I have a website i'm working on that is going to have a wordpress blog. But, instead customizing the wordpress them to look like my site, I think it would be easier if I could just "iframe" the blog onto my existing webpage. But, I just need the latest entries to show, not the wordpress header and side links. Is there a way to iframe only a portion of a web page? Or will I have to edit my wordpress theme to show posts on the top left corner of the page so the iframe would work?
Using an iframe here is absolutely not recommended. Why not just edit the wordpress theme to integrate your website's header and footer into it?
Clive is absolutely correct. At one point I had the same thought with the websites that I manage. The biggest issues are with SEO & tracking though. Consider that many search engines aren't going to follow that iFrame reference since it is not a link. Also, how do you plan to track visitors to your blog? If you have a tracking script on the main page, it's not going to track what people click within the iFrame. The biggest issue of all though is getting listed organically. If you want your blog to help drive traffic to your site, you have got to make it as easy as possible for a search engine to find and categorize your content. If you have one particular post that is getting a lot of traffic, how do you send a direct link to it - how is google going to do that? For these reasons and more, it is worth sacrificing the design to keep the blog and your site physically separated. Here's a link to the websites I manage so you can see the way I did it. We have our main page, www.shakemycouch.com (don't worry it just a silent subwoofer thing for your movies) and our blog www.shakemycouch.com/blog. I simply took the background from the main website and made a quick header for it. It looks similar but is definitely a different design. Also, you can download a lot of free wordpress themes that might make it easier for you to customize. Hope this helps. Randy Mullins
I've seen that iframes has an impact on your search engine crawls, and puts you in the back of search engine list.
Well, you guys definitely have some good points I must admit. Besides, the theme shouldn't be too hard to customize since I have simplified my website layout. thanks for the feedback.
tekboi - let me know if you need any help getting pointed in the right direction when it comes to customizing your wordpress theme. I had to figure it out myself, and while it wasn't rocket science, it would have saved me a lot of time if someone could have just told me stuff like which exact style in which exact file I needed to edit to change the background, or how to control the width of your page & columns... Randy Mullins The Guitammer Company