BMcC
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I’ve gotta get a site up for my stuff sometime soon. but I have no idea where to start.
Now. C is second nature to me. and the mixing board my closest friend. So it’s not an issue of technical ability. I just don’t even know the first step. :(
Brad. your site is hella nice and you do it all yourself. right? Tell me I don’t have to pay out the butt to have a nice site!
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Brad
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Nowadays I’d suggest you just grab a blogging CMS. I use [url=http://www.wordpress.org/]Wordpress[/url] and there are tons of very nice themes available for it. So you can then customize it as needed.
For HTML help. I’d hit [url=http://www.w3schools.com/html/default.asp]w3schools[/url]. It’s a good place to get started.
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BMcC
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Ah. perfect! WordPress is just what I needed.
Thanks much.
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Brad
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There’s also a hosted variety of WordPress at [url=http://www.wordpress.com/]Wordpress.com[/url] if you’re looking to get up and running quickly.
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BMcC
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Thanks. man. I actually managed to get it up and running on my server.
Now I’ve just gotta find a theme I can easily transform into what I’m trying to do…
Wordpress healthily combines the blog with standard site sections. right?
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BMcC
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I’m thinking about building my layout from scratch via WordPress.
Is that advisable?
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Brad
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Wordpress does “pages” if that’s what you mean. You can treat that as regular sections of your site.
As for building it from scratch: I would not advise that. it’s a total pain in the ass to get a decent cross-browser compatibility going on. If you look through the hundreds of themes available and find one that’s similar to what you want and tweak it. I think you’ll have a lot easier time.
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BMcC
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Awright. thanks for the advice.
::scours the internet::
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BMcC
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Update: This is fun!
Just from my preliminary wankery. I’ve got a better site up and running than I’ve ever had.
Of course. that’s not saying much. :^
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Brad
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Sweet. make sure you post it here when it’s open to the public. Also if you need any other tips. just let me know.
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BMcC
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Thanks muchly. good sir!
It’s goin’ pretty smoothly so far. Everything’s up and running and I’ve changed all the graphics and style stuff over. I feel like it still owes too much to the original theme. though. I’ll probably draft out more substantial modifications with my graphic-designer friend soon.
As for the content. it’s easy to display different sidebar features on each page. right? I mean. I haven’t tried anything like that yet. And what about only displaying a certain category (like “Official News”) of blog posts on the front page and the rest somewhere else?
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Brad
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You may have to code some custom PHP stuff for different sidebars. That’s what I did. though there may be an easier way. Might want to post a message in the WordPress discussion forums and see if anyone knows of a plugin or easier technique.
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boolean
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uh. since we’re geeking on wordpress. have you guys looked at the widgets plugin for wordpress? They’re kinda neat and “ajaxy” but like all new things. prone to some issues.
http://n3wb.com/boolean
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BMcC
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Ah yes, some very cool stuff!
I’m putting the site on hold until my business partner comes back from Franceland. But it’s all very solid at this point. Thanks again.
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