Speaking of WordPress,? a major update has just been released. WordPress 2.1 the so-called, “personal publishing platform” is what we use to power our website, wowtechminute.com. WordPress has well over a million installations and while it’s great for bloggers, it’s also cusomizable enough to function as a web content management system. In other words, you can build site for your client, teach them to use it and retain residual income from things like hosting or other services.
But better yet, WordPress gives designers a plugin architecture. Designers can host and build the site affordably while continually providing more value to the customer through upgrades and maintainence. Free, hosted versions of WordPress are at wordpress.com while, free, self-hosted versions are available through WordPress.org.
Finally, if you’re on Oahu in Two weeks, we’ll be there at the TechEd conference. Stop by and say, “aloha.”
From Aloha Workshops on the Big Island of Hawai`i, this is Brent Norris for the World Organization of Webmasters and the Wow Technology Minute.
Additional Resources?
WordPress.com – free, hosted version. Just go to their site, sign up and start using your new site. Too simple to even write about.
WordPress.org – free, self-hosted version. Download the platform to your server and install -very easy setup.