Why WordPress for Feba blogs?

There are numerous CMS options available, so here are some reasons I selected WordPress to be the CMS of choice for the beginnings of Feba’s entry into the corporate blogging space.

ease of editing (few or no HTML skills needed)

easy handling of “rolling events”

post-dating of articles so they can automatically “go live” on the scheduled date (great for releasing content when I am travelling and away from live internet)

reader participation through comments / trackbacks

organization of the content using tags

seamless support of all former URLs

added functionality (through plugins and edits to the “open source” code)

free support by a responsive developer and user communities

These reasons for using WordPress come from Stephen Spencer’s Marketing Prof DailyFix and I find resonance with them. The article mentioned (by Alan Rim-Kauffman) is also worth a read if you are interested in search-engine-optimisation (SEO).

Posted by Mark Posted in: Site Administration No Comments » March 2008