I am quite new to all of this and I have someone asking me to create a static site using a CMS is this possible? If so how would I go about it?

The majority of CMS's by their very nature are always "dynamic" in that data is stored in and retrieved from a database on demand.

 

In your case some people refer to "static" pages as standalone content pages that fall outside of content types like dated content that appears in a certain order, or could be filtered by say categories, date ranges or other attributes.

If you want a static site then there is absolutely no need for a CMS.

 

You can use a static site generator like Jekyll, I use it for my blog and it allows me to write posts in markdown that get pulled into the template files when it is compiled. Static sites like this will load far quicker than one on a CMS that has to make database querys that are often complex and slow down the load process.

What is your client asking for exactly? What is their goal in asking you for this specification?

What is your client asking for exactly? What is their goal in asking you for this specification?

 

Yea, I would ask them to confirm what they mean by static.

They probably don't mean static the way we do. Check with them first. However, I've set Wp blog up on the back end of static sites.

If you need a static web page then why you need CMS.

Use HTML for a static webpage. Its really a simple and easy to design the website using HTML.

I have a feeling similar to Jamesofscot.

 

I think they may mean the content is static and not likely to change much once published.

 

It could simply be a way for them to advertise a business similar to an online business card and simply have a welcome page, about us and contact us pages? They may want the 'CMS' aspect so once handed over they could amend content if they needed to.

 

But again - this needs clarifying with client.

static website available to create using CMS but you never hide admin panel and databases its not possible to create static with CMS

You can try to use a cache plugin, like wp super cache.

For your situation a few individuals allude to "static" pages as standalone substance pages that fall outside of substance sorts like dated substance that shows up in a certain request, or could be sifted by say classes, date extents or different traits.

to build a static site in wordpress make pages and not posts ,go the the theme editor and remove all the text in the comments file and save the blank document . you can also go to settings and where it says custom date click that and remove the date format and again save that as blank . this should help you create the look of a website rather than a blog which is most likely what your client is referring too .

Is your client talking about caching?

Or is that just a word they have heard and are repeating it back to you?

There are a multitude of caching plugins available for WordPress some of which actually generate static HTML files in a directory which are served instead of making database requests.

As I stated there is no need for WP or any other CMS here if you want a static site the just build a static site in raw HTML. If you want to update it easily then use something like Jekyll. Simples.