By now, we have already used ExpressionEngine to create our first weblog. While ExpressionEngine makes it easy to create and maintain a weblog on the internet, it is just as easy to create and maintain a more conventional website. In this chapter we will:
Create a new weblog (or section) that will hold the text of our website pages
Add customized fields to our weblog
Create a template that will be used for our conventional website pages
Create the first few pages of our new website using our new weblog and template
Create a menu to navigate between these pages
Create a 404 page for visitors who may otherwise get lost on our site
Note that this chapter will require the Pages module, included with the ExpressionEngine Personal or Commercial installations but not available in the free ExpressionEngine Core.
The Pages module allows us to use one template and one weblog for all the conventional pages on our website. Each posting to the weblog corresponds...