Most Efficient Way to Set Up Websites

12 years ago

Yeah some people will swear by WP but I have found it to be a complete pain in the rear at times mainly when dealing with premium themes and what not. For me I feel I have to spend some time just to LEARN the theme I am using. But you want to setup your plugins and settings right after you install you theme then it may be good idea to make your pages and menus. I mess with my widgets last because those are always the worst for me. If all fails I would suggest outsourcing it. No theme is exactly the same IMO.

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Stranger Danger

12 years ago

Use the same theme. Use WPtwin.

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kayetaylor

12 years ago

grey38 is right the basic way to set-up website.

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Cay78

12 years ago

I find building websites with the Optimize Press theme to be pretty easy. Yes the price is $97, but it is well worth it and after you build a couple websites using it, it will be a breeze and you can bang out websites in no time. Also, like stated before, WP Twin might be an option.

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jingrong

12 years ago

Thinking of Optimize Press. Any other similar or better than Optimize Press? Can add opt-in box like squeeze page?

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Chris Cho

12 years ago

Most efficient way for me to go about it is to have my web team handle it. It takes me 6-8 hours what my guys can do in 30 minutes. =X

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Cay78

12 years ago

I put off buying OP for a long time, and finally broke down and purchased and I have used a lot of themes and I can honestly say that OP is the best out there. At least the best I have used.

And yes, there are multiple "squeeze page templates" to choose from.

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PassiveIncomeTeacher

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Cay78

I put off buying OP for a long time, and finally broke down and purchased and I have used a lot of themes and I can honestly say that OP is the best out there. At least the best I have used.

And yes, there are multiple "squeeze page templates" to choose from.

Does OP give you the ability to place opt-in forms in sidebars, top/middle/bottom of post or do you need an additonal plugin for this like optinskin or WPsubscriber?

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NicheDad

12 years ago

Use cpanel/Fantastico deluxe. Have the site up in minutes and install themes from within wordpress. Takes me 30 minutes tops with the most time spent picking a free theme to install

I'm a fan of using a wide variety of free themes because a lot of these paid and older/over-used themes may develop a footprint and possibly even get your site lumped in with "potential spam sites". I won't touch a "CTR theme" for this very reason. It screams MFA.

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grey38

12 years ago

I'm building websites for offline clients. From what I've seen optimize press is very simple looking and meant for pure lead generation or list collecting. Has anyone ever build a full site with it?

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Mike Rutkowski

12 years ago

I actually outsourced the development of a better looking blog within optimizepress, and after I tweak it I plan on using WP Twin to deploy copies of it. Once I have it finished I'll post a pic of what it looks like, and I can give you a copy of the template if you are interested....

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TimD

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Mike Rutkowski

I actually outsourced the development of a better looking blog within optimizepress, and after I tweak it I plan on using WP Twin to deploy copies of it. Once I have it finished I'll post a pic of what it looks like, and I can give you a copy of the template if you are interested....

Very generous Mike. I'd love to see this.
I have found Woo Themes Canvas to be very versatile also once you get past the learning curve. And they just adopted a GNU license, so you can reuse and resell.