Get to know WordPress
Introduction
WordPress is a content management software which is open to users for them to modify its features and functionalities as per their own prerequisites. The basic design and coding of this software is based on PHP and MySQL. Originally, WordPress was built to be a blogging software, but due to its nature of being open source, people have creatively converted it into a website making software too. Today web developers are using it for creating beautiful responsive website designs.
WordPress installation & maintenance is as easy as any other software and can be installed on your host server or on your own personal computers as software packages and consumes barely five minutes to complete the installation.
Using the WordPress
For a layman, it can be asserted that WordPress runs on databases. In order to work on WordPress, you should know how to create databases and utilize them to work on this software and then you can store and present all your content in the form of posts or articles or pages on this inventive software.
Installation
There are two ways in which you can install this open source software. One way is to get onto wordpress.com, register yourself and then set up your blog or website. In this method you will be storing all your site’s data on to the hosting server of WordPress.com.
There is another way you can install it, and that is on your own server in which all the data of your site will be stored on your server and not on wordpress.com. This way you can manage your data and site without the need of logging on wordpress.com.
Designing
If you are designing a website for the first time, then you will not have to worry about its design as WordPress offers a huge set of inbuilt themes and design templates that are readily available to be used.
You can also perform theme design & customization on the ready templates available and make it more relevant to your own business requirements. If you wish to set up an e-commerce website, then WordPress also offers ready to use magneto templates that you can select and include it as a part of your web design without any efforts or hassle. Later you can modify it as per your requirements.
Website applications of WordPress
It is not just one type of website that you can make using WordPress. You can design websites for all sorts of industry sectors and applications like –
Blogs – you can create and promote blogs with numerous templates available
Your business and promotion – if you are building your website to promote and grow your business, you can very well do that too.
Educational websites – you can create passive websites where content is more of informative type and does not need constant updating or user interaction.
Pictures – if you wish to create a photo gallery, then WordPress allows you to do that too with a number of inbuilt plugins.
Conclusion
Knowing WordPress is just the beginning as the applications of WordPress and its potential capabilities is beyond our imagination.
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