As we contemplate how to bring our home page content into WordPress, two possible methods leap to mind:
WYSIWYG dump: Copying and pasting the entire markup structure for our carousel and columns into the visual editor and then uploading our images and placing them within the context of that markup structure.
Custom fields: Using WordPress custom fields to enter our key elements—the carousel images and the column content—and then customizing a template file to provide our desired markup structure.
The first approach is not a good long-term solution as the visual or WYSIWYG editor is not adept at handling complex markup structure. Nevertheless, this approach is the quickest, and in this case, it will help us with our first steps. So, let's begin quick and dirty, if you will, and we'll clean things up with the custom fields method nearer the end.
In the exercise files for this chapter, you will find the files from our Chapter 2, Bootstrappin' Your Portfolio, Portfolio...