Title: Developing a theme from my static website
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Developing a theme from my static website

 *  [mickweaver](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mickweaver/)
 * (@mickweaver)
 * [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/developing-a-theme-from-my-static-website/)
 * Hi guys and gals, I’ve got a static website and want to turn in it into a dynamic
   one using WordPress so I can take advantage of the blogging tools.
 * I’ve followed various tutorials, and the codex, and I’ve got it pretty much there,
   apart from its not looking exactly as it should and I have no idea why.
 * The static site is mjtweaver.com, and the WP is mjtweaver.com/wp
 * If someone could shed some light on the matter I would be eternally greatful.
 * Michael

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 *  [popper](https://wordpress.org/support/users/julialasarte/)
 * (@julialasarte)
 * [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/developing-a-theme-from-my-static-website/#post-1638199)
 * Hey there. Maybe you’ve fixed it, but I don’t see the issue? Everything looks
   fine to me.
 *  Thread Starter [mickweaver](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mickweaver/)
 * (@mickweaver)
 * [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/developing-a-theme-from-my-static-website/#post-1638207)
 * LOL! Sorry, after several hours of pulling out my hair, I believe I have solved
   that issue, although now I have another one….
 * Both in my navigation, and my footer, I have links to different pages.
    I think
   I have a mental block because I don’t know how to add more pages and make the
   navigation work, as well as how to make a blog page.
 * Do I make say a services page in .php and upload it as normal in my wpcontent/
   themes folder
 *  or
 * Do I have to make the pages using the page tool in the WP Admin?
 * Either way how do I get the pages to only change the index section of the page
   and not the header, footer, etc?

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 * Last activity: [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/developing-a-theme-from-my-static-website/#post-1638207)
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