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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?
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I would like to start writing a WordPress plugin that will allow the user to play a scratch the card game (like the lottery). I would like to ask what programming language I should learn and how to get started. Is anyone with similar experiences and what are the recommendations you can offer ? Thanks in advance for your responses
For Wordpress, you would need to know basic PHP, and also how wordpress works.
For this, I suggest reading Writing a plugin for Wordpress
For the scratch card, you can make this in CSS and JS. For an example, I refer you to Canvas - Scratch Card
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Like they said before, wordpress is using php. So you must learn php and how wordpress is functioning in order to be able to add stuff on your website.
You can look at simple existing plugin to help you. getting started
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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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I need to develop a e-commerce type website with some typical modifications in it.
I want to develop the front-end by myself and I need some extra functionality it, it will be something like a printing service so maybe I will need a plugin that will allow user to upload images with the corresponding type of material used.
I decided to use a CMS because it will help me in the long run managing things and keeping everything safe.
I am proficient in the languages that are associated with these like PHP, Mysql, HTML, CSS etc. But know a little about WordPress or how it can be modified or what is the workflow for developing a e-commerce site with WordPress and woo-Commerce.
I need to design a front-end for it and some specific functionalities. Where should I start? What should I learn first?
Wordpress has a great community with free tutorials over the web.
Download woo-Commerce here.
You can find a decent beginner overview here.
You can find another one here which is more extensive, you can find part 2 to this one here.
To make your own modifications to the code simply go to /wp-content/plugins and locate the w00-Commerce folder. You will most likely have to do these updates through ftp.
You should now be able to edit the php files associated with your woo-Commerce plugin for more customization.
You can expect your site to look something like this before modifications:
Hope this helps.
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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'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?
or
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.