Content Management Systems (WordPress)

This option is ideal for frequently changing content. It allows you to log in and add/edit/delete pages or posts very easily.

Typical cost: £599 – £1,199

“WordPress is a state-of-the-art publishing platform with a focus on aesthetics, web standards, and usability. WordPress is both free and priceless at the same time.” (WordPress, http://wordpress.org)

Free

It’s completely free to use the software without any license costs and it’s actually considerably better than most premium cost content management systems.

Easy

As with most modern content management systems it has a fully featured WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) interface which makes editing pages as easy as working in Microsoft Word.

Accessible

The WordPress publishing platform is excellent in terms of accessibility, usability and cross system compatibility.

Search Engine Friendly

The software automatically takes care of simple web page search engine optimisation such as page title, description and keywords.

“WordPress takes care of 80-90% of (the mechanics of) Search Engine Optimization (SEO)” (Matt Cutts, Google, 2009)

I have witnessed firsthand higher search engine results rankings and traffic growth in my own websites by virtue of using WordPress.

Please see http://wordpress.org for further details.

Requirements:

• Domain name
• Web hosting to include PHP and MySql database

Examples of WordPress sites:

http://www.chris-smith-web.com (this site)
http://www.fsc-uk.org
http://dinowebs.net
http://news.coleg-powys.ac.uk

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