How to use to build a website using WordPress: For normal people
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This document provides instructions for using WordPress as a basic content management system (CMS) for a website. It explains that WordPress can be used for more than just blogs by setting a page as the home page. It then outlines basic steps to set up a simple WordPress site with two pages and configure the reading settings and menus. The document recommends some tweaks, themes, and plugins to enhance the site and provides tips for selecting a non-blog style template and customizing site navigation.
How to use to build a website using WordPress: For normal people
- 1. How to use WordPress as a basic CMS for your website Or “How non-geeks can use WP to make a website in a day”
- 2. It’s more than a blog engine We’ve known WP can do cool stuff Since 2.1 setting a Page as the “home page” has been built in. Do you use it? Why not?
- 3. Why is this good? When the design & the content are together in the code Updating can be less than fun Result: Websites aren’t updated Agencies charge arms, legs, first-born children, to make simple changes A “simple change” breaks links and several pages
- 4. Is this the right solution? Need easily updated content User control Flexible design Static info & a blog SEO tuned Fast initial build out
- 5. First steps to your first site Decide that it’s the right way to do it. Make two static pages Go to the Reading section under Settings Make two changes from pull-down menus Save Done! Well almost
- 6. Step one: Make two pages Home page: Call it what you want Use Lorem ipsum text if needed Blog page Static page I like to call it “Blog” it’s really up to you No content, just a title
- 7. Step Two: Reading Settings
- 9. That’s pretty much it, for the basics Yeah, but that’s boring What’s next? Tweaks, Themes, and plugins
- 10. Tweaks Make those Permalinks pretty! Settings -> Permalinks I like /%postname%/ for websites .htaccess will have to be updated Not “Just another WordPress blog” Don’t forget a good title and tag line!
- 11. Plugins All in one SEO WP Supercache WP Backup Google Sitemaps XML Akismet Cform WPTouch & WP Mobile
- 12. Picking a template This is the hardest part Finding a non-bloggy template important Newspaper style Magazine Navigation
- 13. Navigation sometimes presents a problem… Templates build the navigation by listing all the static pages… And sometimes they also hard code in a “Home”
- 14. Here’s the trick Exclude listing some pages: <div id="navigation"> <!-- Begin navigation <ul> <li><a href="<?php echo get_option('home'); ?>/">Home</a></li> <li><a href="http://ces.blogm2o.com/blog/">Blog</a></li> <?php wp_list_pages('exclude=2,10&title_li=&depth=1'); ?> </ul> </div><!--End navigation -->
- 15. iNove
- 16. Azul
- 17. deCoder
- 18. DeepBlue
- 19. Layers
- 20. Monochrome Demo
- 21. Modicus Remix
- 22. Digital Remix
- 23. And now the prizes… When it comes down to it Free is great, but paid … 1 license for Thesis 2 licenses for Revolution2