Using wordpress to build content based sites.
Wordpress is a well known blogging platform used by bloggers worldwide. Even the blog you are reading currently has been powered by wordpress. It provides excellent level of customisation which allows you to create practically any type of blog.
From quite sometime i have been working to create some good health related content based websites. So i was thinking that instead of spending time on writing core HTML code as i did for my earlier websites, why not use wordpress as a CMS and modify it well so that it looks like a website rather than a blog. Well i tried and succeded.
Here is all what i did with wordpress.
- Removed PHP code which fetches the posts from database on homepage and put my own content HTML source.
- Removed Archives, Categories, and Posts from sidebar. Put adsense there and put pages list on top of adsense.
- All content pages of the site can be created from Write Pages in WP admin.
- Created Posts with name Link Partners. It wont be visible on homepage as i have removed Posts category menu and The code to display posts on homepage. Hence i place a link to the link partners posts below the adsense block on homepage.
Hence by doing these things i converted Wordpress from a blogging platform to a powerful CMS through which i could manage content based websites.
12 Responses to “Using wordpress to build content based sites.”
By iMobile Central Directory on Nov 27, 2006 | Reply
Hai can you post your website so that I can view it and modify my site accordingly thanks
By Aditya Kumar Singh on Nov 27, 2006 | Reply
Well yes …. my site is http://www.1acnetreatment.org
By Sooraj on Nov 29, 2006 | Reply
U havent done anythin u have mentioned above..so wat does that post mean?
By Aditya Kumar Singh on Nov 29, 2006 | Reply
Well, i think you are not looking at it properly. I have done everything listed there.
By Marko Petkovic on Jan 4, 2007 | Reply
Great idea. I always wanted to use Wordpress as cms and searched for lot of solutions, but your idea is so simple and effective. I am sure I will do same for next content site. Thanks for posting this.
By hoodiaweightloss on Apr 29, 2007 | Reply
Wanted to compliment on your site, it looks really good .
Hank
By Steve on May 25, 2007 | Reply
Hi,
I really want to use WP as a CMS for my websites….
Can you please explain 2 points of your post in detail..
PHP code which fetches the posts from database on homepage and put my own content HTML source. (Please explain in detail, how to do this??)
Also please tell me how to remove The code to display posts on homepage. (I mean which code I need to remove.. plz tell me)
It would be so nice of you…
By hans on Jun 5, 2007 | Reply
Well, i think you are not looking at it properly
By Sharon on Jun 16, 2007 | Reply
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By sopitikoj on Sep 7, 2007 | Reply
Hello
Very very good site! You are doing great job.
Bye
By Tanuj on Sep 11, 2007 | Reply
@sopitikoj YEAH…
By lokimikoj on Sep 21, 2007 | Reply
Hi
Your site is great! I found lots of intresting things here ;