More about WordPress

WordPress is known as a blogging tool, powering thousands of successful blogs, but it is also a fairly comprehensive content management system.

This means that you can use it to add pages, link automatically to other pages, add documents and video very easily.

The key advantages are:

Increased flexibility
As WordPress is a web-based content management system, you can add content whenever and wherever you want. The features that make it so useful as a blog also make it flexible for adding pages - including moving content around the site, while the links keep up with you.

Easy to use
WordPress is very easy to use. People with no experience in content management or web updating use it every day to communicate through their sites. It opens up the possibility of having anyone in the company contribute to the content online - whether adding projects, news releases or blogging about important developments.

Social Media ready
As a social media tool, WordPress allows you to post items and then link to them from Facebook, Twitter and networking / community sites. You can let people comment on pages and blog articles, subscribe to your blog posts by email and bookmark your site with social bookmarking tools increasing your search engine rankings.

Handles audio and video beautifully
Adding mp3s and video to your site normally requires some technical understanding. With WordPress, this isn't necessary. Adding a video file is as easy as pasting in the link provided by YouTube. Adding audio is a little more advanced, but only takes a few steps. You can also add slides easily using Slideshare.net

A platform for growth
Unlike a static site, WordPress is continually evolving and will be at the forefront of developments in web technology and what people expect from a media site. This guarantees you will be able to add new document types and expand your offering without major expense in the years to come.

Search engine friendly
We ensure that each WordPress site we set up is optimised for search engine performance. A few easy steps makes sure that when you add a page or a post, you'll be adding content that Google will find attractive.

Valid code and browser compatibility
As the WordPress pages are built in XHTML and CSS it will validate to basic W3C standards. Extra costs are incurred for higher validation requirements than the industry best practice standards. We advise that while styling will be suitable for most modern browsers, content for Internet Explorer 6 will show, but not look exactly the same as the design.

Low upgrade costs
While it's possible to upgrade to a newer version of WordPress for free, we advise on having an expert available to back up the live version. This is a lower cost than upgrading a piece of software running on a computer.

A community of support
The WordPress community is huge. With so many people using the system there are hundreds of experts all around the world available to help out. We provide support for any work we've done for you, though we recommend tapping into the WordPress community online to get the most out of your site.

WordPress Custom Design
Our main use of WordPress is to build great looking websites. Most projects are made to look like a normal, non-WordPress site. We work alongside other designers and design companies to achieve this as well as our own in-house designers.