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Why you should use WORDPRESS

 

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Just Because WordPress is Free Software, this does not mean it is an inferior product. WordPress is one of the most powerful CMS platforms on the Internet today.

This is – Why you should use WORDPRESS. We put Hours of Experience into Building the perfect Website for you. Sure you could go  it alone, and yes, I encourage you to learn and create your own style. But it’s not for everyone. Let us create your Website, we’ll hand it over to you “Fully Functional”, then all you need to do it keep it updated. What could be simpler than that?

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Why you should use WORDPRESS

WordPress powers more than 24% of the web — a figure that rises every day. Everything from simple websites, to blogs, to complex portals and enterprise websites, and even applications, are built with WordPress.

WordPress combines simplicity for users and publishers with under-the-hood complexity for developers. This makes it flexible while still being easy-to-use.

The following is a list of some of the features that come as standard with WordPress; however, there are literally thousands of plugins that extend what WordPress does, so the actual functionality is nearly limitless. You are also free to do whatever you like with the WordPress code, extend it or modify in any way or use it for commercial projects without any licensing fees. That is the beauty of free software, free refers not only to price but also the freedom to have complete control over it.

Here are some of the features of why you should use WordPress that we think  you’ll love.

  • Simplicity Simplicity makes it possible for you to get online and get publishing, quickly. Nothing should get in the way of you getting your website up and your content out there. WordPress is built to make that happen.
  • Flexibility With WordPress, you can create any type of website you want: a personal blog or website, a photoblog, a business website, a professional portfolio, a government website, a magazine or news website, an online community, even a network of websites. You can make your website beautiful with themes, and extend it with plugins. You can even build your very own application.
  • Publish with Ease If you’ve ever created a document, you’re already a whizz at creating content with WordPress. You can create Posts and Pages, format them easily, insert media, and with the click of a button your content is live and on the web.
  • Publishing Tools WordPress makes it easy for you to manage your content. Create drafts, schedule publication, and look at your post revisions. Make your content public or private, and secure posts and pages with a password.
  • User Management Not everyone requires the same access to your website. Administrators manage the site, editors work with content, authors and contributors write that content, and subscribers have a profile that they can manage. This lets you have a variety of contributors to your website, and let others simply be part of your community.
  • Media Management They say a picture says a thousand words, which is why it’s important for you to be able to quickly and easily upload images and media to WordPress. Drag and drop your media into the uploader to add it to your website. Add alt text, captions, and titles, and insert images and galleries into your content. We’ve even added a few image editing tools you can have fun with.
  • Full Standards Compliance Every piece of WordPress generated code is in full compliance with the standards set by the W3C. This means that your website will work in today’s browser, while maintaining forward compatibility with the next generation of browser. Your website is a beautiful thing, now and in the future.
  • Easy Theme System WordPress comes bundled with two default themes, but if they aren’t for you there’s a theme directory with thousands of themes for you to create a beautiful website. None of those to your taste? Upload your own theme with the click of a button. It only takes a few seconds for you to give your website a complete makeover.
  • Extend with Plugins WordPress comes packed full of features for every user, for every other feature there’s a plugin directory with thousands of plugins. Add complex galleries, social networking, forums, social media widgets, spam protection, calendars, fine-tune controls for search engine optimization, and forms.
  • Built-in Comments Your blog is your home, and comments provide a space for your friends and followers to engage with your content. WordPress’s comment tools give you everything you need to be a forum for discussion and to moderate that discussion.
  • Search Engine Optimized WordPress is optimized for search engines right out of the box. For more fine-grained SEO control, there are plenty of SEO plugins to take care of that for you.
  • Multilingual WordPress is available in more than 70 languages. If you or the person you’re building the website for would prefer to use WordPress in a language other than English, that’s easy to do.
  • Easy Installation and Upgrades WordPress has always been easy to install and upgrade. If you’re happy using an FTP program, you can create a database, upload WordPress using FTP, and run the installer. Not familiar with FTP? Plenty of web hosts offer one-click WordPress installers that let you install WordPress with, well, just one click!
  • Importers Using blog or website software that you aren’t happy with? Running your blog on a hosted service that’s about to shut down? WordPress comes with importers for blogger, LiveJournal, Movable Type, TypePad, Tumblr, and WordPress. If you’re ready to make the move, we’ve made it easy for you.
  • Own Your Data Hosted services come and go. If you’ve ever used a service that disappeared, you know how traumatic that can be. If you’ve ever seen adverts appear on your website, you’ve probably been pretty annoyed. Using WordPress means no one has access to your content. Own your data, all of it — your website, your content, your data.
  • Freedom WordPress is licensed under the GPL which was created to protect your freedoms. You are free to use WordPress in any way you choose: install it, use it, modify it, distribute it. Software freedom is the foundation that WordPress is built on.
  • Community As the most popular open source CMS on the web, WordPress has a vibrant and supportive community. Ask a question on the support forums and get help from a volunteer, attend a WordCamp or Meetup to learn more about WordPress, read blogs posts and tutorials about WordPress. Community is at the heart of WordPress, making it what it is today.
  • Contribute You can be WordPress too! Help to build WordPress, answer questions on the support forums, write documentation, translate WordPress into your language, speak at a WordCamp, write about WordPress on your blog. Whatever your skill, we’d love to have you!
Note: Above information reproduced from: https://wordpress.org/about/features/

WordPress is an awesome content management system for websites of all shapes and sizes. One of the most common misconceptions about WordPress is that, since it is open source, it may not be good enough for big brands. To disprove this myth, we have added a list of  the most notable big name brands that are using WordPress on their websites.

1. TechCrunch

Coastal Web Design use WordPress

2. The New Yorker

The New Yorker

3. BBC America

Coastal Web Design use WordPress

4. The Official Star Wars Blog

Coastal Web Design use WordPress

5. Variety

Coastal Web Design use WordPress

6. Sony Music

Coastal Web Design use WordPress

7. MTV News

MTV News

8. Beyonce

Beyonce

9. ebay Inc

ebay Inc

10. PlayStation.Blog

PlayStation.Blog

11. Best Buy

Best Buy

12. Xerox

Xerox

13. Bata

Bata

14. Quartz

Quartz

15. ESPN Product Blog

ESPN Product Blog

16. Nokia Conversations

Nokia Conversations

17. Ford Social

Ford Social

18. Fortune

Fortune

19. Time Inc.

Time Inc.

20. Facebook Newsroom

Facebook Newsroom

21. The New York Times Company

The New York Times Company

22. Marks & Spencer for Business

Marks & Spencer for Business

23. Google Ventures

Google Ventures

24. Harvard Business Review Blogs

Harvard Business Review Blogs

25. Larry King Liveblog

Larry King Liveblog

26. The Official Rackspace Blog

The Official Rackspace Blog

27. Philips DirectLife Coach Blog

Philips DirectLife Coach Blog

28. ExpressJet Airlines

ExpressJet Airlines

29. Inside BlackBerry

Inside BlackBerry

30. Rotary Means Business – Rotary Club

Rotary Means Business - Rotary Club

31. The Rolling Stones

The Rolling Stones

32. The Walking Dead – AMC

The Walking Dead - AMC

33. The Mozilla Blog

The Mozilla Blog

34. The Wall Street Journal Law Blog

The Wall Street Journal Law Blog

35. Dallas Mavericks

Dallas Mavericks

36. Wil Wheaton

Wil Wheaton

37. Snoop Dogg

Snoop Dogg

38. SAP News Center

SAP News Center

39. Wolverine Worldwide

Wolverine Worldwide

40. Reuters Blogs

Reuters Blogs

We hope this list is good enough to convince anyone to use WordPress.

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