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  • 07-10-2010 6:40pm
    #1
    Diceicle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,799 ✭✭✭


    Hi,

    I'm new to wordpress. I just installed in an hour ago, I am looking to use wordpress as a blog and CMS for particular pages on an existing static site.

    Being the wordpress / CMS noob that I am, I have a quick question.......I have my homepage - index.html and the pages I would like to edit via wordpress would be the likes of Testimonials and Press Coverage type pages.

    My question is this: Is it the "done thing" to keep the homepage as is (static) and have "control" only the pages I wish to edit? Or would I be better just converting the whole thing to Wordpress should I ever need to edit the Footer and or the Header?

    Going with the original thought of only putting select pages into Wordpress, this would leave me with 2 types of URL:
    The current type:
    www.mysite.com/about.html
    and the wordpress editable ones:
    www.mysite.com/wordpress/testimonials.php

    So am I correct in my thinking?
    Is this type of file situation common?

    Also, if I do convert fully from the current static .html site to a fully wordpress operated situation will I loose the Google-juice that I have built up with the static site or will some 301 redirects cover this?


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  • #2
    waynefrancis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10 ✭waynefrancis


    Diceicle wrote: »
    Hi,

    I'm new to wordpress. I just installed in an hour ago, I am looking to use wordpress as a blog and CMS for particular pages on an existing static site.

    Being the wordpress / CMS noob that I am, I have a quick question.......I have my homepage - index.html and the pages I would like to edit via wordpress would be the likes of Testimonials and Press Coverage type pages.

    My question is this: Is it the "done thing" to keep the homepage as is (static) and have "control" only the pages I wish to edit? Or would I be better just converting the whole thing to Wordpress should I ever need to edit the Footer and or the Header?

    Going with the original thought of only putting select pages into Wordpress, this would leave me with 2 types of URL:
    The current type:
    www.mysite.com/about.html
    and the wordpress editable ones:
    www.mysite.com/wordpress/testimonials.php

    So am I correct in my thinking?
    Is this type of file situation common?

    Also, if I do convert fully from the current static .html site to a fully wordpress operated situation will I loose the Google-juice that I have built up with the static site or will some 301 redirects cover this?


    As far I have known,if you use an index,html of the site before and now install wordpress on that the same site,people searching your site,i.e. mysite.com will go straight to your mysite.com/index.html but if you move the content on that index.html to your main blog site and delete the index.html-people searching to your site mysite.com will go straight to your new blog mysite.com or mysite.com/index.php ,you still have the google juice from your old site.Hope this helps.


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