Wanting to start a blog through my website any suggestions?

[missviky]

Hi

Completely new to blogging but want to start an additional area to our website where we can post articles etc.

We have a really unique service concept and have had some very bizzare task requests as a result that could make for quite amusing reading! We also have many other ideas that we think we could blog about.

We were originally considering perhaps just adding an additional page on the site but have since read that you can create a blog and host it as part of your website, through our own FTP.

Does anyone have any suggestions on how to do this. I would prefer that what ever we created looked very similar to the website and did not lead off to somewhere else!

Not looked at wordpress or anything yet so would be grateful for any suggestions??

Thanks in advance

[dubscrub]

My first "blog" was where I custom built new pages on my website and with each update would move content down until I bounced it to a new page. It worked, but when I really started blogging a lot it became a huge waste of time.

Using a CMS like wordpress allowed me to cut the time it took me to write, seo, publish and edit by around 60%+-. Take wordpress for example, the most difficult part about it is to get it to match your websites overall look and style, but you only have to do that once. All the plugins and features it offers makes it well worth spending that extra time needed to style it.

All this being said, I am a convert to using a true CMS like WP to handle my articles. Plus, google is absolutely in love with blogs right now and eat their content up.

Hope this helps.

[indyonline]

As mentioned above, wordpress would be a good idea. It's easy to install too. If you have Cpanel with your hosting you can just open fantastico de luxe and click on wordpress and add it to a sub folder in your site in about 20 seconds. If you need to download it and install it manually I'm sure there are many people her that would help/tell you how to install it.

[htmlbasictutor]

Originally Posted by indyonline

...If you have Cpanel with your hosting you can just open fantastico de luxe and click on wordpress and add it to a sub folder in your site in about 20 seconds. ...

Please don't use a push button install for anything on your site.

They tend to be outdated and are difficult to update.

Been there, done that.

Go to the original source of the software, get a copy and install yourself (or get someone to install it for you).

e.g. Installing WordPress The hardest part is knowing where on your web hosting to go to set up the database.

[indyonline]

Originally Posted by htmlbasictutor

Please don't use a push button install for anything on your site.

They tend to be outdated and are difficult to update.

Been there, done that.

Go to the original source of the software, get a copy and install yourself (or get someone to install it for you).

e.g. Installing WordPress The hardest part is knowing where on your web hosting to go to set up the database.

Maybe but the wordpress install is good. I use it a lot. Updates are easy these days, it can all be done in your dashboard. update WP version, plugins, etc
the fantastico also offers an upgrade option in the control panel to update the WP version.

[htmlbasictutor]

I was referring to the push button installs from your hosting control panel.

Yes Wordpress does come with an upgrade link (once installed) within it's dashboard but some people have had problems using it because of the way their hosting works.

[dubscrub]

I have used the Cpanel install feature for Word Press, Joomla and many other scripts hundreds of times. Cross my fingers I have only had trouble one time and it was due to me not paying attention to the configuration of my hosting account. The Cpanel said it was compatible however it was not.

That is a me problem though because everyone knows don't just blindly trust the description on these auto installers, but instead check the programs requirements against your host config.

In any case I agree that a fresh install is great, but I get lazy and don't like setting up the dbases and uploading and all of that in each case.