Editing WordPress to Match My Website

  • Paint Guy

    (@paint-guy)


    15 years ago

    I will use a free WP template for my blog and website, but I have a website and I want the blog to look as close to my website as possible.

    1) Do I need to use a wordpress template for my wordpress Blog or can I somehow edit my current HTML website to use as a WordPress site?

    2) Or do I have to download a free WordPress template that is close to my current website design and edit the code and try and match the look of my website before I install wordpress?

    Finally, I want to be notified when someone answers my post on this Forum, but I don’t see an option for this. Is there a way to do this?

    Thanks

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  • jonimueller

    (@jonimueller)

    RSS feed is as close as you’re going to get to being notified when someone responds.

    As far as making your blog look like your site, I don’t understand what you mean by Item 1 above. You can download a theme that is similar to your web site or you can take your existing site’s style and use it as a jumping off point to plop the WP guts into a theme you create based on your site design. It’s a matter of how comfortable you are working with CSS and HTML. There are many excellent tutorials online about theming for WordPress.

    Thread Starter Paint Guy

    (@paint-guy)

    Thanks for the reply. I may not have made a lot of sense when I asked my question. Are WordPress templates just straight HTML & CSS?

    How hard is it to “plop the WP guts into a theme I create?” What is involved or would it be easier to just use an existing WP theme and modify that? Do you need to add any PHP to the page or is it just HTML and CSS?

    Thanks

    jonimueller

    (@jonimueller)

    WordPress templates are obviously specific to WordPress. They contain PHP code that allows WordPress to properly display its pages, posts, sidebars and other contents. And they DO contain HTML and CSS as well.

    Of course there are other sites that just offer CSS templates. They can be modified to work with WordPress.

    Before rolling up your sleeves and diving in, I suggest you read some tutorials on theming just to get a handle on exactly what a WP theme consists of.

    https://tinyurl.com/y9j4qpw

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