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November 1, 2012 by Nick Morris · 1 Comment

Some of the reasons why WordPress is a great choice for your small business website

In Episode 15 I chat to Karyn Lanthois from Massive Empire Design about the WordPress.org platform and why it is a great choice for small business websites. Karyn is an Adelaide based WordPress developer and has some great insights about the platform as well as tips and plugin recommendations.

Covered in this episode;

• What is WordPress and what are the different aspects (ie. themes, plugins, pages, posts etc.)
• What makes WordPress a good choice for small business websites?
• Does WP have any shortcomings?
• How does WP compare to other website solutions?

Mentions;

• Karyn’s Business: Massive Empire Design
• Adelaide WordPress Facebook Group
• WordPress.com – Hosted by someone else
• WordPress.org – Self hosted (this is the recommended option)
• Free WP Theme Library
• Free WP Plugin Directory
• Joomla
• WP Manage Plugin
• Jetpack Plugin (needs a wordpress.com account)
• Nrelate Plugin
• Connections Directory Plugin (example implementation at Chinatownadelaide.com)
• WP Touch Plugin
• All in our event calender Plugin
• SEO Plugins: All in One SEO & WordPress SEO (I prefer WordPress SEO which is maintained by Yoast)

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