Wordpress is perhaps the best-known blogging software available on the internet today. But, did you know that Wordpress can also be used for other purposes?

A blog is a site where an author, or group of contributors, creates articles (posts) online, appearing in a reverse chronological order (newest first). These posts are often news articles, reviews or opinion pieces.

Wordpress is flexible enough that it can be used for many different purposes. It is highly customizable, with many different plugins available, to enhance existing functions or add new ones. Other plugins add completely new features that were never part of the original Wordpress; creative plugin authors have grown Wordpress far beyond whatever it was intended for. One plugin we like is the PodPress add-on: it turns Wordpress into a powerful podcasting product.

One popular use of Wordpress is as a content management system (CMS). A CMS is a framework for a site where contributors create static pages with text and images, categorized for easy viewing. A CMS also allows for a news page, so we can still retain the classic blogging features of Wordpress. A photo gallery is a natural addition, and this is available via another plugin.

Wordpress also uses “widgets” to add functions to the sidebar. Want to display or broadcast Twitter updates? No problem. Need the current weather or stock quotes on your side bar? Easy! Need a news feed from a related site? Sure, just plug it in and go!

So, what is our point here?

We can quickly deploy a new website for you, using Wordpress as the framework. We can even disable many of the typical blogging features, to where your visitors would never know they are visiting a Wordpress-powered site. This is also economical, as the CMS functionality allows us to deploy a site much faster than “reinventing the wheel”, writing all pages in HTML and PHP by hand.

It is also worlds better than any template-driven static site, for one reason: dynamic content that you control. As the client and end user, you have full access to your control panel, to create and edit new posts and pages on your site. You are no longer at the mercy of a web developer who is too busy to update your content when you need it. And it doesn’t cost you a penny either.

Wordpress-powered sites are not for everyone, but it’s powerful enough to handle many website chores without needing a lot of labor to make it happen. Since Wordpress is actively developed, we are confident it will be around for many years to come. And because it is actively maintained, it is now a lot more stable and secure than it ever has been.

We’ve worked with many Wordpress-based sites, and have the experience to help you make the most of any Wordpress-powered site.