By Thomas McMahon
There are a lot of people who think that WordPress is just blogging software, but it's much more than that. It can be a website's entire content management system (CMS). Here are 31 reasons why WordPress works as a CMS.
• Simple to install.
• There is a [url=\"http://bloggerdesign.com/604/plugin-for-that/\"]WordPress plugin[/url] to add almost any functionality you want.
• Can setup multiple users with multiple levels of control on the site.
• It's SEO friendly.
• Easy to theme.
• Easy to customize design and add widgets.
• One piece of software can run both the website and blog.
• Comes with pages and posts to separate the blog from the website.
• Post and page revisions so you have a history of changes to content.
• RSS feeds included with no setup.
• Built in media area for images, documents and so much more.
• Flexible theming structure that allows you to create multiple different layouts and easily apply them to any post or any section of the site.
• Built in link manager makes it easy to add a resources section to your site.
• Thousands of powerful WordPress functions allow developers to pull all sorts of information into any part of the site.
• No property code to learn. It's all PHP.
• You don't have to know code to use it. Upload the files, follow the on screen instructions and never look at the code.
• Clean and [url=\"http://bloggerdesign.com/166/optimized-post-slugs/\"]customizable URLs[/url].
• W3C standard compliant.
• Most web hosts support WordPress. Lots even have it available as a one-click install.
• Posts updates and design changes take effect immediately, no waiting for anything to re-publish.
• Can allow for a members only area of the site.
• Can create password protected areas for privacy.
• It's easy and quick to upgrade.
• Works in all browsers on all platforms.
• Can create drafts so you can start work on a page now, and finish it later.
• Lightweight and user intuitive admin side.
• It's available in your browser or on your mobile device; such as the iPhone.
• It's free.
• You can create an entire site in less than an hour.
• You have control over just about everything.
• There are over 15 million WordPress publishers: 6 million blogs hosted on WordPress.com plus 9 million active installations of the WordPress.org software. So you know it's good stuff.
About the Author:
Thomas McMahon is a SEO Designer for [url=\"http://www.toprankmarketing.com/\"]TopRank Online Marketing[/url] in Minneapolis, MN. His specialities inlude technical optimization of existing web sites, creating search engine friendly web designs, and blog optimization. He has also created a number of blog marketing tools, WordPress plug-ins and FireFox add-ons.
Blog: [url=\"http://bloggerdesign.com\"]http://bloggerdesign.com[/url]
The 31 Flavors Of A Good Content Management System
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<img src=\'http://www.killanet.net/forum3/public/s ... >/good.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\'(Y)\' /> good article; there's some other really good stuff on his blog.
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It's no good meeting the right person too soon or too late.
If I'd live in another time or place...
...my story might have had a very different ending.
The 31 Flavors Of A Good Content Management System
Yes there is - I spent quite a bit of time on his site today.
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