Well, yesterday evening was a sad day for the world as we marked the passing of Steve Jobs. I consider myself a huge Apple fan and own just about every product they make. I have been fascinated with Apple computers since the first time I worked on one. I saw a piece of hardware and [...]
I think the average consumer thinks most creative professionals have an endless supply of creativity at their disposal, but the truth is that creativity must be nurtured. Many times we just keep making withdrawals from our stash of creativity until we are burnt out, over worked, and looking for something else to do. But the [...]
Many of you might not know that I share an office space with 2 other amazing creatives (Jason Cohen Photography and Southern Fete Creative). It is an awesome relief to have people liked mind to rely on when the stresses of life and business come up. We enjoy this so much we wanted to share [...]
Content Management Systems are a dime a dozen these days. Every PHP designer with any teeth probably has made one or another to prove they can make a kickass CMS! Usually though, these CMSes are horribly difficult to use, are closed box systems, and force people to get locked into their proprietary technology. The BIG reality is that there are only a handful or so that are actually usable for clients. My clients across the board need something that is web based, easy to use, and doesn’t require a Computer Science degree to manage.
I have tried my fair share of open source CMSes and have generally one complaint about all of them, they aren’t user friendly. This is usually tied to the fact that some PHP programmer designed the system and user interface with little to no help from graphic designers.
I couldn’t find a better way to describe it than the main quote from their website.
“WordPress is a state-of-the-art publishing platform with a focus on aesthetics, web standards, and usability. WordPress is both free and priceless at the same time.”
I have been using WordPress for all of my sites for about 3 years now and will never look back. It has everything a guy couldn’t want and more! To save you and me time, I am just going to list out the pros and cons. I will let you decide.
