One of our most popular blogging apps is WordPress and viewing from the video below, you can see why. Introducing WordPress 2.7 Coltrane. With one click in your control panel, you can have WordPress installed and running in seconds. For those who don’t know, a blog is a personal diary, a news brief, active content, or whatever you want it to be. Although, WordPress is so much more than a blogging application. It could actually run your whole site and you can update the content easily from Windows Live Writer, the WordPress built in Admin console, or even email. WordPress also comes with a couple of templates to get you started but there are hundreds you can choose from or create your own.

WordPress 2.7 Coltrane Trailer

The corporate community is also taken notice as Time, Ebay and others are using WordPress for their websites.

Here are just a few of my favorite features.

• Pages and Posts – You can easily create static pages or quickly submit posts that keep your users coming back for more of your active content.
• Categories – The categories can be hierarchical and there is no limit on the number of categories you can have.
• Feeds – WordPress automatically creates feeds for both pages and posts to keep your users informed of updates when they are away from your page.
• Templates – There is a nice template system built in to change the design of your page with a single click. Also, the template editor is very handy to customize.
• Roles and Permissions – You could also create editors with certain roles and permissions to assist in writing posts. This is great for creating an active community around your site.
• Comments – If you’ve created some thought provoking post, it is always great to get feedback and Wordpress has a great comments management system.

Feel free to contact me if you would like assistance with getting one started. I would be happy to assist.

Have a great New Year!

Jay

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