Comments on: WordPress Powered Websites – The Real Deal http://blogsessive.com/blogging-tools/wordpress-powered-websites-the-real-deal/ Visit Blogsessive for daily WordPress blogging tips. Sat, 04 Sep 2010 19:16:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Horeca Groningen http://blogsessive.com/blogging-tools/wordpress-powered-websites-the-real-deal/#comment-154348 Horeca Groningen Wed, 23 Jun 2010 18:47:02 +0000 http://blogsessive.com/?p=1174#comment-154348 Totally agree! I’m also a dedicated to wordpress designer and in my company we use it for the majority of our projects. We made some interesting experiments with it and i’m transforming it into a “scholarships search engine” and a “site of the day” website. Totally agree! I’m also a dedicated to wordpress designer and in my company we use it for the majority of our projects. We made some interesting experiments with it and i’m transforming it into a “scholarships search engine” and a “site of the day” website.

]]> By: Dr. Martin McIntosh http://blogsessive.com/blogging-tools/wordpress-powered-websites-the-real-deal/#comment-150130 Dr. Martin McIntosh Tue, 08 Jun 2010 13:55:50 +0000 http://blogsessive.com/?p=1174#comment-150130 You are right-on about the power of Wordpress. You mentioned 'productivity' and 'ease of use' early in your article. I had guy who was supposed to be a webby-guru tell me last week that "Wordpress sucks, 'out-of-the-box' websites are no good." He was building a website for some friends who own a small vineyard... and he had not put the site up after having the domain name for 11 months. He was bragging to me about colors, graphics, ruby-on-rails, blah blah, and that all he had to do was flip the switch to make the site 'go live'. Yeah, granted, design, graphics, etc all count. It seems he got carried away with glitz and flash. He forgot there is something very elegant about a simple site that works the way it should. Like Wordpress. The vineyard owners were understandably frustrated with his non-performance. So I told if it was that easy, flip the switch and show us the site... but it seems he still wasn't quite ready. So 4 days ago I literally threw together a Wordpress blog for them. It has a 'home' page, an 'about' page, and 2 posts. It was indexed within 48 hours, and it was listed on first page of Google for two different keywords. 5 days after my Wordpress site went live, it has 2 first-page-Google listings EACH, for two different keywords. Plus it is showing up in the number 2 spot when searching for a related regional association. Not bad for a sucky, out-of-the-box product. Meanwhile, wonder-boy's site is still cannot be found. Score another point for Wordpress. I'm a fan, too. Doc You are right-on about the power of WordPress.

You mentioned ‘productivity’ and ‘ease of use’ early in your article.

I had guy who was supposed to be a webby-guru tell me last week that “WordPress sucks, ‘out-of-the-box’ websites are no good.” He was building a website for some friends who own a small vineyard… and he had not put the site up after having the domain name for 11 months.

He was bragging to me about colors, graphics, ruby-on-rails, blah blah, and that all he had to do was flip the switch to make the site ‘go live’.

Yeah, granted, design, graphics, etc all count. It seems he got carried away with glitz and flash.

He forgot there is something very elegant about a simple site that works the way it should. Like WordPress.

The vineyard owners were understandably frustrated with his non-performance. So I told if it was that easy, flip the switch and show us the site… but it seems he still wasn’t quite ready.

So 4 days ago I literally threw together a WordPress blog for them. It has a ‘home’ page, an ‘about’ page, and 2 posts. It was indexed within 48 hours, and it was listed on first page of Google for two different keywords.

5 days after my WordPress site went live, it has 2 first-page-Google listings EACH, for two different keywords. Plus it is showing up in the number 2 spot when searching for a related regional association.

Not bad for a sucky, out-of-the-box product.

Meanwhile, wonder-boy’s site is still cannot be found.

Score another point for WordPress. I’m a fan, too.

Doc

]]> By: Andrew Campion http://blogsessive.com/blogging-tools/wordpress-powered-websites-the-real-deal/#comment-117819 Andrew Campion Sat, 27 Feb 2010 21:18:45 +0000 http://blogsessive.com/?p=1174#comment-117819 Great info. You have just convinced me to go to wordpress for my website re-design of my apartment rental business. I wasn't aware of all the capabilities of WP even though I also run a blog. I also hadn't considered the cost benefits of workingwith an existing environment. It makes so much sense! I love the idea of still being the one managing my own website. Thanks also to Adrian from Rubiqube who has some awesome examples of WP website on his site. Time to find a web design company! Great info. You have just convinced me to go to wordpress for my website re-design of my apartment rental business. I wasn’t aware of all the capabilities of WP even though I also run a blog. I also hadn’t considered the cost benefits of workingwith an existing environment. It makes so much sense! I love the idea of still being the one managing my own website.

Thanks also to Adrian from Rubiqube who has some awesome examples of WP website on his site.

Time to find a web design company!

]]> By: Rainbow Skill http://blogsessive.com/blogging-tools/wordpress-powered-websites-the-real-deal/#comment-106786 Rainbow Skill Sun, 17 Jan 2010 05:36:57 +0000 http://blogsessive.com/?p=1174#comment-106786 Really nice site design. You really nicely explain Advantages of WordPress i completely agree with you. Thank you for the post. Really nice site design. You really nicely explain Advantages of WordPress i completely agree with you. Thank you for the post.

]]> By: Phuc, SEO Rocket http://blogsessive.com/blogging-tools/wordpress-powered-websites-the-real-deal/#comment-61835 Phuc, SEO Rocket Thu, 06 Aug 2009 14:19:15 +0000 http://blogsessive.com/?p=1174#comment-61835 Hmm... the Team of Wordpress should spend more time in fixing Bugs, than in new projects, such as community systems. There are lots of bugs and exploits, that making tons of fun in updating a wordpress system. I recomment to use a good rule set for the apache server, when you´re going to run a wordpress blog. Phuc Hmm… the Team of WordPress should spend more time in fixing Bugs, than in new projects, such as community systems. There are lots of bugs and exploits, that making tons of fun in updating a wordpress system. I recomment to use a good rule set for the apache server, when you´re going to run a wordpress blog.

Phuc

]]> By: 10 Beautiful Non-Blog Websites Powered by WordPress | vitali software http://blogsessive.com/blogging-tools/wordpress-powered-websites-the-real-deal/#comment-35328 10 Beautiful Non-Blog Websites Powered by WordPress | vitali software Tue, 14 Apr 2009 18:47:42 +0000 http://blogsessive.com/?p=1174#comment-35328 [...] time when WordPress was used strictly as a blog platform is long gone. WordPress has evolved into a mature CMS that gives designers and developers the right tools to create amazing non-blog websites for their [...] [...] time when WordPress was used strictly as a blog platform is long gone. WordPress has evolved into a mature CMS that gives designers and developers the right tools to create amazing non-blog websites for their [...]

]]> By: 10 Beautiful Non-Blog Websites Powered by WordPress | Blogging Tips from Blogsessive http://blogsessive.com/blogging-tools/wordpress-powered-websites-the-real-deal/#comment-35191 10 Beautiful Non-Blog Websites Powered by WordPress | Blogging Tips from Blogsessive Tue, 14 Apr 2009 07:10:14 +0000 http://blogsessive.com/?p=1174#comment-35191 [...] time when WordPress was used strictly as a blog platform is long gone. WordPress has evolved into a mature CMS that gives designers and developers the right tools to create amazing non-blog websites for their [...] [...] time when WordPress was used strictly as a blog platform is long gone. WordPress has evolved into a mature CMS that gives designers and developers the right tools to create amazing non-blog websites for their [...]

]]> By: Dennis http://blogsessive.com/blogging-tools/wordpress-powered-websites-the-real-deal/#comment-30365 Dennis Sun, 29 Mar 2009 01:37:55 +0000 http://blogsessive.com/?p=1174#comment-30365 I am looking for a clean and ite magazine style theme for wordpress without too many function calls, any suggestions?. thanks in advance :) I am looking for a clean and ite magazine style theme for wordpress without too many function calls, any suggestions?. thanks in advance :)

]]> By: alex http://blogsessive.com/blogging-tools/wordpress-powered-websites-the-real-deal/#comment-30088 alex Fri, 27 Mar 2009 13:56:05 +0000 http://blogsessive.com/?p=1174#comment-30088 great article. thank great article. thank

]]> By: Toby http://blogsessive.com/blogging-tools/wordpress-powered-websites-the-real-deal/#comment-28729 Toby Sun, 22 Mar 2009 13:16:42 +0000 http://blogsessive.com/?p=1174#comment-28729 Alex, this was a good read for me. I have subscribed to your RSS via feedburner :-)I hope to get future updates. Please send me good tips on my email. Thanks. <a href="http://virginia-land.org/" rel="nofollow">Virginia Land</a> Alex, this was a good read for me. I have subscribed to your RSS via feedburner :-) I hope to get future updates.
Please send me good tips on my email. Thanks.
Virginia Land

]]> By: Alex, Blogsessive http://blogsessive.com/blogging-tools/wordpress-powered-websites-the-real-deal/#comment-28528 Alex, Blogsessive Sat, 21 Mar 2009 17:03:49 +0000 http://blogsessive.com/?p=1174#comment-28528 <strong>Aina</strong>, the hotel has been using an external booking system for a long while, and we agreed to stick with it. Aina, the hotel has been using an external booking system for a long while, and we agreed to stick with it.

]]> By: Aina http://blogsessive.com/blogging-tools/wordpress-powered-websites-the-real-deal/#comment-28507 Aina Sat, 21 Mar 2009 15:35:36 +0000 http://blogsessive.com/?p=1174#comment-28507 Hi, I'm a webdesigner in charge of a hotel's webpage. I wanted to try wordpress as a cms, and the only thing I'm having second thoughts about is the booking system. Can you tell me if you used an available plugin (if so, its name), developed one yourself, or linked to a separate engine? Thanks :) Hi, I’m a webdesigner in charge of a hotel’s webpage. I wanted to try wordpress as a cms, and the only thing I’m having second thoughts about is the booking system. Can you tell me if you used an available plugin (if so, its name), developed one yourself, or linked to a separate engine? Thanks :)

]]> By: Alex, Blogsessive http://blogsessive.com/blogging-tools/wordpress-powered-websites-the-real-deal/#comment-27866 Alex, Blogsessive Thu, 19 Mar 2009 08:49:09 +0000 http://blogsessive.com/?p=1174#comment-27866 Thank you everyone for your comments and the kind word on the Caro Hotel website! Since some of you already work with WordPress as designers, I do invite you to share your project with us for other people to see what can be achieved with WordPress. <strong>Adrian</strong> We do have some catching up to do. Rest assured we'll get together soon enough. Oh, and nice work on that "financial project" of yours. Looks amazing! :) <strong>Bob</strong> WordPress is 10 times more upfront than Joomla or Drupal, at least from where I stand. Once you get to build a nice list of functions and classes to work with, WP will start to look more like a framework than a light-CMS, and so, it will ease up your future development. <strong>kunal</strong>, the upcoming QBKL website - which is ready but just needs a little bit more info added - is not going to be built on WP. Since we like to let our work speak for us, the website will be mostly a one page website containing all that we need to communicate with our clients. If you're looking for a clean design, I'd suggest Adrian's <strong><a href="http://rubiqube.com/corporate-sandbox/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Corporate Sandbox</a></strong>. As a designer, just by looking at his theme I can see about a hundred ways to personalize the theme. Worth taking a look at. Also, do have a look at this collection of <a href="http://blogsessive.com/blogging-tips/20-corporate-free-wordpress-themes/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">corporate WordPress templates</a>. <a href="http://blogsessive.com/go/themeforest/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><strong>Theme Forest</strong></a> also has a good collection of really affordable WordPress themes, well structured based on their purpose. Thank you everyone for your comments and the kind word on the Caro Hotel website!

Since some of you already work with WordPress as designers, I do invite you to share your project with us for other people to see what can be achieved with WordPress.

Adrian We do have some catching up to do. Rest assured we’ll get together soon enough. Oh, and nice work on that “financial project” of yours. Looks amazing! :)

Bob WordPress is 10 times more upfront than Joomla or Drupal, at least from where I stand. Once you get to build a nice list of functions and classes to work with, WP will start to look more like a framework than a light-CMS, and so, it will ease up your future development.

kunal, the upcoming QBKL website – which is ready but just needs a little bit more info added – is not going to be built on WP. Since we like to let our work speak for us, the website will be mostly a one page website containing all that we need to communicate with our clients.

If you’re looking for a clean design, I’d suggest Adrian’s Corporate Sandbox. As a designer, just by looking at his theme I can see about a hundred ways to personalize the theme. Worth taking a look at.

Also, do have a look at this collection of corporate WordPress templates.

Theme Forest also has a good collection of really affordable WordPress themes, well structured based on their purpose.

]]> By: kunal http://blogsessive.com/blogging-tools/wordpress-powered-websites-the-real-deal/#comment-27860 kunal Thu, 19 Mar 2009 08:33:25 +0000 http://blogsessive.com/?p=1174#comment-27860 Good job on the Caro Hotel website. Will the upcoming QBKL website also use wordpress? I am planning to upload a website for my new company but I don't have much content yet so I was planning to atleast start a corporate blog connected to it to help generate buzz. Do you have suggestions for a good (clean) theme for this? I dont mind paying for a premium theme as long as it is not overly expensive. Good job on the Caro Hotel website. Will the upcoming QBKL website also use wordpress? I am planning to upload a website for my new company but I don’t have much content yet so I was planning to atleast start a corporate blog connected to it to help generate buzz. Do you have suggestions for a good (clean) theme for this? I dont mind paying for a premium theme as long as it is not overly expensive.

]]> By: Bob Firestone http://blogsessive.com/blogging-tools/wordpress-powered-websites-the-real-deal/#comment-27801 Bob Firestone Thu, 19 Mar 2009 01:13:04 +0000 http://blogsessive.com/?p=1174#comment-27801 WP is great for a light duty CMS. I just built a site for a business on WP. They were skeptical until I had a site working with all the desired features in 2 days. The last site they contracted out w/ another developer took a month to get up running and still doesn't have everything working right almost a year later. For most uses WP is a great platform. If a more hard core CMS is required Joomla or Drupal are great options but overkill for most sites. WP is great for a light duty CMS. I just built a site for a business on WP. They were skeptical until I had a site working with all the desired features in 2 days. The last site they contracted out w/ another developer took a month to get up running and still doesn’t have everything working right almost a year later.
For most uses WP is a great platform. If a more hard core CMS is required Joomla or Drupal are great options but overkill for most sites.

]]> By: Adrian | Rubiqube http://blogsessive.com/blogging-tools/wordpress-powered-websites-the-real-deal/#comment-27764 Adrian | Rubiqube Wed, 18 Mar 2009 22:14:18 +0000 http://blogsessive.com/?p=1174#comment-27764 I've been keeping myself busy with a quite few WP powered websites lately, so I know exactly how much work you've put into this project. I love the jQuery integration and clean design. Great work! I have a feeling there's more where that came from. P.S. We have some catching up to do, but I have a feeling that's not gonna happen too soon! Busy, busy, busy! ;) I’ve been keeping myself busy with a quite few WP powered websites lately, so I know exactly how much work you’ve put into this project. I love the jQuery integration and clean design. Great work! I have a feeling there’s more where that came from.

P.S. We have some catching up to do, but I have a feeling that’s not gonna happen too soon! Busy, busy, busy! ;)

]]> By: Christopher Ross http://blogsessive.com/blogging-tools/wordpress-powered-websites-the-real-deal/#comment-27737 Christopher Ross Wed, 18 Mar 2009 19:09:57 +0000 http://blogsessive.com/?p=1174#comment-27737 Great looking template, thanks! Great looking template, thanks!

]]> By: Jeannie http://blogsessive.com/blogging-tools/wordpress-powered-websites-the-real-deal/#comment-27720 Jeannie Wed, 18 Mar 2009 17:27:14 +0000 http://blogsessive.com/?p=1174#comment-27720 Really nice site design. Great job! I can see many applications where developing a site with WP can really be beneficial. The ease of use can really help many overcome some obstacles with online content. Really nice site design. Great job! I can see many applications where developing a site with WP can really be beneficial. The ease of use can really help many overcome some obstacles with online content.

]]> By: Karinne http://blogsessive.com/blogging-tools/wordpress-powered-websites-the-real-deal/#comment-27705 Karinne Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:08:25 +0000 http://blogsessive.com/?p=1174#comment-27705 Cannot agree with you more! When you start fiddling around with WP and start figuring it out, the possibilities are endless. I too am starting to convert my clients' sites to WP. First one, should be launched next month (crap... I gotta get crackin'! LOL) Love what you've done with the Hotel site! *two thumbs up* Cannot agree with you more! When you start fiddling around with WP and start figuring it out, the possibilities are endless. I too am starting to convert my clients’ sites to WP. First one, should be launched next month (crap… I gotta get crackin’! LOL)

Love what you’ve done with the Hotel site! *two thumbs up*

]]> By: Christos Chiotis http://blogsessive.com/blogging-tools/wordpress-powered-websites-the-real-deal/#comment-27620 Christos Chiotis Wed, 18 Mar 2009 12:34:40 +0000 http://blogsessive.com/?p=1174#comment-27620 Totally agree! I'm also a dedicated to wordpress designer and in my company we use it for the majority of our projects. We made some interesting experiments with it and i'm transforming it into a "scholarships search engine" and a "site of the day" website. It will be interesting to gather up weird wordpress installations in the future! Totally agree! I’m also a dedicated to wordpress designer and in my company we use it for the majority of our projects. We made some interesting experiments with it and i’m transforming it into a “scholarships search engine” and a “site of the day” website.

It will be interesting to gather up weird wordpress installations in the future!

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