I am sure these are asked elsewhere, but I am not sure what to even search for. I want my blog to appear as www.lemongrassphotography.com/blog instead of www.lemongrassphotography.blogspot.com. is that possible? and how? Also, I have 2 different template "bludomain" sites and want one to be for weddings and one for portraits. How do I get them to both be accessable from my main site, like when you go to www.lemongrassphotography.com right now, it gives you the option of the website or the blog. How can I get a 3rd one, or will I need to register a new domain name? Could I just have it be www.lemongrassphotography.com/weddings.
I apologize if these are dumb questions, but if anyone has a second to answer them, I would REALLY appreciate it.
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Jessica
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#1) Your blog is hosted with blogspot and is not hosted on your domain. You'll need to install a blogging platform on your own site in a folder called /blog to get the URL to be the way you want it. I am not sure if blogspot has a method of importing your posts onto a new site. That might be something to check into.
#2) You just need set up seperate folders to install the templates into. Then add a link from your portal page.
You might want to try hiring a local geek to do all this for you. It's pretty basic work, but if it's not something you understand, it may be frustrating and will take time away from your photography.
#2) You just need set up seperate folders to install the templates into. Then add a link from your portal page.
You might want to try hiring a local geek to do all this for you. It's pretty basic work, but if it's not something you understand, it may be frustrating and will take time away from your photography.
I went through all of this with blogger on my wife's site. I wouldnt recommend hosting all of your blogger content on your own server- In my opinion its more trouble than its worth and kind of difficult in blogger.
That being said. The best way to do it is to alter you DNS zone file. You basically create a CNAME record- I would do something like blog.lemongrassphotography.com- which is completely different than lemongrassphotography.com/blog- the first acts somewhat like a subdomain, and you dont have to create physical files for it all to work- it basically just sends your blogger site straight to that address. the second one is a physical folder on your server that requires an index and all of that
In my website control panel I go to edit zone file- add a cname record- and for data- blogger always uses ghs.google.com- its takes about 12 hours to update after you do it- but then it works like a charm
If this is really confusing, I would google it- there is a ton of stuff out there about how to do it. Good luck. Hope that helps
Josh
That being said. The best way to do it is to alter you DNS zone file. You basically create a CNAME record- I would do something like blog.lemongrassphotography.com- which is completely different than lemongrassphotography.com/blog- the first acts somewhat like a subdomain, and you dont have to create physical files for it all to work- it basically just sends your blogger site straight to that address. the second one is a physical folder on your server that requires an index and all of that
In my website control panel I go to edit zone file- add a cname record- and for data- blogger always uses ghs.google.com- its takes about 12 hours to update after you do it- but then it works like a charm
If this is really confusing, I would google it- there is a ton of stuff out there about how to do it. Good luck. Hope that helps
Josh
Do either of your Blu templates have Splash pages? You can link your splash page to 3 different links-your weddings, portraits, and blog. As for the blog, I would try Wordpress over Blogspot, and I would install it into your site. Who do you host with?
even if your splash page does not have the capability of several portals, you can ask blu to set it up that way and they will.
i just went through the same thing with my blog - i had to upgrade though, you can't use their free templates and host it yourself.
when you set up each site and are hosting with blu, they will ask you waht you want each site to be called, i.e. www.janesmith.com/weddings, www.janesmith.com/portraits.
i just went through the same thing with my blog - i had to upgrade though, you can't use their free templates and host it yourself.
when you set up each site and are hosting with blu, they will ask you waht you want each site to be called, i.e. www.janesmith.com/weddings, www.janesmith.com/portraits.
QUOTE(the real tami @ June 4 2008, 10:33 PM) 
even if your splash page does not have the capability of several portals, you can ask blu to set it up that way and they will.
i just went through the same thing with my blog - i had to upgrade though, you can't use their free templates and host it yourself.
when you set up each site and are hosting with blu, they will ask you waht you want each site to be called, i.e. www.janesmith.com/weddings, www.janesmith.com/portraits.
i just went through the same thing with my blog - i had to upgrade though, you can't use their free templates and host it yourself.
when you set up each site and are hosting with blu, they will ask you waht you want each site to be called, i.e. www.janesmith.com/weddings, www.janesmith.com/portraits.
Thanks, good to know. I've wondering, myself.
Thanks so much! I host with bludomain, and my site does have the portal now with the different options (right now just my site and my blog). I just wasn't sure how to add the other template onto this site.
You guys are very helpful, thank you.
You guys are very helpful, thank you.
QUOTE(lemongrass @ June 5 2008, 12:25 PM)
Thanks so much! I host with bludomain, and my site does have the portal now with the different options (right now just my site and my blog). I just wasn't sure how to add the other template onto this site.
You guys are very helpful, thank you.
You guys are very helpful, thank you.
when your ready to launch that site, they will ask you waht you want to call it - BUT MAKE SURE YOU TELL THEM THIS IS AN ADDITIONAL SITE AND NOT A REPLACEMENT.......
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