Wordpress
Wordpress is to the Internet what the iPhone is to mobile communication.
A revolution in itself, this content management tool began life as a simple blogging system. Today, it provides a CMS that is popular with providers and consumers alike.
Both an ideal experimentation tool for the CMS novice
and a playground for developers, Wordpress
is something of an open-source project. It has
a number of “plug-ins” and “add-ons” (a
bit like the apps you can get for an iPhone) that enhance
the service, many of which are contributions from developers
from all over the world. YouTube videos
and Twitter feeds can now be added to websites at the
click of a button, and thousands of cutting-edge
extensions are being created every day that cater to
e-commerce, social media, content management features,
SEO features and multimedia.
Constantly revised, easy to implement, and cheap to maintain, Wordpress is an exciting and future-proof all-in-one solution. However, it does have some structural restrictions, like all ready-made packages, and careful consideration needs to be given to assess its suitability before a project begins.
It is also worth bearing in mind that Google
loves Wordpress. From integrated tools
to page rankings, the two companies are built in a
way that makes them co-operate very easily. This
is despite the fact that Google has its own blogging
tool (Buzz), which is quickly losing industry favour.
