blog publishing 3

[cLFlaVA]

hi all.

i'm just curious to find out some information regarding the publishing of blogs. i have my own site set up where i can enter my blog and store it in a database. my only fear is that, when i eventually set up an rss feed, the fact that the page is not a permanent page (instead, it gets passed an id to pull from the database) will cause problems.

maybe i just don't fully understand rss feeds.

i've seen blogs with the following as a url:

http://www.site.com/this-is-my-blog-title.html

and then the actual title is something like

This is my "Blog" Title

how is this done? i doubt it's with a modrewrite (php). is this blogger's site generating static html pages?

if so, how do the links get generated dynamically, for example, in his blog title list?

please let me know if i'm being confusing.

Thanks a lot!

Cory

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[feherke]

Hi

is this blogger's site generating static html pages?

Yes, some of them. For example NanoBlogger :

http://nanoblogger.sourceforge.net/

Such blog engines keep the data in brut format, usually in plain text files. After each addition/modification they regenerate all changed pages and RSS feeds.

Feherke.

http://rootshell.be/~feherke/

 

[cLFlaVA]

can anyone provide me with a more complete description as to how this is commonly pursued?

i don't have a unix machine so checking out nanoblogger won't do me much good.

thanks,

cory

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[ChrisHunt]

the fact that the page is not a permanent page (instead, it gets passed an id to pull from the database)

Surely you can make permanent links that use IDs? There's nothing intrinsically more "permanent" about example.com/posts/some_title.htm over example.com/posts.php?id=99 , so long as you don't renumber your posts for some reason. There used to be an SEO hit involved, but not really these days.

Personally, I think it's easier to use a ready-made blogging package (get an open-source one that you can tinker with if you feel the need) than to roll your own. Why reinvent the wheel?

-- Chris Hunt
Webmaster & Tragedian
Extra Connections Ltd

 

[cLFlaVA]

Why reinvent the wheel?

Chris - i know there are several prepackaged blogging utilities out there (moveable type, etc.), but i'm a bit of a perfectionist. not to say that these packages aren't well done - they're probably better than i could do - but i enjoy a) the complete control and b) the learning experience.

so you're saying there's nothing intrinsically wrong with something like

http://www.mysite.com/news/34/

which is mod-rewritten to news.php?id=34?

*cLFlaVA
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[ChrisHirst]

The server-side code behind the blog (most often PHP) will just publish static pages that use the title as the page name.

With most blogging software this can be published to your site via FTP or on the same site.

Chris.

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[cLFlaVA]

thanks to everyone for your input. i'll need to investigate a little further.

*cLFlaVA
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