Web Site and Blogs

[gooner]

Hi I am looking to create a small website for a club near me. I will probably use FrontPage for the design. They have asked to include a Blog for them to be able to update with a diary and news items.

My question is that I have never used Blogs, how do they differ from web sites and is it easy to incorporate one into a web site (that's 2 questions not one!).

Can anyone advise?

:hmm::hmm:

[Buzz]

Blogs require server side scripting. Most often they use PHP and MySQL. Some popular pre-packaged blog applications are WordPress, Serendipity, and MovableType.

[gooner]

Is there a simple way to add a page or 2 that a user can update? The host I use support CGI but I have never used this before. Could I get a blog from the people you recommend and just add it to the site - FTP the blog to the server?

sorry if i sound a bit dumb on this (it's probably because i am!). :D:D

[Buzz]

It honestly sounds like something that is too far advanced of you to implement. You'd probably be better off hiring someone that understands this sort of thing.

User updates require server side scripting and a database. If you aren't familiar with any of this, it's not an easy thing to integrate into an existing site. You'd have more luck installing something like WordPress then adding any other pages to that package rather than trying to add WordPress to an existing site.

I'm sure there may be some CGi blogs out there, but it's an older technology that isn't really developed as much anymore. So you'll have to search for CGi blogs.

[gooner]

OK Thanks for that.