sorry but I don’t understand, what you mean by: “look like a CMS”?? How does a Content Management System looks like in your opinion??
maybe you could post some link, so that we could better understand your request… 😉
Hey,
Sorry for being vague, what I meant was that the layout is complex for example the page below uses wordpress:
http://www.gambling-guru.com/
For such a layout, I would have assumed you would use joomla or drupal, so I’m wondering how they manage that complexity in wordpress.
Phil
The starting point for something like that is a good layout saved as home.php.
In the wire-frame thus created simply place various loops and or short tags to call up whatever dynamic data you need.
I would strongly recommend that you don’t use home.php as a filename for a custom home page template file. I’ve seen quite a few cases where this has caused real issues on some sites. There is a built-in filename for such a template in WP 3.x – front-page.php.
Presumably the codex has been updated then ?
And what were the issues ?
Looking at the layout of gambling-guru I would say that is relatively straightforward.
They have header and two layer menus at the top.
In the content they start with larger image which is linked to the specific page/post. That is not hard to do with custom fields or maybe using the featured image – in the content rather than the header?
Then a custom loop with a query that selects for a particular category of posts together with a date or other selection to give Today’s Betting Specials. The images are post thumbnails.
Then various menus and links in the footer and a sidebar on the right hand side.
I am not saying it’s out of the box but I don’t imagine it would be much less work using drupal or joomla to achieve that layout.
@esmi – that is worrying as I’ve used home.php, what are the problems do you know? – sorry, asked too soon, you posted an answer to my question before I asked it!
I have to agree. The content is 3/5 recent posts in 3 cats ie multiple loops.
It is not as difficult as it seems.
thanks for the replies so far 🙂
Sorry for my ignorance, but what is a layer menu and what is a loop?
Glad to know it isn’t too complicated to create a site with complexity with wp.
My main issue in the past was that I found the wordpress sidebar limited, and the widget logic plugin not exactly ideal.
Is there an easy way to manage different sidebars on each different page?
Cheers, Phil
Well – hold on – its quite simple with a reasonable grasp of the necessary skill set………..managing sidebars is classic territory for the in built wp conditional tags………….
