WordPress Pros; No Cons? :)

WordPress Pros What Cons??? :)
Slides prepared for panel discussion comparing WordPress and Joomla #clt
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WordPress is EASY to learn to Use
Over 202 million WordPress users worldwide, so many people don't even need to learn.
They are experts already!
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Its simple, either edit or create a Page or a Post(blog/news article)
Not all sites need pages
Not all sites need blog or news articles either.
Both situations ARE OK
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WordPress is the iPhone of Web Development There's an App for that & ITS FREE!
There are more than 9,200 'Apps' known as Plugins available to download and install on WordPress sites
Most of them are free (built in open source communities). Plugins that cost money are usually VERY cheap.
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Free Themes
What is a Theme?
There are over a 1100 free themes to download from WordPress with no strings attached.
There are TENs of thousands of free themes that might include a sponsor link in the footer
Learning to Create a Theme is Easy Too (not free but very cheap)
I can teach anyone to build a WP theme (no experience necessary at all) in about 10 minutes
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WLW WindowsLiveWriter FREE program fm Microsoft
Manage your Website Pages and Posts from a desktop application!
Makes adding/editing pictures, copy, videos, download files VERY EASY
If your users can use Outlook or send an email, they can manage your website with WLW
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Get Great SEO results out of the box
Doing almost nothing extra, WordPress can get a person or a business great SERP results
More work can yield better results too
All in One SEO, XML Sitemaps, Scribe SEO
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Run your own Decentralized Social Network
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Tools Mentioned
All in One SEO - http://bit.ly/All-in-One-SEO
XML Sitemaps
Scribe SEO - http://bit.ly/SEOWPPlugin
Pagemash(organize WP pages/hide pgs fm Menus)
Neo Pro 4 (Email Organizer)
Quickbooks/Quickbooks Online
WindowsLiveWriter
Desktop Site Management Publishing Tool (free typically installed in Windows 7 or Vista already)
Artisteer – Design Joomla or WordPress themes in Minutes - http://bit.ly/ArtisteerDiscount
Greater Charlotte Area WordPress Meetup Group- http://bit.ly/cltwp
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WordPress Pros; No Cons? :)

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