Week 8 Post for ICC 612
I’ve worked with WordPress for a number of years on the blogging side. A few years ago we transitioned our corporate website CMS from Expression Engine to WordPress and it was a great decision. I believe WordPress is one of the most versatile and easy to use CMSs available. It’s a very flexible platform which affords you the ability to create a quality site if you’re just starting out by using it’s built in themes and features. If you’re a business, you can really dive in a customize the features of this CMS to fit your company’s needs. There is the ability for multiple content users, version controls, image library and various other features that make managing your website easier.
Here’s a view of the CMS for my company website:
The page editing features are simple and easy to use. Additionally, you have the ability to get creative and design visually compelling elements if you have some basic HMTL knowledge.
Creating pages within your site is easy and you can customize the look to a more visually compelling navigation. There are many major bands that use WordPress as their CMS that many may not realize. Some of those include Sony Music, Vogue, Variety, NY Post, The Walt Disney Company and many more.
There are not many downsides to using WordPress as your CMS. If you’re just starting out, the themes are limited. You really need to be able to develop design in code to fully utilize the capabilities of this CMS. It allows for customization, which is a huge asset for people running websites. If you’re new to web development that may become a negative since you need the ability to code to really have compelling features integrating into your site.
Regardless, I still feel like WordPress is great for beginners based on the features and themes if comes with. Overall, it’s the cleanest and most users friendly CMS I’ve come across and I don’t believe I’ll switch out from using WordPress anytime soon.
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