Let’s phrase question like this — would using WordPress for the project help your chances more than harm your chances? Note that it’s not either, there will be both help and harm aspects to such decision. On the help side — WP has low initial learning curve. It is easy to install, easy to do … Read more
To expand on duncmc’s answer, Install WordPress in the root directory of your site. Then log in to the WP Admin, go to Settings > Reading and specify a static page for the front page of your site. and Tnorthcutt’s answer, you also need to specify which page you want blog posts to show up … Read more
Hi @Grant Palin: My use of WordPress is almost exclusively CMS, and the other software I have experience with is Drupal (2 years ago, but have continued to follow it) and DotNetNuke (5 years ago, and I haven’t looked back.) I also reviewed Joomla about 3+ years ago and found is to be both too … Read more
What is a good start point to study? Read a few tutorials on Custom Post Types and Custom Taxonomies. Here´s a good one to get started. What plugins do I need to install? It wouldn´t be too difficult to create the site structure without any plugins. Do I need to install wp-ecommerce plugin? Based on … Read more
Hi @cannyboy: There’s a plugin called Search Unleashed that gives lots of different functionality. One of my clients was using it and I was impressed with the control it gave. Not 100% sure it will give you what you need but it’s worth checking out. If your blog only has post_types of “post” and you … Read more
I don’t think it’s overkill. IMHO even a small site can benefit from running WordPress. World wide web is a very dynamic environment and your site should stick to this flow. You can keep your site up to date when it comes to terms of usability, security and other standarts just by keeping your WordPress … Read more
Absolutely. WordPress is implemented in PHP and anything Flash needed to interface with can be coded as a plugin, probably very easily. You can also implement any embedding of Flash as ShortCodes. Here are some (honestly not very good) links on the subject of PHP & Flash: http://www.kirupa.com/developer/actionscript/displayinphp.htm http://www.techmynd.com/get-data-in-flash-from-php/ http://www.dreamincode.net/forums/topic/9848-pass-complex-data-from-php-to-flash/ http://www.video-animation.com/dbase001.shtml http://www.smartwebby.com/Flash/external_data.asp http://www.devx.com/webdev/Article/36748 Of course … Read more
Your friend is a diva. WordPress started as a blog platform, but now it has grown beyond that and is encroaching on becoming a mid-tier content management system out of the box. If you like it and it is easy for you, use it. It seems to match up with what you are trying to … Read more
WordPress should behave the same, only dependent on your server resources. I hope you have a dedicated server because if not then you will experience severe outages and possibly cancellation of your hosting service. WordPress is merely databases and PHP, so amount of files will not affect its use. It is stable. You could have … Read more
A new file, import.php: <?php define(‘WP_INSTALLING’, true); // this is required. i forget why! include ‘/path/to/wordpress/wp-load.php’; include ABSPATH . WPINC . ‘/registration.php’; // wp_insert_user() $userdata = array(‘user_login’ => ‘jdoe’, ‘user_pass’ => ‘foobar’); $user_id = wp_insert_user($userdata); Check wp_insert_user() for other possible fields. Run update_usermeta() for any additional needed meta fields. (Including user level, though there may … Read more