Technical Stuff

[Kapitalo]

Hello there, i am in the process of building a website and face some difficulties. I recently hired a developer who is revamping my whole website. I did start with the theme "generate press" and no specific affiliate plugins but a few other random ones.

Now, my DEV said that i need to convert all my regular pages into PHP, thing like bonus offers, casinos and games. The problem here is that i cant seem to find a way customizing the PHP templates. How do i make uniquely looking pages that are well designed if almost everything is PHP .When and where should i create regular pages, and when not?

And also, i am adding java games. How would i frame them? With the help of some ad rotator? I need to make the games mobile responsive somehow.

Any help would be appreciated as that potentially ventils my frustration. Thank you

 

[AussieDave]

did start with the theme "generate press" and no specific affiliate plugins but a few other random ones.

Now, my DEV said that i need to convert all my regular pages into PHP, thing like bonus offers, casinos and games. The problem here is that i cant seem to find a way customizing the PHP templates. How do i make uniquely looking pages that are well designed if almost everything is PHP.When and where should i create regular pages, and when not?

I'm guessing you have no idea how to code in php, would that be a fair assumption?

I've used Generate Press ever since it was 1'st released. And, bought the premium plugin for it too. Without that plugin, your very limited to what you can do with the 'free-theme'.

As far as the PHP question... without actually seeing the pages your referring to, it's an impossible question to answer.

Though, TBH what you've written is confusing.

Wordpress or anything else, the PHP files are compiled on the server, and it send the competed HTML page/code to the clients browser. In so far as a WP theme, that's also made up of lots of php files. However contained within those files is HTML coding. Though, some of that HTML coding is written within PHP. A WP theme also uses CSS.

Reiterating without viewing the pages your talking about, I have no idea what your requesting

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Replying to added questions

And also, i am adding java games. How would i frame them? With the help of some ad rotator? I need to make the games mobile responsive somehow.

Why java games?

(Firefox hasn't supported Java since Sept 2018)

Are you sure you don't mean "flash games" or even "HTML5 games"???

You'd place each game "url" into a separate iframe, on a unique page for each game. Unless the java-games come with a lobby, then I guess you'd just add the base "url" to the iframe.

As far as making the "games" mobile responsive. You can't, unless the games are programmed to be responsive to begin with. Just like if 'Google' wasn't mobile responsive... You couldn't make it mobile-responsive.

 

[Kapitalo]

Sorry for being confusing, but that is because i am confused. I have zero clue about HTML, CSS, PHP and all other coding languages. I went full-noob and created all different things (casinos, games and bonuses) in pages while my coder suggested that i need to have my unique category for each in the Wordpress dashboard. Then he continued to suggest that i need to use PHP templates for most of my pages where i advertise products in (casinos, games and bonuses) - so they are all generated automatically dependend on the category i "tag" it as. That sounds all great and stuff, but now i see limititations in giving the pages an unique design given that i (have!?) to create the content for most of my pages in the "category editor", which is pretty limited. Of course i want the casinos, games and bonuses to each have the same template, BUT, when i create a page targeting "online casinos" for example i need more creative playground than the editor i have available for my categories.


Basically, i am trying to figure which pages i could create regularly outside the "category editor" with Elementor. And if do create regular pages if there would be any limitations for me due to me working outside the PHP templates.

Thanks for your response Aussie Dave!

 

[Kapitalo]

https://imgur.com/ye0KjMw

I am not sure if the screenshot i am sharing is helping in anyway but i hope so. This is the concept of basically everything i will have on my site - be it casinos, games or bonuses. Always a navigation bar on the side and a filter on the top. The problem here now is that the root is bonuses, and its a PHP template, but i do not even know where to edit this page. I think this page is only discoverable on the backend of my website.

 

[AussieDave]

@Kapitalo - going on what you've explained so far, I think maybe you need to understand the basics of Wordpress first. Because, your getting yourself in a "muddle" for no reason.

Check this out 1'st: https://firstsiteguide.com/wordpress-basics/

It should help you understand what WP is, and then how to use it

 

[DaftDog]

As Aussie Dave says. If you're still totally clueless about WordPress this site gives some good WordPress basics videos: https://www.wpbeginner.com/

Rather learn WordPress than wasting money on paying a coder who clearly is not helping you at all. You can get some decent WordPress casino themes at Pokatheme.com but you'd first need to know how to use WordPress correctly.

 

[NDG]

I agree with the others. Learn more about Wordpress and how to use it correctly, and then
you may be able to make some of these changes on your own and in your own way.

It seems to me that the developer is having you setup "categories" for "casinos", "bonuses", etc..
and then add in the content to those categories by make individual posts to populate them.
If that is the case, then those category pages will be limited to the design of the category template
unless you edit the categories PHP file to make it look the way that you want the categories to look.
Seeing that you have no experience in coding, this would likely be a difficult task for you right now.

There are different ways to develop a web site in Wordpress. Also, some Wordpress themes and
plugins will provide enhancements to make your web site look better. Sometimes, it can be trial
and error to find the right theme and plugins to match up with the type of site that you want to have.

 

[AussieDave]

Agree with others take on this too

To be frank, while "generate press" is a brilliant theme, the premium-plugin is what makes this beast come alive. Thing is though, unless you take advantage of the abundant How-To's, Videos, and Doc files (in the paid premium section), then your really going to be struggling to use all these tools. Even I, with years of WP exp, had to check those help files out.

WP themes and what not evolve rapidly. GP was released in 2017, and while it's still good, I'm now thinking about changing over to the Divi Theme Builder it's a much better option. Although I'm an old-school coder, I highly value a process which allows me to not only easily design a unique layout but populate it with content, quickly too. Divi meets that requirement these days.

 

[Kapitalo]

Hey again Thank you for all your answers. I think askgambler does pretty much generate most of their pages through the category editor. That means that all their offers listed below the content are generated automatically onto a template, and just the text varies.

I was trying to find an answer on whether that is the best practice as this system seems to be rather troublesome for someone that does not know much about coding but still wants his pages to look nice. But i came to the conclusion that i will go this path and create most pages through the category editor. I will have one custom template design for each main category like - casinos, bonuses, slots, and then have all the sub-categories of each have its own more simplified template.

Pages, and posts of course will have their own unique template.

I figured most people rather create pages and adhere shortcode to list the offers.

DISCUSS PLS

edit* and that is, i think, how most ecommercewebsite set their system up. and i think it is convenient for casino affiliate sites, as every main topic (games, casinos, bonuses) have so many sub-categories you can tag them as, of which all tags have good search volume