How to make a database type of site?
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I want to make a site which is essentially a searchable database of all the restaurants/community organizations/ businesses in my city. The site should begin with these categories : restaurants, community organizations, businesses, and allow the user to select a category and delve deeper into its characteristics (ie. restaurants–vegetarian). Basically an advanced search in a site. I imagine the site to look like a few bubbles with the categories, which expand into subcategories when you click on them, but it doesn’t have to look like that. I would like to know if WordPress can support this kind of site model or should I use Joomla instead. How would I make this sort of site? Thanks!
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We bloggers do not have access to the database for free hosted WordPress.com blogs. What you describe ie. a searchable database of all the restaurants/community organizations/ businesses in my city. is not supported here. To do that you will have to hire a web host and set up a WordPress.org install.
Read the comparison here > WordPress.com vs. WordPress.org http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/
To move your content you need to create an XML export file of your content. It will not include the theme as they cannot be exported. See 3 below.
WordPress.com and WordPress.org are completely separate.
http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/1. Hire a web host http://wordpress.org/hosting/
2. Set up a WordPress.org install and equip it with a theme and plugins.
http://wordpress.org/themes/
http://wordpress.org/plugins/3. Export your content out of your WordPress.com blog http://en.support.wordpress.com/export/ and import it into the install.
4. Purchase a site redirect upgrade from wordpress.com
http://en.support.wordpress.com/site-redirect/ or if you have domain mapping then update the nameservers http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/domain-management/5. Transfer subscribers and stats. See http://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-a-blog/moving-your-subscribers/
Read more here http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2012/08/31/moving-your-blog-from-wordpress-com-to-wordpress-org-resources-and-tips/
Also note WordPress.com and WordPress.org have different log-ins and run different versions of themes with same names. If you don’t have a username account at WordPress.ORG click http://wordpress.org/support/ and register one on the top right hand corner of the page that opens, so you can post to the support forums there and receive advice from WordPress.ORG bloggers.
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