The relative ease with which a WordPress site can be created has considerably lowered the barriers to entry for anyone desiring a personal blog, e-commerce website or a website for their offline business. As with any attractive idea, the simpler it is to pursue, the greater the number who’ll hop on board and create greater [...]
A $2500 web site for free
You guessed it: DIY. But for those with smarts and more time than money, DIY is the way to go and Tyler Moore’s video does a good job of walking through the steps. I won’t lie – it’s not a walk in the park and that’s why developers charge what we do. But the complexity [...]
GoDaddy: a no go for me
In a recent post about web host GoDaddy, Judi Knight echoes my thoughts, as well as my experience.
I’d like to teach the world to…
…use WordPress? Yeah, I know – but I’m serious. There will always be people who don’t want to get their hands “dirty” (if that word even applies to typing on a keyboard) by messing around with servers and FTP and whatnot. I’m grateful for these people because they help me feed my family, pay the [...]
even other CMS companies use WordPress

I’m currently developing a site design for a client with a huge membership, so they chose a content and member management system that doesn’t quite have the elegance of WordPress but is pretty much the only non-custom solution that can handle their needs. Peeked under the hood of the member management company’s blog and guess [...]