Can this be done w/ Wordpress?
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- gramme0
Bump for the day crowd.
Once I get the site up and running, and if it's done w/ Wordpress, could the church staff maintain the site without needing any programming knowledge?
- gramme0
Furthermore: if it is true what Sig and TResudek say about needing to know PHP & CSS, then I need a freelance programmer to collaborate with me on this project. Must have high attention to typographic detail. Compensation available, but not a whole lot—tight budget here.
- acescence0
yeah, seems pretty straightforward. there appears to be nothing in the calendar, so not sure what expectations are for that. wordpress has calendar functions built in, but there are more featured calendar plugins that you can add.
- acescence0
oh, that stuff on the bottom of the homepage are calendar items? or under about us > coming events? i was looking in members > calendar. this is confusing!
- SigDesign0
you can basically do anything with Wordpress if you learn how the system works and can code well
- gramme0
@ SigDesign— yeah see that's the thing: I know nothing about code. Haven't written a single line of it since 2003.
- gramme0
They use this ACS software made by some Christian organization specifically for churches. Right now they sync it up with the calendar (or they did, back when there was actual content on the calendar).
- gramme0
Any takers?
- TResudek0
As Sig said, you can do just about anything with WordPress if you know your way around PHP and CSS. I think WP is a good starting point for you and it will handle a lot of what you need but I think you are going to need to hire someone with CSS and PHP knowledge to help you. If you hire good help you can get the site down in a couple of weeks. Without help, you will jerk around for months and end up with less than what you want.
- BTW - I liked the logo you created for them. I remember your original post.TResudek
- SigDesign0
I couldn't, but keep in mind that although it seems simple to people like us to use Wordpress, it might be a challenge for them. So, imagine how they'd edit the site...
You could get by with knowing very minimal PHP for wordpress... you'd just have to copy and paste a few lines around. But, you would have to know CSS...