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Posted by Ash Horsman
Ash Horsman
2,644 Points

How to make a blog, without Wordpress?

Can someone tell me how you would go about creating a blog on a non-Wordpress website?

I would prefer to create my own website and create the blog as well. I appreciate Wordpress is easy for blogs, but my website will be for a business with a blog for news updates etc.

Ash Horsman
Ash Horsman
2,644 Points

That was helpful thank you Jesús Camarena .

I haven't learned how to use WP on here, but I've got a few years of experience with using it. How easy is it to create your own custom theme for WP?

1 Answer

Jesús Camarena
Jesús Camarena
7,280 Points
Jesús Camarena
Jesús Camarena
7,280 Points

Hey Ash,

Is this a Static or Dynamic website?

Creating your own blog is possible without a CMS (Content Management System) like WordPress and Drupal. However, I would not recommend it. Development can be tedious and time consuming, but there are ways.

For Example:

If this is a static website, probably the fastest and easiest way to do this is to create a HTML template for blog post and use each time you would like to create blog. You will need to update the page where your list of blog articles sit (including links) each time a new blog post is created.

As someone who works with WordPress often, I can immediately tell when a website is running WP and let me tell you, you can find it everywhere.

If I can make a recommendation, I suggest using a CMS (does not have to be WordPress) and modifying to your business needs. This means reading through CMS documentation and customizing to your liking. From appearances (CSS) to Functionality (PHP). It will save you development time.

If you meant creating your own CMS like WP, that takes time and can not be explained in great detail here, but it will involve PHP. and MySQL along with front-end development.

Hope I was able to help.