Blog on my site?

by The Beginner

Posted: 14 years ago 12 replies

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Hi
I want to get a blog that will be domainname.com/blog since every thing i add to the blog will help the domainname.com ranking, right?
But i don't know how to do it.

Is it possible to use wordpress or blogger without messing out what i have built(html and css) on the other pages?

#blog #site

woobiesmom99 14 years ago

Yes you can do that. Your hosting service should be able to help you with that. I use Hostgator with cPanel. Check and see if your hosting service uses fantastico, if so, go in there and upload Wordpress. If not, you can manually add a blog to your file manager as well.
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- Michael Shook 14 years ago
  
  It's probably easiest if you put your blog in a different directory from your other pages and just set up a link to the blog home page from your existing site.
  
  if you do it this way, you will probably not run into conflicts with your existing pages, especially on your index page.
  
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The Beginner 14 years ago

I checked my cpanel at my host and the only way i can get a blog attached is if i get a blog.domainname.com but thats not what i want since it's "counted" as a new domain.
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- Istvan Horvath 14 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by The Beginner
  
  I checked my cpanel at my host and the only way i can get a blog attached is if i get a blog.domainname.com
  
  Sorry, I don't believe it!
  
  I have never seen such restriction and it just doesn't make sense.
  
  You create a subdirectory /blog
  Upload all the WP files and folders to it
  Create the database through cPanel > Databases
  Edit the config file + upload
  Run the installation script
  Done
  
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  Michael Shook 14 years ago
  
  I agree with Istvan, for sure, if you can't just go to your cpanel and set up a blog in a directory, you might think about looking for a different host.
  
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Istvan Horvath 14 years ago

For what I described above you need to go to cPanel ONLY to create the database. There is nothing else to see there
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- Michael Shook 14 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Istvan Horvath
  
  For what I described above you need to go to cPanel ONLY to create the database. There is nothing else to see there
  
  Absolutely correct. I realized after I typed that above I had ascribed something to you that you did not say.
  
  How about something more like, I agree with your steps to create the database for the blog as being a great way to put a blog on the site. And if it was me, and I had to do a workaround just to get a blog onto my site, I would look for a new host.
  
  Did not mean to put words into your mouth. I apologize.
  
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The Beginner 14 years ago

Actually it's true what i said about only being able to get a blog.mydomain.com.
But i contacted the support and they said that the blog is actually on both blog.mydomain.com and mydomain.com/blog.

So it's both a subdomain and attached to my site somehow?

And there for i have another question.
Do you think that the articles i put there will count as if they are on my site?
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Istvan Horvath 14 years ago

OK, there is no such thing as "attached".
The blog (WP installation) is either on a subdomain
blog.example.com
or in a subfolder (subdirectory)
example.com/blog

Technically speaking, any subdomain looks like a subfolder when you connect to your site via FTP but that's a completely different issue. Furthermore, it can be accessed with both URLs but that would defy the whole idea of setting up subdomains

However, for SEs the subdomain is a different site. The subfolder isn't.
Now, this can be good or "bad" depending on your goals.

Ceterum censeo: you should NOT go to your cPanel to set up a blog. No need for that.
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The Beginner 14 years ago

Ok but by following what the support said i actually got a subfolder called blog. (when i check my filemanager i have a folder named blog)

So if i understood what you said that folder is just a subdomain that looks like a subfolder?

Should i just delete the blog and create a new folder called blog in the filemanager and then install wordpress?

I don't want to be rude or annoying this is just a little bit new to me.
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childcarecenter 14 years ago

If you don't want your blog to be a subdomain (blog.domain.com), then you should just create a folder under public_html and install wordpress there.

If you want your blog to be a subdomain, then you want to create a subdomain using cpanel and install wordpress there.
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SurviveUnemployment 14 years ago

If support is telling you that, they're morons.

Set up a blog folder under your site's folder and install Wordpress there.
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