Planning a head what tools I will need?

  • I finally managed to get Xampp and WordPress to work and play well together on my laptop. Now I can put all my attention on building my website. While I’m reading through the tons of information available online for getting started and such, I wish to get some advice on what I need to build the site I want.

    I’m looking to build a classifieds site that’s niche’ specific. I already have a flow chart and even pages of notes on how I want it all to flow, just need to translate that into a working site.

    I’ve already done some research, there are several classified plugin’s available. Unforitunily, I don’t have the funds to pay for them. So, unless someone suggests a free classifieds site plugin, I need to learn how to do it myself. What tools would I need to do this?

    I don’t expect anyone to do the work for me. If it takes learning a new language like php or such, so be it. (This actually comes easy to me, learned bash while taking a course in Linux).

    Thanks in advance!

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  • Well, if you have a natural aptitude for code, then you might not find this so difficult.

    Don’t rule out plugins altogether; try searching for directory plugins as well, there may be some free ones that might do what you want.

    You could look into Custom Post Types. I think a while ago I watched a video by Chris Coyier on CSS Tricks where he gives an example of using CPT for a real use case. With a CPT you would use WordPress to do all the other stuff for your site but use a custom post type for your classified section.

    You could also look at Pods plugin which is quite complicated to start with.

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