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TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)
Sun Sep 9, 2018, 04:08 PM Sep 2018

Wordpress--- HEELLPPPP! Where can I find some good tutorials for this thing?

Having built some OK websites in the past using just HTML 5, I volunteered to take over a church's website when the person who set it up disappeared.

Said person left no notes, but did leave a huge pile of dead links and other problems that I am clueless to deal with. Can't even access the homepage to update it. A couple of other people who have used Wordpress haven't done any better than I have.

(Here is where I would normally digress to a rant about how all web designers should be shot and we start again from scratch-- but since I'm asking for help from such people, I'll calm down. For now.)

I was withing 5 minutes of transferring the domain and using it with HostGator, starting from scratch, but was talked out of it because "Wordpress is just so much better." Besides, a few people know a little about it and could help work with it if we could get in there to do anything. And since it's a UU church and UU central loves Wordpress, and we get a free website out of it, changing isn't the best idea. (UU central, however doesn't love it enough to give us classes or send an expert to help)

So, since the included help has been useless so far, where can I go to learn about this monster? Mainly-- how can I wipe out most of it and redo the whole thing?


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Wordpress--- HEELLPPPP! Where can I find some good tutorials for this thing? (Original Post) TreasonousBastard Sep 2018 OP
Can't help, just sympathize. I tried Wordpress once but it logical and intuitive to me. brush Sep 2018 #1
some ideas cvoogt Sep 2018 #2
I think I have admin access. I'll have to check further-- it's possible that's also buried... TreasonousBastard Sep 2018 #4
Is use Microsoft's Expression Web... GetRidOfThem Sep 2018 #3
plenty of youtube tutorials on basics in a wordpress theme. u are using a theme provided by msongs Sep 2018 #5
I think it's a UU theme, but, like I said, no notes. TreasonousBastard Sep 2018 #6
https://codex.wordpress.org Is the database for all wordpress information. mahina Sep 2018 #7
When we moved to wordpress I had to clean up a mountain of links too. mahina Sep 2018 #8
WordPress isn't "so much better" dawg day Sep 2018 #9
Exactly cvoogt Sep 2018 #10
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I am not sure if this original poster still needs help or not Vacation Rentals Nov 2018 #12
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Spam deleted by MIR Team johnolivar Aug 2020 #14
Do you use word press or provide support? marble falls Aug 2020 #15
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brush

(57,382 posts)
1. Can't help, just sympathize. I tried Wordpress once but it logical and intuitive to me.
Sun Sep 9, 2018, 04:16 PM
Sep 2018

Didn't make a lot sense so I retreated to Dreamweaver and gave Muse a try (It's good but Adobe is not going to support it after this year).

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)
4. I think I have admin access. I'll have to check further-- it's possible that's also buried...
Sun Sep 9, 2018, 04:30 PM
Sep 2018

Thanks for the links.

GetRidOfThem

(869 posts)
3. Is use Microsoft's Expression Web...
Sun Sep 9, 2018, 04:24 PM
Sep 2018

I also used to write HTML from scratch.

I am not even going to bother with WordPress...

msongs

(70,123 posts)
5. plenty of youtube tutorials on basics in a wordpress theme. u are using a theme provided by
Sun Sep 9, 2018, 04:39 PM
Sep 2018

UU, correct? basics are same in any theme as far as page design etc

mahina

(18,909 posts)
7. https://codex.wordpress.org Is the database for all wordpress information.
Sun Sep 9, 2018, 04:53 PM
Sep 2018

Last edited Mon Sep 10, 2018, 04:53 AM - Edit history (1)

https://codex.wordpress.org is damn useful.

One reason so many people love wordpress is that it’s very easy to export into a different program if you ever choose to do so.

The person who gave you this problem needs to give you admin status so you can make the changes you want.

I have a bunch of notes from classes I’ve taken. I’m not the best note taker but you can have them if you think it might help.

mahina

(18,909 posts)
8. When we moved to wordpress I had to clean up a mountain of links too.
Sun Sep 9, 2018, 05:07 PM
Sep 2018

That part isn’t really an ‘erase and start over’-able thing, but each link must be redirected or you end up with a lot of 404 pages. That sinks your google search engine optimization ranking, really not good.

I scrolled down the navigation bar on the left to Tools, then to Redirection. Looks like this shouldn’t be too bad.

I had to do it using excel. This looks much simpler.

Hope it helps, but it won’t unless you get access to the page. Good luck!

dawg day

(7,947 posts)
9. WordPress isn't "so much better"
Sun Sep 9, 2018, 06:48 PM
Sep 2018

It's a big pain. I was just TODAY searching in my Dashboard for a page I can access from the URL (like I'm just a browser), but cannot find to modify. It's not on the list of pages or posts. This would not happen with plain old HTML sites.

I am threatening to go back to using good old Front Page and an FTP uploader.

You could copy each page (just, you know, from the URL), and paste it into a Squarespace or Front Page site, and modify it from there.

Or you could just go with a minimal Wordpress site. It will do everything you want, but perhaps in a more complex way.

cvoogt

(949 posts)
10. Exactly
Sun Sep 9, 2018, 07:31 PM
Sep 2018

It is what you make of it, and that goes for anything. Personally I prefer Drupal, but WP can be good if set up intelligently.

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12. I am not sure if this original poster still needs help or not
Sun Nov 4, 2018, 09:47 AM
Nov 2018

If so, give me a shout and I will be glad to lend a hand.

For what the person wrote, this is a slam dunk no brainer. And yes, WP is lightyears ahead of HTML and I have coded in both. There are simply mountains of options you can do in WP you could never do with HTML, but I digress.

Anyway, the short of it is, download, install, create.

If you need help, reach out to me and I will give you a hand.

Respectfully, Mike

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