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Re: Shrine in wordpress
Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2015 7:04 pm
by dubiousdisc
Saya: It can be done with Wordpress, but I just wanted to point out that, if it's just about the rotating headers thing, you don't strictly need it - it can be achieved in a lot of other ways. As for what concerns using Wordpress, I've made themes for it in the past and, if you have ever built a template for any type of blog, you probably already know how to go through it. When I make this sort of stuff, I make the skeleton of the layout coded as I would without the blog part, and then I "translate" it to the template tags of the cms in question. But that's just how I work, so your mileage may vary. Hope this helps...
Re: Shrine in wordpress
Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2015 2:06 am
by Saya
thank you dubious, but it was more for the pages, and similar, it was the structure for the pages, if I decide against WP, I'll do it as i thought of doing them before - every series it's own layout :)
Re: Shrine in wordpress
Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2015 4:32 pm
by Sofia
I run my whole collective on Wordpress, shrines included so I'm a bit biased ;)
If you are planning to create a large shrine I think it would help you to use a CMS rather than regular .php/.html pages. Wordpress itself includes many useful features and you can further extend them with plugins.
Re: Shrine in wordpress
Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2015 6:49 pm
by Todd
It can be done! I do it. My
Tidus site runs on Wordpress. It became a beast, and Wordpress made it easier to update and keep up with.
Re: Shrine in wordpress
Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2015 3:49 am
by Saya
oooh oooooh todd, I'm so new to diss, but I love how you made your layout and everything, any tips? I am already working on ac, i mean, i'm hoping to have at least desmond finished from characters before the time is out :)
Re: Shrine in wordpress
Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2015 5:18 am
by Sofia
You mean how to adapt your layout to Wordpress?
That's rather easy, here's how I do it. I code my layout as a simple .html page, then I split that layout in three parts: header, footer, index (which means the content). In the header you need to add a code to load Wordpress, otherwise you are left with a .php page. The code it's just one line <?php wp_head(); ?> to be added in the <head> section.
Now that you have all the basic parts of your layout ready you need to turn it into a Wordpress theme. That means you have to create a folder and add some basic files in it, without them Wordpress cannot recognise your layout as a theme and therefore it won't let you use it. These files are the header, index, footer, css. You may add others if you like, as the 404 page template, the sidebar, the archive page, the static page (useful if you plan to have both a blog and static content) and so on.
This is a quick explanation, but if you need more details feel free to ask!
Re: Shrine in wordpress
Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2015 5:22 am
by Loki
Wow, Sofia, that really helps! I will try this later on one of my fansites. Seems pretty easy.
Re: Shrine in wordpress
Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2015 6:23 am
by Saya
Sofia, I will bug you probably next week about it :)
When I have less to do at work :) and I will try to do it :)
Re: Shrine in wordpress
Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2015 7:22 am
by Sofia
@Loki Yes, turning a regular layout into a Wordpress theme is not difficult per se. Things get more complicated when you have a lot of different page templates, custom post types…. But you can start with the simple stuff and, as you get more familiar with how Wordpress templates work, move to the advanced stuff.
@Saya Sure, shoot me an email or PM whenever you want. Same thing goes for anyone who would like to work on this :)