Our blog integration tool allows you to pull a feed from a Tumblr or WordPress.org (self-hosted) blog and display the contents on a page of your PhotoShelter site.
Tumblr
Here are the steps to set this up for Tumblr blogs:
1. Enter your Site Builder from the Design & Customize page.
2. Click the blue pencil icon that says “navigation” when you hover over it.
3. On the left, you should see lists of your visible and hidden navigation items. Drag the “blog” label up from the list of hidden navigation items and into your visible navigation items list.
4. Click the green save button.
5. Now that “Blog” is in your visible navigation, navigate to that page while still in the Site Builder.
6. Click the blue pencil icon that says “Blog Feed” when you hover over it.
7. On the left, choose “Tumblr” from the dropdown under “Blog platform.”
8. Enter in your Tumblr URL.
9. Choose how many posts you’d like to display per page.
10. Click the green save button.
Your Tumblr blog should now be visible on the site. If you do not see your blog, please check your blog’s privacy settings to ensure it’s publicly visible at the link you entered in the “Tumblr URL” field.
WordPress.org
1. Download and install our WordPress plugin.
Note: This integration does not work for WordPress.com blogs, as WordPress.com does not accept third-party plugins such as ours, which is a requirement for the integration. You can learn more about the differences between WordPress.com and self-hosted WordPress.org blogs in this article. If you have a WordPress.com blog, you can always add a link to your blog in your site’s navigation instead.
2. Enter your Site Builder from the Design & Customize page.
3. Click the blue pencil icon that says “navigation” when you hover over it.
4. On the left, you should see lists of your visible and hidden navigation items. Drag the “blog” label up from the list of hidden navigation items and into your visible navigation items list.
5. Click the green save button.
6. Now that “Blog” is in your visible navigation, navigate to that page while still in the Site Builder.
7. Click the blue pencil icon that says “Blog Feed” when you hover over it.
8. On the left, choose “WordPress” from the dropdown under “Blog platform.”
9. Enter in your WordPress URL.
10. Click the green save button.
Troubleshooting notes:
- If your feed isn’t being pulled in after saving, you may have a conflicting WordPress plugin running that you’ll need to disable. Unsupported plugins may include cache plugins (e.g. W3 Total Cache) and feed redirect plugins (e.g. FeedBurner).
- If you’re not seeing the full content of your posts, please check the following: in your WordPress dashboard, navigate to “Settings” > “Reading.” Locate the “For each article in a feed, show [Full text] or [Summary]” option, and make sure “Full Text” is selected.
- If you’re not seeing all of your posts, please check the following: in your WordPress dashboard, navigate to ‘Settings” > “Reading.” Locate the “Blog pages show at most [X] posts” option. This may be set to 10 by default, but you may change it to a larger number to ensure all of your posts will be properly fed through your PhotoShelter site.