I'm designing a new site, until now I've done my own HTML+CSS+JQ but I haven't needed any dynamic (blog-like) pages. The new site I'm designing is mostly static as well but I would like one page for "news."
My original thought was to do the whole thing on Wordpress but I find it easier to do the Static pages by hand.
How can I create the one dynamic page so that new items can be added regularly without going into the code etc?
Personally I would rather turn the whole site into a Wordpress theme. Building a custom theme really isn't that hard and you'll find loads of tutorials on it online. How the process usually works, and this is how I build all my custom themes, is I start building the whole site in HTML / CSS / JS and once that's been done, I start breaking it down and building the wordpress theme using that code.
Depending on the deadline of the project, it could be a nice learning experience. Knowing how to build custom Wordpress theme's is always going to be a handy skill to have.
SUPER easy to add CMS-like functionality to an already finished site by dropping in some classes (cms-editable and cms-repeat which creates repeatable regions).
it's free for the first 3 sites and has some really nice features.
I'm designing a new site, until now I've done my own HTML+CSS+JQ but I haven't needed any dynamic (blog-like) pages. The new site I'm designing is mostly static as well but I would like one page for "news." My original thought was to do the whole thing on Wordpress but I find it easier to do the Static pages by hand. How can I create the one dynamic page so that new items can be added regularly without going into the code etc?
http://codex.wordpress.org/Integrating_WordPress_with_Your_Website
You need some sort of CMS to do this as far as I know. I'd use http://getkirby.com, though. Much simpler and less folders you have to deal with.
Personally I would rather turn the whole site into a Wordpress theme. Building a custom theme really isn't that hard and you'll find loads of tutorials on it online. How the process usually works, and this is how I build all my custom themes, is I start building the whole site in HTML / CSS / JS and once that's been done, I start breaking it down and building the wordpress theme using that code.
Depending on the deadline of the project, it could be a nice learning experience. Knowing how to build custom Wordpress theme's is always going to be a handy skill to have.
check out http://pagelime.com
SUPER easy to add CMS-like functionality to an already finished site by dropping in some classes (cms-editable and cms-repeat which creates repeatable regions).
it's free for the first 3 sites and has some really nice features.
mr coyier did a tutorial on it a few years back: http://css-tricks.com/video-screencasts/74-editable-css3-image-gallery/
Thanks, These are all great answers.
@bonzai any good tutorials that you can specifically recommend, or just a good ole google job?
http://wp.tutsplus.com/tutorials/theme-development/developing-your-first-wordpress-theme-day-1-of-3/
I like the wp.tutsplus.com website for Wordpress theme development, they have some nice tips and tutorials for it.