The emphasis of MicroBlog is very much on simplicity. You start by giving MicroBlog your Tumblr handle (username) in the settings. When your webpage is published, your most recent Tumblr blog entries will be shown.
MicroBlog benefits from many customisable settings and the ability to display a sidebar of blog links. Ample HTML selectors provide scope to further customise the appearance of your embedded blog. MicroBlog supports regular, photograph, quote, link, conversation, audio and video post types.
PHP (which this stack depends upon) is software that runs on your web server. Your web server needs PHP 7.1 or above and either
MicroBlog benefits from many customisable settings and the ability to display a sidebar of blog links. Ample HTML selectors provide scope to further customise the appearance of your embedded blog. MicroBlog supports regular, photograph, quote, link, conversation, audio and video post types.
Example
Please take a look at the blog page on the Stacks4Stacks website. This is built using the MicroBlog stack and provides an excellent example of what this stack can do.Setup
To get MicroBlog setup in your website, follow these instructions- Download and install the MicroBlog stack into RapidWeaver and Stacks. Once installed, drag and drop a copy of the stack into your page.
- Open the RapidWeaver Page Inspector and make sure the page you are putting MicroBlog into has a
.php
page extension, not a.html
one. - In the MicroBlog settings, enter your Tumblr username (handle). If you are not sure what this is or where to get it, see the information below.
- Customise any of the settings shown to you in the stack. For example, you can change what heading level is applied to headings, create a blog sidebar and customise the width of the content and sidebar containers.
- Preview the webpage to check it is working as expected. Save or publish your website as normal, when ready.
PHP (which this stack depends upon) is software that runs on your web server. Your web server needs PHP 7.1 or above and either
cURL
support or allow_url_fopen
enabled.