customizing home page (static) with dynamic widgets

  • I am very new to WP and have some html and css skills, but no php

    I want to create a website based on a WP theme (perhaps Thesis) with a home page that is static but contains a sidebar widget that pulls events from an internal calendar page? If possible, I’d also like a box in the sidebar where “news” items can appear and be updated by my client. Is this possible?

    Bottom line, can I have a site with several static pages (home, about, contact, etc.) and also mutiple dynamic pages, e.g. one page for a calendar/events and one for news or similar and have highlights from the 2 dynamic pages appear as a teaser on the home page. If so, how?

    Thanks in advance.

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  • I believe it is all possible, but may take quite a bit of coding, depending on how flexible you can be about specific features.

    Justin Tadlock’s Query Posts Widget will probably handle the job of your sidebar news item(s).

    Kieran O’Shea’s Calendar plugin may be sufficient for your calendar needs. You can see an example of it here.

    For the ‘multiple dynamic pages’, you can create categories and assign each one to a page with the Page Links To plugin.

    You would then code your static home page template with 3 loops:

    1. Loop 1 will be a standard loop to pull the content of the static page.
    2. Loop 2 will pull the most recent post from the ‘Event’ category.
    3. Loop 3 will pull the most recent post from the ‘News’ category.

    Of course, the first step is to choose a theme that you like. If you use a free one, more than likely someone here can help with some of the details.

    If this raises more questions, I will try to answer as I can.

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