Is Wordpress for me?

Discussion in 'WordPress' started by Nato76, Nov 15, 2006.

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    I have used wordpress on my domains and love it for the blogs that I have. I want to build several sites mainly for adsense income. I don't want to have to update content on a regular basis like I do to my current blogs. Are there themes in Wordpress that will look very similar to a website where I don't have to add content as often as I do in my blogs? Or would it be better to build a website for what I am trying to achieve? I really don't want to get away from using Wordpress if I don't have to.
     
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  2. mikebrad0927

    mikebrad0927 Peon

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    You can modify wordpress or use one of the many plugins to make a wordpress site that looks like a "normal" website.
     
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    Use pages instead of posts and use the plugin that allows a page to be your entrance page for your site.
     
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  4. Nato76

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    Would you happen to know the name of that plugin?
     
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    carl_in_florida Active Member

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    I have seen a few sites that are nothing but a Word Press blog. On the surface they look like a "regular" site but everything is blog material. The best thing is that these sites constantly ping Technorati and have a high ranking with Technorati.
     
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    jawednazarali Guest

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    I have done without any plugin; I just copy the index.php and renamed it to home.php, modified it to my needs and it worked without any plugin, has any one tried this?

    i guess its built in in the wordpress if it finds a home.php in theme folder it bypass the index.php.

    Please correct me if any thing wrong.
     
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  8. Nato76

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    What did you use to modify the home.php?
     
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    Here are two sites (Undercover Artists & Funky Maternity Clothes) that I have designed using wordpress that were built for the same reasons you are looking to do. Appear like websites, and include AdSense.
     
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    You can use any text editor, like Notepad. I actually do my hardcoding in Frontpage.

     
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    Thanks. Those are exactly the type of websites I want to create. What themes did you use?
     
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    I created both of those from scratch. If you like the Undercover Artists one, I released that one today on my website. You can see a live demo and download right here.

    If you end up using them, I am on IM (check my profile) during the day if you need support or have questions about it.
     
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    Nice theme SkiRat.

    Chingo, I used Wordpress for a site that I am working on relating to Florida vacations. It's very easy to do (even for someone like me!)
     
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    Thanks! Apreciate it!
     
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    hi skirat44....
    you do just gr8 work frd... i want do like u can you plz guide me i m new at wordpress so plz guide me.. frd.. i want do like u....
     
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