How do I set up a blog in an existing FP site?

[Guest]

I have an existing site designed in FP and hosted on a unix-based server. Is
there a template or other device I'm not aware of in FP that would let me set
up a blog, and if so, how would I then direct people to it? Specifically,
would it be the same as promoting my site itself (submitting to indexing
services, posting in groups, etc., etc.)?

 

[Jens Peter Karlsen[FP MVP]]

Not when hosted on a Unix server. Requires Windows Sharepoint Services
which only run on Windows 2003 Server.

Regards Jens Peter Karlsen. Microsoft MVP - Frontpage.

 

[Guest]

OK, maybe I got the specs of my host wrong. The package description says
"linux," but when I create a discussion group (supposedly a Sharepoint
Service) it works.

However, the discussion group was not what I had in mind. I really want to
hold forth on my own, including other content via link, but not necessarily
listing the discussions my postings cause.

It's be nice to have some control of the environment -- put in quotes,
onther interesting sites, etc. like the blog sites do.

Thanks.

Not when hosted on a Unix server. Requires Windows Sharepoint Services
which only run on Windows 2003 Server.

Regards Jens Peter Karlsen. Microsoft MVP - Frontpage.

-----Original Message-----
From: Wm. Kritzberg [mailto:[email protected]]
Posted At: 3. oktober 2004 10:59
Posted To: microsoft.public.frontpage.client
Conversation: How do I set up a blog in an existing FP site?
Subject: How do I set up a blog in an existing FP site?

 

[Tom Pepper Willett]

The FP Discussion web is a basic function of the FP Server Extensions for
Linux/Unix and Windows.
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| OK, maybe I got the specs of my host wrong. The package description says
| "linux," but when I create a discussion group (supposedly a Sharepoint
| Service) it works.
|
| However, the discussion group was not what I had in mind. I really want to
| hold forth on my own, including other content via link, but not
necessarily
| listing the discussions my postings cause.
|
| It's be nice to have some control of the environment -- put in quotes,
| onther interesting sites, etc. like the blog sites do.
|
| Thanks.
| > Not when hosted on a Unix server. Requires Windows Sharepoint Services
| > which only run on Windows 2003 Server.
| >
| > Regards Jens Peter Karlsen. Microsoft MVP - Frontpage.
| >
| > > -----Original Message-----
| > > From: Wm. Kritzberg [mailto:[email protected]]
| > > Posted At: 3. oktober 2004 10:59
| > > Posted To: microsoft.public.frontpage.client
| > > Conversation: How do I set up a blog in an existing FP site?
| > > Subject: How do I set up a blog in an existing FP site?
|

 

[Tina Clarke]

I have an existing site designed in FP and hosted on a unix-based server. Is
there a template or other device I'm not aware of in FP that would let me set
up a blog, and if so, how would I then direct people to it? Specifically,
would it be the same as promoting my site itself (submitting to indexing
services, posting in groups, etc., etc.)?

If you want to promote your site through your blog then you need to have
your blog on another ip than the server your site is on. See this article
for a better understanding of the SEO and blogs.
http://www.seo-techniques.com/archives/2004/09/22/seo-blog/

hth Tina

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[David Baxter]

re: "If you want to promote your site through your blog then you need to
have your blog on another ip than the server your site is on"

It's not really true that you "need" to do this and in fact, depending
on how you set it up, there are even some circumstances where it may be
beneficial to have it not only on the same IP but as a subdomain of your
main site.

In any case, not wanting to host it off your main site should not be an
obstacle to starting a blog to promote your main site. If you use
Blogger and set up a subdomain from your main site, you can host the
blog there... link to your main site home page from the blog template
and vice versa and the blog pages themselves will be spidered as your
main site is spidered.

 

[Tina Clarke]

It's not really true that you "need" to do this and in fact, depending

on how you set it up, there are even some circumstances where it may be
beneficial to have it not only on the same IP but as a subdomain of your
main site.

In any case, not wanting to host it off your main site should not be an
obstacle to starting a blog to promote your main site. If you use
Blogger and set up a subdomain from your main site, you can host the
blog there... link to your main site home page from the blog template
and vice versa and the blog pages themselves will be spidered as your
main site is spidered.

I'm talking from a purely SEO point of view .. of course you can put a blog
on your site or as a subweb or subdomain and yes it will get spidered ..
however it will be considered PART of your site. Not a quality backlink to
your site.

Tina


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[David Baxter]

I'm also talking from an SEO standpoint. My point was that sometimes
having it as a subdomain and or even "part of your site" (e.g., a
subfolder) may benefit the site as a whole as much or more as a separate
domain. Links from internal pages or subdomains are still "backlinks"...