the basics?

  • I have site at https://www.savemoneycanada.com

    This is intended to be a service, to help people locate affordable options like, oh, wordpress.

    Not so ironically, I can’t afford the current site.

    With www.remarpro.com, could I (and if so, what would be involved to)…

    1. …keep the current site design? What would that involve? If not possible, where can I view the wp.org themes?

    2. …have a user forum, and limit access to subscribers?

    3. …include unlimited advertising (graphics like at https://soundkamloops.org/2007/02/24/organic-food-delivered-to-your-door/ ) within www.remarpro.com ToS?

    4. …have unlimited categories?

    5. …have unlimited pages?

    6. …generate a pdf from the contents?

    7. …have a donation page?

    8. …charge for one-on-one consults?

    9. …find out what words are being punched into the site’s search function?

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  • 1. yes… you’d need to customize a theme… lots of people here can help with that.

    2. there are a couple of wp specific forum plugins, or you could go with something like phpbb and integrate the two

    3. if i understand what you’re asking yes… you own the domain… wp is just the cms

    4. yes (as limited by your hosting space)

    5. yes (as limited by your hosting space)

    6. There’s a plugin for that

    7. yes

    8. in general yes…

    Thread Starter sockcavern

    (@sockcavern)

    Thanks, Jetshack, for taking that time. Much appreciated!

    I admit, I’m a tad fearful of venturing into plugins, etc. I know nothing. I am having a good time with wp.com for other stuff…I wonder if I’m up for more…But at the cost of the current service, I just can’t expand (or even get what I thought I was getting for the oodles I paid).

    9. yes.

    the only plugin from above which might cause you some issues is the one for the forum… all the others only take a couple of minutes to install.

    to date i haven’t found a “good” forum solution for WP… I end up using phpbb merging the forum database into the wp database and customizing the forums theme to match the site which the forum is associated with…

    If forums are a necissity then I’m not going to tell you to look at other CMS’s (like geeklog) as in general WP is by far the easiest to use and has a much better support group. Especially if you’re not comfortable with techie stuff. BUT…

    you might think about trying WP out on your home system and seeing if it will work…

    you’ll need to have a working testbed to test on… Easiest way to do that if you’re scared of installing apache / php / mysql / etc… is to go to https://www.wampserver.com/en/ and downloading they’re self installer which does most of all the really bad stuff for you…
    Windows
    Apache
    MySQL
    PHP

    (unless you’re running linux… then you’ll need to look for a LAMP…)

    Thread Starter sockcavern

    (@sockcavern)

    Uh oh…

    Already lost.

    I guess this is why WP has a comment next to the download button that says something like: “If you have no idea what to do with it once you download, hook up with a webhost with auto install.”

    Is that right? ‘Cuz I went to that link you gave and just said, “WTF?”

    comfort level…

    it’s all a question of degree

    I tend to give out too many options instead of sticking with the easiest… I don’t know your comfort level so I was giving lots of options…

    wp is by far the easiest package out there to pick up and run with for someone who’s feeling overwhelmed…

    If you want I have a spare domain and extra space that you can use to play with wp on…

    Thread Starter sockcavern

    (@sockcavern)

    Thank you, Jetshack, but I think that will just confuse me more!

    I’m going to just go with hosting from one of the partners and take it from there.

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