Adding a blog to dw

Hello, I am new to blogging and hope someone can point me in the right direction. I would like to add a blog to a website and a review section for products
that consumers are interested in. I heard that wordpress is good for the blog, but I don't want to create my site with wordpress, just the section for the blog, but iis that possible? can they be integrated? also, how do I go about having consumers be able to write and view reviews on products. I appreciate any advice. Thanks.

I don't think you have a clear understanding of what a blog or Wordpress really is at this point so before this discussion goes any further I would recommend the following:
If you are on a Mac:
Install MAMP - http://www.mamp.info/en/index.html
Default Path for Server - /Applications/MAMP/htdocs
Create a folder in there called: "wordpress"
If you are on Windows:
Install WAMP - http://www.wampserver.com/en/
Default path for server - C:\wamp\www
Create a folder in there called: "wordpress"
Once you have that "wordpress" folder go to:
http://wordpress.org/
And download Wordpress
Then copy all files in that download and place them in your "wordpress" folder. Then start MAMP/WAMP and go to the following address in your web browser:
http://localhost/wordpress
Follow the on-screen instructions to install Wordpress. When you get to a part asking about database username and password just use the username "root" with no password. This is not secure, but it's quicker than walking you through setting up another database account.
Then play around with Wordpress for a bit. It will give you a better understanding of what you are walking into.

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