reasons for choosing WordPress for a blog
If you are thinking to start your own blog then WordPress is the right tool to go for. My friends have been using it for long time and some of them have built impressive blog site using WordPress. Myself I like it, not it is free but it is simple, easy, light yet powerful. It has features of most of modern CMS for blogging and it is most widely used over the Internet.
Let me highlight some of the features of Word Press.
1. Easy to Install
One of the reason people run away from using Content Management System(CMS) because they are hard to install and configure. Wordpress is very easy while installing. Just need three click and you are ready with your blog. If you dont have your own domain name and web space, you can register free on wordress.org site and start blogging.
2. Nice Interface
Interface is another big factor which determines whether CMS will continue for long or not and will be liked by others. Interface help users to learn and understand particular software quickly. Wordress has nice blue Default interface. Administrative interface is blue with meaningful links. Links are placed just at right places so that you dont have to search around. You can spell check your post, edit it easily with rich text based editor.
3. Customizable
If you know PHP and CSS then easily you can customize your webpress blog with editing few files, which can be done easily. Editing of these files can be done right from inside wordpress; that means you dont have to download these files, change them and upload them again. Dont worry if you dont know PHP or CSS, there are readymade pluging, themes and Widgets to make your job easy.
4. Huge support team
You are worried that you may have trouble? Forget about it. There are huge number of bloggers and support team behind you. Any problem, just post it on one of many forums for wordpress; your problem will be solve in couple of hours.
5. Lots of plugging/Themes
Enhance beauty and functionality of your site with lots of freely available wordress plugings and themes. Once you have mastered word press you can write your own themes and plug-ins.
6. It is free
They say free things are not good, but the fans of wordress have proved it wrong. Everyday word press users are increasing. Word press is becoming better and powerful everyday. Furthermore support for wordress like coding, forum, themes, etc increasing everyday.