Truth be told, I am not much of a blogger. I have always had trouble making the time commitment. I do, however, stumble across things from time to time that I am happy to share.
Summer Comes to a Close
It’s occurred to me this morning that I haven’t posted an update to the site in awhile. While I wish this delinquency had something to do with days spent at the lake, or general laziness, the fact is that I am stuck inside the same hectic schedule I seem to have every year at the time.
Your Constitutional Right as a Canadian to Have an iPhone
This post won’t the first, last, or best take on the iPhone craziness that’s sweeping across my country but I had to write something on the issue, if for nothing else than to try and maintain some form of my own sanity …
Imitation … Sincerity … Flattery
A colleague recently spun me an email to let me know that someone on Scriptlance was looking for a clone of my website …
Wordpress as a CMS
I have always championed Wordpress as a content management system. I love it for it’s active plugin community and ability to thread into design I decide to put it in. There are some tricks to really making it sing, however, and in the spirit of giving I am going to share what I have learned over the years. Coming soon …
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2 Responses to “Wordpress as a CMS”
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Alden said this on
You may or may not have the time or inclination but since you mentioned sharing experience I thought I might ask for your professional opinion. I need to present a vast amount of content in a format with functionality similar to the ref. site. I need all of typical features (user login, advance site search, advertising space, multiple pages etc) but what need most is the calendar which I found a very nice WP widget for. My question is, should I build from the ground up and embed WP in the site or begin with a WP theme and tweak it to look like the site I need? My experience is limited to Dreamweaver/HTML/Flash. My concern is running into a dead end with a theme either with design or functionality. Much thanks for your thoughts in advance.
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Brandon said this on
Hey Alden, Without knowing the specifics of your HTML experience it’s probably easier to find a theme that’s close to what you like and then tweak it to meet your needs. What you really want to learn, however, is how the Wordpress template system works. This knowledge will carry you further when it comes to installing Wordpress in your own designs. Be prepared to learn a little PHP in the process.
