wordpress help

By : Forum Member
Published 9th February 2011 |
Read latest comment - 20th February 2011

Hey

I need some help, I have a wedbsite and I want to add a blog but. Make it have the same design etc as the whole site

How do I go about doing this?

Thanks,
Kevin.Wiles
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Kevin, you need to be a bit more specific as it's pretty standard to add a blog to a wordpress created website. Also, you've got a blog on your own website - did somebody else create that for you??

Are you referring how to have the blog as a homepage, such as this squash club site or how to create it as a separate page within the menu a bit like your site - or do you mean something different altogether?!

Ok best way to explain if you look at Personalised Aprons from Kiss The Cook and the blog matches the websote how do I do this

Thanks,
Kevin.Wiles

Simple, it's just a link - it doesn't matter where the "menu" links are they still serve the same purpose.

In your example they've chosen to highlight the blog separately. The coding is different. Like any website the menu items don't have to be all at the top. It's just a .png image that is pointing to the blog.

In fact you could do the same on your site just create an image and place it where you want to in your design, and point the image to seo-blog and the blog is still the same as the rest of the site..

...in fact, that's so simple I must have the wrong end of the stick!?

Sorry bud if you go onto the home page it has a good design and then go onto the blog see how both pages who have the same design.

I need to make that so the blog on homepage designs match if that makes sense??

It moght be easier to email me hello@kevinwiles.co.uk

Thanks,
Kevin.Wiles

....I need to make that so the blog on homepage designs match if that makes sense??

Nope! Have sent you an email feel free to give me a call tomorrow.

forum avatarKip FX Design
10th February 2011 10:50 AM
And this is why I build everything in Wordpress nowadays! Lose the need to retro fit products and add ons, have the function there in the first place!

If you create a new directory in root folder, something like /blog/, install wordpress there, and edit theme with the existing websites html and css, takes a bit of tweaking, but should be easily doable, just long winded.

Be quicker to copy and paste all info from the website into wordpress and make it a full CMS website for your customers!

forum avatarfatburners
20th February 2011 1:38 AM
Hey

I need some help, I have a wedbsite and I want to add a blog but. Make it have the same design etc as the whole site

How do I go about doing this?

I think you need to install your wodrpress theme in sub directory like this
yourdomain.com/wordpress (u can install this using ur cpanel)
after you install the wordpress ask someone for 10-20 $ to code your theme and thats all the story hope helps !

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