Examples of WP that don’t look like blogs?

Is there some advantage to using WordPress in a non-blog setting that makes it worth the extra coding and what not? If so, what is that? Please explain. Thx.

I would think there are a few reasons. WordPress is easy to use and it has an easy template engine. Have you *seen* some of the templates of the other CMS packages? Most of the other ones I’ve seen basically involve coding in PHP and not using template tags. I find Movable Type to be the same way… very easy to manipulate data around with the tags without becoming fluent in several programming new languages.

This is also dependent on the second reason I think people use WordPress in these situations… they’re used to it. I doubt these web designers just picked up WordPress and went hacking.. they probably had previous experience with it and decided to manipulate it to their needs and could do so quicker than say, downloading another CMS package and learning it’s backend/templating from scratch.

This is an interesting issue. I just switched to WordPress from straight HTML because I wanted to incorporate a blog into my page and since I was doing a redesign anyway, I built around WP for a structure. One of the primary reasons is the powerful spam control I get here, and spam is a huge issue for me with the bots sending me every tom, d*ck and paris hilton.

I don’t think mine looks like a blog at all.

https://www.pregnancyloss.info

I have enjoyed playing around with themes to get away from a strictly blog look and love the Fjords theme for that. I just wish I would allow HTML in comments for the angel memory garden, but I can’t seem to find a way without unleashing comment spam or having to sort through it.

I really enjoyed looking at the other sites listed here and getting ideas.

Deanna

I have been working on something a bit more like a magazine/newspaper, but not completely finished yet.

Started out just for my own use, then thought I might release it halfway through and now not really sure whether to just start all over again.

But anyway, it’s a bit different than the common 2 and 3 column look.

https://ubiquitous.os42.com

I like it, shadow!
I’d hesitate to recommend it to newbie users… but it’s very nicely done. On the other hand, for anyone that has some familiarity with basic WP features – is a great possibility.

Thanks Moshu.

As I say on the site itself, it’s not for everybody but I think it does provide quite a bit of flexibility and a chance to get away from the usual format.

Controlling the post sizes using the MORE tag plays an important part.

Shadow, that is awesome. Totally looks like a newspaper and the category use is amazing.

I made a quick (not to mention very boring looking) website for my neighborhood township historical society:
https://www.reilyhistory.org

jimmyinc – that’s the default Kubrick theme – nothing “non bloggy” about that.

Great post. This comes at a perfect time. I have been looking into designing a website (non-bloggy-look) but didn’t have any idea where to start. I got some experience with WordPress while creating my blog, so i thought of digging in more to find can WP be used for a regular site. I enjoyed all the links. It tells me that one can use WP for non-blog-looking website. But is there any link that gives details about how to achieve that.

Thanks.

I tried to make mine look non-bloggie …. what do you think?

https://pagosawebsites.com

It looks good Sheribear, but really.. To me, any site that has content in a wide column and a menu/widgets in a another, less-wide column – looks like a blog.

This is mine

Although its combined with a custom coded directory script and the downloads section is powered completely by RSS Feeds, so it’s not 100% wordpress, the main back end is WP.

I tried to release the directory script as a plugin but my codings far to messy and shoddy, it may look nice from the user end, but its dastardly behind the scenes ??

The site also doesn’t follow the proper WP Theme standards, as in its not all located under wp-content/themes

Maybe GreenMethods.com.

Geraldcash–yes, yours qualifies as non-blog looking!

I am happy today because I have finally achieved enough consistent Amazon revenue to pay for all my web sites and hosting and databases. Took five freaking years to get to this level, but at least my web habit doesn’t cost me money anymore.

I will keep checking back as I’m trying to move another domain into a the non-blog look and need something different than the one I’ve already done. It will be my fifth WordPress site. I am so appreciative of all the theme designers out there so graciously sharing their work.

First… thanks all for your responses and thoughtful examples.

What is the point of using WordPress if your goal is to NOT have it look like a blog?

Well, in my case it’s a matter of the power of WP and less emphasis on the blog aspect. The site in question is for a singer/songwriter who is blog-challenged (something she’s working on). My goal is to get her up and running with a website that looks more like a traditional static HTML site but has the blog embedded within it. When she’s ready to give it a go, then I can reveal the blog tools and abilities to the public.