Posted 3 years ago #
Hello folks, just a quick question before I dive into WP.
I want to add the CMS functionallity to my site with WP. I want to have articles on my index page that have comments enabled, and also DIFFERENT articles on another page that are also commentable. Is this possible with WP? Anything I should look for when installing to make sure that is possible? Extra DB or what-not?
Thanks for any help...
Posted 3 years ago #
no need for an extra database - it's just a matter of creating page templates and calling in the posts for the category you want.
check out the codex for help in manipulating wordpress...
Posted 3 years ago #
Thanks Lady of the Moon. That was quick!
If I already have my site up, how hard is it to add WP? I have installed it before and noticed that it used the "template" for the default installation. I could'nt figure out how to turn my site into a "template", I went through the forums and documention and then my head exploded, and gave up, but would like to give it another try, since it will do what I want.
Thanks again
Posted 3 years ago #
It depends on if you want it in your root folder or in a subfolder...
make sure you get the latest release (v. 2.0.2)
basically once you download, you have to work through the wp-config-sample.php and put in your database info. then you save it as "wp-config.php" and upload everything to the folder you want wordpress in.
then you run the install - http://www.yoursite.com/wp-admin/install.php (with your folder name before the wp-admin should you choose to use that - this way is for if you've installed it in the root folder)
after that, if everything's been done correctly, you'll be up and running in seconds. then go to http://themes.wordpress.net and try to grab a theme you like, drop it in the themes folder and activate it from the "presentation" section of the admin. :)
For some reason, the link above adds a "www". The correct address is themes.wordpress.net ;)
Posted 3 years ago #
OK thanks,
Can i just drop my site into the themes folder and use that?
Posted 3 years ago #
link edited - that was weird.
no, you don't drop the site into the themes folder... wordpress themes are special, and require a specific type of handling other than your basic HTML+CSS - wordpress is PHP based.
check the codex for working with themes: http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Themes
again, this depends on if you want to keep what you have and ADD a blog, or if you want to use wordpress to manage your entire site. if it's the latter, your existing HTML site will go "bye bye" and will need to be put into the wordpress format by hand. (it's not hard, but it's necessary)
Posted 3 years ago #
Thanks this is exactly what I need, I want to manage my site with WP.
"and will need to be put into the wordpress format by hand. (it's not hard, but it's necessary)"
Could you point me in the direction for starting that...
Thanks again
Posted 3 years ago #
basically then you're going to install wordpress in the root directory (so go through your download until you see 3 folders and a bunch of files. grab them all and upload them to the root directory)
your old site's files will still be there - once you've done the install, just download all those files... in order to make them show up, you'll have to copy the info and put it into the wordpress editor, less any HTML markup or anything else (or it'll be buggy looking).
Posted 3 years ago #
Alright, thanks for you time helping me out, I am going to give this another try.
We'll see what happens...
Posted 3 years ago #
keep us posted
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