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Hi,

What I want to do is have is have a blog as a subdirectory of the site but host the blog somewhere else. Can I simply create a folder called say x_blog (to control where it appears in the menu) and create a re-direct on my server using that url which forwards to the external site/blog? Or do I have to create some sort of filemod when I make the new folder? If so, how would I do that?

Thanks in advance for any help!

I did the same. Installed the blog in the sub directory and converted a folder to a link.

From within each folder (in admin) you'll find the "Use As" Drop down options are "Folder", "Text Page", "Link", and "FileMod".

Choose Link, plug in your Title and URL in the relevant fields. Your link will then show in the main menu.

Interesting...it sounds like you installed the blog directly on your own server. Which software did you use? Or am I misunderstanding?

Thanks for the assistance.

raftman wrote:What I want to do is have is have a blog as a subdirectory of the site but host the blog somewhere else. Can I simply create a folder called say x_blog (to control where it appears in the menu) and create a re-direct on my server using that url which forwards to the external site/blog? Or do I have to create some sort of filemod when I make the new folder? If so, how would I do that?

Trying to understand you correctly, I dont really see what this has got to do with Imagevue. You can create a blog as a subdirectory of your site ... but host the blog somewhere else? Sure, you could put in a redirect easily so that yoursite.com/blog would redirect to you.blogspot.com for example .... but the URL would change, so it wont look like its on your server anymore, so I dont see any point of setting up the folder on your server in the first place.

From Imagevue, you can naturally link to your blog from the main menu, no matter if it is on your server or an external server ...

Of course you're entirely correct. What I ended up doing was installing a blog in a subdirectory and linking to it through the gallery. Works like a charm.

Thanks for responding!