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  1. midsummersmusicfestival
    Member

    Hi,

    I'm not sure I'm speaking the right language for what I want, which is to embed my WordPress blog into my website.

    First, can it be done?

    Second, if it can be done where and what do I look for?

    Third, I do know basic HTML so I'm not totally stupid about this stuff. I've just never done this before.

    Last, it has to be free!

    The blog I need help with is midsummersmusicfestival.wordpress.com.

  2. raincoaster
    Member

    First, we can't answer any questions without a link to your blog, starting with http. If you don't have a blog already, you probably want to get the software from WordPress.ORG instead and install it right into your website.

  3. midsummersmusicfestival
    Member

    Hi,

    Here you go!

    http://midsummersmusic.wordpress.com/

  4. jimmyleec
    Member

    Make a html frame and in the part where you put the address put your wordpress blog. Look up embedded frames if you don't know already.

  5. thesacredpath
    Member

    Using iframes to embed a wordpress.COM blog in another website have been problematic in the past. Why not just display an RSS feed of the blog in a page on the website? Here are a couple links that talk about how to do that.

    http://www.webpronews.com/expertarticles/2006/10/09/rss-feeds-adding-a-feed-to-a-website-using-php
    http://www.blastcasta.com/add-news-to-your-website.aspx

  6. raincoaster
    Member

    Duplicating material, even if it's your own, will hurt you with search engine rankings. It's probably a better idea from that perspective to simply LINK to the WordPress.com blog as if it were a regular page of your website.

  7. jimmyleec
    Member

    Frames don't duplicate the material, merely show a webpage INSIDE a webpage.

    But if they're problematic...

  8. thesacredpath
    Member

    The search engines don't care if it is in a frame or not. As far as they are concerned, it is duplicate content.

    You can give an iframe a try, just don't try to edit your blog from within the iframe as that is absolutely a sure way to have issues.

  9. phoxis
    Member

    If you want to use wordpress.com blog (the link you have supplied) as the companion blog of your website then you should add a link. Else if you want wordpress.com blog to work as your website then i think the domain mapping feature would be the best.

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