I know how I would like a website to be built, but I don't have the finesse to build it well. I've only taken introductory Dreamweaver courses, which likely won't fly. Now I'm looking into building a wordpress template, but I think I might be better off building something outside of wordpress.
Granted, its a basic website layout & idea. But I do want to be able to simply add a new entries, and have them appear in a few different locations within the site.
I have a domain name, and a place to host it, now I just need to build the website. The person who was originally going to build it is now under a lot of stress, so I don't want to bear down on him and have him make it.
Where's the best place to start?
Is fiddling with wordpress worth my time? Or will building a template ultimately frustrate the shit out of me?
Thanks
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Re: Website Construction
PHP Include can make a massive n00b like me look so much more informed then I am.
But really that's not the answer.
If you find the right theme that can do wonders between pages and normal blog posts.
But really that's not the answer.
If you find the right theme that can do wonders between pages and normal blog posts.
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Re: Website Construction
From personal experience, I can tell you that coding to integrate into something else will always be a little clumsy compared to doing it your way from the start.
I had this same issue when I wanted a quick place to host my projects... I ended up going with designing my own site from scratch. It looks a lot more basic than a wordpress site will, but I have total control over how things get displayed and it's still easy to just drop in updates and whatnot.
http://www.plasma2002.com and the project pages inside it are all simple pages I put together with basic styles. I was intending to have more importance put on the content than the actual style. Hell, there have been a few people who came right out and said it was "the worst website they have ever seen"... i think that might have been a little over-reacting, but hey... whatever. I'm glad im not trying to work around wordpress.
I had this same issue when I wanted a quick place to host my projects... I ended up going with designing my own site from scratch. It looks a lot more basic than a wordpress site will, but I have total control over how things get displayed and it's still easy to just drop in updates and whatnot.
http://www.plasma2002.com and the project pages inside it are all simple pages I put together with basic styles. I was intending to have more importance put on the content than the actual style. Hell, there have been a few people who came right out and said it was "the worst website they have ever seen"... i think that might have been a little over-reacting, but hey... whatever. I'm glad im not trying to work around wordpress.
[quote]Plasma: This thread is now about how everyone from England has a melty face
Quirk: I second this motion. All in favor?
cokalsM: Im drunk.
bigcfk: i'm too.
Quirk: The motion has passed. The topic of discussion is now Beanie Babies.[/quote]
^ m_m, summed up.
Quirk: I second this motion. All in favor?
cokalsM: Im drunk.
bigcfk: i'm too.
Quirk: The motion has passed. The topic of discussion is now Beanie Babies.[/quote]
^ m_m, summed up.