Just in case you didn’t know, WordPress is an open source project (which, put simply, means it’s free and has hundreds of people working on it from all corners of the globe) that can be used for anything – from your own personal blog to a fully functional, professional looking website.
Back in 2003, WordPress started as a blogging system, but has now evolved into a content management system (a.k.a. CMS) where almost anything can be made possible thanks to a wealth of different plugins, widgets and themes. In fact, just one look at some of our previous work will demonstrate to you how much WordPress can be manipulated and how versatile it can be.
Take, for instance, Because Magazine – the digital fashion magazine from the people behind Tank. It’s a high end, click to buy fashion magazine that simply oozes cool in a suitably unobtrusive manner. Since its launch back in September 2009, Because Magazine has been hailed in the press and most memorably described as “high-end fashion pornography… that makes me want to rob a bank while simultaneously winning the lottery” (NMA site of the week, 8th October 2009). We also got the chance to tell .net magazine all about the bespoke functions such as the wishlist, login and personal profiles which were made possible through extensively modified plugins to match the design and requirements of the website.
Or, for something a little different, why not take a look WOW Toys, who wanted a fully immersive brand experience built using an open source CMS. This site also received some brilliant coverage and featured on makebetterwebsites.com, bestcssgallery.com, welovewp.com and designshack.co.uk – to name but a few!
Nevertheless, flexible it may be, WordPress is not a full featured CMS (like the Graphic Alliance CMS). As a simple CMS it works brilliantly – search engines love it, it’s easy to use, and it looks great. However, if you’re after a database of information or a site which can hold all sorts of different content, then you will need to look further than WordPress which is, after all, just a blogging platform.
Even so, we can’t fault WordPress and love the power, flexibility and amazing community behind it!
2 Comments
Posted January 20, 2010 at 8:21 pm | Permalink
I certainly have a lot of time for this CMS. I’ve used it to birth three blogs already. In terms of customization, widgets and template choice it’s top of the pile – unless of course you build your own!
Posted January 21, 2010 at 6:00 pm | Permalink
Exactly! Thanks for your comments, Will.