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I have been using wordpress for every site I’ve built for a couple years.
I think it is a great CMS. I think it can be simple enough for a mini-site.
By using custom fields you can accomplish most desired effects. I usually
have several template pages for posts and pages on complex sites.For mini-sites, I like the setup because it is then easy to go back and
build the site larger in the future.I do my best to steer away from plug-ins. But I do use some on some sites.
Because of its wide use it is easy to find help online. Most of the time you
can find exact code samples to use.I pretty much do the same, buy a domain, setup a blog on it, modify and setup the pages soon after. Get some sort of footprint out there.
I use WordPress as well. A great CMS that gets better and better with every new version release. I use plug-ins to add some nifty features and extra seo and sitemap capabilities. Always make sure that you use plug-ins from a reputable site, like the WordPress itself as they can be used as a backdoor into your site. You can search for new plugins and themes via your WordPress backend.
Used Joomla for a long time. Now switching to WordPress. I would say that 85% of the people that I speak with whom I value their opinion use WordPress. The ones that don’t are using legacy systems that they simply can’t justify the change. But, they would like too. WordPress is really on top of their updates, etc.
@CornHusker 224465 wrote:
Used Joomla for a long time
Whats Joomla like? Pro’s and cons?
I’ve heard some people love drupal as well.Wordpress is good because you can build the main thing to look like a website and then have sections to act like a blog.
You can also have lots of posts floating off the website in their mysql database, these are then useful for having content structure, then within each post, having main keywords linking back to the main pages of the website.
Then because you have posts within the site, it can be considered a blog, which can then be useful for being accepted into numerous blog networking directories etc.
You get the best of both worlds, plenty of support and when you get bored of a look in time, you can modify everything quite simply, keeping the website intact.
You can also have custom headers, for example like christmas and stuff, which you can easily upload and change.
Plus, google loves visiting wordpress platforms for some reason.
