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Wordpress as a website

by Techie Turtle
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Hey all,
I'm running short on time and I tried searching but didn't come up with anything right away. Can someone point me to the WSO (or discussion thread) that sells/discusses WP themes that make Wordpress look like a traditional website? I would be very grateful for any help finding this.
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  • Profile picture of the author mlcmartin
    How do you mean make it look like a traditional website? You can basically make it look any way you want. I wrote a short free tutorial a while back on how to do it.

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  • Profile picture of the author Tech Diva
    Hi there!

    mlcmartin is correct. You can search "wordpress templates" and get loads of sites with pre-designed templates that might be what you want, or you can hire a designer that's familiar with Wordpress to create a custom design and have it turned into a template.

    Most of my clients don't even realize they have Wordpress sites. They come to me to build a website. However, because I like and am familiar with Wordpress, I build my sites in this interface. Also, it gives the client the ability to log in later if they want to edit their site.

    My point is that you can make any design suit Wordpress if you have a designer that knows what you want or find a template. You may find many templates look the same, and are discouraged to find the typical two-column or three-column layouts everywhere. However, that doesn't have to be the case--mostly anything is possible with WP.

    You may want to look around places like "http://templatemonster.com" to get some ideas. Or message me, a Wordpress designer.
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    • Profile picture of the author maniako
      Wordpress works like a charm for CMS... it's all about the design...

      you can search tutorials of how to make a template for worpress or PSD to wordpress convertion..
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    • Profile picture of the author corsleymaxwell
      Originally Posted by Tech Diva View Post

      Hi there!

      mlcmartin is correct. You can search "wordpress templates" and get loads of sites with pre-designed templates that might be what you want, or you can hire a designer that's familiar with Wordpress to create a custom design and have it turned into a template.

      Most of my clients don't even realize they have Wordpress sites. They come to me to build a website. However, because I like and am familiar with Wordpress, I build my sites in this interface. Also, it gives the client the ability to log in later if they want to edit their site.

      My point is that you can make any design suit Wordpress if you have a designer that knows what you want or find a template. You may find many templates look the same, and are discouraged to find the typical two-column or three-column layouts everywhere. However, that doesn't have to be the case--mostly anything is possible with WP.

      You may want to look around places like "http://templatemonster.com" to get some ideas. Or message me, a Wordpress designer.

      Pretty well said. There are many options on which to you can get templates. Just don't stop searching.
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      • Profile picture of the author cssitkt
        If you want a WP theme that can made to look pretty much how you want then check out platform pro. It's probably the most customisable WP theme out there at the moment!
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  • Profile picture of the author littlephoenix
    just find a free theme and edit the header.php, sidebar.php and pages to either delete e.g comment section or sidebar widgets to make it look like a general website, but why would you want to do this?
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  • Profile picture of the author Duquette
    do you want to change the whole website theme, or just some part (e.g:frontpage, page, singlepage),
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  • Profile picture of the author Brian Lett
    Hi Techie Turtle,

    I highly recommend that you take a look at headwaythemes (dot) com. It will allow you to completely customize your WP site like nothing else that I have ever come across. Hopefully this helps.

    Brian
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  • Profile picture of the author OaldDesign
    I think that on themforest there are video that show step by step how to edit wordpress and how to create a theme from nothing.
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  • Profile picture of the author Techie Turtle
    Thanks for all the replies, awesome stuff! I found a pretty good WP theme that fit the "look" I was going after. All is looking the way I wanted; I LOVE WP!
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  • Profile picture of the author Peter01
    I have no idea why people bother creating their own themes for projects like yours, just use Woo Themes.
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