Adding a blog to an existing site

What do I need to know?

[dwhitesock]

I have a new client that would like to incorporate a blog in to the site. I have never dealt with blogs except for the occasional use of some of the free blog providers.

But what needs to be done to include or create my own blog on an existing site?

Thanks.

[steelegbr]

Probibally if you can, I would write my own blog server side script which the client could then update remotly. As for incuding a 3rd-party one... no experiance.

[Sari]

I just incorporated an existing blog into a new website for a client using Blogger (It's Google owned and a google search will bring it up for you). I found it to be simple to integrate into the site, and you can use their templates or you can customize the layout fairly easily.

Once you have everything configured, the person who is writing the blog, goes to the blogger site does their writing and everything is then published to your site.

One of the nice things about this service, other than it being free, is that they have a directory so that people who enjoy reading blogs can find yours. I found that this helps a lot especially when you're just starting the blog.

Hope this helps!

[encyclo]

A good option is to use WordPress [wordpress.org], which is a PHP-based blog script.

It can be integrated seamlessly with an existing site by editing the index.php file any way you want, and has all the neccessary features, including multiple logins, comments, online editing, etc.

[dwhitesock]

sari, that is exactly what I have done. I went to set up a blooger account and saw the advanced setup and got the blog to show up on my site. Now the task is just stripping away their template and replacing it with mine. It worked out very nice. Thanks.