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100% HTML Wordpress Frontpage?

by The Oilman
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I want to take an HTML site, and continue to use its static, classic, old school HTML front page, and other pages.... but to manage the content, I want to use wordpress.

Does anyone know how to do it?

I found the instructions on wordpress on how to create a static front page, but I need this beast to be 100% HTML, no wordpress stuff in it.

Anyone know how to pull this off?

PS - I want to use a few other HTML pages too..
#100% #frontpage #html #wordpress
  • Profile picture of the author garyv
    I honestly don't know how you'd do that without atleast having some wordpress in it. Besides, what would be the point? There are other programs out there that can manage an html page.
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  • Profile picture of the author Owen Smith
    Wordpress sucks your Apache, CPU and Memory, I would not bother if you are planning on having a successful website. Unless you want to pay for it.

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    • Profile picture of the author thecableguy
      An HTML page will override the index.php, so all you'd need to do is create the links for the pages you want to link to on it and upload it, you don't even (and probably shouldn't) delete the index.php file. If that's work for you.
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  • Profile picture of the author The Oilman
    Uhm, I am sorry. I want to use Wordpress to manage my content, and keep my sales page as the home page.

    I dont find it that ridiculous of a question.
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    • Profile picture of the author Owen Smith
      Originally Posted by The Oilman View Post

      Uhm, I am sorry. I want to use Wordpress to manage my content, and keep my sales page as the home page.

      I dont find it that ridiculous of a question.
      Nobody said it was a ridiculous question? It is your decision to use Wordpress, we are just informing you on the downfalls.
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    • Profile picture of the author Frank Donovan
      Couldn't you just build a static site, incorporating a sales/home page and any other HTML pages you wanted, then add a Wordpress blog to your domain to contain the rest of your content?


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      EDIT: Basically, what Gary said.
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  • Profile picture of the author garyv
    Are you saying that you just want to keep your main sales html page as the main index page of your website, and then have a normal wordpress blog on the same domain? If so, then you could just setup wordpress in a separate folder on your server. So it would be like this: - Yourwebsite.com/blogname/

    Is this what you're meaning?
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  • Profile picture of the author TelexTape
    You can't really do what you are saying. What it means as a static home page, is using a page that you have created with Wordpress.

    What you can do is (and this is a very short explanation as I am short on time right now) transfer all of your files into Worpress as pages and then set a specific page for your home page. It is time consuming if you have alot of pages already.

    Edited to add: You can make it look the same, with some work, keep your structure the same, but if you look at the source code, there will be footprints of Wordpress.
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  • Profile picture of the author The Oilman
    Hmmmmmmmmm thanks TheCableGuy -- that is what I was wondering too. It works perfectly. Thank you.
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  • Profile picture of the author The Oilman
    Guys. Got her workin'.

    Just wordpress right on the raw domain.
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  • Profile picture of the author JBroyer44
    it would take some tinkering but couldn't you create a blank wordpress page template and then copy the HTML from the static page into the new blank wordpress page? You would need to make sure you add you css style sheet to the wordpress theme style sheet as well.

    Then you would not have to install into a sub-folder. If you have some html knowledge and know wordpress a little bit ,I am sure that would work.
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  • Profile picture of the author The Oilman
    Well I found just putting the index.html into the directory works..

    But I wonder if it will confuse Google?
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  • Profile picture of the author TelexTape
    Are your other pages ok? Wordpres may give you a 404 on them
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  • Profile picture of the author The Oilman
    TelexTape -- you're right. Darn.. Hmm....
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    • Profile picture of the author cookingdiva
      I have seen someone who has html site for xxx.com domain (html) and added a wordpress blog on site. I think that may work.
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  • Profile picture of the author The Oilman
    Hey guys, I foudn out the solution:
    I tested it and it works great.

    Thanks for your help though.
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