dont know where to begin…

  • sha

    (@sha)


    21 years, 4 months ago

    hi there,

    so, iam new to WP, PHP, and all that stuff. I use dreamweaver for layout, getting pretty familiar with css based layouts- in fact i was working on one until i realized i have to have a blog- and WP was highly recommended.

    Iam now at the point of complete confusion- i have been reading the codex, posts, everythign to try and figure out how to build my site.

    I know i want a site that does not have the blog as the homepage, but rather have the blog as just one of the pages in my site, call it somethign like journal.

    From everything i have read about themes, loops, embedding i can not make heads or tails of whether i should take the work i have already done in dreamweaver and try to integrate WP into that–or take a WP theme and modify that- and again i know nothign about php- but i am trying to learn.

    I understand this takes time and practice, and you just have to learn it like everyone else- i just need the primer for dummies and i can not seem to find it! I dont want to get so burnt out on the development end that i have nothign left for the creative end 🙂

    I hope i making some sort of sense- it is still fairly early here 🙂

    any wisdom you can bestow onto me is very much appreciated!

    thanks!
    sha

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  • Mark (podz)

    (@podz)

    21 years, 4 months ago

    You don’t need to know PHP – that myth persists, but honestly for what you describe, you don’t.

    Two ways:
    – make all your other pages use the WP css
    – make WP use the css that the others do
    Or
    – use a php include to just load the wp entries.

    None are particularly difficult, and it’s really just fiddling with CSS. The most php you’wl learn is which WP tag does what, and they are fairly self-explanatory.

    Which of the above sounds the best way ?

    Lorelle

    (@lorelle)

    21 years, 4 months ago

    I recommend that you begin with the Codex article First Steps with WordPress. There is plenty of other good information there in the Codex to help you get started.

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