Comments on: How to have two blogs on one page

By: Beatriz

Beatriz — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Thank you, Kristine! I was asking because I use some includes and I put something at the beginning of the code to make them work, but this one here seems simple!

By: Christine

Christine — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Not Jennifer, but I figured I would answer it for her. The PHP include goes inside the code where you want the other blog to be displayed. Or any file for that matter – the sidebar on my blog is made up of about 5 include files. Hope that helps!

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Great tip! Thanks!

By: Beatriz

Beatriz — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Jennifer, I'm pretty new with PHP and I have a question (might be a little stupid, LOL): Where does this PHP include go? At the beginning of the code, before the starting tags, or inside the code where you want your other blog to be displayed?

I know how to make simple includes, but I always use two tags. The one that goes before my html starting tag and the other that goes where I want to make the include. Is this the same?

By: Pet Rock Star

Pet Rock Star — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I used this as a starting point for something I was working on, and just wanted to add another level to it.

What I wanted to do was manage multiple blogs on one page, but have each of those blogs have the ability to stand alone (which the post above doesn't really allow). The solution (with a little help from the great Phil Ringnalda): create an additional index template with the output file "last3.txt" for each of your additional blogs that looks like this:

<$MTEntryDate format="%B %d, %Y"$>

<$MTEntryExcerpt$>

Then, you use your excerpt field for a handy-dandy description of the post, and use this:

http://www.yoursite.com/blog/path/last3.txt'); ?>

to pull them onto the main page, leaving the other blogs completely intact and beautimous.