That’s not a WP site visible there?
So I did something wrong?
Do you have an old HTML site at that domain? Or is WP installed in a sub-directory perhaps?
It is my current html site. I created it in Dreamweaver and now I want to manage it in WordPress.
I used FileZilla to transfer the WP files to my public_html on my host. I followed some videos from YouTube and instructions from Hostmonster and WordPress.
It’s been such a headache.
You cannot just plop static pages into a php based site. You’ll have to start with a WP theme and create the site in WordPress.
Generally trying to move HTML pages into WP does not work well.
OK. Guess I just learned a valuable lesson.
Luckily, it’s very small yet so I can start over. I want to move it to WP for all of the great widgets, etc. that I don’t know how to create on my own. I’m very green. Just ripe enough to cause damage, but not ripe enough to pick. š
Thank you very much.
That looks quite doable :). Have you seen this –
http://codex.wordpress.org/Getting_Started_with_WordPress
It might be helpful – and even though there’s a lot to learn at first, it gets easier once you get a few basics set up.
Where is your site hosted?
It’s hosted at Hostmonster.
I use WP with other sites that I manage. This was the first time I’ve ever created on and then tried to move it to WP.
Ah, then you already know what to do :). If you want to make a theme from scratch, this would be the place to start:
http://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Development
Or you could use a barebones theme like Toolbox or BlankSlate
But can’t I just use my own theme or color scheme? That was one thing I was concerned about. Having to settle for someone else’s colors and set up. My client wants a simple and clean page, like I have now.
You would need to create a functional WP theme (not a static site). And you can always modify an existing theme however you want – though it generally takes some (or a lot) of knowledge of HTML/CSS and WP code.
The themes above have very little styling – the point of those themes is to give you the WP functionality and some basic structure and beyond that, you make the site however you want it.
Sounds like a lot of work. Think I’ll just leave it for now.
Thanks for all the great information!!
