"Hi Phillip,
My website is http://stewartdesign.com. Contact me there and I'd be happy to talk to you about your site. There are multiple ways you can go with a Wordpress photo gallery (hosting the pics on your Wordpress site, hosting the pics…"
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Benefits of a Wordpress-based website over a traditional website
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Amy Stewart Mar 30, 2010.
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Phillip Dacus replied to Amy Stewart's discussion Benefits of a Wordpress-based website over a traditional website"Thanks and I just might do that. Whats your web site and prices for a pretty simple 5 page site with a photo gallery?"
Amy Stewart replied to Amy Stewart's discussion Benefits of a Wordpress-based website over a traditional website"Phillip,
I think it's definitely the way to go. Nearly alll of the sites I've built since late 2008 have been Wordpress-based. There's also been a trend towards using Wordpress as a regular website, and I'm seeing far fewer…"
Phillip Dacus replied to Amy Stewart's discussion Benefits of a Wordpress-based website over a traditional website"I was doing a search on the web for the differences between traditional web sites and sites built on Wordpress and found this discussion. I see the dates on here are 2009. Is it still held here that Wordpress is the way to go? And if so, can anyone…"
Amy Stewart replied to Amy Stewart's discussion Benefits of a Wordpress-based website over a traditional website"I just read this good article with interviews by top Wordpress developers on the future of Wordpress in 2009:
http://themeshaper.com/future-wordpress-themes-2009/
They seem to agree that Wordpress will become a popular CMS tool this year, and will…"
Paul St. Amant, Director of SEO replied to Amy Stewart's discussion Benefits of a Wordpress-based website over a traditional website"Amy Stewart said:To me the biggest downside of a blog is the difficulty in locating older posts. I think sorting by "archives" is useless-- categories is much more useful.
Amy, you are right about that. It is rare that I come across a…"
Warren Anthony replied to Amy Stewart's discussion Benefits of a Wordpress-based website over a traditional website"Agree wholeheartedly!
I hope the days of people hacking shoddy custom CMSs together for their clients are over...
It's easy to underestimate just how powerful WP can be, and if your clients grow to rely on their site more - all of the content…"
Amy Stewart replied to Amy Stewart's discussion Benefits of a Wordpress-based website over a traditional website"Paul,
I agree that putting frequently-accessed information in a post instead of a page is not a good idea. I think a Wordpress-based website needs to look as much as possible like a traditional one, with the static data sitting on pages rather than…"
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Amy Stewart, a 1989 graduate of Rice University with a degree in Spanish and art, has over 19 years professional experience in design for print and the Web, and has worked with clients including Southwest Airlines, Verizon Interactive Services, MADD, Deloitte & Touche, Andersen Consulting (now Accenture), Nationwide Financial, Texas Instruments, the Old Red Courthouse Museum, and many others. A designer with an eye for usability, Amy was formerly the Executive Director of the Usability Professionals’ Association and a founding member of their web committee. She has been a presenter at several national conferences.
Stewart Design, Inc.
Richardson, TX
http://www.stewartdesign.com
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Stewart Design, Inc.
Richardson, TX
http://www.stewartdesign.com
http://www.twitter.com/astewart - Twitter
http://stewartdesignweb.com - Design blog
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- At 2:15pm on February 3, 2009,
Diane said… - Hello Amy...I'm excited too - at the opportunity to collaborate with many types of professionals, especially about PET design techniques. Welcome to HFI Connect too. I'm happy to be a part of it.
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