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First of all to say that I'm new and I do not know many things about coding.
In recent days I have locally installed Wordpress and reviewed the options, but one thing worries me now.
Specifically, I want to open a website with a variety of articles, and I do not know whether to format text using shortcodes, or is it best to just do a visual editing.
I started with shortcodes in functions, but, it seems a bit too much for me as I am alone working on website.
Too many shortcodes somehow confuses me.
I do not know now whether to continue to create shortcodes, or to work with visual editor in plain html.
Please help me.
Thank you.
From experience short-codes are short-sighted. When you redesign or get rid of shortcodes all your old articles will show them and the designs will be broken.
I think shortcodes are a shortcut you don't want to take if your seriously trying to build content. In the long run they will hurt you.
But, if your just messing around with wordpress or causally blogging, short code away :).
I personally think best practice is to learn HTML, CSS and use that to build interesting content in your articles... Supporting legacy CSS is easier, if you know your creating very specific designs in your article then write the css in the article it-self using <style> tag.
That's my opinion at least.
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I have a html site, and I have a page that acts as a bio for users (which I currently have to update by hand with html).
I want to create a membership login page, and I want users to be able to input their own data, that in turn updates their bio page automatically. With an option to upload images.
I read up and looks like php and mysql is the way to go, which I know nothing about. Is that the right route? Or is there an easier way?
Kick me in the right direction to get that setup please? I'm lazy and don't want to spend months figuring out how everything works just to setup one page...
Do not try to write everything your own.
If you only want the result fast, find some mature CMS to start from. Try Drupal or Wordpress.
If you want more control and not afraid to fight with code, try framework like Laravel or Symfony. Learn as much APIs as possible from the framework.
I would look into Wordpress. They offer hundreds of thousands of plugins that can achieve advanced functionality without writing any code.
Here is a Wordpress plugin called Ultimate Member that looks like it would achieve your desired functionality.
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Heyy, I'm wondering what would be ideal for creating a website like : http://either.io, I'm not sure if i should make the website from scratch using html/css/php/js etc or use something like Wordpress. Im competent in html/css/php/js however Im not sure if it'll be a waste of time to do it this way as it seems obsolete. The website will have a database, and i also want users to be able to make accounts and submit content to the website, will Wordpress be able to do these functions and if so, will it be easy to manage the database? Also if there is anything else to use, I would love to hear. So for the general question :/ I really didn't know where else to ask! Thanks in advance.
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Also i was look at ruby on rails, would that also be a valid option? Thanks
Definitely you should use any CMS (such as Wordpress) for an simple project because there are quite a lot of solutions, components and community support.
Go to custom php(or any other language) project when CMS can't fully cover your planned functionality
For what you describe the website you need to create is simple enough, so Wordpress should make all the job you need. You don't need to build the wheel again.
I recommend you to start by reading Wordpress.org to check the documentation, what you can do with it and how it flow works.
But basically it provides you user authentication and content management, so you should be all set.
If you are creating a static site not carrying much data, html css is better. But if you need to store lots of user information it is better to go with wordpress. Any kind of powerful website can be created using wordpress provided having knowledge in php.
Notable websites using wordpress:
1.IBM Jobs
2.Newyork times
3.Forbes
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I've first to design a layout and then to develop this design in WordPress website. I've read some posts on this but can't make myself clear, hence asking here:
To design the layout, can I do like any other normal website or is there any WordPress specific design structure which will need to follow?
Once I finish designing the layout, what would I do?
a. I'll write my own HTML/CSS for created design as I do in case of other normal website? If yes, what would I do next after this?
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b. I'll have to get a theme downloaded from net which is developed for WordPress, and then (after installing) I'll edit its HTML/CSS pages to convert it into my design (This is what I think right now). If yes, wouldn't be the downloaded theme have code and design elements which would not require for my created design. Also what if my design has something which is not there into theme?
I'm confused how should I proceed with design to development in order to make my work go in right direction. Please excuse me if my questions are really basic, I've not yet worked on any WordPress, Joomla or Magento things.
You should be able to do in wordpress whatever you can do with a standard website.
The only difference is that you'll have to stick to some standard HTML structure.
Start by reading the templating documentation
Then you can download a minimal theme to get a base to start from.
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I have been learning web design/development for a while. I have basic knowledge of CSS(3),HTML,PHP,MySql(i). I also started exploring Drupal.
Now, I tried to use DRUPAL but it's not perfect. (Memory Expensive/Less Freedom). I am also not expert enough to tear down everything from Drupal and use things.
I then started to notepad and tried to create with every single HTML tag. It's not as exciting when you are not perfect.
I could combine Dreamweaver GUI and my own coding or free codes from external sources. I do not have access to DREAMWEAVER which is a great tool.
I have seen Expression Web but did not have time to explore.
Given my middle level of knowledge, and constraints, which path is best for me? (Continue with notepad(or basic html editors)/Try Expression Web/try to be happy DRUPAL/other solutions).
I want to make it dynamic with features like user registration/search feature/APIs/. I will include a lot of external codes. (This was one of the places I had difficult implementing in DRUPAL).
With the kind of things you want to do, you really need to bear down and learn how to do it in a text editor. While you don't need a mastery of PHP/JS/CSS (because of libraries and things like that), there really is no substitute for simply knowing how the back end works, especially if you're looking to create unique and dynamic webpages.
There's a free tool I used to use a while back called Komodo. It had some intellisense features for PHP/HTML.
Stay away from WYSIWYG editors at this stage - like the JNatalzia said, you should know how the back end works. There's nothing worse than trying to work with a developer who doesn't know basic HTML syntax and can't make a change that the WYSIWYG editor doesn't support (and believe me, they ALL have things you can't do without getting your hands dirty in code).
If you want to be a proficient web developer or designer, don't use any wysiwyg editor for HTML and CSS.
My suggestion to you is to work on the languages themselves, without any plugin at all, and ensure that you understand and know the basics of each of them. Use a simple text editor (NotePad++) until you feel comfortable with them, then you should move to frameworks and other tools.
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The wordpress is such a great tool. I'm wondering if it will be a problem to start adding sections at some point, nothing to do with the blog, just sections for the site with different functionality ( say a database of searching stuff ) perhaps also incorporate and let user reistered through the word press database with the other featues in the site?
What should I need to know for this? will it be OK?
Some firm knowledge of PHP will allow you to write your own Wordpress plugins,
see this (Wordpress: Writing a plugin) page for more information.
There is also a 5 minute video tutorial about writing your first plugin which can be found here
You should try PodsCMS as a way of expanding on top of your vanilla Wordpress install. It's got a great interface, great tutorials, and the developers are always more than willing to help.
You can literally do just about anything with PodsCMS, especially with a good working knowledge of PHP and WordPress' workflow.
I've found the Wordpress plugin Magic Fields really useful for adding cms style features on Wordpress Pages. It may give what you want.
You can modify the wordpress pages if you want it integrated in the blog, or add new things on other pages.
Are you asking if you can use the wordpress login info for other sections of your site?