There is no easier way to get your website online and up and running than to use WordPress. You may have heard that WordPress is a very popular CMS, but you weren’t sure exactly what a CMS was. CMS is short for content management system. A content management system makes it possible for you to create and maintain your content in an organized and efficient fashion.
One of the biggest advantages of using WordPress is that you don’t have to know anything about HTML or web development in order to maintain your website. If you’re familiar with using a word processor like Microsoft Word then you can create and have your first page of your website up quickly and easily.
Another wonderful feature of WordPress being a CMS is that the content itself and the look and feel design of your website are maintained separately. Let me explain what this means. Usually when you set up a website you create a page in either HTML or PHP. Each page that you create contains not only the graphics for the design of your website, but your content as well. If you want to change the look and feel of your website you would have to change each and every page. With WordPress you can change the look and feel of your website at any time by changing its “theme”. Not being locked into one website design for the entire life of your website is a tremendous advantage.
Another great thing about WordPress is that it is completely free. That’s right, and not only is WordPress free there are thousands and thousands of free themes available as well. To get a look at the wide variety of free themes simply go to your favorite search engine and type in “free WordPress themes”. Alternatively you can type in “free WordPress templates”.
To download your free copy of WordPress and always get the most updated version go to WordPress.org
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