First, I think that the WordPress-QT analogy is fragile at best, and will not lead to much useful understanding of WordPress, or to many useful comparisons between WordPress and QT. The former is a web-based content-management system application; the latter is an application/UI development framework. The output of WordPress is user-created content; the output of … Read more
WordPress is capable of everything, true but some features will need to be developed from scratch. But still, with WordPress you can save tons of hours of coding Also, this is an on going project that runs for few good years so be sure you are getting a great DB structure, fast and secured system, … Read more
You probably want one of the conditional tags. Possibly is_single(), or maybe get_post_type() == ‘post’ depending on how complex your setup is.
If your are trying to make them run independent from each other, your suggestion should work fine. (Assuming you mean “www.mysdrupalsite.com/wordpress/”.) Just make sure you create a separate database for this new wordpress installation. If you have only one database and it is already in use, you can install WordPress in it – just make … Read more
In this situation, I’ll typically add meta boxes with new instances of the editor, but it’s not for the faint of heart, that is to say, those not well-versed in php and javascript. If you want a simple solution for multiple editors on a page and don’t mind relying on a plugin, you can achieve … Read more
In trying the update again I got it to work. I don’t know why the manual and auto update broke over the past few days. What ever was the cause on my remote’s end is now fixed, or maybe it was me that did something wrong. I basically went through the instructions again and slowly … Read more
To disable WP frontend and WP REST API output, create an empty theme, i.e. ‘My Empty Theme’ in /wp-content/themes/myemptytheme/, that contains 3 files: style.css index.php functions.php style.css may contain the theme name only: /* Theme Name: My Empty Theme */ index.php – leave it empty functions.php – include the following code to disable REST API … Read more
As you’re probably already aware, WordPress is designed with two main content types: Pages and Posts (see also http://en.support.wordpress.com/post-vs-page/) The very design of Posts is to not be hierarchical. And the nature of Pages is to be hierarchical. Posts are to be part of a blog. Blogs are almost always ad-hoc in organization. Thus there … Read more
Is WordPress a right choice for my requirements? Is it only for blogging or can be used for any kind of site? (corporate, portfolio, catalog, personal info etc.) WordPress can absolutely be used for any kind of site. But note that while things like post and pages are ready out of the box and simple … Read more
Go to Settings->Permalinks, select Custom Structure, and set the text box to just /%postname%/ You might consider the second bullet point in the docs recommending against this particular URL pattern, though. This was addressed in 3.3