# \[Pro\] Adding a blog to an existing website

**URL:** <https://discourse.softpress.com/t/pro-adding-a-blog-to-an-existing-website/15337>\
**Category:** Freeway\
**Created:** [October 14, 2012, 9:49pm UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/pro-adding-a-blog-to-an-existing-website/15337 "2012-10-14T21:49:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![Nik\_Andrew](https://discourse.softpress.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Nik\_Andrew](https://discourse.softpress.com/u/Nik_Andrew)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2012, 9:49pm UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/pro-adding-a-blog-to-an-existing-website/15337/1 "2012-10-14T21:49:25Z")

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This client wants a blog added to their website – is there a straightforward way to do this?

Cheers

[http://www.materialsaccelerator.co.nz](http://www.materialsaccelerator.co.nz)

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**Author:** ![David\_Phelps](https://discourse.softpress.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@David\_Phelps](https://discourse.softpress.com/u/David_Phelps)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2012, 10:16pm UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/pro-adding-a-blog-to-an-existing-website/15337/2 "2012-10-14T22:16:58Z")

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I use Google’s Blogger and install it in an iframe. it’s very straight forward and easy. You can see an example of it here: [http://phelpssculpture.com/thedailysculptor.html](http://phelpssculpture.com/thedailysculptor.html)

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**Author:** ![David\_McCallum](https://discourse.softpress.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/ec9cab/32.png) [@David\_McCallum](https://discourse.softpress.com/u/David_McCallum)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2012, 10:58pm UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/pro-adding-a-blog-to-an-existing-website/15337/3 "2012-10-14T22:58:48Z")

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You can with Pulse - add it to your site I mean - [http://pulsecms.com/](http://pulsecms.com/)

You can also use the FW actions to create a blog (blogger) page to match your own site.

Or, as David has done, display a blogger site in an iFrame - not so easy to get it looking right though. Missing image on yours David.

David

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**Author:** ![David\_Phelps](https://discourse.softpress.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@David\_Phelps](https://discourse.softpress.com/u/David_Phelps)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2012, 11:12pm UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/pro-adding-a-blog-to-an-existing-website/15337/4 "2012-10-14T23:12:27Z")

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That’s not good news!! What image is missing? I’m seeing them all in my  
browser.

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David  
On Sunday, October 14, 2012, DeltaDave wrote:

> You can with Pulse - add it to your site I mean - [http://pulsecms.com/](http://pulsecms.com/)
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> You can also use the FW actions to create a blog (blogger) page to match  
> your own site.
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> Or, as David has done, display a blogger site in an iFrame - not so easy  
> to get it looking right though. Missing image on yours David.
> 
> David
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blog: The Daily Sculptor [http://phelpssculpture.com/thedailysculptor.html](http://phelpssculpture.com/thedailysculptor.html)

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**Post date:** [October 15, 2012, 12:39am UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/pro-adding-a-blog-to-an-existing-website/15337/5 "2012-10-15T00:39:52Z")

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The top one

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**Author:** ![PeterH](https://discourse.softpress.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/919ad9/32.png) [@PeterH](https://discourse.softpress.com/u/PeterH)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2012, 1:49am UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/pro-adding-a-blog-to-an-existing-website/15337/6 "2012-10-15T01:49:38Z")

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> On 14 Oct 2012, 9:49 pm, Nik Andrew wrote:
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> This client wants a blog added to their website – is there a straightforward way to do this?

If the website already exists and you don’t want to reconstruct it, it is very simple to use the Freeway Blogger action and integrate it using third party feeds to other parts of the site.

You wil have a page which is identical to your others if that is what you are seeking.

I’d suggest that you use a favicon to hide the “blogger” one, and consider a subdomain address to mask the fact that it’s off-site.

Remember though that search bots will consider this to be an external site.

I will post a link to the site I am currently working on later today once it is running.

I think there’s no substitute for doing the thing internally with a proper cms though, and blogger does have some quirks that take a bit of getting used to.

Don’t do as I do, I have a horribly cobbled together site! 😉

Cheers,

P

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**Author:** ![Nik\_Andrew](https://discourse.softpress.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Nik\_Andrew](https://discourse.softpress.com/u/Nik_Andrew)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2012, 8:54pm UTC](https://discourse.softpress.com/t/pro-adding-a-blog-to-an-existing-website/15337/7 "2012-10-15T20:54:51Z")

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Thanks Davids and Peter,

I think that perhaps its time for me to look at Pulse, given that I also have to get to grips with CMS sometime soon too!

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