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Monday, June 14th, 20105 Advantages of using WordPress as CMS.
Tuesday, April 6th, 2010Unless you’re new to the Internet, you have probably heard all kinds of heaven’s praise about WordPress. If you’ve never used this powerful CMS (content management system), you may have no idea why so many people love it. Well, that’s something you’ll easily realize after you try it yourself.
In the meanwhile, here’s a list of the 5 greatest advantages of using WordPress.
1 – Quick and effortless installation
A few years ago, installing WordPress wasn’t completely effortless and quick… not unless you already had some notions of PHP and MySQL. Nowadays, it’s a very different story. Most people who just get started using WordPress easily get impressed with how simple and automated the installation procedure is.
It’s not as simple as clicking a button (unless you’re using an auto-installer such as Fantastico) but it gets pretty close. There are only three steps involved in doing a fresh WP install: a) download WordPress an deploy to server; b) set up a mySQL database and username; c) fill in database information in config file (wp-config.php) … and that’s it!
After you do these simple steps, WordPress will take care of itself and you’ll be able to start posting within a minute or two.
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2 – Open source (completely free)
It may not sound like such a big deal if you’re only a dabbler who’s looking for way to publish personal content online. But for most webmasters, the fact that WordPress is free is extremely valuable, since it provides a very convenient way to develop and manage website content.
Additionally, the fact that wordpress is open source means there are tens of thousands of plugins and add-ons freely available for anyone to download. Most importantly, it means that WordPress is a platform that’s developed by users, and meant for users throughout.
3 – Regularly updated by active community of developers
That’s right… whether they are just users or developers, there’s something most people who use WordPress have in common: passion. WordPress is more than just a powerful tool, it’s a webmaster’s lifestyle choice.
There are thousands of developers who regularly contribute to fine-tuning and improving this CMS blog platform. Furthermore, the community is quite receptive to suggestions, so if you can ever think of something that would make WP better… you can bet someone will make it happen!
4 – Amazing add-on functionality
So you need a plugin that will track your visitors? Maybe another one that will handle your newsletter? Some of those social bookmark buttons? Those are some plain examples of functionality you can add to your WordPress install quite easily – with just a click of a button.
There are literally thousands of WordPress plugins freely available on the Internet, covering virtually every function you may think of. Since this an open source platform, you can even create your own plugins!
5 – Highly customizable look
The same principle applies here, as with plugins. There are tens of thousands of WordPress theme available for download, all around the Internet. Free themes, premium themes, custom themes… and if you suppose they all look like variations of one another, think again!
Some WordPress themes have rather unique designs, such as magazine-style themes and even photoblog-style themes. Of course, you can hire someone to create a unique WordPress theme, or even design your own.
Changing themes is really as simple as clicking a button… all the content remains unchanged, but your website will adjust seamlessly to the change.
4 ways to increase your WordPress productivity.
Saturday, April 3rd, 2010Besides being a user-friendly blog platform, WordPress can also be a wonderful productivity tool… provided you know how to use it, of course! This article will offer some tips that you should use to get things done faster, simply by changing the way you interact with the WordPress back-end.
Try moving things around!
If you’re reading this article, chances are you’re already familiar with WordPress. But have you ever stopped to really notice your WordPress dashboard? That’s the main screen where you land after logging in, by the way; and it offers several interesting features that most users oftentimes fail to notice.
Here’s a good example: most people don’t realize that everything in the dashboard can be moved around! You just need to grab the header in each module and move it to another spot… it’s really that simple. And the same principle applies to the “add post” tool: you can rearrange all the available modules in the way you see most fit.
Changing the look of your wordpress back-end admin couldn’t be simpler, and it really pays off: by organizing all the tools to suit your working style, you will surely notice positive changes in your productivity.
Quickpress your way across the web.
Did you know that you can publish posts right off the Dashboard, as soon as you log in? You might have noticed the “Quickpress” feature, but have you ever considered using it? When you’re in a rush this feature can be quite useful, since it allows creating a new post as easily as 1, 2,3!
Don’t go overboard installing plugins.
When people first realize just how versatile WordPress can be, they usually tend to go overboard and install all kinds of plugins they might need, as well as lots of plugins they probably won’t need… and even a bunch plugins they definitely won’t need.
There’s nothing wrong with installing dozens of plugins to see which ones are most suitable. However, you should avoid keeping several dozens plugins active at once, since that will make your website get sluggish. Make sure to keep only the plugins you truly need, and make sure you know what each plugin does… otherwise you’ll end up cluttering your website for no good reason.
Pre-publish and get ahead of schedule.
The life and blood of a blog are regular updates. There’s no point in keeping a blog if you only update once every full moon, right? Well, that’s easier said and done. Most of us tend to get caught up in our hectic lifestyles, and very commonly time won’t be enough for everything.
That’s why you should learn to take advantage of the pre-publish feature! Whenever you have spare time to write a bunch of posts, there’s no need to publish all at once. It’s much more efficient to set a regular publishing schedule and publish posts in advance. That way your blog will always look fresh and alive… even if you don’t come by for a couple of weeks or even months.
WordPress: the Internet equivalent to sliced bread
Thursday, April 1st, 2010If you feel there's wisdom to the masses, you can't possibly go wrong with Worpress. After all, there are over 200 million sites out there using this popular blog platform. Not to mention that more than 5% of the 10,000 biggest websites on the Internet are indeed powered by WordPress.
What's so great about wordpress, anyway?
This is a question you'll soon figure out by yourself, after you start using WordPress. But here are some pointers: first and foremost WordPress is a very robust CMS (content management system), meaning it provides a simple and efficient way to create and manage all types of content.
Besides being extremely powerful and user-friendly, WordPress is also highly configurable. There's a vast selection of WordPress plugins and themes that can be used to enhance the functions and looks of WordPress, as easily as clicking a single button.
WordPress is highly customizable and efficient.
The basic WordPress install already comes with most of the features a new user might hope for. You can add, remove and edit posts or static pages; Customize and edit the layout (theme) of your website; monitor your traffic stats; protect your blog from spam attacks; change link structures; pre-publish posts; and even create alternate author accounts so you can invite your friends to post in your blog as well!
In other words, WordPress is a full-featured blogging tool right out of the box. However, as you develop your website, chances are you'll find yourself wishing that certain specific features were also available... such as being able to provide users with a web 2.0 bookmark feature, or maybe add a geotracking map showing where your visitors come from.
No problem! Since these are just a few of the thousands of features you can add by installing a plugin or widget, you will be able to fine-tune your blog as easily as clicking a button or pasting a little chunk of code you retrieved elsewhere.
Suit up your blog, from a vast selection of available themes.
Not only can you customize the functionality of your blog to match your creative vision, but you can also customize the actual graphical look of your site. And doing so is not any harder than changing a shirt... in fact, you can rack up on dozens of WordPress themes more easily than you can rack up your wardrobe.
All it takes is a single click of a button, and your blog will instantly reorganize and take a whole new look and shape. There are tens of thousands of free themes available on the Internet. This is great because everyone can access them, but it's not so great since many people will end up using the same theme. Sure enough, there's also a way to make sure your website is completely unique!
You can just create your own custom theme from the grounds up, or hire someone to do it for you; in fact, you might have noticed this website focuses exclusively on WordPress themes; if you're looking for someone that you can hire to fully customize your WordPress theme, you're really visiting the right place at the right time.
The Least You can do
Monday, March 29th, 2010Awesome Talk by the master of usability Steve Krug the writer of the amazing books Don’t Make Me Think!: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability and Rocket Surgery Made Easy: The Do-it-yourself Guide to Finding and Fixing Usability Problems.
The least you can do is about the least someone can do even if it’s not a task for you but you may have to do it, Steve Krug tell us what is the least you can do.
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