Title: Post vs Static Page – Begining Developer Last modified: August 21, 2016 --- # Post vs Static Page – Begining Developer * [goldieart](https://wordpress.org/support/users/goldieart/) * (@goldieart) * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-vs-static-page-begining-developer/) * I am trying to make the transition from web developer to wordpress developer. I need help with a basic understanding of the bulk of what makes up a static web page with wordpress. Is it a post, acting like a div? I really can’t wrap my head around how to control where everything goes, for a pure CMS site with no blog. Thank you, thank you whoever takes the time to listen and help. I’ll be sure to pass it forward. Goldie Viewing 4 replies - 1 through 4 (of 4 total) * [Jonathan Lake](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jonathan-lake/) * (@jonathan-lake) * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-vs-static-page-begining-developer/#post-3939968) * Think of WordPress as a refrigerator door waiting to be covered in magnets. You’re going to cover it in several magnets such as but not limited to: - header.php (logo and navigation menu would go here) - index.php (main content area) - footer (copyright, social media links, etc.) - a style magnet (style.css) * That refrigerator door (WordPress) is going to keep all of these together in close proximity. * Unlike building a website without a content management system, you don’t have to worry about repeating yourself when you make a change to a specific page. Everything is dynamic, and linked together so when you change something in the footer, it will change it on every page you’ve made saving you tons of time. * Now most people know WordPress just as a blogging tool, which it is and does very well, but it can also create websites that don’t incldue a blog. Instead of using blog posts to generate content, you can use pages — another post type WordPress offers. A page is just like a blank html file so there are no divs being created like you seem to think. * Keep playing around with it and you’ll soon see what I mean. There is an options panel on the dashboard that lets you set the homepage to a static page instead of your blog roll. * Hope that helps clear things up a bit, but like I said, mess around with it. If you have any more questions let me know. * [WPyogi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpyogi/) * (@wpyogi) * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-vs-static-page-begining-developer/#post-3939981) * Have you seen: * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Hierarchy](http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Hierarchy) * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Development](http://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Development) * Thread Starter [goldieart](https://wordpress.org/support/users/goldieart/) * (@goldieart) * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-vs-static-page-begining-developer/#post-3940105) * Thank you for your answers. I am getting the gist of the structure, and I understand the static front page idea, and creating individual pages for each page in the site. Where do posts come in to all this? Are they a part of a CMS structure? If i would normally create a framework of divs for say a main content with two columns and three boxes underneath with other info to click to other pages, how would I structure that in my static front page? Sorry for the ignorance, I just can’t seem to get over this hump. very grateful to your replies, goldie * [Jonathan Lake](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jonathan-lake/) * (@jonathan-lake) * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-vs-static-page-begining-developer/#post-3940109) * > Where do posts come in to all this? Are they a part of a CMS structure? * On the dashboard you’re given multiple ways to go about sharing and _posting_ content. I italicized posting because WordPress uses that word in a few ways. A blog post is a post, but so is a page. You can even create your own post type if you need to. Ex: a testimonials post type. Blog posts use their own template( usually index.php is where the blog roll is stored) and are called through a while loop. * > If i would normally create a framework of divs for say a main content with > two columns and three boxes underneath with other info to click to other pages, > how would I structure that in my static front page? * Page templates. When you create a new page, you can select which page template you want to use from a drop-down menu. There is but one, and that is the default page template. You have to create your own page templates to structure the layout with divs. * Common page templates are ‘One column with sidebar’, ‘Full-Width’, ‘2 column layout’, etc. Viewing 4 replies - 1 through 4 (of 4 total) The topic ‘Post vs Static Page – Begining Developer’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [posts](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/posts/) * [static-page](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/static-page/) * [templates](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/templates/) * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 4 replies * 3 participants * Last reply from: [Jonathan Lake](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jonathan-lake/) * Last activity: [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/post-vs-static-page-begining-developer/#post-3940109) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics