Archive for April, 2010

Proprietary CMS Websites

April 21st, 2010

Unless there is an industry specific niche (i.e., car dealerships, MLS/IDX realtors, etc.) that will give you reason to use a proprietary CMS for your website, DO NOT USE ONE. Personally, I will always defer to using specific open source CMS or Blogging Software solutions like Joomla or WordPress (See my Creating a Custom WordPress Website post!) because they provide a better quality product and are updated more often than most p[...]

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Creating a Custom WordPress Website

April 16th, 2010

The great thing about a website developed in the WordPress environment is that it is extremely inexpensive. The only thing you need is a domain name and hosting. The rest is entirely up to your imagination, a little knowledge of HTML & CSS, and access to Adobe Photoshop. From my own experience, a WordPress site can do nearly everything an HTML site can do, from amazing designs to complex content layout, JavaScript/Ajax integration, database se[...]

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