I have a small html site that I want to upgrade to a WP site with mostly static pages with the content drawn from the old site and an attached blog with several categories of posts. I don’t merely want to convert the old version to WP. I want a new look.
I just installed WP in the root of the site. I set Reading to open in a static page but all it offers me is “About” or Select (Select what?).
I have activated a theme and I see it in the themes directory. But whenever I click on View site, all I get is my old home page. I know I have missed a (or many more) critical step, but I don’t know which.
Is is possible to work on a new site side by side with the old? Should I have installed WP into a subdirectory, e.g. newsite and then work on it there?’
If a subdirectory, then when I take it live, won’t I have to adjust all kinds of settings?
Not yet. My head is swirling with WP stuff and I’m reading like a fiend to try to figure it all out before I make a mess of something. In case you hadn’t noticed, I’m a total dolt when it comes to working with the back end. Or even the front end in WP. Eventually, it will all sort out, but for now, I’m swirling.
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Originally Posted by roxie
[I]I have a small html site that I want to upgrade to a WP site with mostly static pages with the content drawn from the old site and an attached blog with several categories of posts. I don’t merely want to convert the old version to WP. I want a new look.
I just installed WP in the root of the site. I set Reading to open in a static page but all it offers me is “About” or Select (Select what?). [/I]
You’re telling WP what page you want to display first. “Select” just means select from the options below.
Thanks, Nate. I thought no one would ever reply. I’m still not clear about what to Select. You say “select from the options below,” but I don’t see any options below. Do I have to put them there so they appear in the dropdown? And if so— a ha! I just figured it out-- I have to create new pages first and save them and then they will appear for me to select. Am I getting warm?
Thanks.
You’re telling WP what page you want to display first. “Select” just means select from the options below.
I have activated a theme and I see it in the themes directory. But whenever I click on View site, all I get is my old home page. I know I have missed a (or many more) critical step, but I don’t know which.
Chances are you have an index.html file. Most servers will render index.html before index.php
So, either remove index.html or move WP into a sub directory. I’d move it into a sub directory until you have it themed the way you want it.
You will need to adjust the settings in WP Admin > Settings > General, and change those URL’s to your sub directory name.
Then, create the directory named “wordpress” and move the WP files in there.
Is is possible to work on a new site side by side with the old? Should I have installed WP into a subdirectory, e.g. newsite and then work on it there?’
Yep, see my above comment
If a subdirectory, then when I take it live, won’t I have to adjust all kinds of settings?
