Getting started

  • Byron

    (@infonatzure)


    7 years, 9 months ago

    Hi, I’m a complete wordpress newbie. I would like to make a simple site, mostly static (no blog, etc) for my pictures.

    I’ve tried various themes and what i see doesn’t match what the theme demo shows. I’ve used Concrete5 in the past but am severely limited in in any css/html situation.

    Ideally I was hoping to find some kind person that would spend a few minutes just getting me launched.

    Any input is welcome.

    Thanks

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  • HudsonValleyWebDesign

    (@jaycbrf)

    7 years, 9 months ago

    When you see a theme with Demo content, that is the developer’s representation of what you could make with the theme. A theme by itself is just a bunch of files. You have to design and develop your website.

    Moderator Jose Castaneda

    (@jcastaneda)

    THEME COFFEE MONKEY

    7 years, 9 months ago

    Greetings and welcome to the world of DIY things and possibly crying a little. 😀

    We all started knowing either very little or nothing at all. It will all depend on how much work you are willing to put in too so bare that in mind. Are you looking to customize a theme or simply install activate and it’s all done?

    If you are looking to customize I suggest using a child theme, or functionality plugin, supposing you are comfortable making PHP or CSS changes. This is where I spent an undisclosed amount of time crying.

    Now, the alternative – if you are not comfortable making those changes – would be to either use a page builder plugin ( which there are a lot to choose from ) or hire somebody to get the theme you want and get the site to look the way you want.

    Thread Starter Byron

    (@infonatzure)

    7 years, 9 months ago

    Hi Jose, thanks for your very kind response. I’m ok with doing a bit of coding. I’m not good at it, but I can edit a file, etc.

    I guess I’m struggling a bit with the wordpress concept of posts and blogs. I just want some static pages with galleries and some images and text.

    I’ll look at page builder plugins…

    again, thanks!

    HudsonValleyWebDesign

    (@jaycbrf)

    7 years, 9 months ago

    WordPress has a variety of data types. That is what makes it so great is you can create custom content types also. But from a “web page” perspective try to understand this.

    A blog is a collection of posts. In WordPress, there are pages and posts. All of the posts are displayed on a page. You can create pages with static HTML content and you can assign a page to show your blog posts. A WordPress website does not have to contain a blog or any posts and can just be a collection of pages like a regular HTML website.

    If you want to create a few static pages and a gallery, go to pages>create new and start creating pages. You can then add them to the navbar so you can navigate through the site.

    https://www.wpbeginner.com/beginners-guide/what-is-the-difference-between-posts-vs-pages-in-wordpress/
    This is a great site for newbies and you can learn a lot there. Also use Google as there are endless WordPress resources out there.

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