What’s WordPress?

WordPress is content management system, CMS, a web tool that allows people who don’t have the skills or training to build and maintain a website do just that. In the hands of a professional designer, WordPress is a tool that let’s business owners like you get a professionally designed, branded website.

 

The Advantages of WordPress

Utilizing CMS (Content Management System) architecture with WordPress will give your website more robust performance and integrated tools for managing both public and member content. WordPress is the largest publishing platform on the internet powering over 25 million websites.

Similar to Joomla and Drupal, WordPress is an Open Source project meaning there are more contributions made to the platform as a whole than its commercial counterparts. There are also no licensing fees for the software, meaning more resources can be devoted to creating compelling content for users.

You will have control over nearly all areas of content and will be able to update that content without the need to learn complicated programming languages. Brewerj Web Design also has the resources necessary to serve in this capacity if internal contributions are not an option.

WordPress also remains powerful enough on the backend for Brewerj Web Design to implement any advanced features needed in the future. This could include features such as detailed member profiles, built-in social networking, etc. Maintenance is also greatly improved. Brewerj Web Design will also quickly apply security updates from WordPress or third party plugin providers as soon as they become available.

 

How Does This Help Me and My Business?

WordPress is an invaluable tool to any small business owner or entrepreneur who isn’t comfortable reading and writing code or designing a personal or company website. It offers flexibility and control over maintenance.

WordPress makes updating and adding new content easier. It does what a good content management system should – make managing the content on your website quick and easy. You can update current page content, pictures, blogs, add new pages or content at any time without the worry of breaking the website design and layout all together.