There are many sites that can help you become more familiar with how WordPress works. The WPBeginner site (search for it) is one of them. There are tons of end-user-level tutorials. You don’t have to be a developer to use WordPress. You can use the default theme to get started. Or look for a theme … Read more
I need to modify the source code from my static page
So I managed to fix it by changing both SiteURL and homeURL to being the exact same. Now I’ve finally added an A-record in my DNS so the sites uses its own URL. Works like a charm 🙂 Im not sure why but I’ve seen others place “http://…” for SiteURL and “http://www…” for homeURL. However, … Read more
WordPress Posts on Static Pages
The quick and dirty way to do it is to create a file named .maintenance at the root of the site– same directory as license.txt— and add a bit of PHP: <?php die(); Of course, you can create whatever markup and messages you’d like before the die();, but there is very little WordPress available since … Read more
It can be solved with custom fields, block1, block2, block3. In template (single.php) make three divs, in each set an appropriate meta value (use: ?php echo get_post_meta($post_id, ‘block1’, true); ), and then you can control the text within each custom field.
In order to run a WordPress site you have to go for the self-hosted version and install WordPress on a web server. It’s not as hard as it sounds 🙂 What you need A web host (a simple shared host will do). PHP and MySQL must be available on the web host (very common). PHP … Read more
Yes of course you can recreate that site using WordPress. You gain the benefit of managing all the pages from the WordPress admin, and gain consistency across all the pages due to the templated nature of WordPress pages. You can start by finding or creating a very basic theme that mimics the look of the … Read more
The reason to follow WP standard is for another DEV to pick it up later, or to transfer it without issue. The problem is content. I could easily make a site from pages regardless of your plugins/themes if the database was set up in WP. But you are saving content differently so now I have … Read more
I am doing this right now (still in process). The best setup seems to be: Add the .html extension on posts – easy, just use custom post pattern Add the .html extension on pages – need a plugin for that, if you use pages Disable feeds (in function.php by removing headers for it) Use wget … Read more