Eps 3: An Intro To WordPress – Talking HTML

This is Eps 3
 
Today is an Intro to WordPress
 
What is WP?

* A Free open source CMS project used for building websites and blogs


* Made up of tons of PHP files
* Highly customizable if you know what you are doing
* Uses plugins

* some paid/most have unpaid options



Pluses

* Ease of use
* FREE
* open sourced
* Great for E-commerce

* don’t need to create your own online store


* Nice to have a blog incorporated into a website without losing visual continuity

* explain



 
Minus

* File heavy
* can be slow
* plugins aren’t always kept up to date
* easy to forget to update WP itself if you don’t have auto update turned on
* need to rely on WP to be secure vs a custom built site
* Great platform but boring if you don’t customize

Be sure that you are comfortable with HTML & CSS
 
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