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	<title>Xodigo Projects&#187; blogging</title>
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	<description>A testing ground for media projects by Ron Kernahan</description>
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		<title>What is WordPress</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 19:29:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As with any system, it isn't perfect and I would love to see a few things added which I like (including the looks of the "themes" which tend to get pretty boring) but I see potential since it is a system which is trying to grow along with the Internet community it serves]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.xodigo.com/wp-content/uploads/others/wordpress-logo-blue-300.png" alt="wordpress logo blue 300" title="wordpress logo blue 300" width="300" height="300" class="alignleft size-full" /><span class="drop-cap">S</span>o what is WordPress? I like to think of it in terms of a complete system to take care of my web-site needs. It is in many ways like a software programm to develop my sites, but since I don&#8217;t have to program anything nor write code nor worry about updates, it really does more than software does for me. WordPress can manage my information by creating categories or sub-areas where I can move my information around. It also manages items such as comments for me and allows me even to change the looks of a site very quickly. On one site I run I need a daily calendar for just one month per year &#8211; I can add that and remove it after the month with just the click of a button, without having any of my data lost or at the very least, no longer linked in.</p>
<p>The whole structure of the WordPress has been designed to be flexible. And since I don&#8217;t have time to get into PHP nor even MySQL Database, I am very thankful to have a community where there are enough experts who are willing to offer advise, insight and point me in the right direction to find answers I need. Best of all, when January 1st comes around, I don&#8217;t have to worry if I changed all of my 200x to 200x since my pages and posts are automatically dated.</p>
<p>Yes, I would say WordPress is a system for me, a system which is getting better and better with each new release (and there have been many new releases, also a nice touch). For sure I will not be going back to HTML. As with any system, it isn&#8217;t perfect and I would love to see a few things added which I like (including the looks of the &#8220;themes&#8221; which tend to get pretty boring) but I see potential since it is a system which is trying to grow along with the Internet community it serves.</p>
<p>For example, some of the areas it is growing into is:</p>
<p>More CMS functionality (Content Management &#8211; in other words, like a traditional website not based on dates for your posts, but more for content as you want the public to see it and find it.)</p>
<p>More SEO friendly (Search Engine Optimization &#8211; always changing, but simply how to help search engines find you, and thus, eventually, have people find your site.)<br />
[SEO is a huge topic, more on this later ...]</p>
<p>More users (WordPress has a strong following, and it is getting much stronger. In a year or so it is predicted WordPress will have 50% of the blog market.)</p>
<p>More later (there is a lot to be said about WordPress, so I&#8217;ll keep coming back to this.)</p>
<p>Bye for now &#8230; xodigoguy</p>
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