different layouts on one site?

[littleredcar]

hi there.

can i create a website with wonderCMS, that has different layouts? say the homepage looks different than the subpages? and another design for contact us?

i am not only talking about blocks, but different structure/design. sort of using different themes on ONE site.

cheers, and greetings, marc

[NorfolkGreg]

The short answer is you can only use one theme on a site.

However, it depends a bit on what you mean by a "different layout" and on the facilities the theme offers.

It's quite possible to wrap all the content of a page in
<div class="subpage">...</div>
tags and such a subpage would appear with whatever styling was specified in the theme for content within those tags.

I don't think any current theme in the official list includes quite that facility.

[littleredcar]

ok, thanks.

what a pitty - as NO website looks exactly the very same on each and every page...

[NorfolkGreg]

Be aware that it all depends on the theme, what it offers and, almost more important, how you use it. Saying "NO website looks exactly the very same on each and every page" suggests to me that you may not be aware of how to add html tags to your content to ensure you can take advantage of the facilities offered in a theme.

If you have any understanding of CSS then you'll also find it very easy to add the code you want to a theme's style.css file.

I guess what I'm saying is that you can't realistically expect any software package to allow you to create the site you have in your imagination without spending some effort in learning how to achieve what you want.

Your first step could be to post a few examples of sites that illustrate exactly what you want to achieve and someone here can explain how to achieve it with Wcms or suggest some other package that would suit you better.

[turboblack]

hi there.

can i create a website with wonderCMS, that has different layouts? say the homepage looks different than the subpages? and another design for contact us?

i am not only talking about blocks, but different structure/design. sort of using different themes on ONE site.

cheers, and greetings, marc

There's a multi-template content management system HamsterCMS or HamsterCMS SE, available in two variations, with a hundred of ready-made templates. Creating a landing page template takes just a few minutes, also using files instead of a database. It's already built into the hosting, or you can install it yourself, the choice is yours.