scriptygoddess

1 | Pet Rock Star

May 20th, 2002 at 7:30 pm

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:

<MTEntries lastn="3">
<b><$MTEntryDate format="%B %d, %Y"$></b><br>
<$MTEntryExcerpt$>
</MTEntries>

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

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

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

2 | Jennifer

May 20th, 2002 at 7:47 pm

Great tip! Thanks!

3 | Beatriz

June 5th, 2002 at 10:36 am

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?

4 | Christine

June 5th, 2002 at 11:05 am

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!

5 | Beatriz

June 11th, 2002 at 2:48 pm

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!