Is wordpress any good?

[Zeal]

Wisteriabusinessplans,

As I said in an earlier post - what ever you can do with "normal sites" - you can do with wordpress.. (well, most things anyway).

I think your best way forward is to write a list of features / functions you'd like to see, then search the plugin library what dawg posted (above ^^^ )

Not all plugins are in there though, so if there's anything specific - feel free to ask here

 

[That Guy]

mmmm i will have a quick look at those now, a lot of suggestions which is good! as with the text, i am still rather confused as to how to align it, on my screen the text is more miss aligned than my colleagues! strange!

if any of you do find a solution then i will be more than happy to have you suggestions

thanks again

You will need to play with your style sheet adding something like:

padding-left:50px;

To the right div ID.

As said above I will do this for you if you PM me some temp login details.

 

[Faevilangel]

You have a world of plugins to happily explore.
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/
If in doubt ask..(Zeal and Faevilangel seem especially knowledgeable).

Thanks Dawg

There are thousands of free and commercial plugins so tell us what you want to do then we can advise on the best plugins.

another question, if you visit my pages, wisteriabusinessplans . co . uk you see on the about page there is a comment box/form at the bottom.

As this was started up by another company for me i was wondering if any of you knew/know how to insert one of these when adding pages on wordpress?

thanks

That is a general wordpress comment form e.g. a blog post comment. Depending on how the theme was coded, it should add it to the bottom of the page automatically. You can attatch this to posts, but I tend to only allow it on posts.

If you go to the main wordpress admin nav menu, and click the pages option and then click pages again. You should get a list of the pages on the site, now click the 'quick edit' button next to the page you want to edit, and it will say "allow comments" or something similar, tick that and it should put a comment form on the page.

If it doesn't, then you will need to do some code editing.

Would be easier to ask you what you want to do with the site.

Also have a look at changing your permalink structure (in settings menu) to this:

/%postname%/%post_id%/

It will change your Page and Post urls from this:

I would remove the last part, e.g. put this

 /%postname%/

 

[Zeal]

at zeal: as with the overall website, I can make this site into a website just like any other website program? i though wordpress was simply for posts and adding pages?

thanks

You couldn't be more wrong WordPress can even be used as a e-commerce website if done correctly

I've sent you some links via pm

 

[That Guy]

what if it is not simply a comment box at the bottom of the page, but like a whole form like thing eg on the about tab on my site, is there any way to get something similar to that on a a completely different page by using codes etc?

Create a new Page and use the Contact form plugin I linked too

 

[Faevilangel]

You couldn't be more wrong WordPress can even be used as a e-commerce website if done correctly

I've sent you some links via pm

^^ This. Wordpress started out as a blogging platform, but because of it's ease of use, has developed into a cms which can then be transformed into anything you like including an e-commerce site.

I mainly use wordpress as a cms now, it's free, easy to understand and the constant development means the features keep coming. There are thousands of developers who know and use wordpress daily, so if you ever do get stuck or want something modified, there are more than enough people to call on.

 

[OldWelshGuy]

Guys, I have removed a number of posts in this thread as it has turned into a site review and that is not allowed outside of the site review area. Please can we not continue with the site coding and layout review

 

[wisteriabusinessplans]

thanks zeal! they were all done by wordpress! very impressed, i better start learning how to use all of the features/plugins to build up my site!

sorry but what are cms

 

[OldWelshGuy]

CMS = content management system .

 

[wisteriabusinessplans]

oh thanks for that!

i will look into all the stuff that everyone has mentioned! and if it has been removed, can you send it by pm to me?

thanks

 

[wisteriabusinessplans]

question

when you sign up for wordpress you simply get the address at whateveryourblogname.wordpress.com

i was wondering how you could change this so when you type in your own URL (ie a domain name that i purchase) it loads up my "blog"


thanks

 

[matth]

You have to follow their domain mapping guidelines:

http://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/

 

[Dawg]

There are two sorts of Wordpress.
Wordpress.com: hosted by Wordpress, less functionality.
Wordpress.org: self hosted, the full monty.

On Wordpress.com you can either accept having myname.wordpress.com or you can pay about $15 a year for it to be redirected to your domain name so it is myname.com

On Wordpress.org you have to use a domain name of your own because you are using your own hosting. As hosting is only a little more than $15 a year this is the best option I think, as the real power and abilities of the Wordpress platform can be used.

 

[Craig HelpTrainingCourses]

I use Wordpress for my news section on a business and although I am not a technical guy it is very easy to use and customise - Give it a go

 

[wisteriabusinessplans]

cool! thanks for this help, i will check this out and proceed with my blog and domain name

 

[Naomia]

same here. We have 3 WP sites. All have been updated and never had any security problems.

 

[rshosting]

Wordpress is very good as long as it is kept up2date with their latest upgrades and releases. Rencently we converted our two business websites from normal html ewbsites to wordpress powered websites and have noticed a considerable ease of management with them.

 

[wisteriabusinessplans]

That is one thing that I have noticed with Wordpress is the simplicity and ease of which it can be managed and updated.

 

[wisteriabusinessplans]

Hi again,


i notice that there is wordpress.com and wordpress.org.

can anyone help me by distinguishing the differences in them or they the same thing?

thanks

 

[Faevilangel]

Hi again,


i notice that there is wordpress.com and wordpress.org.

can anyone help me by distinguishing the differences in them or they the same thing?

thanks

wordpress.com is hosted by wordpress and you have very limited features, and need to pay to unlock other features.

wordpress.org is the same software as wordpress.com but you host it yourself and you have NO restrictions on features.

Honestly in my opinion, don't go near wordpress.com, unless you pay for the added extras as it's very basic.

wordpress.org is the way you should go as you're in control of the site, you can upgrade without paying for extra features and you have a much better range of themes and plugins you can use. Wordpress.com won't let you use any theme that isn't hosted on their directory unless you buy the upgrade e.g. no custom themes or themes like thesis, or from theme marketplaces.

 

[wisteriabusinessplans]

but if i am simply posting a blog from time to time, uploading pictures and videos, surely the free wordpress.com is the one for me?

 

[Dawg]

but if i am simply posting a blog from time to time, uploading pictures and videos, surely the free wordpress.com is the one for me?

If that's all you want WP.com is fine: it is still a great bit of kit. If you ever decide you want to do more and that WP.org is the one for you, you can always export the WP.com site's content to a new WP.org site.

In a way WP.com is a good way of finding out about Wordpress and having a feel around, so if it suits you...go there!

 

[wisteriabusinessplans]

ah cool

i do have a little bit of problem. i want to embed a youtube video of mine into a wordpress page, but i dont seem to be able to do it.

on wordpress.com it is very simple as all you do is click the "add video" button and enter the URL and it appears embedded into the page but on wordpress.org it isnt this easy as a url link just appears. do you have any ideas on how to embed a youtube video onto a wordpress.org page?

thanks again

 

[Dawg]

Use Viper's Video Tags plugin

 

[That Guy]

ah cool

i do have a little bit of problem. i want to embed a youtube video of mine into a wordpress page, but i dont seem to be able to do it.

on wordpress.com it is very simple as all you do is click the "add video" button and enter the URL and it appears embedded into the page but on wordpress.org it isnt this easy as a url link just appears. do you have any ideas on how to embed a youtube video onto a wordpress.org page?

thanks again

Just something I have noticed on your site, on the Contact Page you are using a comment form which means the comments will be public and available to see on that page.

You need to use a Plugin like Contact Form 7 so if someone makes contact it will be emailed to you instead.

 

[wisteriabusinessplans]

do i simply download the contact form 7 plug in?

 

[That Guy]

do i simply download the contact form 7 plug in?

Yes then upload to the Plugins Directory via FTP

 

[wisteriabusinessplans]

yeah, i have altered that now so is a proper contact box rather than the comment box! thanks for that

for the youtube, i have come across the smartyoutube plugin. any ideas?

 

[That Guy]

yeah, i have altered that now so is a proper contact box rather than the comment box! thanks for that

for the youtube, i have come across the smartyoutube plugin. any ideas?

You can add Youtube Videos Manually by creating a new post, clicking on the HTML tab on the right hand side and just pasting the embed code from the youtube site.

This is what I do on My Blog (wordpress powered) with no problems

 

[wisteriabusinessplans]

i have the youtube embedding sorted now but i have ANOTHER question, sorry

i have a few things on slideshare.net that i would also like to embed, is there any chance of doing this?

 

[That Guy]

i have the youtube embedding sorted now but i have ANOTHER question, sorry

i have a few things on slideshare.net that i would also like to embed, is there any chance of doing this?

Yes just copy the embed code from the slideshare site and past into your post. Using the HTML Post Editor.

 

[wisteriabusinessplans]

HTML post editor?

 

[That Guy]

HTML post editor?

When you are creating a new post there is a little tab on the right of the editor saying HTML, just press that and paste the code where you want it then switch back to visual mode.

 

[wisteriabusinessplans]

sweet, i have sorted that out now! thank you again

 

[wisteriabusinessplans]

is there any way of changing the colour of the fonts on the tabs? currently there are a sort of grey? i would like to change this to an alternative colour. thanks

 

[That Guy]

is there any way of changing the colour of the fonts on the tabs? currently there are a sort of grey? i would like to change this to an alternative colour. thanks

You will need to edit your stylesheet.css file for that

 

[wisteriabusinessplans]

stylesheet.css file? remember i didnt originally set up the wordpress.org site, it was an external body that set up the initial things (hence i have so many questions)

thanks

 

[wisteriabusinessplans]

i have another question for you people


I was wondering if it was possible to change what is displayed right at the top of the browser screen (not in the address bar but right at the top of your browser) ie on the about page, it says "About | Wisteria Business Plan - Microsoft Internet Explorer" is there any was of actually changing this to say what you want it to say


Thanks

 

[wisteriabusinessplans]

just incase anyone wants to look its at www.wisteriabusinessplans.co.uk and is the about tab.

 

[That Guy]

stylesheet.css file? remember i didnt originally set up the wordpress.org site, it was an external body that set up the initial things (hence i have so many questions)

thanks

Yep but thats still the file you need to edit

i have another question for you people


I was wondering if it was possible to change what is displayed right at the top of the browser screen (not in the address bar but right at the top of your browser) ie on the about page, it says "About | Wisteria Business Plan - Microsoft Internet Explorer" is there any was of actually changing this to say what you want it to say


Thanks

Install this plugin:

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/all-in-one-seo-pack/

Then go to its settings to change the Meta Page Titles