Starting out: Default vs Classic

  • backspaces

    (@backspaces)


    14 years, 8 months ago

    I’m converting my existing web site from TextPattern to WP. I’d like to keep the look/feel roughly the same.

    So I’m wondering which of the two included themes (Default/Kubrick and Classic) I should use as a base for converting my current look/feel to WP. Classic is clearly MUCH simpler, a good thing from my standpoint. (Default is surely important in some way, but I don’t get it. Yet.)

    My concern is that there is functionality in Default that I would need to integrate well with WP’s core code & architecture. I hear phrases like widget-friendly, for example, and cringe that There May Be Dragons!

    So the main question is: can I stick with Classic with fairly simple mods and be comfortable that all the standard features of WP would work? Or is there something magic in Default that will Make Things Better somehow.

    A newbie wants to know! .. Thanks.

    Owen

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  • aianta03

    (@aianta03)

    14 years, 8 months ago

    What extra features are you referring to? All of the themes made for wordpress will be able to use all of wordpresse’s features. The only theme specific feature that Default has that I don’t think is included in Classic is the ability to change the header color

    Thread Starter backspaces

    (@backspaces)

    14 years, 8 months ago

    What extra features are you referring to?

    Good question. I’m a newbie so am watching lots of phrases fly by that hint at features. The many theme sites discuss galleries or photo-friendly features.

    But your response gives me courage: I can just start out with a copy of Classic, and change it to look like my current site. Then if I run into trouble, I should have groked WP well enough by then to know how to proceed.

    The only theme specific feature that Default has that I don’t think is included in Classic is the ability to change the header color

    Sorta like lipstick on a pig?! I shouldn’t be so opinionated, but to someone starting up, Default seems to go out of its way to be both ugly and difficult to understand! I can change colors for simple layout and design with CSS stunts just fine.

    Thank you for your quick response, its a lot of help. For a newbie, the difference between the two included themes is puzzling, and you’ve made it clear that I shouldn’t be too concerned.

    Owen

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