Using WordPress for More Than Blogs
by Mike Hallaron
As Web developers, we use WordPress almost exclusively when creating business blogs. With its clean php scripting and code, wealth of plugin options, quick, easy installation, and almost endless selection of templates and themes, using WordPress is a no-brainer. We love it. Although it seems there is always more to learn.
At the recent Optimization Summit in Dallas, John Jantsch of Duct Tape Marketing confirmed his fondness for the WordPress platform. Not intending to offend any web designers present (none taken John!), he asked why more businesses don’t use this flexible, scalable platform as the backbone of their business websites.
Flexibility of Content Management is the Key
At its core, WordPress is simply a content management system surrounded by easy to add and manage website features. The client is able to login as the “admin” and access a Dashboard to add new articles, photos, videos and more. No special training in php or html is necessary but some basic knowledge makes customization much easier. Familiarity with your hosting interface is helpful as you will need to set up a database to store articles and other page content.
Think WordPress might be the way to go? Consider these Blogs we have built recently:
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