There are some of you who have barely heard of this thing called WordPress. If that is you, then this blog post is for you. Source 47 Marketing is creating a new virtual home and we are using WordPress as a basis of our operation to handle lots of ‘behind-the-scenes’ stuff that goes on at Source47.com. Since we are using WordPress on our website, we felt it would be only fitting to tell our readers why we think WordPress is the best thing to happen to websites since Cascading style sheets.

WordPress is Open Source software which means that it’s created by everyone and for everyone to use. From what we can tell, WordPress started out as a simple blogging platform (originally known a web log or blog for short). Because of the nature of it being open source, it was able to grow and develop quickly and because everyone could contribute, plugins (bit of software code to control a certain function) were developed for just about everything, thus quickly expanding the functionality of WordPress itself.

WordPress as a CMS. CMS (or Content Management System) does exactly what it says. It’s a system to manage the content of your website. From creating a blog like this one to controlling the individual pages of your website, and even photo galleries, simple e-commerce functionality, media rich websites like podcasting, and much more!

WordPress works with all types of budgets. Because WordPress is open source, it’s free to use. You can sign up for a WordPress blog at www.wordpress.com. There is limited functionality when signing up for a website/blog at WordPress.com but at least it’s free, right? But if you’re serious about your company’s website then I say have it on your own web hosting account.

Websites that run on WordPress come in all shapes and sizes. I believe that you’ll get more out of WordPress by using it on your own hosting account. If you need web hosting, we recommend Bluehost for various reasons but specifically because they are very WordPress friendly. If you want to use WordPress but need it setup on your web hosting account then let me know and I’ll be glad to help.

WordPress Themes control the look of your website. There are many free themes to choose from but if you are serious about having a WordPress website for your company or business then I would recommend that you look into getting a custom WordPress Theme developed to use. Reason being is that I feel that the free themes available are being used by probably a lot of other people. This certainly won’t set your website apart from all the others out there. Getting a custom WordPress Theme developed by Source 47 may not be as expensive as you think. Contact Source 47 today and let us know what you’re website needs are and we can customize an affordable solution for your business.

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