Archive for December, 2009
We never like to sell our services by criticising others, but if you have browsed the Internet we think you will agree that the impact of many blogs is compromised by poor quality design and presentation.
Blogs are not exempt from the universal law – first impressions count!
And there really is no reason for neglecting design when high quality WordPress templates or themes are accessible to all and even custom WordPress blog designs are reasonably priced.
So if you want your blog to stand out and your message to be taken seriously, then please take some time to consider your blog’s design before you start blogging!
Have a look at our WordPress blog template designs or, if you have the budget, consider commissioning a custom design that will give your blog a unique presence.
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Well, the answer depends on one key question – what is it that you are trying to achieve from your web presence?
At the risk of stating the obvious, a blog implies blogging – the expression of personal or organisational opinion and, perhaps, interaction with your site visitors.
So, if that’s your objective and you want the process to be as straightforward and painless as possible and totally under your control, then a WordPress blog could well be for you.
Then, what are the advantages of a web site?
Well, there are quite a few…
- a web site conveys a quite different impression from a blog. A web site, if well designed of course, suggest something less personal, more corporate, than a blog.
- a web site, rightly or wrongly, is often viewed as more professional, less amateur, than a blog.
- a web site implies content that is more permanent, perhaps more crafted, than a ‘here today, gone tomorrow’, blog posting
If you go the web site route for your web presence, you might well want to consider WordPress to ‘power’ it.
WordPress frees you from the ongoing clutches of a web designer and allows you to publish and amend content quickly and easily. You get the ease of use of a blog and the more established ‘corporate’ image of a web site.
Or, you could always be more ambitious and consider doing what more organisations are doing – having both a web site and a blog to serve two distinct purposes!
And you wouldn’t expect us to finish this blog posting without saying that Itsnoprob can meet all your needs whether this involves:
- a non-WordPress web site (this link wii take you to the main Itsnoprob web site)
Let’s state the obvious first – WordPress is free, Open Source software.
But that definitely doesn’t mean that WordPress isn’t a powerful solution that can satisfy your blogging, or indeed, your web site needs. It is and it can!
WordPress gives you control. It is a database-driven content management system that allows you, the web site owner, to update your site anywhere you have Internet access.
And WordPress makes straightforward content publishing genuinely as simple as wordprocessing using its online editor.
After all, your Internet presence – whether a blog or a web site – belongs to you. There’s no reason to be dependent for ever on a web designer for web site maintenance and updating.
WordPress is best known as a blogging tool, but the software is so flexible that there’s no reason why you shouldn’t use WordPress to power a fully-blown web site as opposed to a blog. See this article >>
And if you want to keep things as cheap and easy as possible, WordPress comes with a couple of simple designs that you can use if you want.
Click here if you want to see this web site’s home page in WordPress’ Default design >>
Click here if you want to see this web site’s home page in WordPress’ Classic design >>
But here comes our argument…
The software you use to drive your web site or blog should be there to invisibly deliver impressive results to your site’s visitors. It shouldn’t be the focus of attention to the detriment of your content or message. Most clients don’t want site visitors’ first reaction to be “Oh, it’s a WordPress site.”
Yes, you’ve guessed it – that’s where good design comes in, design that that conveys your desired corporate or organisational image and presents your message in the most effective way, rather than advertising the technical way in which your web presence was created.
At Itsnoprob we offer design solutions regardless of whether your web presence is going to be a blog or a web site.
We are not a template reseller nut rather offer to build a WordPress site that meets your requirements in terms of how it looks and what it does. See our Templates section for ideas that might help you with your project >>
WordPress is really excellent blogging and publishing software that makes an effective Internet presence available to all.
WordPress is designed for ease of use as you would expect, but the reality is that any content management system – however well designed – involves a learning curve, getting to grips with the quirks and idiosyncracies of the particular system. And WordPress is no different.
But time invested in mastering WordPress will reap rich rewards. And if you need our assistance in getting the maximum out of Wordpress or in using it to best effect to achieve your particular objectives, please get in touch >>