I’m currently building a website for a student club on campus. I began the project with Drupal– but I am unhappy with the poor user-friendliness of the CMS.
Thus, I’ve decided to check out Wordpress. I have looked through hundreds of pre-made WP themes, yet none have the specifications that I am seeking.
I’m looking for a WP theme which will look like a “Real Website”– not a blog. The theme should have a nice menu bar (either horizontal or vertical) that has a hover over “drop-down” function, along with a CALENDAR on the HOMEPAGE to show the upcoming club meetings/events. If possible, I don’t want any of the typical blog items such as Blogroll, Tag Cloud, Archives, etc.
I can make my way around HTML and some CSS/PHP, but I’m not experienced enough to theme myself.
I know that it seems picky– but I KNOW there is a theme out there which should be a match.
My current site is powered by Drupal. Perhaps it would help to check out the current site: www [DOT] esaua [DOT] com
I’m open to any suggestions or comments in regards to finding the perfect theme.
Thanks!
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A blog is a real site.
All themes come with the doodads and widgets you describe, or a combination of them all. If you want your site to not look like a blog, you will need to remove the stuff you don’t want. Once you’ve done that, remember to not use posts – you must use pages. Pages will make the blog look like a real site. Posts will not.
You can always hire someone to do what you want.
As you may know a domain name is just a name, not a real website/weblog. If you are going to create your blog website: 1- Buy a domain name. A domain name is a name you want to call your website (ex: http://www.yahoo.com). To get a domain name, you have to pay an annual fee to a registrar for the right to use that name. 2- Buy a web hosting service to provide your online space and enable you to get your blog online at your purchased domain name.
If you’re going to start your blog at your own domain with different pages, you need a web host providing wordpress.
Take a look at:http://www.threehosts.com/blog
There you can reach the three reputable companies that are leaders in the blog/wordpress website hosting industry.
Another useful link:http://www.threehosts.com/build
There you can find a step-by-step guide to start your website.
Hope this helps.