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My WordCamp Whistler Talk: How to build a website with WordPress, for normal people

January 24, 2009 By 23 Comments

Going to do this post in segments…first my slides:

How to use to build a website using WordPress: For normal people

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This is the “magic” code that fixes the problem with having a pre-set “Home” button:

<?phpwp_list_pages('exclude=2,10&title_li=&depth=1'); ?>

What this does is block the pages with IDs 2 and 10 from being listed. You’ll have to find out the page ID from your Edit Pages section in the admin panels. I mouse over the title and look at the URL in the status bar. Please, please bring back the ID number in the columns!

I’ll post links shortly, but the best place to find things on Extending WP on WordPress.org so honestly look there and the most popular themes and plugins are your best bests.

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  • http://www.dougransom.com Doug Ransom

    Cool. I was thinking of replacing my make+xslt+python+css (all editied in emacs) system which I maintained for my wealth advisory practice with something more off the shelf. I am sure I can build my own word press template or hire someone.

  • http://www.dougransom.com Doug Ransom

    Cool. I was thinking of replacing my make+xslt+python+css (all editied in emacs) system which I maintained for my wealth advisory practice with something more off the shelf. I am sure I can build my own word press template or hire someone.

  • http://intensedebate.com/people/trishussey trishussey

    Doug, I'm sure you could. First I'd look for a free template, then premium, then hire out. Many designers base their work on existing stuff.

    • http://www.underdoug.ca Doug Ransom

      I am making some headway Do you do this type of contracting? Let me know (twitter @dougransom)?

      • http://intensedebate.com/people/trishussey trishussey

        Let's chat offline about that.

  • http://intensedebate.com/people/trishussey trishussey

    Doug, I'm sure you could. First I'd look for a free template, then premium, then hire out. Many designers base their work on existing stuff.

    • http://www.underdoug.ca Doug Ransom

      I am making some headway Do you do this type of contracting? Let me know (twitter @dougransom)?

      • http://intensedebate.com/people/trishussey trishussey

        Let's chat offline about that.

  • http://www.internetplus.com/funkstop Funkstop

    Great slides!
    have you ever seen when MySQL gets corrupted by WordPress? My installation did and I ended up losing everything (luckily i had a backup…). i'm weary of using mysql/wordpress further if it is going to do it again.

  • http://www.internetplus.com/funkstop Funkstop

    Great slides!
    have you ever seen when MySQL gets corrupted by WordPress? My installation did and I ended up losing everything (luckily i had a backup…). i'm weary of using mysql/wordpress further if it is going to do it again.

  • http://intensedebate.com/people/trishussey trishussey

    I've had a DB go bad on me once or twice. Generally it was a case of "user error". This is why I have wp-backup running to give me the DB every day.

  • http://intensedebate.com/people/trishussey trishussey

    I've had a DB go bad on me once or twice. Generally it was a case of "user error". This is why I have wp-backup running to give me the DB every day.

  • http://adultaddstrengths.com Pete Quily

    good post Tris.

    Could you convert a large website 100+ pages done in dreamweaver as html 4.0 with internal relative links (ie ../support/thispage.html) to wordpress and still keep the external links, the google juice and as well as the interlinking between pages intact?

    ie by just renaming the pages with the same urls as the previous html pages?

    that daily wp-backup is a must.

  • http://adultaddstrengths.com Pete Quily

    good post Tris.

    Could you convert a large website 100+ pages done in dreamweaver as html 4.0 with internal relative links (ie ../support/thispage.html) to wordpress and still keep the external links, the google juice and as well as the interlinking between pages intact?

    ie by just renaming the pages with the same urls as the previous html pages?

    that daily wp-backup is a must.

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  • http://www.everydaywhistler.com/activities/june2009/ Dan

    I loved the presentation. It was great to have the WordCamp in Whistler. Come back again soon, y'all.

  • http://www.everydaywhistler.com/activities/june2009/ Dan

    I loved the presentation. It was great to have the WordCamp in Whistler. Come back again soon, y'all.

  • http://www.how-to-build-a-website.co.uk Ed Fry

    That’s great advice on how to build a website. I guess WordPress’ “free” appeal means a lot to some people. Thanks for sharing.

  • http://www.how-to-build-a-website.co.uk Ed Fry

    That’s great advice on how to build a website. I guess WordPress’ “free” appeal means a lot to some people. Thanks for sharing.

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