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Posted by Ceonn Bobst
Ceonn Bobst
1,294 Points

Posts on your website

So quick question here. After you have created a website and you want to start adding posts to it, do you write the full post in the html document, meaning that you write it, style it, and so on, in the actual html file. Or do you download an editor (similar to how you write posts in WordPress), write it there, and insert in by into the html file? Because after you publishing quite some posts there will be "huge" html files.

Mattea Turnbull
Mattea Turnbull
4,134 Points

I'm not quite sure your question. But I'll answer the question I think you're asking. Always write out your html inside a local editor on your computer. Don't write it into an online html window.. something as simple as accidentally clicking the back button, or a server error on save will destroy your work.

sebastianlagerblad
sebastianlagerblad
5,083 Points

Usually if you're creating a website that needs the ability to easily add more content(Content that will be added at a later date) you'll use a CMS (Content management system) like Wordpress. An important note is that you can still change the HTML/CSS of Wordpress sites if needed (Change layouts or whatever).

3 Answers

Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,149 Points

Yeah, there is a whole world of content management systems, and MVC frameworks to build custom content management systems, so you can dynamically add content to your site.

Sites the the WSJ add articles to their sites by creating new database entries, not by adding new html files.

Ceonn Bobst
Ceonn Bobst
1,294 Points
Ceonn Bobst
Ceonn Bobst
1,294 Points

Okay, thanks for the answers. But to specify my question a bit more, please read the following. So I have created a website from the ground up using so far html and css, but will also add javascript when I master it. The question I am trying to ask is where should I write my articles, posts, content whatever you may call it, that I want my website to be about. If we take WSJ for example, they have a website built up, but I can imagine that the journalists don't write their articles inside the actual html code.

Thanks for the help in advance!

Mattea Turnbull
Mattea Turnbull
4,134 Points

You are right, they'd need to use a content management system as Sebastian has commented above.

Ceonn Bobst
Ceonn Bobst
1,294 Points
Ceonn Bobst
Ceonn Bobst
1,294 Points

Okay, thanks. Any idea how this process looks like? The use of Wordpress combined with your own website?

sebastianlagerblad
sebastianlagerblad
5,083 Points

Basically (In wordpress) you would create your own childtheme then style it to fit your preference https://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes . You could start by using a blank theme if you'd feel that would be preferable (for example blankslate https://wordpress.org/themes/blankslate/). Then you'll mainly use CSS to change the look of your page while still having the power of wordpress as the backend (Allowing you to make posts, new pages etc.).