Title: using WordPress for static pages
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# using WordPress for static pages

 *  [zeha](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zeha/)
 * (@zeha)
 * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-wordpress-for-static-pages/)
 * Hello,
 * I have never used a CMS or a blog software before, my pages have always been 
   static HTML+CSS and later I’ve used PHP to write my own simple CMS.
 * Now I’m thinking about using WordPress for my next site, but as it will be a 
   page for a dentist, it will be a very static page and not a blog at all. There
   will be some updates on a “news” page, but they won’t happen too frequently. 
   The other pages will be very static and mostly contain just one “article” or 
   two.
 * This means that most features will be turned off, like commenting, liking, following,
   RSS, categories, and who knows what all. There will only be a navigation menu
   on the left border, a logo on the top, and the page content of course.
 * Now, would you still recommend using WordPress for that project, or would it 
   make more sense to stick with static HTML and maybe some PHP? I guess it should
   be generally possible to create a static page in WordPress, but are there any
   things that I should be aware of? Also, I don’t know how much learning overhead
   there is with WordPress, do you think I could get along with it quickly?
 * Nice greetings
    ZeHa

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 *  [crayoncrisis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/crayoncrisis/)
 * (@crayoncrisis)
 * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-wordpress-for-static-pages/#post-1300400)
 * I use WordPress for a lot of sites like this, so that the client can update the
   content themselves later. And it certainly sounds like a perfect project for 
   you to get started with WordPress. Which you absolutely should and will do absolutely
   fine with as you know HTML, CSS and PHP.
 * For this you would [create a static front page](http://codex.wordpress.org/Creating_a_Static_Front_Page)
   and use the posts for the news updates.
 * And in your [template](http://codex.wordpress.org/Stepping_Into_Templates), you
   will have no trouble removing the code that generates comments, tagclouds and
   all the other blog-stuff you don’t need.
 * Good luck!
 *  Thread Starter [zeha](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zeha/)
 * (@zeha)
 * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-wordpress-for-static-pages/#post-1300414)
 * Thanks for your answer, that sounds great. Would you like to share a few links
   to your static sites, so that I could get some impressions?
 *  [crayoncrisis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/crayoncrisis/)
 * (@crayoncrisis)
 * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-wordpress-for-static-pages/#post-1300495)
 * If you check the stuff tagged [webdesign on my blog](http://crayoncrisis.com/tag/web-design/),
   all the newest are WordPress. Even [one in English](http://youshou.no/). 😉 Perhaps
   better examples for you at the [WordPress Showcase](http://wordpress.org/showcase/).

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