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Travis DePriest
Travis DePriest
696 Points
Posted by Travis DePriest
Travis DePriest
696 Points

Already built a simple website. Is wordpress appropriate to use to help with CSS layout?

I followed the track How to Build a Website...first ten steps and already have a simple website

travisdepriest.com

Is wordpress appropriate to simply help with CSS layout?

Richmond Lauman
Richmond Lauman
28,793 Points
Richmond Lauman
Richmond Lauman
28,793 Points

WordPress or a similar CMS is appropriate if you want to have content managed easily or to use the functionality provided by various available plugins without having to create your own applications, but I don't think using Wordpress offers any particular advantages for CSS layout. There are probably certain pre-designed WordPress templates available that do offer easy CSS customization though.

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Zac Gordon
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Zac Gordon
Treehouse Guest Teacher
Zac Gordon
Zac Gordon
Treehouse Guest Teacher

No, WordPress wouldn't be helpful for enhancing CSS on a site like you described. You would simply just add more html and css as you have been.

Lauri Neuding
Lauri Neuding
13,525 Points
Lauri Neuding
Lauri Neuding
13,525 Points

I have a website I created independently but uses WordPress simply for the blog page. Beating the template into submission so it looks like the parent involved creating a daughter css page through the dashboard. There is documentation in the codex on how this works. The result is close to but not a perfect mimic of the parent. lgbttravelandtours.com

I have another one that the client added a WordPress blog to. It looks nothing like the parent site, but he is happy with it. The graphic designer in me screams silently but, hey, it's the client's nickel. primejourneys.com

As Zac says, the css/html in WordPress only affects what you create there. You might consider recreating your site with WordPress if what you want is perfect cohesion.