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BBx
19-04-2010, 20:58
Anyone had any experience with it?

I have dabbled in it with my professional blog but that's all.

Does it take a significant amount of experience to use i.e. build a website with? Are web designers using WP nowadays to build sites for their clients?

What I have at the moment (in my opinion) doesn't reflect the cost that has been spent :/

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leowyatt
19-04-2010, 21:09
/moves to correct forum :p

It doesn't take experience to build a blog it's very simple to setup. Some sites do use it for all their content :)
BBx
19-04-2010, 21:12
Yeah wasn't too sure where to put it lol!

Ok, so... if you were requiring a website built for your company, would you expect it to be built in WordPress?

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Joe 90
19-04-2010, 21:59
I've almost reached the end of my dissertation now in which I have developed a CMS for my American Football team - I established wordpress to be the system of choice, so it gets my vote! (www.marksweb.co.uk/wordpress)

I also used it to fill the void my website created in the internets.
www.marksweb.co.uk
BBx
19-04-2010, 22:03
Looks good Joe :)

WP seems quite versatile, but I am not convinced it is the software that a cutting edge recruitment firm should be using (work). There is more functionality besides the CMS that can be available with other software.

For what they have, I think they have been shafted! So much so, that I think they would be reluctant to spend more money on a new site :/

Would people agree that the addition of two new pages costing £3k is being 'shafted'?

I think so, considering this is something you can add for free (albeit with a mthly hosting/maintenance support fee) with other software.

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Joe 90
19-04-2010, 22:12
thats getting shafted in my book!

I'd say people often misunderstand the power of wordpress - I know I did for some time. A lot of websites are powered by wordpress - its all about the creativity and skills of the developer in creating a theme. With regards to functionality that comes from plugins, theres thousands of them, I recently wrote one!
BBx
19-04-2010, 22:20
Yeah I thought as much.

Thanks for your input Joe :)

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