I’m Lovin’ the New WordPress 2.5!
I’ve begun the process of upgrading a dozen or so sites that I manage over to WordPress 2.5 and I’m becoming a big fan already. Most of the differences will be unnoticeable to the general viewing public, but on the backend, there’s a whole new user interface, and it’s awesome. It’s been re-organized and cleaned up in appearance. Even though most people won’t interact with the backend, let me tell you why I think this has been a great development from the WP community…
WordPress Is Better for Business Web Sites
When a designer hands a new theme over to a business and assures them that WordPress is easy-as-cake for content management, it’s been a little awkward to guide them through the menu system in hopes that they remember everything. But now, writing content is front-and-center. Tweaking the design is also prominent, and the settings you shouldn’t change very often are a little out of the way, which makes using the system a little less scary for those who are gunshy about crashing things.
WordPress Is Better as a Content Management System
There’s a debate raging today over whether WordPress is just a blogging system, or an entire content management system. I must admit that at its core, its greatest strength is as a blogging platform, and there are certainly more complete systems available for larger projects, but with the availability of plugins and a large development community, WordPress is great for light ecommerce, podcasting, and entire sites for small businesses and nonprofit organizations.
WordPress Will Only Grow In Popularity
The support community, plugin availability, and user popularity will only grow. The changes to the backend user interface will make WordPress and even more popular choice for freelance developers and designers. I, for one, will continue to recommend WordPress to a majority of my clients, especially those who are looking for an online brochure with a bit of pizazz, such as a simple “company news” feed, some easy built in search engine optimization, and the ability to add pages without ever interacting with code.
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