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Making the right call: when to use a custom post type
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Making the right call: when to use a page or a dynamic template
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Making the right call: when to install a new plugin vs develop from scratch
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Making the right call: ways to use menus and widgets
The most basic concept: appearance vs function (shared)
One key component of setting up your WordPress for success, and not for failure and extra work soon, is understanding how it is all structured. We have seen some essential components so far, but now let’s take a step back to understand concepts that even advanced rookie users don’t get.
In this lesson, we will understand that appearance should not correlate with functionality.
We can compare it to planning your company’s brick-and-mortar store. You will want to know how customers will come in and interact with your products and how your employees will work in your store.
Indeed, you will want to highlight some products, especially those that bring in more results or have a mass appeal.
You may be setting up an online school or a bookstore, and you will want to add a lot of features to your website – and doing so in the wrong way will lead you to rethink and redo part of it down the road.