Wordpress HELP please

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Right, I'm thinking of moving my blog to Wordpress. I've installed WP and all works well.

I want my blog set out so that each blog entry is within a list, and then when an individual entry is selected, a new dedicated page for that entry pops up (rather than every blog entry being listed in full within one page). Hopefully that makes sense?

So, do I need to install a theme to do this? OR am I missing something? My knowledge of WP is -1 on a scale of 1 to 10. :)

Cheers.

Dav
 
Hi Dav, hope you're doing OK. Does this help? Link Using option 1.

I use the ProPhoto theme and that gives the option to show the full blog post or an excerpt.
 
OneTen said:
Hi Dav, hope you're doing OK. Does this help? Link Using option 1.

I use the ProPhoto theme and that gives the option to show the full blog post or an excerpt.
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Heh fella - good to hear from you. Strange as I was thinking about you and Callow Hall earlier on :)

Thanks for the link. I'll have a look. I'm finding the whole WP thing clunky :(

Cheers again.

Dav
 
It takes a bit of getting used and I didn't find it very intuitive.

Funny, Callow Hall was on my mind earlier, I've been unwell for a few months but getting back on my feet. Hoping to go to the one in March.
 
Can't you just assign an image from your upload to featured image?
 
FlyTVR said:
Right, I'm thinking of moving my blog to Wordpress. I've installed WP and all works well.

I want my blog set out so that each blog entry is within a list, and then when an individual entry is selected, a new dedicated page for that entry pops up...

Dav
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Do you mean like an archives list? If so this can be done using the sidebar latest posts widget. When you click the header of a post, a dedicated post page should pop up already.

Are you using the default theme Twenty Eleven ? You could try another theme, this may show your posts better.
 
Thanks for the help guys.

The more tag (button) looks like what I want.

Probably a stupid question, but if I click on the More button, the url that is displayed is something like -

http://www.davhughes.com/Blog/test-post/#more-103


What is the #more-103 all about? I'm just worried about the SEO side of things. although I'm guessing I don't need?

Cheers.

Dav
 
Did you install wordpress in the Blog folder? It's not showing up!
 
Ahhh that's a pity, it would have been an interesting read ;)
 
I *think* what you're trying to do is create categories for different blog entries, is that correct?

If so, You can create a category through the admin panel of Wordpress, then customise it using the file archive.php in your template folder...

For example, this is a category, which free stuff is posted on my blog;

http://www.vibrancephoto.co.uk/category/free-stuff-for-photographers/

When clicked, it will display all posts in that category. All my categories are listed in the right hand sidebar.

If I've not understood correctly, please provide more info :D
 
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