WordPress Blog vs. Website Powered by WordPress

[busymomma]

I use wordpress for all of my sites now. Some of them are blog format, others are just now getting to be a blog format and have hundreds of pages on them already.

We do have sales pages set up and those are straight sales pages I add to the hosting. The main one I can come up with quick is http://scrapfactsguide.com I bought domains for it, but those actually point to the subdomain on the site. The regular site is done in WP. I just put up the sales page in html

Other sites follow the same thing.

[franknvegas]

Hi Iris, you can also try Kompozer.com as a free alternative to Dream Weaver. Not as comprehensive but can do the job and the price is right.

[Iris]

Thanks, Frank and Val! Val, I'm going to check out your site and see if that's what I'm looking for. I really like WordPress and want to set things up right keeping the end in mind. I have some previous experience with DreamWeaver and will invest in it's latest version in the near future.

[Iris]

Thanks, Jeffery!

That's what I'm looking for . . . something that's user-friendly that I don't have to babysit 24/7!

[quantikev]

I think whether you want to use Wordpress or not depends on what exactly you have in mind for the site. If you're going to be writing and posting a lot in the beginning, I would stick with Wordpress. Then as it becomes popular you can consider other options such as a full blown CMS - MODx or Drupal. But Wordpress lets you get started quick.

You can always download one of the new 'flexible' themes and set your home page to a static 'page' instead of a posts summary in the settings.

Kevin
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[Nelson Swett]

Traci,

could you (or anyone else for that matter) elaborate on this for me please. I'm not sure that I follow you.

For static content, that you need easily accessible/easy to find within your site, use pages.

Blog posts are for articles, latest news or something like that. Pages of product, About or Contact pages are examples of content that would go on a page, not a post.

Thanks

[wade_watson]

In WordPress, you have the option of creating content withing "Posts" or "Pages". WordPress treats designated Pages a bit differently from Posts. Multiple posts will appear on the main blog page, as well as on separate pages from links. Pages only appear on their own and are accessed only from links on the site, such as a header bar.

WordPress was designed primarily for the blogging format, but it's not hard to use it as a static site by simple ignoring the blog features (Posts) and creating Pages. Under "Reading Settings" in the WP Dashboard, you can designate any Page to be replace the blog as the front page of the site. Then if you set up a nice index of internal links in the sidebar, you've turned it into a static website.

Wade Watson