Wordpress Customization and How Its a Superb Publishing Platform

I have worked with a lot of different CMS tools in my 10 years of working with computers – Wordpress, Joomla, Sharepoint, and even attempted writing my own CMS tool twice in the past. I have found, in the last 2 years of using Wordpress exclusively that it’s an excellent publishing platform. As a bonus, being in Vancouver, Canada I’m lucky to have many sources of theme developers and access to local meetup.com groups discussing Wordpress development in Vancouver as well.

Why I think Wordpress is a Great Publishing Platform

1. Extensive community support.

The Wordpress platform is actively developed by Automattic and there is a massive online community behind it as well. It’s the tool of choice for bloggers and Freelance design shops like mine, and the source of information online to solve any problem or question is vast.

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2. Endless plugins that enhance functionality.

Without adding plugins to your Wordpress installation, it’s pretty dull and boring. Plugins are what make your Wordpress installation sing. Here is a current list of the Wordpress plugins I use for all client installations and this is just a starting point.

Cforms for building custom feedback forms
All in One SEO for handling your Search Engine Optimization
Wordpress DB Backup because even world class hosting can fail
Social or Sharethis so Posts can be shared on Social and Bookmarking sites
Google XML Sitemaps so that Google indexes your site completely
Linkwithin to direct readers to other relevant content on your blog
Pagemash to manage page ordering and hierarchy if you are building a CMS site
Statpress to get a quick pulse of your site activity
Quick Meta Keywords which uses your categories in your keyword meta tag if you are running a blog-centered site like mine is
Linkubaitor so users can embed URLs themselves

Large Resource of Theme Options.

Wordpress (today) is quite easy to skin and many companies have popped up online offering theme packages you can buy. My favourite sources of themes are Themeforest and Woothemes, but I occasionally hunt down alternatives (like the theme in use here). It’s not that hard to find. Here is my short list:

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