Posted 4 years ago #
I have a web site up and going already with an existing template
my template consists of ONE file aka a wrap it includes left and right na along with the header and footer
i would need to be able to put wordpress in the middle my existing wrap
is this possible
if so how easy is it
pretend i would get a d on coding...
thanks much
Posted 4 years ago #
If you would get a D in coding you would be fairly unsuccessful. You could start but learning some CSS and XHTML.
Then you can start diving into the WordPress Codex here at http://www.wordpress.org. Building a custom WordPress theme is definitely not something for a beginning coder.
Posted 4 years ago #
This may help with header and footer wraps.
Posted 4 years ago #
Sorry if this is elementary level...
Why not just edit the default template and let wordpress automate the whole thing?
There is already a header and footer and one sidebar, you can simply replace the header html part with your own, same with the footer and sidebar. Add another sidebar to complete the wrap.
Then, copy the html for the main area, calling in the appropriate wrapping files. Copy this bit into the various template files (page, single post, archive, index, etc).
Posted 4 years ago #
I'm jumping in here. I have the same situation. Most of my sight is built off a dreamweaver template and I would like to just drop wordpress into the editable section.
What your saying is just cut and paste most of my dreamweaver template into the various wordpress php pages and let it load that way?
Let me know if I am on the right page
Posted 4 years ago #
dlgentle,
it sounds like you are where I was a year ago. Let wordpress handle the whole thing! never worry about title tags, meta tags, etc. The only thing that's generally editable is the content (as a designer, you'll know how to change the template files but clients won't). Set up a custom theme (overall look) with custom templates (the php bits like header, single post, etc). Paste the html into the proper php template file, then customize from there. Make sure to work off a duplicate, so if things get messed up the original theme can be turned back on/copied from.
One thing I did learn was to bookmark pages that are helpful, as you'll refer to them over and over again while figuring out how to modify the default theme to your own theme, and how to set up templates. Try a google search for learning wordpress tutorials -- the info here is good only if you know where it's starting from.
Also try MAMP, which runs an install of wordpress right on a mac. this way I can fool around setting up a theme without risking a live site.
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