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Adding Blogroll To Web Site

Posted by Timesobserver • 7/17/09 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: blogroll

Hello gang,

I'm recreating my blog and hosting it on my own site.

(The reasons for me to stop using my Blogger blog can be found on my blog if anyone cares.)

Anyway, I just realized that I want to add a Blogroll to my Web site and I know you can do it with Blogger sites, but how can you add one to your own Web site? Or do I need to use another service?

Thanks!

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7/17/09

Timesobserver

Also, if there is another service out there, are there free ones or do I have to pay?

Can some of them be used with the Blogroll that Blogcatalog offers?

Thanks! I hope to hear from someone soon.

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7/17/09

JP2112

Is it a blog, or a website?

You need to tell us what platform your site or blog is using.

i.e. is it HTML? PHP? Perl? Wordpress? And so on.

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1. 7/17/09
  
  Timesobserver
  
  Got and thanks for replying JP2112. It's a PHP. I'm using side-server includes, a date and a comments section, all in PHP.
  
  I hope that helps.
7/18/09

JP2112

If you rolled your own site, why not just roll your own blogroll?

<?php
echo 'your links here';
echo 'your links here';
echo 'your links here';
?>

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1. 7/18/09
  
  Timesobserver
  
  OK, I'll give it a try.
  
  But I don't think I made myself clear though. With a Blogroll that Blogger has, it automatically updates the newest post of a Web site/blog and the date it was updated. I was hoping there was something like that.
7/18/09

yileen

Hi Timesobserver!

I've used BlogRolling with Blogspot before but I'm not too sure if it'll work for you.

Why don't you give it a try anyways at www.blogrolling.com.

Its free and worked well for me. Let me know how it goes! Good luck ad congrats on setting up your own website!

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1. 7/18/09
  
  Timesobserver
  
  Thanks for the advice Yileen. I'll give them a try!
7/18/09

yileen

Hi timeobserver! I had to reply here as my message was more than 300 words for a private message.

The blogroll works fine for me using a JavaScript. Here is an example of my JavaScript:

I was able to add the blogroll as a HTML/Javascript widget in Blogspot.

Here's what I did:
1. Created a new blogroll (and skipped the "Advanced Options")
2. Clicked on "My BlogRolls" on the left sidebar
3. Clicked on "Get Blogrolling Code" (third bold heading under the BlogRoll name)
4. Chose the "Javascript" option amongst "Javascript", "RSS" and "OPML"

Could it be that it is linked back to www.blogrolling.com because you haven't added a link to the BlogRoll you created?

I have no idea how CSS works (and I didn't see it in my code-obtaining options either!)

Did it help?

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1. 7/20/09
  
  Timesobserver
  
  Oh, in Blogspot. Well, that changes a few things then. I'm using my own Web site and not Blogspot anymore. I think that's where my problems are.
  
  Thanks for the help.
7/20/09

top19site

Got and thanks for replying JP2112. It's a PHP. I'm using side-server includes, a date and a comments section, all in PHP.

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1. 7/20/09
  
  Timesobserver
  
  Thanks for re-posting my reply to JP2112.
7/20/09

JP2112

You'd probably need something like curl to pull the latest posts from those blogs. That's beyond my skill; I just use Wordpress and find a plugin for it.

Try searching the web, there is code for everything if you search hard enough. Good luck!

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1. 7/20/09
  
  Timesobserver
  
  Thanks for the advice. I have been searching and so far no luck. But I'll keep trying.