[webproducers] Re: Using Wordpress as a CMS

Thanks all. Phenomenally useful information.

Andrew
On Sep 17, 2007, at 10:03 PM, Michael Cervieri wrote:

> the alex king post is pre wordpress 2.x. you don't have to hack
> through it like that anymore, and can create static home or category
> pages using the template hierarchy:
>
> http://codex.wordpress.org/Templates_Hierarchy
>
> http://codex.wordpress.org/Category_Templates
>
> if it's just a static home page you're looking for, you can define any
> page as your home page within the wordpress admin (options ->
> reading).
>
> and if you want have a home or category page that's part static and
> part dynamic, you can run your site and/or category feed anywhere.
>
> by extension, it's also easy to have different sidebars, headers and
> footers appear depending on what category your in.
>
> what wordpress won't do for you, is give you different pre-log and
> post-log environments like a full fledged CMS can do.
>
> however, you can have a site like venturebeat that sharon mentioned,
> or the blog herald: http://www.blogherald.com ... or scribemedia.org
> ... yes, that's me on the home page, doing my pharmaceutical thing.
>
> michael
>
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>
>
>
> On 9/18/07, sharongreenfield@xxxxxxxxx <sharongreenfield@xxxxxxxxx>  
> wrote:
>> This is what AlexKing has for himself:
>> http://alexking.org/blog/2005/03/23/wordpress-hacking/
>>
>> This is a site done in wordpress CMS style:
>> http://www.venturebeat.com/
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sep 17, 2007, at 10:20 AM, Andrew Walter wrote:
>>
>>> I apologize for asking about this topic again but after looking
>>> through the archives I don't really see an answer.
>>>
>>> I'm doing work with a non-profit and they are looking to re-launch
>>> their site. We have been talking a bit about using some CMS type
>>> system. They want something open source and easy to use.
>>>
>>> While we were talking about using something like Drupal and Joomla
>>> another of their advisers recommended using wordpress or  
>>> symphony. My
>>> thought is that wordpress and symphony are too blog centric to truly
>>> do a flexible (ie: custom and a little fancy) design. Sites I have
>>> seen using wordpress seem to bear this out.
>>>
>>> Does anyone have any experience with this? Any thoughts on wordpress
>>> or symphony use as a CMS for a site that has no blog.
>>>
>>> All input appreciated.
>>>
>>> Andrew
>>>
>>>
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