wordpress pros; no cons? :)
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Presentation (originally in mindmap form) provided at lightbulb coworking in CharlotteTRANSCRIPT
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WordPress Pros What Cons??? :)
Slides prepared for panel discussion comparing WordPress and Joomla
#clt
http://softduit.com http://twitter.com/brettbum
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WordPress is EASY to learn to Use
• Over 202 million WordPress users worldwide, so many people don't even need to learn.
• They are experts already!
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Its simple, either edit or create a Page or a Post(blog/news
article)• Not all sites need pages• Not all sites need blog or news articles
either.• Both situations ARE OK
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WordPress is the iPhone of Web Development There's an
App for that & ITS FREE!
• There are more than 9,200 'Apps' known as Plugins available to download and install on WordPress sites
• Most of them are free (built in open source communities). Plugins that cost money are usually VERY cheap.
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Free Themes
• What is a Theme?
• There are over a 1100 free themes to download from WordPress with no strings attached.
• There are TENs of thousands of free themes that might include a sponsor link in the footer
• Learning to Create a Theme is Easy Too (not free but very cheap)• I can teach anyone to build a WP theme (no experience necessary at
all) in about 10 minutes
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WLW WindowsLiveWriter FREE program fm Microsoft
• Manage your Website Pages and Posts from a desktop application!
• Makes adding/editing pictures, copy, videos, download files VERY EASY
• If your users can use Outlook or send an email, they can manage your website with WLW
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Get Great SEO results out of the box
• Doing almost nothing extra, WordPress can get a person or a business great SERP results
• More work can yield better results too
• All in One SEO, XML Sitemaps, Scribe SEO
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Run your own Decentralized Social Network
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Tools Mentioned• All in One SEO - http://bit.ly/All-in-One-SEO • XML Sitemaps• Scribe SEO - http://bit.ly/SEOWPPlugin • Pagemash (organize WP pages/hide pgs fm Menus)• Neo Pro 4 (Email Organizer)• Quickbooks/Quickbooks Online• WindowsLiveWriter
– Desktop Site Management Publishing Tool (free typically installed in Windows 7 or Vista already)
• Artisteer – Design Joomla or WordPress themes in Minutes - http://bit.ly/ArtisteerDiscount
• Greater Charlotte Area WordPress Meetup Group - http://bit.ly/cltwp