Long-time WinForms, First-time WebForms programmer here...
I am in the process of creating a personal web site, and I want to embed a
blog in this. I have downloaded and played around with dasBlog, which seems
to suit my needs.
However.
I'm wondering what is the common (best) approach to embedding a 'tool' like
dasBlog into your own site?
For example, I want my own site, with 'Home Resume Blog Links' etc toolbar
along the top. When you click Blog, it loads the dasblog into, say, an
IFRAME on my main page? And should dasBlog be a sub-folder of my website?
Or is the best approach to download the dasBlog source and then fiddle
around with it to make it suit what you want it to do? But then what do you
do about upgrades?
Have googled and googled but maybe my search terms are wrong, can't find
anything.
Thanks!Get DotNetNuke and use the blog module if you want it all integrated OR
use WordPress and don't worry about integrating it into the rest of your
site if you want to real blog.
Trust me, I've been down this road before. Nearly every professional
blogger (making more than $1000/month off one blog) in the world will
tell you the same. (ie, I'm reasonably certain they all will, but
someone is likely to prove me wrong.)
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Hi
Long-time WinForms, First-time WebForms programmer here...
I am in the process of creating a personal web site, and I want to embed
a
blog in this. I have downloaded and played around with dasBlog, which
seems
to suit my needs.
However.
I'm wondering what is the common (best) approach to embedding a 'tool'
like
dasBlog into your own site?
For example, I want my own site, with 'Home Resume Blog Links' etc
toolbar
along the top. When you click Blog, it loads the dasblog into, say, an
IFRAME on my main page? And should dasBlog be a sub-folder of my
website?
Or is the best approach to download the dasBlog source and then fiddle
around with it to make it suit what you want it to do? But then what do
you
do about upgrades?
Have googled and googled but maybe my search terms are wrong, can't find
anything.
Thanks!
Ah, see that's exactly what I'd do if it was a means to an end!
But I'm currently re-training as a Web Developer, so I feel like I've got to
learn from it! Had a look at DotNetNuke and these kind of platforms are
great for churning out websites, but unfortunately I *do* want to do it the
hard way in this case.
Thanks for your advice though.
"Dave Bush" <davembush@dotnet.itags.org.dmbcllc.comwrote in message
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Originally Posted by
Get DotNetNuke and use the blog module if you want it all integrated OR
use WordPress and don't worry about integrating it into the rest of your
site if you want to real blog.
>
Trust me, I've been down this road before. Nearly every professional
blogger (making more than $1000/month off one blog) in the world will
tell you the same. (ie, I'm reasonably certain they all will, but
someone is likely to prove me wrong.)
>
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From: DMG [mailto:noemailplease@dotnet.itags.org.nowhere.com]
Posted At: Saturday, November 03, 2007 6:49 AM
Posted To: microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.aspnet
Conversation: Newbie ASP.NET/Blog question
Subject: Newbie ASP.NET/Blog question
>
Hi
>
Long-time WinForms, First-time WebForms programmer here...
>
I am in the process of creating a personal web site, and I want to embed
a
blog in this. I have downloaded and played around with dasBlog, which
seems
to suit my needs.
>
However.
>
I'm wondering what is the common (best) approach to embedding a 'tool'
like
dasBlog into your own site?
>
For example, I want my own site, with 'Home Resume Blog Links' etc
toolbar
along the top. When you click Blog, it loads the dasblog into, say, an
IFRAME on my main page? And should dasBlog be a sub-folder of my
website?
>
Or is the best approach to download the dasBlog source and then fiddle
around with it to make it suit what you want it to do? But then what do
you
do about upgrades?
>
Have googled and googled but maybe my search terms are wrong, can't find
>
anything.
>
Thanks!
>
>
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Get DotNetNuke
Or, alternatively, go nowhere near DotNetNuke unless it has improved beyond
all recognition since I last looked at it...
--
Mark Rae
ASP.NET MVP
http://www.markrae.net
As a professional dev, I need to use this site as a showcase of my, ahem,
'talents' (restricted in the web as they are at the moment), so using a
third-party generator is out of the question for me.
Like I said, I need to do it the hard way, which will ultimately be quite
rewarding (I hope).
"Mark Rae [MVP]" <mark@dotnet.itags.org.markNOSPAMrae.netwrote in message
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"Dave Bush" <davembush@dotnet.itags.org.dmbcllc.comwrote in message
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>
Quote:
Originally Posted by
>Get DotNetNuke
>
Or, alternatively, go nowhere near DotNetNuke unless it has improved
beyond all recognition since I last looked at it...
>
>
--
Mark Rae
ASP.NET MVP
http://www.markrae.net
I use thinkjot on my site, which is dasblog cut down. Its not bad, easy
enough to getup up and running, no DB needed and of course is free. I've
also made a concscious decision not to integrate it into my site so my blog
is just a branch off it.
http://www.process64.com/thinkjot/
Regards
John Timney (MVP)
http://www.johntimney.com
http://www.johntimney.com/blog
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Originally Posted by
As a professional dev, I need to use this site as a showcase of my, ahem,
'talents' (restricted in the web as they are at the moment), so using a
third-party generator is out of the question for me.
>
Like I said, I need to do it the hard way, which will ultimately be quite
rewarding (I hope).
>
>
"Mark Rae [MVP]" <mark@dotnet.itags.org.markNOSPAMrae.netwrote in message
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Originally Posted by
>"Dave Bush" <davembush@dotnet.itags.org.dmbcllc.comwrote in message
>news:F5438253825445A7BCF5961393218F4A@dotnet.itags.org.OfficeVista. ..
>>
Quote:
Originally Posted by
>>Get DotNetNuke
>>
>Or, alternatively, go nowhere near DotNetNuke unless it has improved
>beyond all recognition since I last looked at it...
>>
>>
>--
>Mark Rae
>ASP.NET MVP
>http://www.markrae.net
>
>
Then do answer your original question.
Don't use an IFrame.
If I were going to "do it the hard way." I'd keep them separate and
skin them both to LOOK the same. (Which is also a possibility using
WordPress alongside ASPX code)
Ultimately, you'll have to decide on your own. But, now that I have 20
years of experience and have done a bit of hiring myself. Let me give
you my perspective on "the hard way."
If I were interviewing you, I'd be more interested in how you solved
problems than in what you specifically knew. You'd get points for
choosing the hard way so you could learn. You'd get even more points if
you told me you picked a solution because it got the job done in the
shortest amount of time and the least expense. What you have to know in
this industry changes too fast to be able to hire someone based on what
they know. Problem solving skills never go out of style.
Just my two cents.
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Posted At: Saturday, November 03, 2007 8:13 AM
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Ah, see that's exactly what I'd do if it was a means to an end!
But I'm currently re-training as a Web Developer, so I feel like I've
got to
learn from it! Had a look at DotNetNuke and these kind of platforms are
great for churning out websites, but unfortunately I *do* want to do it
the
hard way in this case.
Thanks for your advice though.
"Dave Bush" <davembush@dotnet.itags.org.dmbcllc.comwrote in message
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Quote:
Originally Posted by
Get DotNetNuke and use the blog module if you want it all integrated
OR
Quote:
Originally Posted by
use WordPress and don't worry about integrating it into the rest of
your
Quote:
Originally Posted by
site if you want to real blog.
>
Trust me, I've been down this road before. Nearly every professional
blogger (making more than $1000/month off one blog) in the world will
tell you the same. (ie, I'm reasonably certain they all will, but
someone is likely to prove me wrong.)
>
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Posted At: Saturday, November 03, 2007 6:49 AM
Posted To: microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.aspnet
Conversation: Newbie ASP.NET/Blog question
Subject: Newbie ASP.NET/Blog question
>
Hi
>
Long-time WinForms, First-time WebForms programmer here...
>
I am in the process of creating a personal web site, and I want to
embed
Quote:
Originally Posted by
a
blog in this. I have downloaded and played around with dasBlog, which
seems
to suit my needs.
>
However.
>
I'm wondering what is the common (best) approach to embedding a 'tool'
like
dasBlog into your own site?
>
For example, I want my own site, with 'Home Resume Blog Links' etc
toolbar
along the top. When you click Blog, it loads the dasblog into, say,
an
Quote:
Originally Posted by
IFRAME on my main page? And should dasBlog be a sub-folder of my
website?
>
Or is the best approach to download the dasBlog source and then fiddle
around with it to make it suit what you want it to do? But then what
do
Quote:
Originally Posted by
you
do about upgrades?
>
Have googled and googled but maybe my search terms are wrong, can't
find
Quote:
Originally Posted by
>
anything.
>
Thanks!
>
>
I had a quick look at your site, and by keeping the theme similar it does at
first glance look like that blog is integrated with your site, although I
can see that it is separate.
What I'm curious about is whether this is the 'de facto' standard approach?
i.e. why did you choose not to integrate it with your site? Is it because
it is indeed (as I suspect) a lot of work?
I am thinking of the following set up:
My Home Site
My Blog Site
a link to My Home site from My Blog site.
Is this a perfectly acceptable setup?
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>I use thinkjot on my site, which is dasblog cut down. Its not bad, easy
>enough to getup up and running, no DB needed and of course is free. I've
>also made a concscious decision not to integrate it into my site so my blog
>is just a branch off it.
>
http://www.process64.com/thinkjot/
>
Regards
>
John Timney (MVP)
http://www.johntimney.com
http://www.johntimney.com/blog
>
>
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>As a professional dev, I need to use this site as a showcase of my, ahem,
>'talents' (restricted in the web as they are at the moment), so using a
>third-party generator is out of the question for me.
>>
>Like I said, I need to do it the hard way, which will ultimately be quite
>rewarding (I hope).
>>
>>
>"Mark Rae [MVP]" <mark@dotnet.itags.org.markNOSPAMrae.netwrote in message
>news:e3DkpQhHIHA.3768@dotnet.itags.org.TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
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>>"Dave Bush" <davembush@dotnet.itags.org.dmbcllc.comwrote in message
>>news:F5438253825445A7BCF5961393218F4A@dotnet.itags.org.OfficeVista. ..
>>>
>>>Get DotNetNuke
>>>
>>Or, alternatively, go nowhere near DotNetNuke unless it has improved
>>beyond all recognition since I last looked at it...
>>>
>>>
>>--
>>Mark Rae
>>ASP.NET MVP
>>http://www.markrae.net
>>
>>
>
>
Yeah, good advice.
I think there are so many different tools for different solutions, and the
important thing is being aware of what is the right tool for the job.
At the moment, I am definitely looking at this as an exercise, as I am
really curious what makes the web 'tick'. Coming over from 8 years windows
development, I have so many questions!
In all likelihood, as I don't have that much time to spend on this, I'd be
satisifed finding out how it pieced together, and then probably abandon it
in favour of something that would get the job done. I'll definitely take a
look at DotNetNuke. I'll also look at creating a Home site through the
Personal Starter Kit (just to get started) and a separate blog site using
dasBlog or something similar.
Thanks.
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Or, alternatively, go nowhere near DotNetNuke unless it has improved
beyond
all recognition since I last looked at it...
The last time I looked at it it was pretty bad, that said, while I have no
DIRECT experience, it seems to have come a long way.
And, besides, it can't be WORSE that SharePoint, right? ;o)
-Darrel
But I'm currently re-training as a Web Developer, so I feel like I've got
Quote:
Originally Posted by
to learn from it! Had a look at DotNetNuke and these kind of platforms
are great for churning out websites, but unfortunately I *do* want to do
it the hard way in this case.
What 'integration' are you looking for?
Ultimately a good web developer knows that WordPress is the defacto
standard. ;0)
Unless you are a client have a STRONG compelling reason to not use
WordPress, use it.
As for ASP.net options, there haven't been a lot of .net blog engines in the
past.
However, there's a new(ish) open source project at codeplex that would
probably suit your needs well:
http://www.codeplex.com/blogengine
-Darrel
What I'm curious about is whether this is the 'de facto' standard
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Originally Posted by
approach? i.e. why did you choose not to integrate it with your site? Is
it because it is indeed (as I suspect) a lot of work?
Again, I think you're held up on this term 'integrate'. What, exactly, do
you need to integrate? Navigation can just be duplicated on both sites. As
can the HTML + CSS. You could send RSS feeds to pages on your site to show
some content on the main pages. Beyond that, though, I'm not sure what
integration one really needs.
-Darrel
Don't think I can use WordPress as my site is going to be ASP.NET and I'm
under the impression WordPress is PHP only??
See my other reply about my definition of 'integration'.
Cheers though!
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Originally Posted by
Quote:
Originally Posted by
>But I'm currently re-training as a Web Developer, so I feel like I've got
>to learn from it! Had a look at DotNetNuke and these kind of platforms
>are great for churning out websites, but unfortunately I *do* want to do
>it the hard way in this case.
>
>
What 'integration' are you looking for?
>
Ultimately a good web developer knows that WordPress is the defacto
standard. ;0)
>
Unless you are a client have a STRONG compelling reason to not use
WordPress, use it.
>
As for ASP.net options, there haven't been a lot of .net blog engines in
the past.
>
However, there's a new(ish) open source project at codeplex that would
probably suit your needs well:
>
http://www.codeplex.com/blogengine
>
-Darrel
>
WordPress is PHP. But you can run PHP under IIS without any trouble.
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Subject: Re: Newbie ASP.NET/Blog question
Don't think I can use WordPress as my site is going to be ASP.NET and
I'm
under the impression WordPress is PHP only??
See my other reply about my definition of 'integration'.
Cheers though!
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Originally Posted by
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Originally Posted by
>But I'm currently re-training as a Web Developer, so I feel like I've
got
Quote:
Originally Posted by
Quote:
Originally Posted by
>to learn from it! Had a look at DotNetNuke and these kind of
platforms
Quote:
Originally Posted by
Quote:
Originally Posted by
>are great for churning out websites, but unfortunately I *do* want to
do
Quote:
Originally Posted by
Quote:
Originally Posted by
>it the hard way in this case.
>
>
What 'integration' are you looking for?
>
Ultimately a good web developer knows that WordPress is the defacto
standard. ;0)
>
Unless you are a client have a STRONG compelling reason to not use
WordPress, use it.
>
As for ASP.net options, there haven't been a lot of .net blog engines
in
Quote:
Originally Posted by
the past.
>
However, there's a new(ish) open source project at codeplex that would
Quote:
Originally Posted by
probably suit your needs well:
>
http://www.codeplex.com/blogengine
>
-Darrel
>
Don't think I can use WordPress as my site is going to be ASP.NET and I'm
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Originally Posted by
under the impression WordPress is PHP only??
Most Windows hosts support both.
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Originally Posted by
See my other reply about my definition of 'integration'.
It appears you just want a navigation bar that goes from pages on your site
to your blog and have them look the same? You could have your blog on
another server and accomplish that just fine, so I wouldn't get too hung up
on the term 'integration'.
-Darrel
Okay, integration.
Well, here's what I'm after.
I have a custom site, written in ASP.NET, which has all the usual rubbish on
it. I have a link to my blog, now I don't want to go and write my own
custom blog, so I'd be looking at 'linking' a third party one in.
What I'm curious about is whether people actually integrate these with their
web site or just (as John Timney describes) links to an external blog site.
For example, if i install dasblog, and I have it 'under' my own website,
then IIS will look like this:
MyWebsite [Virtual Directory]
DasBlog [Virtual Directory]
I have a link to my dasblog from my website, and it opens up 'inside' (by
way of perhaps an IFRAME, even although that has been derided by a previous
poster to this thread).
So the url for the blog would be, 'www.mywebsite/blog'.
Does that make any sense? :)
Also, to confuse things even further, I was thinking about making use of
ASP.NET Master Pages. Is it achievable to do this and link the blog in
using these, or not?
However, as I've said before if it is perfectly acceptable to have a link to
an external blog site then that's the way I'll do it.
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Originally Posted by
>What I'm curious about is whether this is the 'de facto' standard
>approach? i.e. why did you choose not to integrate it with your site? Is
>it because it is indeed (as I suspect) a lot of work?
>
Again, I think you're held up on this term 'integrate'. What, exactly, do
you need to integrate? Navigation can just be duplicated on both sites. As
can the HTML + CSS. You could send RSS feeds to pages on your site to show
some content on the main pages. Beyond that, though, I'm not sure what
integration one really needs.
>
-Darrel
>
You might want to take a look at BlogEngine.Net :
http://www.codeplex.com/blogengine/...?ReleaseId=5922
It's simple to setup and easy to use.
Full source included, so you can modify to taste.
Juan T. Llibre, asp.net MVP
asp.net faq : http://asp.net.do/faq/
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Hi
>
Long-time WinForms, First-time WebForms programmer here...
>
I am in the process of creating a personal web site, and I want to embed a blog in this. I have downloaded and played
around with dasBlog, which seems to suit my needs.
>
However.
>
I'm wondering what is the common (best) approach to embedding a 'tool' like dasBlog into your own site?
>
For example, I want my own site, with 'Home Resume Blog Links' etc toolbar along the top. When you click Blog, it
loads the dasblog into, say, an IFRAME on my main page? And should dasBlog be a sub-folder of my website?
>
Or is the best approach to download the dasBlog source and then fiddle around with it to make it suit what you want it
to do? But then what do you do about upgrades?
>
Have googled and googled but maybe my search terms are wrong, can't find anything.
>
Thanks!
>
That's great, but is that how it's done? Do I create my web site around it?
And what happens if it is updated, I then need to manually merge the changes
with my source?
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You might want to take a look at BlogEngine.Net :
>
http://www.codeplex.com/blogengine/...?ReleaseId=5922
>
It's simple to setup and easy to use.
Full source included, so you can modify to taste.
>
>
>
>
Juan T. Llibre, asp.net MVP
asp.net faq : http://asp.net.do/faq/
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>Hi
>>
>Long-time WinForms, First-time WebForms programmer here...
>>
>I am in the process of creating a personal web site, and I want to embed
>a blog in this. I have downloaded and played around with dasBlog, which
>seems to suit my needs.
>>
>However.
>>
>I'm wondering what is the common (best) approach to embedding a 'tool'
>like dasBlog into your own site?
>>
>For example, I want my own site, with 'Home Resume Blog Links' etc
>toolbar along the top. When you click Blog, it loads the dasblog into,
>say, an IFRAME on my main page? And should dasBlog be a sub-folder of my
>website?
>>
>Or is the best approach to download the dasBlog source and then fiddle
>around with it to make it suit what you want it to do? But then what do
>you do about upgrades?
>>
>Have googled and googled but maybe my search terms are wrong, can't find
>anything.
>>
>Thanks!
>>
>
>
For example, if i install dasblog, and I have it 'under' my own website,
Quote:
Originally Posted by
then IIS will look like this:
>
MyWebsite [Virtual Directory]
DasBlog [Virtual Directory]
>
I have a link to my dasblog from my website, and it opens up 'inside' (by
way of perhaps an IFRAME, even although that has been derided by a
previous poster to this thread).
Yes, iframes are bad.
But I'm still not sure what 'integrate' means to you.
Quote:
Originally Posted by
So the url for the blog would be, 'www.mywebsite/blog'.
Ah, I see, well, if it's merely a URL issue (which I don't think is a huge
deal) then your method would be fine. You could even run WordPress along
side your asp.net site if you really wanted to under the same domain.
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Also, to confuse things even further, I was thinking about making use of
ASP.NET Master Pages. Is it achievable to do this and link the blog in
using these, or not?
Well, if you want to use ASP.net master pages, then you do need an ASP.net
blog system that supports master pages.
I'm not thrilled with master pages myself, but yea, that's a pure ASP.net
concept.
-Darrel
Okay, things are starting to become a bit clearer now.
Did a bit more googling based on what I've learned from this thread, and it
seems that providing a feed into your main site from your blog site, and a
link to an external blog site is somewhat standard practice.
By integration, I mean what is described in this article:
http://jonathanwold.com/tutorials/w...ss_integration/
I didn't think ASP.NET and PHP were compatible, but it seems that they are,
so I'll google for some more info on that. If anyone knows of any good
links then that would be appreciated.
Ta!
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Originally Posted by
>For example, if i install dasblog, and I have it 'under' my own website,
>then IIS will look like this:
>>
>MyWebsite [Virtual Directory]
> DasBlog [Virtual Directory]
>>
>I have a link to my dasblog from my website, and it opens up 'inside' (by
>way of perhaps an IFRAME, even although that has been derided by a
>previous poster to this thread).
>
Yes, iframes are bad.
>
But I'm still not sure what 'integrate' means to you.
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>So the url for the blog would be, 'www.mywebsite/blog'.
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Ah, I see, well, if it's merely a URL issue (which I don't think is a huge
deal) then your method would be fine. You could even run WordPress along
side your asp.net site if you really wanted to under the same domain.
>
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>Also, to confuse things even further, I was thinking about making use of
>ASP.NET Master Pages. Is it achievable to do this and link the blog in
>using these, or not?
>
Well, if you want to use ASP.net master pages, then you do need an ASP.net
blog system that supports master pages.
>
I'm not thrilled with master pages myself, but yea, that's a pure ASP.net
concept.
>
-Darrel
>
That's great, but is that how it's done? Do I create my web site around
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it? And what happens if it is updated, I then need to manually merge the
changes with my source?
Like you mention before, just run it as a separate application folder. No
need to intertwine its code with yours.
-Darrel
I didn't think ASP.NET and PHP were compatible, but it seems that they
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are, so I'll google for some more info on that. If anyone knows of any
good links then that would be appreciated.
They're not compatible in that they can talk to each other seemlessly. They
can both be interpreted by an IIS server, though.
I think 'integration' you are looking for could easily be done via shared
CSS and a handful of server side includes.
-Darrel
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!That's great, but is that how it's done? Do I create my web site around it?
I'd simply create a virtual directory to the blog and include a link to it from
your main app ( I'd also include a link back to your main app in the blog ).
You don't have to integrate the code, just provide navigation back and forth.
I would try to have the general "look and feel" of the blog
and your main app as similar as possible, though.
A standard CSS theme will take care of that.
Juan T. Llibre, asp.net MVP
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>You might want to take a look at BlogEngine.Net :
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>http://www.codeplex.com/blogengine/...?ReleaseId=5922
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>It's simple to setup and easy to use.
>Full source included, so you can modify to taste.
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>>Hi
>>>
>>Long-time WinForms, First-time WebForms programmer here...
>>>
>>I am in the process of creating a personal web site, and I want to embed a blog in this. I have downloaded and
>>played around with dasBlog, which seems to suit my needs.
>>>
>>However.
>>>
>>I'm wondering what is the common (best) approach to embedding a 'tool' like dasBlog into your own site?
>>>
>>For example, I want my own site, with 'Home Resume Blog Links' etc toolbar along the top. When you click Blog, it
>>loads the dasblog into, say, an IFRAME on my main page? And should dasBlog be a sub-folder of my website?
>>>
>>Or is the best approach to download the dasBlog source and then fiddle around with it to make it suit what you want
>>it to do? But then what do you do about upgrades?
>>>
>>Have googled and googled but maybe my search terms are wrong, can't find anything.
>>>
>>Thanks!
>>>
>>
>>
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>
I don't think there is a standard approach - its whatever works for you. In
my case, it was a lot less work to do it that way than to try and embed it.
To be truthful, the blog software was an afterthought and I decided to make
it part of my site without going to the expense of completely rebranding it.
Although it wouldn''t have been a mammoth task to totally amalgamate the
brand into the blog software, I decided to make a clear distinction between
my web site and my blog site, so although the brand is similar they portray
a different purpose.
Regards
John Timney (MVP)
http://www.johntimney.com
http://www.johntimney.com/blog
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>I had a quick look at your site, and by keeping the theme similar it does
>at first glance look like that blog is integrated with your site, although
>I can see that it is separate.
>
What I'm curious about is whether this is the 'de facto' standard
approach? i.e. why did you choose not to integrate it with your site? Is
it because it is indeed (as I suspect) a lot of work?
>
I am thinking of the following set up:
>
My Home Site
My Blog Site
>
a link to My Home site from My Blog site.
>
Is this a perfectly acceptable setup?
>
>
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>>I use thinkjot on my site, which is dasblog cut down. Its not bad, easy
>>enough to getup up and running, no DB needed and of course is free. I've
>>also made a concscious decision not to integrate it into my site so my
>>blog is just a branch off it.
>>
>http://www.process64.com/thinkjot/
>>
>Regards
>>
>John Timney (MVP)
>http://www.johntimney.com
>http://www.johntimney.com/blog
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>>As a professional dev, I need to use this site as a showcase of my,
>>ahem, 'talents' (restricted in the web as they are at the moment), so
>>using a third-party generator is out of the question for me.
>>>
>>Like I said, I need to do it the hard way, which will ultimately be
>>quite rewarding (I hope).
>>>
>>>
>>"Mark Rae [MVP]" <mark@dotnet.itags.org.markNOSPAMrae.netwrote in message
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>>>news:F5438253825445A7BCF5961393218F4A@dotnet.itags.org.OfficeVista. ..
>>
>>Get DotNetNuke
>>
>>>Or, alternatively, go nowhere near DotNetNuke unless it has improved
>>>beyond all recognition since I last looked at it...
>>
>>
>>>--
>>>Mark Rae
>>>ASP.NET MVP
>>>http://www.markrae.net
>>>
>>>
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