You’ve probably heard of WordPress. After all, it is the most popular blogging platform available. However, WordPress isn’t just for blogging. It is a useful content management system and can be used to create websites easily.
If you want to join the crowd and create a website without investing in web design software or hiring a web designer , use WordPress is worth considering.
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So, what is the difference between a website and a blog, and therefore the difference between a website and a blog post?
Websites vs. Blogs
By definition, a website is “a place on the World Wide Web that contains information about an individual, organization, etc., and usually consists of many Web pages connected by hyperlinks”, while a blog is “a website where someone writes about personal opinions, activities and experiences”.
Although these definitions imply that the difference has a lot to do with business versus personal use, that’s not entirely true. After all, a company can have a blog and a person can have a website.
A website has pages that are more static in nature. For example, a company website may have a home/welcome page, an “About Us” page, a products and services page, and an FAQ page, all of which remain the same for months.
In contrast, a business blog is constantly updated with new entries. The “home page” of a blog usually shows the most recent entry. Blogs are more dynamic than websites. Blogs also tend to encourage visitors to interact by leaving comments.
WordPress lets you create two types of content: pages and posts. Pages are traditional, static web pages, while posts are time-stamped entries placed on blogs.
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If you use WordPress to create a standard website and not a blog, each time you create a new one Create Page , select the option “Add New Page” instead of “Add New Post”.
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How to create a website with WordPress
First you need to install WordPress on your web hosting plan. This can be done manually, or if you host at LCN.com you can use our one-click installer application.
Even installing manually is fairly easy; You’ll need a few things first:
- Your host’s FTP details (host, user, and pass)
- Access to the MySQL database
- WordPress installation files (available here)
Then follow the “famous WordPress 5 minute install” here.
Now that you have WordPress installed, you can start using the Start creating your static website!
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By default, WordPress creates a blog, so all your posts appear on the main page. You need to change this by first creating a static page and then setting that as your home page. According to WordPress support, here’s how:
- Log in to your WordPress site
- Click Pages > Add New
- Give it a title like “home” and type in your welcome message
- Publish your Homepage by clicking Publish
- Click Posts > Add New
- Give it a title like “Blog ‘ and don’t worry about adding content
- Publish the Blog page by clicking Publish
- Click Settings > Reading n“
- Under Reading Settings, you need to change the home page display to show a static page.
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- Under “Home” select “Home”.
- On the Posts page, select Blog.
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Remove blog from menu
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If you don’t plan on ever adding blog posts to your site, you should also make sure that “blog” doesn’t appear in your menu. To do this, go to Appearance > Menus and then remove Blog from the main menu. Click Save Menu.
Add Static Pages
Now that your WordPress website has a static homepage with no blog displayed, it is it’s time to add more static pages, click Pages > Add New and create your next page, such as “About Us” or “FAQs”.
Enter Title the page appropriately and Enter your text in the main content editor Click Publish when you are satisfied with the content.
Disable Comments
Finally, you may want to disable comments, go to Settings > Discussion and then uncheck “Allow Comments”.
That’s pretty much all for creating a static n Website with WordPress. We’ve removed all blog-style elements and you can now create new pages and edit your content however you want – no web design required igner.
Learn more and learn how to use WordPress as a CMS / static website, check out these great resources.
Have your say!
Have you ever used WordPress to create a static website? how did you progress Let us know if you have any tips and tricks in the comments below.
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