Why use WordPress? Well quite frankly it’s one of the easiest programs to learn to build websites with. It also allows for managing all the content you put up on your website in a manner that is not at all complicated. And since most hosting companies offer automated installs of WordPress on your hosting account it makes the initial setup fool proof.
The “dashboard” is the core page for WordPress where you will find everything you need to add, remove, make changes, or manage your website. The “Right Now” widget displays your total number of posts, pages, categories, and tags along with the number comments. The “QuickPress” widget allows you to quickly post new content on your website as long as you have the default category setup already.
Probably the best feature of WordPress is the ability to install plugins. These plugins add functionality to WordPress to pretty much do whatever you need. Are you familiar with the famous iPhone saying “There is an app for that?” Well the same can be said for plugins, “There is a plugin for that.” There are a lot of cool plugins available to be used with WordPress; however, one of the best plugins is called “All-In-One seo.” This plugin makes it very easy to seo (Search Engine Optimize) your website if you set it up properly and fill out the information each time you create a new page or post. Using this plugin will help drive natural traffic from the search engines to your website.
Backing up WordPress is one area that most people over look. Putting trust in your hosting provider to always make sure your website data is available can be a bad idea. Especially, after a few months or years go by and you have vested time in posting content that you don’t want to vanish because of a server crash. So in addition to the plugin mentioned above, do yourself a favor and install a plugin called “WP DB Backup” which will automatically backup your WordPress information once configured.
Once you define all your categories you can start adding content to your website using pages or posts. Posts are interesting because they can be grouped under multiple categories which allow one post to show up on your website numerous times without having to create one under each category. That feature makes it pretty handy if you want to add some testimonials, comments, or product news to your website. Pages on the other hand are kind of more static in that they only appear once on your website. So using a combination of Post and Pages you should be able to create a content rich website that offers your visitors good information.
There are many books, websites, and videos available that can teach you how to use WordPress and take advantage of all its cool features. You could do a little searching around and learn how to setup WordPress, add content, get some traffic and possibly even make a little money from your website.
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