[UPHPU] Best way to incorporate blog into web site

[Joseph Scott]

On Oct 7, 2008, at 9:32 PM, Wade Preston Shearer wrote:

> On 7 Oct 2008, at 19:31, Robert Merrill wrote:
>
>> Omniture's blogs are a great example of theme/design integration.
>> Remember that your users don't care if they are on "the blog" or not,
>> but I recommend you make sure the user-experience is consistent  
>> enough
>> that they're not lost, or have to learn a new set of menus/ 
>> navigation.
>> (Full disclosure: I work for Omniture)
>
> I disagree. I believe a blog should not share the same design as  
> your corporate/marketing site. Blogs and corporate/marketing website  
> server very different purposes and are consumed very differently.  
> And, regarding user-experience, users will have a harder time  
> navigating your blog's navigation matches your site, opposed to  
> traditional blog interface conventions.



I think you evaluate your needs and what you expect for you users and  
go with what's best.  Here's an example from WordPress.com: CNN's  
Political Ticker site - http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/  That  
site is hosted by WordPress.com, but design wise is integrated in with  
the rest of their site.  I think this works well for them.

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Joseph Scott
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