Comments on: Top 5 Reasons we use WordPress as a Content Management System http://legendthemes.com/2008/10/20/top-5-reasons-we-use-wordpress-as-a-content-management-system/ Just another Legendthemes.com weblog Sat, 04 Sep 2010 12:53:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Ian http://legendthemes.com/2008/10/20/top-5-reasons-we-use-wordpress-as-a-content-management-system/comment-page-1/#comment-47 Ian Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:05:11 +0000 http://wplimits.com/?p=37#comment-47 I think it important to keep your audience in mind. Although they are great reasons for a designer to pick WordPress as a CMS, if I told one of my clients WordPress was the way to go because "it generates clean code!" they'd say "So what?". So my top 2 benefits that clients like to hear are: "It's free!" - So you can keep your client's development costs down. "It's so easy to use" - If you can use email, you can use WordPress. I think it important to keep your audience in mind. Although they are great reasons for a designer to pick WordPress as a CMS, if I told one of my clients WordPress was the way to go because “it generates clean code!” they’d say “So what?”.

So my top 2 benefits that clients like to hear are:

“It’s free!” – So you can keep your client’s development costs down.

“It’s so easy to use” – If you can use email, you can use WordPress.

]]> By: Eric Marden http://legendthemes.com/2008/10/20/top-5-reasons-we-use-wordpress-as-a-content-management-system/comment-page-1/#comment-46 Eric Marden Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:39:45 +0000 http://wplimits.com/?p=37#comment-46 @Herman None of those points have anything to do with WordPress. The first is an Information Architecture issue, and all the others are SEO and/or Content Strategy. @Herman

None of those points have anything to do with WordPress. The first is an Information Architecture issue, and all the others are SEO and/or Content Strategy.

]]> By: Herman http://legendthemes.com/2008/10/20/top-5-reasons-we-use-wordpress-as-a-content-management-system/comment-page-1/#comment-45 Herman Wed, 04 Mar 2009 22:54:02 +0000 http://wplimits.com/?p=37#comment-45 Good points! Here are some limitations...feel free to add: Hard for visitors to view all the content even though I have a site map and content is categorized. Got to frequently feed the beast to keep good rankings. Got to add content continuously to receive Adsense income. If I stop for a few weeks the adsense income drops. Overall though I like the ease with which you can manage the WP site and receive visitor interaction even though it gets way less visitors than my static site which I barely update at all. Good points!
Here are some limitations…feel free to add:

Hard for visitors to view all the content even though I have a site map and content is categorized.

Got to frequently feed the beast to keep good rankings.

Got to add content continuously to receive Adsense income. If I stop for a few weeks the adsense income drops.

Overall though I like the ease with which you can manage the WP site and receive visitor interaction even though it gets way less visitors than my static site which I barely update at all.

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