Im new to the whole website creation thing, but I learned a lot recently. I wanted to know is there anyway to make my web site have the qualities of wordpress like an archives by monthes and stuff....without actually using word press...if so could you show me a website that breaks it down? http://www.repcodes.com
Hi, I think these "help" answers are about as helpful to you as if I told you that what you need is a "double-undersize polished sinus line metrolapometer with exclassification internodes" I'd like to try and give you a helpful answer if you could just clarify what you want to achieve and what you mean by "a website that breaks it down?". And how would you want to edit the site content if not using a blog as you are using now? Cheers Michael
Like others have said you can create the same type of effects that appear on a wordpress blog using database and server side scripting languages. I'm guissing you would need to learn these in order to create that effect. It is a lot of effort for one site, another way maybe to learn how to edit a wordpress theme or create your own wordpress theme to meet your needs. If you do decide to learn php & mysql then there are plenty of books about or the w3c web site has tutorials.
Well, I guess I would want it in the blog format, but like the guy above said "a custom word press template"....I dont want all of those options on the right hand side that they usually have...the login info, calender, all the archives...I want just certain options
Then install wordpress and look for a blank template. Its trivial to remove most of the fluff from the sidebar or to remove the sidebar completely. Much easier than reinventing the wheel. Starkers and Naked are two such basic, stripped down WP themes.
That's what 'm probably going to have to do....But is there any way to transfer my current theme over to Wordpress?
Depends on your theme. Will be a little bit of a learning curve, but once you do pick up WP themes it will be easier to change the look of your site down the road.
You'll need to skin it into the WP format. You can check out the WP PHP files inside the admin interface files to get an idea. You can probably hire someone for cheap to do it for you otherwise.