Introduction to WordPress 2015
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Initial questions:
- What are tutorial resources?
- What are new tolls, next level?
- What should we recommend for the future?
- How to transition to WordPress from an existing site?
Why use WordPress?
- Easier learning curve
- Wide ranging community
- Admin screen is intuitive for user back end
- Makers of Wordpress try to avoid site breaking when upgrades happen
- Plugins are exceptions and should be selected with caution
- Plugins code quality not hold to same standard
- Wordpress has automatic security updates
Disadvantage
- WordPress does a lot of basic things very easily but complex customization gets exponentially more difficult
- Custom code is expensive, you have to maintain it
- From the developer end, we have to plan for site maintenance in the form of service contracts, this creates staffing problems
- There are $99 WordPress developer resources in Eastern Europe and India where wages are lower. How do we know the ethics of that Business?
Hosting
- WordPress.com