Using Wordpress as a CMS - An article by Andreas Krohn
Readers of aft know my wp love, i can easily say that, it’s the best cms, it’s the best open source script, it’s the best framework etc. I found an article about Wordpress written by Andreas Krohn. You may find it interesting too.
He says;
“I’ve used dozens of Content Manage Systems, both open source versions like Drupal and Joomla and Enterprise level ones as Microsoft CMS and others. They all have one thing in common - they suck (that is a technical term for “providing less than optimal results”). Either they are too complicated or too simplistic, or in some cases, both at the same time. After some experimentation I have found a CMS that works perfectly for most of my needs, and if it do not fit a project I write my own (as I did for WebHostNinja.com). This perfect(ish) CMS is the blogging platform Wordpress.
At the moment I am using Wordpress as a CMS for several websites. Of course this blog is running on Wordpress, not that suprising really since it is a blog. The main site of blendapps.com is all Wordpress, while the acctual chat application that integrates Meebo chat with Ning social networks, run on the subdomain chat.blendapps.com and is implemented on Google App Engine.
The Most Rationalist Site Type to Start Your Web Business; Wordpress Blog
In a previous article (main type of sites to develop), Andy tell us about the types of sites and which one should be choosed.
I strongly recommend you to have a wordpress blog at first.
Why a Wordpress Blog is The Most Rationalist Site Type to Start Your Business?
1-) Wordpress is open source and it has the largest documantation archive. Just type your problem to Google, you’ll find too many things about this.
2-) To hire a coder is painful. Sometimes you may get mad. Maybe many times. If your site is coded by someone, you’ll get addicted to him/her for adding new features, fixing bugs etc. But at wordpress, many of your problems have been already fixed.
3-) CNN, Fox and Many other Giants use Wordpress.
4-) You can easily change your theme or design your own.
5-) You can turn your blog into anything via plugins. If plugins are not enough for your specific content, at this time it would be more rationalist to hire a coder.
6-) When you get bigger, you can change your interface, add new feature. Or you can hire a coder for this.
7-) Wordpress is a blog system and blogs are content type sites. If you have a great content, Google will send you a lot of people as a gift.
8- ) To back-up is on the most important thing and you can do this easily.
9- ) You don’t have to find a coder or proffessional developer to ask a question about your site, just ask to Google
10-) It has the hottest plugin archive on internet. You won’t able to stop yourself starting a new wp blog everyday…
11-) Ad management plugins will help you to monetize your blog and improve your earnings. For example; Adman.
12-) Search Engine Optimization is standard at Wordpress. But you can add improve it with amazing plugins too. For example; All In One Seo Pack (This is the best one)
13-) You can carry your blog to a next level with incomparable plugins written by Worldwide developers. For example; 10 Wordpress Hacks To Make Your Life Easy
Start Your Golden Blog Project with Wordpress
If your golden project is a great blog, you should start with Wordpress. Tech crunch make 200.000$ a month and uses wordpress.
Why to start your golden project with Wordpress?
1-) There are dozens of cool and proffessional themes. Also you can edit them from style.css file easily.
2-) You can create search engine friendly urls. This is very important.
3-) With simple plugins, you can back up your blog easily.
4-) You can add avatars, polls, forums, calendars and thousands of things from wordpress free plugin directory.
5-) Interface of wordpress is easier and user friendly than the others.
6-) Proffessional Web Bloggers use Wordpress.
7-) You can add image thumbnails at the bottom of the posts easily. This is very important for ” images.google.com” traffic and “CTR”.
8-) Adding new features with plugins has never been easy like that.
9-) WP also includes adsense plugins. For example; “adman”. With this plugin, you can add ads into the posts.
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