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1. sportsfansmovie
   Member
   Posted 9 months ago #

   Hello, I have a .pdf that I want my website to be. It is very simple. just a blue background, an embedded video, a link in the top right and a link at the bottom. I designed this and saved it as a .pdf, now I just want that to be my website. Can someone please help me out? Thank you.

2. analogrithems
   Member
   Posted 9 months ago #

   The typical answer is read http://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Development this explains how to make a theme. But if you have no experience programing PHP then it will be a bit daunting to go from a PDF to a wordpress theme. For the average php programmer to convert a single page to a theme would take about an hour or two. Reality is though that your usually gonna have more than just one layout. Take into account your 404 page, search page, category page, posts/blog page and various static pages.

   You may be better off either using a theme already available or hiring a wordpress consultant. I know that is probably not the answer you where hoping for.

   To select a pre-made theme go to your dashboard and click on Appearance->Themes then click on the 'Install Theme' tab from here you can search the huge free public archive for themes.

   -Analog

3. sportsfansmovie
   Member
   Posted 9 months ago #

   Hey, Thanks for your response. The thing is this is a very simple website. No blog posts or search forms just a simple embedded video, an external link and a link that links to another page on the website. I feel as though it should be easy to set up. perhaps I can do it in dreamweaver? Thanks.

4. analogrithems
   Member
   Posted 9 months ago #

   If you just need that one page then ya, you can do it in dreamweaver. You wouldn't need wordpress at all for that then.

   I would actually recommend using photoshop slice to slice it up and save for web then it will create the images and html for you.

   -Analog

5. sportsfansmovie
   Member
   Posted 9 months ago #

   Wouldn't I use wordpress to host it, or once I build it on dreamweaver I can just upload it to the dreamhost domain that I bought?

6. danhgilmore
   Member
   Posted 9 months ago #

   No, you don't need WordPress to host it. WordPress is an application, not a web host. Dreamhost can host your web pages

7. sportsfansmovie
   Member
   Posted 9 months ago #

   hmm alright, So I should make it in dreamweaver, upload it to dreamhost and then I would be all good?

8. danhgilmore
   Member
   Posted 9 months ago #

   Correct, you can make the HTML file in Dreamweaver, and upload it to Dreamhost. They should have a tutorial on how to do this on their site.

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