Title: WordPress integration for the clueless
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# WordPress integration for the clueless

 *  [2handband](https://wordpress.org/support/users/2handband/)
 * (@2handband)
 * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-integration-for-the-clueless/)
 * Hi, I’m looking to integrate wordpress into an existing website, and frankly 
   every tutorial I’ve seen assumes far more knowledge and experience than I possess.
   I know _nothing_ about php; I have a job of it just to create basic html and 
   css. The page in question is [here](http://guitaraddictions.com), and I need 
   to be able to post dynamic content and allow users to subscribe and leave comments.
   Can anyone point me towards a tutorial that will help someone who’s a relative
   beginner at web design? Full disclosure of cluelessness: it took me two full 
   days to create html/css for the homepage linked above.

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 *  Thread Starter [2handband](https://wordpress.org/support/users/2handband/)
 * (@2handband)
 * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-integration-for-the-clueless/#post-2348160)
 * I got a little ways down the line using the wordpress tutorials, but I’ve only
   found code that will allow me to display a link the a post or an excerpt from
   the post on my home page. What i want to do is display the posts in their entirety…
   how do I do that? Here’s the code I used to display links:
 *     ```
       <?php
       require('blog/wp-blog-header.php');
       ?>
   
       <?php query_posts('showposts=10'); ?>
       <?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
       <a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a><br />
       <?php endwhile;?>
       ```
   
 * and to disply excerpts:
 *     ```
       <?php
       require('blog/wp-blog-header.php');
       ?>
   
       <?php query_posts('showposts='); ?>
       <?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
       <a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a><br />
       <?php endwhile;?>
       ```
   
 *  Thread Starter [2handband](https://wordpress.org/support/users/2handband/)
 * (@2handband)
 * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-integration-for-the-clueless/#post-2348179)
 * Okay, I’m getting there…
 * I put the following into my index.php file:
 *     ```
       <?php if ( have_posts() ) : ?>
   
       				<?php twentyeleven_content_nav( 'nav-above' ); ?>
   
       				<?php /* Start the Loop */ ?>
       				<?php while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
   
       					<?php get_template_part( 'content', get_post_format() ); ?>
   
       				<?php endwhile; ?>
   
       				<?php twentyeleven_content_nav( 'nav-below' ); ?>
   
       			<?php else : ?>
   
       				<article id="post-0" class="post no-results not-found">
       					<header class="entry-header">
       						<h1 class="entry-title"><?php _e( 'Nothing Found', 'twentyeleven' ); ?></h1>
       					</header><!-- .entry-header -->
   
       					<div class="entry-content">
       						<p><?php _e( 'Apologies, but no results were found for the requested archive. Perhaps searching will help find a related post.', 'twentyeleven' ); ?></p>
       						<?php get_search_form(); ?>
       					</div><!-- .entry-content -->
       				</article><!-- #post-0 -->
   
       			<?php endif; ?>
       ```
   
 * But if you navigate to [the site](http://guitaraddictions.com) you’ll find that
   the title of the post is freaking huge! And kind of messed up. can I do something
   about this?
 *  Thread Starter [2handband](https://wordpress.org/support/users/2handband/)
 * (@2handband)
 * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-integration-for-the-clueless/#post-2348214)
 * I managed to fix the ugly… I’m starting to move in towards what I want. I now
   have three questions:
 * 1) How can I unlink the titles and other stuff so that people will not be able
   to view the blog directly
 * 2) How can I set up comments so that they can be done from my homepage?
 * 3) How do i put a subscribe link on my homepage?

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## Tags

 * [existing page](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/existing-page/)
 * [integration](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/integration/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [2handband](https://wordpress.org/support/users/2handband/)
 * Last activity: [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-integration-for-the-clueless/#post-2348214)
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