How to import the look of my web site and more

  • I have a few questions. I hope some nice people will have the answer or can point me to where the answer is. I don’t know what words to use in the search box to find answers to these questions.

    1. Would it be hard to get my new blog to look like my web site:
    https://www.randomterrain.com/

    Or would I have to give up some things? Whatever the answer, do I just edit the default theme or do I search for a hundred years to find a similar theme and edit that?

    2. If I end up liking my blog, would it be smart to replace my whole web site with it? Just move everything over to the blog and then people could comment right below an entry. If it’s not a stupid idea, can the blog be used as the main page of my web site after it has been set up?

    3. Can I edit a theme so that any link to the current active page is made ‘unclickable’? If a link leads the page that is being looked at, it can be confusing for some visitors if it is still active, so it would be nice to turn it off.

    Thanks.

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  • I’ll try to help… don’t know how much help this will be though. ??

    1. You can make WP look like whatever you want – whether or not that’s “hard” depends on how well you know CSS and PHP. If you’re comfy with those, then it’s just learning the WP structure, and I’d recommend looking over the codex for design & layout.

    As far as editing default vs. finding a theme and editing: I’d probably recommend finding a theme that’s close and working from there, but the default has the same basic layout as what you’re trying to get, so that might do what you need.

    Your other option is to pay someone to design it for you, using your current site as the base. There are lots and lots of people out there that do custom designs for WP, and I feel sure that someone would be able to help you with that.

    2. WP works as a CMS, so you could replace it all with that. This, like all of your other questions really, is simply a matter of personal preference though, so it’s hard to give a definitive answer. I’ve used WP to build all kinds of sites at this point – once you learn WP structure it’s so easy to modify to do what you want – and it could probably do what you want. It’s not a stupid idea by any means… you just have to learn WP.

    3. Honestly, there probably is a way to do that, but off the top of my head, I’d say no. Someone else may have a better answer for you, but I doubt that it would be a really simple solution at any rate. (Maybe javascript?)

    HTH.

    Thread Starter randomterrain

    (@randomterrain)

    Thanks. I know a little HTML and CSS, but I know almost nothing about PHP.

    Do you know of any trustworthy people who do custom themes?

    There’s only been two that I’ve worked with personally, and only one of them would be able to work with hard specs. (The other one asks for a little more creative freedom.)

    West Designs may be able to handle what you want.

    There are tons others that I’ve seen lots of live work they’ve done, and most of them provide links to their portfolios, so you could always check up on them. Try searching for custom WordPress themes, or custom blog design, and you’ll find a couple that way.

    Thread Starter randomterrain

    (@randomterrain)

    Thanks. I’ll check them out.

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