how do you intergrate a blog right into your main page?

what blog deal are you using?

I made a site for someone and used b2 and i just took the php coding i needed for it to show up, for the comments, the date..... and put it on the first page, added the login link.

You have to have php support on whatever host you are using.

Or you could use www.blogger.com .... If your host allows FTP, you could do it that way too.

how do i use b2?

first you need this on your host to even be able to use b2:

Requirements ?
A server that can run PHP4, and a MySQL database (you can install b2 in an already existing database, and you can put several b2's in one database).


then you see this:

See the ReadMe file for requirements and installation instructions

you can download it at www.cafelog.com

Love,
Mirna

is there any other thing that i can use besides b2? it is kinda confusing..

http://www.cutephp.com

doesnt need a mysql database. i have not tried it yet, but it looks simple enough. :)

If your host has Fantastico, there should be a couple of blog scripts pre-installed.

Other than b2, there's
http://www.movabletype.org/
http://www.pMachine.com/
there's another one too, but I can't remember it's name ~ sorry that's not much help.

I've not tried these, but they could be worth a look.

Originally posted by Sheila
Or you could use www.blogger.com .... If your host allows FTP, you could do it that way too.

the best way to get started. Moveable type still requires some scripting languages...

My favorite new blog is coranto. I use it on my clan site:

http://www.enigma-clan.com/news.shtml

It's SO easy to install, easier than you can imagine.

There's a link on the bottom of that page, it's called Coranto.

It's added to your existing site with ssi or php. Awesome script.


http://coranto.gweilo.org/

The people on the forum are very very helpful too.

THANKS!!!

oh yeah, i have one problem installing coranto. What is the pearl path on dreamhost? i use dreamhost and i need to know the path.

More often than not you can leave it at default (!/usr/bin/perl) as thats what it is on most servers.