minkidesign]

I am a fairly new web designer with only two and a half sites under my belt and I'm desperately trying to add a blog feed to my website, but to no avail.

I initially thought about using an iframe, however all i really want is the feed, not the whole page. I'm also trying to enter the information in a design frame - to show what I'm TRYING to explain I've put the page link below:

http://www.andreadonovan.com/news.html

I literally have been pulling my hair out so ANY help would be so welcome. Also must mention I'm adding a blogger blog (I know you can adjust the ftp settings on the preferences there, but I presume that's to show the whole page in your site, not just the feed?) Oh and I'm designing with Dreamweaver. Think that covers it.

I've actually been trying to teach myself web design so my knowledge and jargon is limited and you'll have to bear with me.

Thanks so much in advance everyone.

Blondie

[DougBarned]

Hi Blondie.... Did you have any luck in the end? I see you're using the iFrame solution.

to embed a feed into your page or pull it in from an external source, you will need to change your page to a php rather than an HTML. This will allow you to do some server side processing - pulling the data in and dishing it out. Let me know if you still need help or if you're happy with your solution. Not saying I'll be able to get you doing what you need, but I'll try ;)

[minkidesign]

hi doug - i ended up just linking to the blog page as i couldn't work it out! i am however working on another site now where i need to enter the blog feed - if you could let me know what i have to do i would be eternally grateful!

i know it's something to do with getting the rss feed from the blog and that's about where my knowledge stops!
also i'm not using blogger for this - i'm using something called vox blog?

thanks for responding

blondie

[DougBarned]

OK, no problem , I'll check it out and get back to you ASAP.

Just in the meantime, have you considered an installation of WordPress on your server to cater for the blog and your static pages? Since you're creating a new site, it may be a good time to look into it.

/Doug

[minkidesign]

Well unfortunately both blogs that I have worked with are blogs already owned by the clients so I couldn't use wordpress. If I create another from scratch I will use it definitely!

The website I'm adding the blog to is:

If You Dare

although I will say now that it is a work in progress!

thanks :)

[DougBarned]

Okeydokey... don't s'pose I could have a link to the blog too? :)

[minkidesign]

of course!

it's:

If You Dare Productions - Vox

[minkidesign]

i've just been told that i can set up another blog if it's easier - would you recommend wordpress and then i can just change the template to match the site?

[DougBarned]

Hi :) Sorry I couldn't get back to you over the weeked.

In that case, I would highly recommend WordPress, yes!

It allows you to keep everything managed on your own server, handles pages as well as the blog and has a very user friendly back-end interface. It also has a wealth of plug-ins available to make your life easier :)

Happy to help if you need it...

/Doug

[minkidesign]

Do i need to download it? i've created an account online, but i'm not too sure where my next step would take me. i was going to change the template, however it doesn't seem as straightforward as the previous blog i changed. i could kind of understand the CSS on the other but this seems a little more complex!

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

SORRY - I warned you I was a little blonde when it came to this :)