Launching a new site for your business can be an exciting time, whether you needed a new site because your original one was designed back in the mid-90s or because you simply wanted something fresh and innovative. At Webspec Design, we love creating a site for you that is everything you hope for and more.
Even if you don’t know anything about web development, you probably understand that there has be to somewhere where you can update your website. A place where you can publish, edit, add, delete, organize, and modify the content on your site. What is this magical application? It’s a content management system, also known as a CMS. The CMS we like to use here at Webspec is WordPress.
We use WordPress for a bulk of our sites for a variety of reasons. WordPress is a CMS that has been around for over ten years and keeps getting better and better. All of the work we do into your site is put into the CMS so it can come to life on the web. There are plenty of reasons why we use WordPress for most of our sites, and here are six of them.
1. It’s super user friendly. Learning how to update your website can sound like an intimidating task, especially if you have never done something like that before. But everyone has to start from somewhere, right? Even our awesome Webspec team didn’t know how to use WordPress at one point, and now they’re pros. WordPress has a side menu that is easy to navigate. If you click media, it’ll take you to all of your photos and videos. If you click pages, it’s going to let you see the titles for all of your different pages.
2. It can be accessed from anywhere. You don’t have to be sitting at your desk at your office to be able to update your site. You can update any of your pages from anywhere you have an internet connection. It doesn’t matter if you’re sitting in your favorite coffee shop or on vacation thousands of miles away. As long as you know your login information, you can add or delete things from your site whenever you want.
3. Making changes is a breeze. If you have content that is out of date, such as a special that only runs for 30 days or your business moved and you need to update the address, you can update it quickly. Any changes you make are updated on your site immediately after you save the information. No need to worry about reaching out to us or waiting until the weekend is over to have something updated.
4. Your SEO rankings can improve. WordPress is one of the best CMS’s for search engine optimization (SEO). We do initial SEO for all of the websites we do, which helps your site appear higher on Google searches. We also offer ongoing SEO services, which gives you an even higher chance of getting that top spot on Google searches. Who doesn’t want to be on the top of that list?
5. There’s a giant support community. How many WordPress sites exist? Over 74 million. That’s great news for both you and our developers. WordPress is an open source, so If they have any questions on how to do something, they can reach out to other developers who know the answer. The same goes for you. If you have a basic question about your WordPress site, chances are you can find an answer with a quick web search.
6. Unlimited growth potential. Another great thing about using WordPress is how much your site can grow after the initial launch. If your business grows, so can your website. Adding pages is easy and your entire navigation doesn’t have to change for it. WordPress doesn’t limit your site to a certain amount of pages or content, so growth is encouraged!
At Webspec Design, we love using WordPress and we hope you learn to love it too. It’s a great CMS for everyone ranging from people who are simply learning as they go to professionals who have used it for years. If you’re thinking about getting a new site, reach out to us today and we can talk more about how easy it’ll be for you to keep your site updated with WordPress.
