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Al Lu
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Al Lu
UX Design Techdegree Student 15,801 Points
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Al Lu
UX Design Techdegree Student 15,801 Points

Blog on a static website.

Hello. I have a question. I have a website, its not live yet so its on my pc. Simple website.. Just portfolio page (the index.html), about page and contact page. I want to add a wordpress blog. So logically all I need is to install WP inside subdirectory and link the nav btn to the WP installation folder? Right now its working fine but I want to be sure im doing this right.

1 Answer

Jenny Stoffel
Jenny Stoffel
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Yes, you link your nav button on the static site to the subdirectory address (ie http://blog.alonlubin.com or http://www.alonlubin.com/blog for example) However, there is another step you will probably want to do: In your WordPress installation, go to Appearance > Menus and create a menu which corresponds to the menu on your static site, ie, it sounds like now you just have "Home" "About" "Contact" and "Blog". Add a "link" item for "Home" and the other menu listings on your static site and input the corresponding website address of the pages on your static site. You can drag and drop menu listings into the order you want, and also determine where the menu appears (depends on theme but usually header and/or footer). Be sure to save your menu. Then people can get back and forth between the static site and the blog easily. Hope it goes well!