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Is this possible with WordPress?

by Paul Hooper
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Is it possible to install WordPress onto a domain, but rather than adding a regular WP theme, just upload a single HTML page?

I would like to do this if it is possible so i can have some plugins such as XML sitemaps and platinum SEO running behind it.

Thanks,
Paul
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  • Profile picture of the author Matthew Duggan
    Originally Posted by Paul Hooper View Post

    Is it possible to install WordPress onto a domain, but rather than adding a regular WP theme, just upload a single HTML page?

    I would like to do this if it is possible so i can have some plugins such as XML sitemaps and platinum SEO running behind it.

    Thanks,
    Paul
    I'm almost certain it is, but you'll need a Wordpress expert. A guy who's really helped me is Steve Watson at Wordpress Development & Technology Coaching | Steve Watson Online.

    Let us know how you get on.
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  • Profile picture of the author VegasGreg
    Yes, anything is possible with WP.
    Here is a great guide to do what you want to do:
    http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...tin-guide.html
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  • Profile picture of the author ~kev~
    Yes, you should be able to upload a static index.html into the html root and have wordpress installed. Most of the time, the webserver will give the index.html file preference over a index.php file.

    Meaning - if an index.html file and a index.php file both exist in the html root, the web server will serve the index.html file first. Then you can access the index.php file by typing in the address, or linking to the file.

    The problem is - Wordpress by default will redirect index.php to the html root /. But I'am sure there is a work around.
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    • Profile picture of the author Paul Hooper
      Thanks gents for your replies.

      Originally Posted by ~kev~ View Post

      Yes, you should be able to upload a static index.html into the html root and have wordpress installed. Most of the time, the webserver will give the index.html file preference over a index.php file.
      @ Kev, should i upload the static page before installing WP on the domain, or add it after?

      Thanks again,
      Paul
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      • Profile picture of the author ~kev~
        Originally Posted by Paul Hooper View Post

        @ Kev, should i upload the static page before installing WP on the domain, or add it after?
        Personally, I would install wordpress first, and then upload the index.html file - and see what happens.

        There have been times when I have crashed my forum. To let the members know what happened, I just uploaded a simple index.html file to the root /. People visiting the home page saw the message instead of a database error.

        When your ready to make the blog home page live again, just rename the index.html page to something like index.old
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    • Profile picture of the author Droopy Dawg
      Originally Posted by ~kev~ View Post

      Yes, you should be able to upload a static index.html into the html root and have wordpress installed. Most of the time, the webserver will give the index.html file preference over a index.php file.

      Meaning - if an index.html file and a index.php file both exist in the html root, the web server will serve the index.html file first. Then you can access the index.php file by typing in the address, or linking to the file.

      The problem is - Wordpress by default will redirect index.php to the html root /. But I'am sure there is a work around.
      Bingo... I did this recently... I have a static HTML homepage, but I also installed WP on the root... works perfectly, but as Kev said your WP site's "index"" links will always point to the "php" extension.
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  • Profile picture of the author Rikki_Fawkes
    Originally Posted by Paul Hooper View Post

    Is it possible to install WordPress onto a domain, but rather than adding a regular WP theme, just upload a single HTML page?

    I would like to do this if it is possible so i can have some plugins such as XML sitemaps and platinum SEO running behind it.

    Thanks,
    Paul
    Yes, definitely. If you check out my sig site (no, not as a shameless plug, I doubt you personally are looking for what I'm offering there), I created a short sales letter with an AWeber opt-in on the right and a navigation bar on top. You can leave either of these things out and just have a single web page, and it's somewhat easier than trying to format everything yourself, especially the header and nav bar. Mine's hardly perfect, but it's better than trying to code all the CSS on your own. It's really a time-saver.
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    • Profile picture of the author rosetrees
      I really do advise you to follow Istvan's method - which shows you how to integrate your page into Wordpress, rather than making it a separate entity which just happens to share the same server space.
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      • Profile picture of the author Paul Hooper
        Originally Posted by rosetrees View Post

        I really do advise you to follow Istvan's method - which shows you how to integrate your page into Wordpress, rather than making it a separate entity which just happens to share the same server space.
        Yes, i'm reading through Istvan's report now, he explains it very clearly so i will follow that to install it.

        Thanks,
        Paul
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    • Profile picture of the author Paul Hooper
      Thanks to all for your answers, it seems it can be done with minimal problems, i will give it a go

      Cheers,
      Paul
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      • Profile picture of the author Droopy Dawg
        Originally Posted by Paul Hooper View Post

        Thanks to all for your answers, it seems it can be done with minimal problems, i will give it a go

        Cheers,
        Paul
        No problems at all... depending on your host... they will have the "home page files" listed in priority. I don't know what they use (Apache, IIS, etc), but the "index.html" file is normally listed first, and all other extensions follow.

        So regardless of which file shows up in the directory first... the html file will be your homepage.

        In my case... I had already installed wordpress, and had a site fully functioning with the "php" homepage working fine... the theme that I was using did not do too well with the squeeze page that I was trying to create as the homepage... so I simply re-created my squeeze page in html, and used that as my homepage.

        You'll do fine by inserting your html document
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