Leon Poole from Creative World gives you "10 Reasons You Should Use WordPress" as your CMS solution for your website.
This presentation was originally created for a discussion on CMS's at the Brisbane Web Design meetup group.
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10 Reasons You Should Use WordPress
1. 10 Reasons You Should Use WordPress By Leon Poole from Creative World Twitter: @creativeworld www.creativeworld.com.au
2. 10 Reasons You Should Use WordPress It’s FREE, as in beer! WordPressis available for download and use under a General Public License (GPL) Licence It’s FREE!
3. 10 Reasons You Should Use WordPress It’s EASY to use! The WordPress user interface is easy to navigate, easy to use and easy to understand. It’s FREE! It’s EASY to use!
4. 10 Reasons You Should Use WordPress WordPress also does blogs! WP is now a full fledge CMS but don’t forget, it rocks when it comes to blogs. It’s FREE! It’s EASY to use! It does BLOGS!
5. 10 Reasons You Should Use WordPress Themes, Themes, Themes! TOTAL control on layout from <html> to </html> on page by page basis. Designers <3 WP. It’s FREE! It’s EASY to use! It does BLOGS! THEMES!
10. WP Super Cache(Advanced caching of your site plus a ‘lock down’ featurefor expected spike in traffic: digg effect)It’s FREE! It’s EASY to use! It does BLOGS! THEMES! PLUGINS!
13. Platinum SEO PluginIt’s FREE! It’s EASY to use! It does BLOGS! THEMES! PLUGINS! SEO Goodness
14. 10 Reasons You Should Use WordPress 1 Click Updates for WP + Plugins Maintaining a site with latest releases has never been so easy. It’s FREE! It’s EASY to use! It does BLOGS! THEMES! PLUGINS! SEO Goodness EASY UPGRADES!
15. 10 Reasons You Should Use WordPress Interact + Engage with your visitors Choose what (pages & posts) visitors can comment on, how long comments remain open, manage comments, who can comment, and lots more… It’s FREE! It’s EASY to use! It does BLOGS! THEMES! PLUGINS! SEO Goodness EASY UPGRADES! COMMENTS!
16. 10 Reasons You Should Use WordPress It’s Widget-tastic! “Wordpress Widgets are also known as "sidebar accessories" which are WordPressPlugins or add-ons to your WP blog sidebar. It’s FREE! It’s EASY to use! It does BLOGS! THEMES! PLUGINS! SEO Goodness EASY UPGRADES! COMMENTS! WIDGETS!
17. 10 Reasons You Should Use WordPress A community that helps others In addition to endless resources available to learn from, a community of enthusiastic WordPress users also exists. Visit wordpress.org/support/ It’s FREE! It’s EASY to use! It does BLOGS! THEMES! PLUGINS! SEO Goodness EASY UPGRADES! COMMENTS! WIDGETS! Big COMMUNITY!
19. 10 Reasons You Should Use WordPress Famous 5-minute installation It’s FREE! It’s EASY to use! It does BLOGS! THEMES! PLUGINS! SEO Goodness EASY UPGRADES! COMMENTS! WIDGETS! Big COMMUNITY! 5-min INSTALL!
20. 10 Reasons You Should Use WordPress Because I use WordPress! You can only endorse what you’ve experienced: with over 3 years of using WordPress, I have had many fantastic results that ultimately = happy clients. It’s FREE! It’s EASY to use! It does BLOGS! THEMES! PLUGINS! SEO Goodness EASY UPGRADES! COMMENTS! WIDGETS! Big COMMUNITY! 5-min INSTALL! I USE IT!
22. 10 Reasons You Should Use WordPress Resources Anatomy of a Theme - http://wordpress.tv/2009/03/16/anatomy-of-a-wordpress-theme-exploring-the-files-behind-your-theme/ Lorelle on WordPress - http://lorelle.wordpress.com/ WordPress Codex - http://codex.wordpress.org/ Matt Cutts praises WordPress SEO benefits - http://markjaquith.wordpress.com/2007/12/07/matt-cutts-praises-wordpress-seo-benefits/