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Wordpress Themes that Act Like a Website???

by dalvia
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Hey Everyone,

I have been using Revolution themes for some time and I think they are really nice designs.

Just wondering what other sites you know of that have themes that act/look like website rather than the post-by-post themes.

Also, PM me if you do custom blog designs too:-)

Thanks,
Dale
#act #themes #website #wordpress
  • Profile picture of the author tonyscott
    Hi Dalvia,

    You can make any wordpress theme act like a website by using the static page feature in settings/reading. Create a blank page - usually "home" and nominate it as the static front page. You can then create and select another page, for example "latest updates" to be your blog page.

    Tony
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  • Profile picture of the author dalvia
    Arrr yes,

    I forgot about that:-)

    Thanks for the reminder Tony,

    Dale
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  • Profile picture of the author roadies
    a lot of the iThemes.com act like a CMS.

    (disclaimer: that's not an affiliate link, nor am I affiliated in anyway. It's just a good resource.)
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    Wordpress is just fantastic. I'm really getting into the way it works.

    I've just managed to put together a decent niche directory site by messing about with the archive.php to change the way categories are displayed.

    However I'm not posting a link to it here because every Wordpress site I've ever posted on the Warrior Forum gets spammed heavily, or even hacked!
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  • Profile picture of the author tonyscott
    Whilst we're on the topic of manipulating wordpress/themes, does anyone know of a way of effectively dealing with images?

    I'm trying to line up three small images across a page but they seem to have a will of their own. Attempting to put text next to, or above the images screws up the layout even further.

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    • Profile picture of the author melanied
      Revolution Themes are great, but there are a lot of great magazine style themes out there in addition to those.

      Take a look at ONE theme. It's pretty amazing!
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    • Profile picture of the author kettlewell
      Originally Posted by tonyscott View Post

      Whilst we're on the topic of manipulating wordpress/themes, does anyone know of a way of effectively dealing with images?

      I'm trying to line up three small images across a page but they seem to have a will of their own. Attempting to put text next to, or above the images screws up the layout even further.

      Tony
      WP Posts are not very good at layout... it is the one drawback about WP that makes me scratch my head... I'm fortunate that my wife is a CSS wizard and fixes anything.

      PM me with your site, and I can take a look. It could be as simple as your width is not wide enough to accommodate all the images
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    • Profile picture of the author roadies
      Originally Posted by tonyscott View Post

      Whilst we're on the topic of manipulating wordpress/themes, does anyone know of a way of effectively dealing with images?

      I'm trying to line up three small images across a page but they seem to have a will of their own. Attempting to put text next to, or above the images screws up the layout even further.

      Tony
      There is a Gallery plugin, I think it is called NextGallery, that will help out a lot with this.
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  • Profile picture of the author tonyscott
    Matthew, you're right, width is part of the problem, thanks for pointing me in the right direction.

    Roadies, will have a look at gallery plugins, that might be the answer.

    Cheers

    Tony
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  • Profile picture of the author tommen
    Wordpress has a plugin for almost everything, makes life so much easier.This is why I like it so much.Bloggingtips.com has several good looking and free WP themes.
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  • Profile picture of the author GeorgR.
    You probably talk about "niche" themes...i do prefer blog-style themes since i use autoposter modules, and google likes to see "new" content/"blogs" coming in every day as opposed to static "niche sites".
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    I thought wordpress is great. I am using it for my own company's website as well as setting up for a client's website.
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    Wp rocks, i just made three new ones. Now i put CBPro ads on it, but i also have some for adsense. They LOOK sharp, easy to install...just love it!
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  • Profile picture of the author SpicyRobby
    Originally Posted by dalvia View Post

    Hey Everyone,

    I have been using Revolution themes for some time and I think they are really nice designs.

    Just wondering what other sites you know of that have themes that act/look like website rather than the post-by-post themes.

    Also, PM me if you do custom blog designs too:-)

    Thanks,
    Dale
    Have a look at one of my latest affiliate sites on WP

    Nose Rings Shopping | Nose Piercing Information

    and I'm using the Lifestyle theme:

    Lifestyle WordPress Theme : Revolution Two

    I especially like the featured article area where you can place images and make them roll - looks really cool!
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  • Profile picture of the author tonyscott
    SpicyRobby - that's a great looking blog/site. I had a look at the Revolution themes but couldn't get my head around the customisation required at the time. Might be time for another look. I've used a few different themes from ithemes and currently I'm using Thesis.

    MarketerGuy, many thanks for the table info - I'll definitely try that.

    I looked at the warcraft site, my site layouts are generally similar using wp, but as previously mentioned I just set a static front page and then create a blog page. I guess you get more control over the sidebars etc if you add another wp install.

    Cheers

    Tony
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  • Profile picture of the author tonyscott
    I get your drift MarketerGuy, I'm trying to resist delving into css, php, hooks, mysql, et al, but the more that I do, the more I realise that this stuff is where the action is. Thanks for the info.

    Cheers

    Tony
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