jayson_co

Love the look! Can you list some of those functional plugins you used? I am thinking hard about using the Hemingway theme and making some minor changes. Very interested in what you used. If you have a chance to talk, maybe email me ([email protected]) I would love to toss around some ideas with you.

Thank you

I felt helpless doing a search in codex since I didnt know what exact term I was looking for.

Thank you Jinsan. I had to adjust my permalink structure.

I’m new to all this stuff.

Thank you again!

When you create a new page in WP, it creates a url for that page.

I guess what I am asking is how do i make sure that my About page is https://www.mydomain.com/about.

Thank you for the link Kafkaesqui.

Steve – thank you for the post too. In no way was I downplaying the obvious hard work you placed into your site. It just takes a quick glance to see the time and effort you placed into your site.Your site is amazing and I could only strive to design something as good.

I know it is going to take me a very long time to design something I am happy with, but I am ready for the long and exciting journey. I plan on digging into that link today, and getting things going.

I have been a fan of your site since you posted your link here in the forums. Thank you for offering to lend a hand. If I am at a standstill, I might just take you up on your offer.

Thank you both again!

for some reason my quicktags were gone. I closed up shop for 15 mins and when I logged back on they were there. Anyways, Photopress seems to be working now.

not sure what you are talking about matt

actually come to think of it I dont even see the quicktag toolbar? Is there a place to turn this off/on?

Well I’m going to narrow down my favorite templates to a final selection. Once I do that, I’ll try the install. If no problems occur I may consider today a success.

Small steps, small steps.

I appreciate your help Podz!

yes.

Is there a post here that would detail how to install a new theme?

Any suggestions on a template that may be better looking than another as fas a style similar to the one I mentioned above?

website address is https://www.neverfaded.com

Host is DreamHost.

Root,

Thank you. I am doing it for the reason you describe – a good reason to get into html, CSS, and php.

I am in no rush to have my site be as in depth as my insipration by tomorrow. I realize this a going to be a LONG process. I have been a graphic designer for 6 plus years, but have been only involved in print. Creating my own site, and being able to tweek and learn on it, was what I thought would be the best route to learning web design.

I guess I am just looking to get up something that is similar in “bones” to the site I posted – learn what the “things” are in WordPress – like my MySQL database, RSS (Entries and Comments) and any other side things that would be helpful.

Once I got up a “functioning” blog. The look and feel can move along more slowly.

Thank you for your reply.

I appreciate the quick replies. I will try my best, but please take into account my “newbie”ness.

My site is : https://www.neverfaded.com
I am looking to create a blog similar in look to this: https://coda.co.za/

I like the layout of it. I have looked over many of the WordPress Templates that are avaliable to download, but I dont know if any are better to mess around with to get a similar look to the above site or not. I am leaning towards templates like China Red and Connections if I cannot find one that would offer a similar layout.

I guess I need help figuring out how to install a new template (if this is te best spot to start???). How difficult is it to install a new template? Do you recommend any FTP program over another?

I guess my other immediate questions that pop into my head are my MYSQL database <—– got no clue what that even is.
Also what do i need to do with RSS – also got no clue about this either.

I knew I was tackling a big job creating my first blog, which is also my first website altogether. I appreciate any help anyone can lend me.

I also assure you I will probably have about 700 more questions.

Thank you in advance (again),
Jayson