web / blog integration

  • I want create a simple website for a friend and on home page or possibly a second page he wants to post news updates which are effectivly blog entries but without the possibility of anyone leaving comments, on my blog it actually says on the page “comments are off” which won’t look good on the page under each entry.
    so my questions are these, can I create a page that he can post articles to that cannot be added to by viewers in which case we can pick a theme and I can edit it to add the rest of his info on to ‘pages’ within wordpress.
    OR can I create a HTML / CSS web page of my own design and bring the information from his news posts inot that page again with out allowing anyone to add comments.
    I hope I have explained this is clear enough, I am very new to php and databases so building my own page but using wordpress content is the more daunting option But possibly the better option to build the rest of the site around it.

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  • Maybe I’ve misunderstood, but I think what you’re asking is this:

    Is it possible to create a blog that doesn’t allow commenting? yes. That’s an option in the blog admin.

    It is possible to not have it say “comments are off”? yes. After selecting a theme for your blog, you may need to edit its comments.php file to accomplish this.

    Is it possible to display the most recent headlines from this blog somewhere else? yes, by grabbing your blog’s feed. If you don’t know PHP, you may want to try putting your feed through feedburner and then using buzzboost or whatever they call it.

    Take a look at the “docs” link above if you’re just getting started.

    Thread Starter martinellard

    (@martinellard)

    thanks mate, the option of just using WP may be the easy option. what I meant for integrating it into my own page design was so the writer could log into his WP admin, write a new post and then the information that is presented on the blog, the date and time posted and the article etc then appears on my designed web page…or is “grabbing the feed” the only way to do this and if so, do i lose control over styling the look of it on the new site.

    Grabbing the feed is the easiest way if you’re new to PHP (google “Magpie rss”), and you retain complete control over how it appears on the external (from WP) site, at least if you code it yourself. (Obviously, you lose control over the appearance if you use feedburner’s product.)

    Incidentally, search the docs for something like “integrating wordpress”. I can’t remember exactly what the page is called, but there’s a detailed article about this.

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