Hacking WhyPark
WhyPark and Subdomains
A lot of people may not realize this, but subdomains can be created and rapidly developed in WhyPark. This gives you a great opportunity to streamline the focus of a particular URL while expanding the focus of a particular domain.
CSS Classes used by WhyPark Templates
Unfortunately, you don't get a lot of control over the HTML spit out by WhyPark's content engine. Fortunately, you can use CSS to format what does get spit out.
Adding Images to Your Custom WhyPark Template
If you were an early adopterof WhyPark like myself or if you have an enhanced or managed account, you have the ability to create custom templates for your sites hosted with WhyPark. Here are some tips for coming up with images for your custom templates.
Better SEO for your WhyPark Sites
By default, WhyPark does not include a keywords metatag in your template. While this is not a super important tag, every SEO worth his salt will recommend you use it. Here's how you can add a keywords metatag without breaking your templates validation.
Make Your Index Template Different Than Your Other Pages
If you look at a site like Top Ten MBA (not one of mine by the way), and then look at one of its inner pages, you'll see that the index page has a large section of text that does not show up on the inner pages of the site. This gives the illusion of having content that only shows on the index page. This is a great trick, and this article is meant to be a sample of how it is done. You see, I have checked the "Your HTML" box on Add New Page, and these paragraphs are being typed into the Summary Description box. If this custom page were the only custom page I chose to show on the home page, it would appear that my index page had a nice unique content section in the template that did not show up on other pages of the site. It is important to know that you CAN enter html in the Summary Description box. It is also important to know that the Summary Description does not show up on the actual page if you click the linked article title. This means that you can have a very long "summary" for an article, but then make the actual article's page very different.
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