Buffmin2

If WP is good enough for you, I think I will research their e-commerce plugins. I mean, there must be a ton of people who build e-commerce sites with WP. Thank you very much.

Thanks gabe, I had just heard about possible security issues with e-commerce sites using WP, or would you think that is not really an issue?

I have lightly played with WordPress and Joomla. If you were to build one yourself, which one would you personally choose. And thanks.

Thank you very much.

Thank you for your reply (and info).
Good point. I probably only need 1 template (as like you said, they are all the same).

Now, if I wanted to lay out the pages with custom content as I am used to doing (divs,etc and using css), would I do that while in the “html tab” of each page, or on the actual template page?

I hope this made sense. Thanks.

(sorry, I couldn’t find this previous post).

I never did get a reply, so I was wondering if someone could please tell me if I have the right idea. Thanks, Buffmin2

I have attached my code for one one my “template” pages.

<?php

/**
 * Template Name: About Us
 *
 * This is the template that displays all pages by default.
 * Please note that this is the WordPress construct of pages
 * and that other 'pages' on your WordPress site will use a
 * different template.
 *
 * @package WordPress
 * @subpackage Twenty_Ten
 * @since Twenty Ten 1.0
 */

get_header(); ?>

		<div id="container">
			<div id="content" role="main">

			<?php
			/* Run the loop to output the page.
			 * If you want to overload this in a child theme then include a file
			 * called loop-page.php and that will be used instead.
			 */
			get_template_part( 'loop', 'page' );
			?>

			</div><!-- #content -->
		</div><!-- #container -->

<?php /*get_sidebar(); */?>
<?php get_footer(); ?>

Thank you. You have probably not heard the last of me.

Esmi.
Awesome! Thank you very much for that info. I will move forward then with WP. I knew inside, that it was the way to go, but kept getting so sucked into how to create blogging sites. Thank you again. Buffmin

It seems that your link may answer my questions. Thank you.

Thanks esmi. I see you a lot in the forum, so I know that you know your stuff.

My biggest frustration is that mess with posts, categories, authors, etc! I have been trying to understand the structure of Twentyten really well, as I understand that I can use it as a basis for all of my WP sites (rather that buying premium themes, in which I would have to understand each one’s structure), so I have been trying to tear it apart and understand the purpose of each php file. I am comfortable with html,css, etc, so I think I can customise WP, but every tutorial just focuses on (as I said), posts, categories, authors, etc.

My biggest dilemna is that it seems that can only build 1 page template and can select to use it for the home page if want, and the rest are blog pages, BUT I am thinking that I need to build a custom template for each page (I think) Am I wrong?

It seems that every WP tutorial I find seems to think I am building a blogging site. I respect your opinion.

I will read your link, but could you please answer my question above that asks “Do I need to, or can I even create custom templates for each page? Is that the starting point? Thank you very much, Buffmin

Thank you very much Amy.

Time to learn loops! Thank you, Buffmin

Thank you very much. Got it now. Buffmin

Thanks Tobias. I will check it out your articles.

Thank you very much. And good article. Buffmin

Thank you. Wasn’t sure.