Posted 2 years ago #
Is there a way to create physical pages from within WordPress?
For example, I want to be able to add a new page which shows up on my server with a .php or .html extensions - something that is actually, physically created (any extension will do, really).
Posted 2 years ago #
How do you want it to show up?
Do you want to link to a static page in your menu? or, do you have other ideas for static pages?
Posted 2 years ago #
Either way would be good. Ideally if my WordPress installation was based at somewhere like...
http://www.mysite.com/wordpress/
Then I'd want the physical page in question to be somewhere like this...
http://www.mysite.com/wordpress/mypage.php (or whichever file extension works)
Just something that actually exists on my server, but which is created by WordPress.
Posted 2 years ago #
i do this all the time..but the *hard* way:
Save a sample page from your blog to your hard drive, strip out all the php, you now have an html template for static pages.
Posted 2 years ago #
It seems the key to your question lies squarely on this phrase:
... created by WordPress.
Pages "created by WordPress" follow a structure similar to your examples but generally with a "/" versus a file extension.
@SleepW suggested a way to have static pages appear like they were made from your current theme if that is what you have in mind; or, perhaps you are thinking something along the lines of page-templates?
Posted 2 years ago #
You can do this under the 'pages' option in Dashboard
or
if you want to manually do it and still keep the same style as your website (which is what i think you're asking) you can do this:
(may be difficult if you aren't familiar with code based web editing)
-go to your site in firefox (a page with less on it is easiest)
-go to view>page source
-Copy the code
-Paste it in your text editor (I use Smultron on Mac)
-Find the main content section in the code and delete in between the div tags ex:
<div>delete here</div>
(be sure to make a backup first)
-Add your new content in between the div tags and save.
-Upload to your server
-Link to the page
There probably is a way to do it that is easier...but I'm self taught so I'm sure its not orthodox. Anyway it works for me and I use it all the time for new content.
Posted 2 years ago #
if it exists on the server, then it can't be created by WordPress...excepting the fact that the database resides on the server.
So option 1 is you use WordPress pages...generated on demand.
Option 2: static html.
Only option 2 is physically on the server as a file. For example you can copy a file but you can't copy a WordPress page in that manner.
Posted 2 years ago #
So the main solution seems to be to save the code, manipulate it, and then re-upload it.
The only problem I might have with this is that I'm currently using a plugin that is crucial to the page. Will its function carry over to a static page that has been copied and pasted from a WordPress page?
This is what I'm trying to create a physical version of:
http://nhsolutions.co.uk/oldwordpress-archwaysurgery/registration/
It uses the Contact Form plugin.
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