You’re asking a lot of questions that could have really complicated answers. The basic setup of that site, after the splash page, is pretty simple in structure. But they’ve spent some time on getting the overall look and functionality. If you just want to get familiar with WordPress, you can get a free blog at http://www.wordpress.com. After you see how it works, then you can get your own domain and install WordPress there. WordPress.com also has a way to point to your URL if you already have a domain.
You have two basic choices –
1. Hire a professional.
2. Muck around with it yourself until you can get it sorta where you want it, then hire a professional.
I know 2 sounds worse, but you will be a better consumer of their services if you arm yourself with some knowledge first.
On finding help for hire – Try to find someone near you. Craigslist is a start. Google WordPress and your city. Okay you’re NYC, try a borough or something to narrow it down some. It just helps to be able to meet and/or pick up the phone.
If you already have a web host and domain name, I’d say just go ahead and follow the Install (“Famous 5 Minute Install”) WordPress procedure. Dive right in and give it a try. You’ll learn quickly what you can create.
I have this other wordpress site I paid to have done with a friend. It is on our domain name. We sort of got screwed over and the guy who did it did a crap job. The site is called worldsmostfamousblog.com…You can check it out at worldsmostfamousblog.com/wordpress/
We need some help. For some reason we cannot get pictures bigger on the main page. we want like 4 inch wide pictures. We also are not to happy with the layout or theme either. We would like a theme like this but are not sure how to do it or if it would work with our site.
http://test.themewp.com/?switch_theme=146-executive
Any opinions on fixing the images on the main page or helping us change the theme would be awsome…in the mean time I am going to try and upload that to my domain and see if I can fool around with it and make it work some how…What is a splash page anyway…lol im not to good with this but I am willing to learn and will help anybody once i get it
