Dumb Question About Adding a WP Theme Inside Your Theme???

Dreams · 10-25-2009, 07:17 PM

Hi,

I wanted to know if it is possible to add another theme inside your WordPress theme? If it is possible how would I do that so that it turns out visually ok?

I would like to add an online store or a review site theme inside my blog. So when someone clicks "Reviews" they still will be on my website and not taken to an external link.

Thanks!

MikeFriedman · 10-27-2009, 11:44 AM

You can create a separate page that follows a separate theme. It's a little more complicated. I haven't done it in a LONG time, and I'm away from the office right now, so maybe someone else can give you advice on that.

Another easy way to do it is to install a second Wordpress blog.

So if wordpress is installed at yourdomain, you can install Wordpress a second time at yourdomain/reviews. Then install your other theme on the second blog.

It's probably not the cleanest and neatest way to do it, but it works.

mywebwork · 11-01-2009, 04:19 AM

Mikes 2nd method is probably the simplest - just install a second WordPress installation. You could edit the main page to include a static link to the second WordPress site in the main menu.

Another thought is to keep your existing theme but use a different template for your review pages. Not as versatile but a bit easier to manage.

Bill

Susan Stones · 11-01-2009, 05:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MikeFriedman

Another easy way to do it is to install a second Wordpress blog.

So if wordpress is installed at yourdomain, you can install Wordpress a second time at yourdomain/reviews. Then install your other theme on the second blog.

That's what I was going to suggest, too.

houdy · 11-01-2009, 07:17 AM

Another method is to use the "Reviews" theme as the main theme but create and use a custom static front page template. So if the reviews are basically the blog posts. The limitation with this approach is that all posts will use the same reviews theme. But any page you create can use a custom page template.

If you are referring to that "Product Reviews" package that uses the More Fields plugin I suggest you dump that terrible theme and find a good looking real theme to use for your site.

VegasGreg · 11-03-2009, 09:11 PM

You can create and upload different Page Templates to an existing theme and then when you are creating a new page (or editing and existing page) there is a spot to select which template you want to use for that particular Page.

Depending on if you want to use a different CSS Stylesheet for the new template would require the creation of that as well.

The coding to achieve these results is a little more detailed, but the above is the basic format.

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houdy Advanced Warrior Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: The Midwest Posts: 971 Thanks: 1 Thanked 63 Times in 52 Posts	Re: Dumb Question About Adding a WP Theme Inside Your Theme??? Another method is to use the "Reviews" theme as the main theme but create and use a custom static front page template. So if the reviews are basically the blog posts. The limitation with this approach is that all posts will use the same reviews theme. But any page you create can use a custom page template. If you are referring to that "Product Reviews" package that uses the More Fields plugin I suggest you dump that terrible theme and find a good looking real theme to use for your site.
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VegasGreg Greg Schueler War Room Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 2,101 Thanks: 192 Thanked 398 Times in 292 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: Dumb Question About Adding a WP Theme Inside Your Theme??? You can create and upload different Page Templates to an existing theme and then when you are creating a new page (or editing and existing page) there is a spot to select which template you want to use for that particular Page. Depending on if you want to use a different CSS Stylesheet for the new template would require the creation of that as well. The coding to achieve these results is a little more detailed, but the above is the basic format.
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