If you want a website that you can manage yourself with relative ease, and without having to know any sort of web coding, a CMS (content management system) like Wordpress is definitely the way to go. Contrary to popular belief, Wordpress is not only for blogs. It’s one of the better blog management tools out there, for sure, but that’s not all it can do. It helps manages pages as well as multiple users, has plug-ins for things like photo galleries and mailing lists, and has one of the most intuitive user interfaces out there. Even better, if you have a designer in your corner (ahem, me), you can customize the theme to any style you want. And best of all: it’s free!
Get to know Wordpress:
All About Wordpress: http://wordpress.org
Free Themes for Wordpress: http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/
See examples of Wordpress sites I’ve done:
AC Vent: You’re already here! Yup, this blog is run on Wordpress.
Social Velocity: http://www.socialvelocity.net
Myths & Memoirs: http://www.mythsandmemoirs.com
Fine Home Dining: http://www.finehomedining.com
The Do’s and Don’ts of Using Wordpress:
DO keep your Wordpress version and plug-ins updated. Easy as clicking the link that says Update.
DO regularly backup your Wordpress database. There’s an easy tool to do so under Tools.
DON’T copy and paste directly from Word. Doing so keeps all of the font and style and color tags from Word, which will likely conflict with the style settings of your template, and just plain look bad.
DON’T feel bad if you don’t know how to setup and customize a Wordpress site – that’s what I’m for! Drop me an email and I’ll give you a price quote.