Andrea,
I'm assuming that WordPress is being used as either a CMS (content
management system), or blog, or combination of both.
Redoing a dynamic site in static HTML (especially if things are being
changed or added regularly) is incredibly counterproductive.
One of the points of using a CMS is to never have to hand code pages again.
You would lose tags, categories, search, RSS, reader comments, etc, and
actually do harm to the site by converting it (unless none of these things
matter, but with 150+ pages I'm assuming they do).
Changing to HTML would destroy all search engine links to the site unless
you plan ahead very carefully and build everything just right (and then
build a redirection table to handle the change).
You would also lose the ability to have users update pages or posts, another
major point of using a CMS / Blog platform, not to mention the plugins that
can do lots of different things for a site (cross post to social media
sites, manage users, guest books, etc.)
I don't know the purpose of the site, but consistency and usability (finding
things in the same place on every page) is generally considered far more
important than making every page unique (especially as the site gets large).
Of course some sites might want this type of behavior, or might need
different sections of the site to have a unique look and feel.
Just as a point of reference, you shouldn't be in the file system messing
with any files in WP, unless it's in your theme. I'm only throwing this out
there since you aren't familiar with WP, and I've seen people do this before
(start looking for files to edit). There is a backend editor for content and
even styling.
Those things being said: WP uses themes to handle look and feel, and you can
create templates within that theme. Each page (and potentially posts or
categories) can use a different template, so you can rearrange and add or
remove things to a certain degree, but you will still be working within the
larger "wrapper" of the theme.
In order to work with themes you need a very small amount of PHP knowledge
(although you can modify a stock theme without messing with it too much),
standard HTML experience, and an understanding of CSS.
I'd suggest that you start with the documentation for WP
http://codex.wordpress.org/Main_Page and then look into the design docs:
http://codex.wordpress.org/Blog_Design_and_Layout . There are also tons of
tutorials on the web for theme creation / modification, and the WordPress
community http://wordpress.org/support/ is very large and knowledgeable.
HTH,
Rob Lee
From: web-design@yahoogroups.com [mailto:web-design@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of Andrea Green
Sent: Saturday, May 07, 2011 9:36 AM
To: web-design@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [web-design] web design tools
I have been doing what I call simple HTML websites for about 10 years.
Recently I was asked to take over a WordPress website. It was so confusing,
such a different format. I find it very limiting as to style and placement
of things. I can't get any "drama" with the pages. They all look basically
the same just with different content. Is there any way to make it not look
like a cookie cutter webpage in WordPress? Or should I redo the 150+ pages
in HTML?
Andrea
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