Why You should not use Magazine WordPress Themes for Customers
I was just thinking about this project of Building a Website with WordPress and the use of a Magazine Style Theme.
As I was working on the manual for the use of that special kind of themes, I suddenly realized that the whole project was not going to work….
You see, if you have a customer that is not so WordPress and Computer savvy as you are, you need to explain how this thing with "custom fields"works.
And you need to tell them how to upload and choose the right image, copy the right name and paste it in the right format in the right box…
Before that you need to tell you client that he/she needs to create three images in exactly those three formats because they are needed in that post…
So do you think he/she will go through this kind of proces every time he/she wants to write a post?
If the answer is NO (really big change!) than you need to re-think the use of that kind of WP Templates for a CMS based semi static page.
Just use a standard WordPress Blog Template and recode that in a way that your customer will be able to write and manage its website in the easiest way possible.
Only then, and really only then he/she be much more likely to work on their own website and let it grow to its real potential.
Don’t get me wrong, I really like Magazine Style CMS Like WordPress themes, but you should not use them for the majority of website owners.
Taking the WordPress CMS Website one stap further
I have been working on this site to provie information on how to build a static website with WordPress.
The Theme I used wat Cutline 1.x serie, but I wanted a beter layout more kind off a magazine…
And now I have found one of the best free ones, although I like the other Revolution that Brain Garder brings to us, I found the price for this new them better!
No, the templates are great, but I don’t feel the need right now to buy a template for this website, it is still a work in progress, although this site is doing pretty well in the search engines as it comes to the keywords I targetted.
This new theme is a free version that you can get at the Download page for the free Revolution Blog Theme and you can read more about the theme at the Blog from Brain Gardner on The Free Revolution Blog Theme
So I am going to take the next step and bring a new vision and layout to the site, I hope you like it, I know I do.
It’s a new challenge to make this site even more informational…
Finding the Right WordPress Pages Ordering Plugin
Running a WordPress Based website produces a Lot of Pages.
But WordPress does not allow you to assign Pages to Categories, But this might be a great function to reduce the number of Links in your Page Menu.
So currently I am looking at the new Plugins from Andy Staines who creates some great Plugins like the "Page Category Plus"
Once I figured out how to use it, you will find the examples and Configuration and Usage Instructions on the Pages..
Building a Website with WordPress as Content Management System
I am setting this website up as an example on how to use WordPress as a Content Managment System, and will be posting about the things I find and work with.
The Site will have three Silos to work with:
WordPress Setup:
The Configuration settings to use WordPress as a Content Management System with a static Frontpage
WordPress Plugins:
An overview and Manuals on how to use the Plugins that complete the CMS part of WordPress and makes it easier to work with.
You will also get some tips on Plugins you can use to further Optimize your site for Search Engines.
WordPress Themes:
Some themes just work better for Building a Website with WordPress, you can read about them here with tips and trics how to use and improve them to suite your needs.
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