It's all about Wordpress
Wordpress is one of the most widely used blogging platforms in the world today. If you are unfamiliar with what a blog is, it is generally a collection of articles that you, or a collection of others, write that other people follow. Blogs can be for teaching, displaying artwork or just telling stories.
What most people don't realize is that Wordpress can also act as a content management system(CMS) for any type of website. Whether you have a non-profit organization or Wall Street company, you could greatly benefit from having a Wordpress powered website.
What can Wordpress do?
With a Wordpress website you will have control over your sites' content without needing any knowledge of HTML coding. How? Wordpress has a secure back-end area where you can do many things to moderate your content through a basic text editor. Here are just some of the things you will be able to do:
- Create new stories or pages.
- Edit existing text within your website.
- Upload images, video or music to add to your stories.
- Allow your site visitors to follow your latest posts through an RSS feed.
- Allow visitors to make comments on your stories.
- Invite others to write stories(blog posts) for your website.
- Take advantage of "Plug-ins" that increase functionality of your website.
- Oh! So much more!
Here are some very "in-depth" answers to the most common questions I get asked about Wordpress:
Will I need to know HTML, PHP, CSS or any other jargon to make updates?
Nope.
Can my website look exactly as I want it to?
Yep.
Does Wordpress require any fees to download?
Nope.
Can I remove user commenting ability from some of my posts?
Yep.
Will I be able to remove comments that I don't want shown?
Yep.
Are there less expensive alternatives than a full "custom" Wordpress site?
Yep.
Will you supply an easy to follow instructional guide to manage my site?
Yep.
Can I contact you for further information about a Wordpress website?
If you still are wondering about Wordpress, more information can be found at www.wordpress.org