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1. yeleek
   Member
   Posted 5 years ago #

   Simple enough :)

   Anyone know of good examples of wordpress being used as a CMS rather than a blog?

   Thanks

2. graemep
   Member
   Posted 5 years ago #

   This is not very blog like:

   http://moneyterms.co.uk

   The theme has been customised, there are a couple of useful plugins (related posts and the_excerpt_reloaded) other than that it is a fairly standard install.

3. maerk
   Member
   Posted 5 years ago #

   My site! (it's the link from my profile name) all the pages in "more" are run from wordpress.

   It uses the Page function of wordpress, but that's a custom template, and there's a couple of hacks things like .htaccess.

4. 3stripe
   Member
   Posted 5 years ago #

   I have one... but it's not public yet ;)

   Have also used WP as a News CMS on a Flash site at http://www.thirdeyedesign.co.uk/

5. moshu
   Member
   Posted 5 years ago #

   http://www.shakespeare-oxford.com/ - Combination of posts, categories, Pages, with custom templates (both for categories and Pages).

6. vsp
   Member
   Posted 5 years ago #

   my site is pretty unblog-like: http://www.coha.org

7. yeleek
   Member
   Posted 5 years ago #

   Maerk - Thats the sort of thing i'm looking for i.e. the use of pages instead of posts. I too would be looking at having a news section which would use the traditional 'post' format.

   One question - how do you get the front page to only show the latest news item?

   Thanks

8. maerk
   Member
   Posted 5 years ago #

   Magic ;)

   It's a custom loop:

   http://codex.wordpress.org/The_Loop

9. yeleek
   Member
   Posted 5 years ago #

   Moshu/VSP - Thanks those are good examples. This wordpress/cms will actually be for a local charity anyway. Would want to create a plain template... What did you guys do? Start with a new one? Or 'butcher' an existing one?

   3Stripe - v.nice!

   Thanks guys!

10. maerk
    Member
    Posted 5 years ago #

    Butchering an existing one is a lot easier than starting from scratch.

11. 3stripe
    Member
    Posted 5 years ago #

    I'd agree with that. Maybe keep the php files from the theme, but delete all of the css... if you're up for the challenge...

12. StefanSuedfeld
    Member
    Posted 5 years ago #

    Here are two other good WordPress-non-Blogs from another Thread

    mudsugar.com

    surfreportrock.com

13. vsp
    Member
    Posted 5 years ago #

    personally, i'd recommend making the header and CSS files from scratch, and then tweaking the other template files to your liking. at least that's what I did.

14. vsp
    Member
    Posted 5 years ago #

    One question - how do you get the front page to only show the latest news item?

    you can use Custom String plugin or the query_posts template tag

15. moshu
    Member
    Posted 5 years ago #

    With my very first theme I started with an existing one which had a layout quite close to what I wanted.
    (just for the accuracy: themes are made up of several template files!)

16. ibaihaqi
    Member
    Posted 5 years ago #

    I use wordpress as CMS for these two websites:
    http://www.imcv.com.au
    http://www.miisonline.org

17. jmanders-jones
    Member
    Posted 5 years ago #

    Lyford Cay International School - http://www.lyfordcayis.net

    We have installed two wordpress blogs to creata a CMS. We have one that allows public access to search engines and RSS feeds and another to privately protect intranet services such as school bulletins. RSS feeds are restricted on the intranet unless users are registered and logged in.

    We would love someone to develop a plugin which restricts access to posts by user level but allows unrestricted access podcast or selected catagories.

    We are presently installing wordpress on all student Macbooks to extend our intranet further and promote ICT school-wide. Our students and teachers will be able access each others blogs and podcasts. A fantastic opportunity for our students.

    I would love to hear ideas on expanding this.

    I hope you find this info of use.

    We love WordPress. We are indebted to the WordPress team.

    Julian Manders-Jones
    jmanders-jones@lyfordcayschool.net
    Director of ICT.

18. hjabb
    Member
    Posted 5 years ago #

    How would I use WordPress as a news CMS in a flash website? I also need to figure out some why to add event dates like tour dates, like date, venue, tickets.. that sort of thing. Through wordpress in to flash?

    Anyone know how to do this?

19. gspark
    Member
    Posted 4 years ago #

    curious if using multiple wordpress cms is it possible to create a login bridge between all of them ? some some users can access both without having to register again

    note how i love calling wordpress a CMS vs a blogging tool he he

20. vlp
    Member
    Posted 4 years ago #

    I mentioned here before but here is again

    http://www.tasty.sk

21. enoyad
    Member
    Posted 4 years ago #

    How would I use WordPress as a news CMS in a flash website? I also need to figure out some why to add event dates like tour dates, like date, venue, tickets.. that sort of thing. Through wordpress in to flash?

    Anyone know how to do this?

    Does anyone have an answer for this? I am looking to do something similar. I would like to use wordpress to spit out some xml files for me.

    I have one... but it's not public yet ;)

    Have also used WP as a News CMS on a Flash site at http://www.thirdeyedesign.co.uk/

    3Stripe > How did you set this up?

22. estjohn
    Member
    Posted 4 years ago #

    not sure if you would consider these as ones - but http://www.ericastjohn.com (still working on) http://www.aleeya.net and http://www.girlgeekette.net

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