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Blog in static HTML site

by techservice
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Hi

I'm creating a simple 5 page HTML site and I want to add a blog into it. Can you integrate WP into a static site or is there a better platform to do this.

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  • Profile picture of the author Sire
    Originally Posted by Tom Bartlett View Post

    Hi

    I'm creating a simple 5 page HTML site and I want to add a blog into it. Can you integrate WP into a static site or is there a better platform to do this.

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    Hey Tom, why not just link to your blog from within the site itself? I think that's the only way to do it.
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    • Profile picture of the author erbuc
      Hi Tom,

      There are a couple of options for doing this.

      1.) Stick with the HTML Static files
      With this method, install WordPress in a directory called /blog/. Once you have it all setup and working, go back to your HTML static files and add a link to "http://www.YOURDOMAINNAME.com/blog/" where you want people to visit your blog.

      2.) Use WordPress for your entire site
      This requires more effort to get it working.
      Install WordPress in the root directory of your website.
      Create Pages for your 5 pages on your static site.
      In the Dashboard settings of WordPress, go to Settings and click on "Reading". Here you can set the page you want to be the home page and the page you want to be the blog page.

      If you are fairly new to web sites and WordPress, my suggestion is to stick with option 1.
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  • Profile picture of the author Shirlyn
    Wp is a good going for a blog in site ask your hosting provider to integrate it for your and WP best because easy to understand and post content with more useful plug ins.
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  • Profile picture of the author Istvan Horvath
    Originally Posted by Tom Bartlett View Post

    I'm creating a simple 5 page HTML site and I want to add a blog into it. Can you integrate WP into a static site or is there a better platform to do this.
    Yes, you can...

    However, it will greatly depend on what you mean by "integration". (Usually, everybody has a different understanding of it, that's why it would be useful to clarify.)

    So, your site will be like:
    example.com (this is the index file showing)
    example.com/page2.html
    example.com/page3.html
    example.com/page4.html
    example.com/page5.html

    Probably, the simplest solution would be, as it was suggested above, to install WP in a subfolder:
    example.com/blog/

    I can even show you a method that would literally put your posts from the /blog/ subdirectory into any of the pages listed above. Technically, that's the easiest part.

    The most difficult part (for non-experts) is the get the 5 pages and the blog to look the same - to have the same design, layout etc.

    Once again, you will need to define more precisely, what Blog in static HTML site means for you...
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  • Profile picture of the author xtrapunch
    The best option is to have a WordPress theme which allows you to create static website as well as blog. That way your entire website will have a seamless design and it will be a lot easier to manage your website as well.
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    • Profile picture of the author tcraw1010
      Not to get into a CMS battle here . . . but WordPress is not the only option out there. JOOMLA is a very powerful and robust CMS - with not only excellent blog capabilities, but literally thousands of dynamic extensions available to create an exciting and robust website experience for one's audience.

      Don't get me wrong, WordPress is a fantastic tool as well . . . but it's not the only power-horse on the block.
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  • Profile picture of the author techservice
    Thank you ALL for taking the time to reply. It means a lot. I will try the suggestions above. If you look at the below website the blog seems to be integrated into the html site. Has the blog on this site had its template changed to look like the rest of the site?

    Steve Pavlina’s Personal Development Blog
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    • Profile picture of the author erbuc
      Originally Posted by Tom Bartlett View Post

      Thank you ALL for taking the time to reply. It means a lot. I will try the suggestions above. If you look at the below website the blog seems to be integrated into the html site. Has the blog on this site had its template changed to look like the rest of the site?

      Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog
      Yes Tom, Looks very seamless to me. Well done.

      I might recommend a HTML and CSS validation scan. There are some oddly placed HTML tags towards the footer area. But all-in-all, it looks good.
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    • Profile picture of the author Istvan Horvath
      Originally Posted by Tom Bartlett View Post

      Thank you ALL for taking the time to reply. It means a lot. I will try the suggestions above. If you look at the below website the blog seems to be integrated into the html site. Has the blog on this site had its template changed to look like the rest of the site?
      That blog has a custom theme created for the owner. A WP theme is made up by several template files - just for the record

      We cannot tell what existed first: the html site with its design or the WP blog with its theme. For sure, one was designed to replicate the look of the other.

      Any knowledgeable WP theme developer should be able to create a WP theme based on the design of your existing site, although the time and cost required would depend on the complexity of that design.

      Just for future reference: your thread title is kind of misleading: it is not about a blog "in" a static site... it's about having the blog next to it in a subfolder AND having the same design.
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  • Profile picture of the author sbglobal79
    you can install any free blog software like worspress.
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  • Profile picture of the author mahesh2010
    Hello ,
    We can integrate a static site to a wordpress but without knwing the websites function it is difficult to integrate .a word press site to static html site. try using Iframe i hope this would help you .but iam not sure without knowing the nature of WP site.
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    • Profile picture of the author Istvan Horvath
      Originally Posted by mahesh2010 View Post

      try using Iframe i hope this would help you .
      Very bad advice! Not helpful at all...

      And reading the original post would be useful - because you are NOT answering to what has been asked.
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