diff --git a/beta/src/components/Layout/Footer.tsx b/beta/src/components/Layout/Footer.tsx
index d2707dbe..d02fb4e1 100644
--- a/beta/src/components/Layout/Footer.tsx
+++ b/beta/src/components/Layout/Footer.tsx
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ export function Footer() {
               <FooterLink href="/community/meet-the-team">
                 Meet the Team
               </FooterLink>
+              <FooterLink href="https://reactjs.org/blog">Blog</FooterLink>
               {/* <FooterLink href="/">Community Resources</FooterLink> */}
             </div>
             <div className="flex flex-col">
diff --git a/beta/src/components/Layout/Sidebar/SidebarRouteTree.tsx b/beta/src/components/Layout/Sidebar/SidebarRouteTree.tsx
index 8c7516bd..dbc08caa 100644
--- a/beta/src/components/Layout/Sidebar/SidebarRouteTree.tsx
+++ b/beta/src/components/Layout/Sidebar/SidebarRouteTree.tsx
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ export function SidebarRouteTree({
           <li key={`${title}-${path}-${level}-link`}>
             <SidebarLink
               isPending={pendingRoute === pagePath}
-              href={pagePath}
+              href={path.startsWith('https://') ? path : pagePath}
               selected={selected}
               level={level}
               title={title}
diff --git a/beta/src/sidebarHome.json b/beta/src/sidebarHome.json
index 21ddd2f7..935fa820 100644
--- a/beta/src/sidebarHome.json
+++ b/beta/src/sidebarHome.json
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@
           "title": "Overview",
           "path": "/"
         },
+        {
+          "title": "Blog",
+          "path": "https://reactjs.org/blog"
+        },
         {
           "title": "Community",
           "path": "/community",