[wp-hackers] Turn off blog/ Pure CMS?

andre at pixelplexus.co.za andre at pixelplexus.co.za
Thu Feb 21 08:07:26 GMT 2008


hmmm, just for the sake of stirring, are we talking out-of-the-box or
extended?, and with how much 'management' in the M?

:-)

> Seriously, everytime I hear or read "WP as a CMS" it really makes me
> want to punch someone in their face.
>
> WP.... is.... a... FUCKING CMS damnit !!
>
> On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 6:49 AM, Jeremy Visser <jeremy.visser at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>> On Wed, 2008-02-20 at 16:25 -0600, Stephen Rider wrote:
>>  > Is there any way to essentially turn off the blog features of
>>  > WordPress and use it as a pure CMS?
>>
>>  I do this exact thing at: http://tinyurl.com/2dtqrq [1]
>>
>>
>>  > Essentially, Turn off Posts and just have Pages ?
>>
>>  No need. You just don't use the features. If you go to the above URL,
>>  you will find absolutely _no_ evidence that the site uses a blogging
>>  engine, apart from the WordPress generator tag.
>>
>>
>>  > I know you could easily "hide" it by setting the blog page to
>>  > something different -- but how would we make it be "not there".
>>
>>  Well, you could always hack the global $menu and remove the Write Post
>>  and Manage Posts pages from the admin. Of course, it's a little more
>>  complicated than that, but it could be done.
>>
>>  Unless, of course, you're intending to strip the blogging functionality
>>  out of WordPress entirely. Eek. I wouldn't attempt that if you paid me.
>>
>>  [1] Don't want to vandalise the search results. ;)
>>
>>
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