Do you have a website for your business or are you considering redoing it? If you do you have undoubtedly been considering whether you want to do it yourself or pay someone like Nicely Done Sites to do it for you. Either way there are a lot of different options for how you will do it. There are plenty of web development options like Wix or Go Daddy that advertise their ease but hopefully WordPress caught your eye. This is the platform that we use at Nicely Done Sites and we want to highlight some of the many benefits of this platform.
This is not meant to bash any of the other methods. The other options extremely easy to use which makes it a very popular choice for many businesses looking to get started but it is hardly perfect. There are also plenty of developers out there that swear that they will never touch a Content Management System (CMS) like WordPress because they like the challenge that comes with coding. If you choose to go with a custom web design, more power to ya.
Easy To Use And Learn
WordPress brings many benefits to the table when it comes to web development and Nicely Done Sites believes that it is the best CMS available on the market. That is why we use it for all of the websites that we develop. There are also benefits that come after the site is built and that is a huge plus.
WordPress is incredibly easy to learn how to use. It has a simple and intuitive interface so creating new pages or blog posts can be done in a snap. If you get stuck there is extensive documentation and free training videos available to answer your questions.
Little To No Coding Knowledge Needed
By using a CMS like WordPress you are making the development process shorter as WordPress has already created the framework for the site. This means you do not need to know any code to create a website and you have a massive library of themes to pick from to get your site started. These themes are tested so that they work across as many platforms as possible, be it your computer screen, your phone or a tablet.
Simple But Powerful
A simple website may be just what you want but what if you want something more powerful? Numerous plugins are available to turn a simple WordPress site into a powerful tool to promote your business and bring in new revenue. For many plugins installation is easy and no coding is required. Numerous themes are also available to give your site a different look or feel and there are themes that are designed to work with specific industries.
Do you want contact forms? You can have them on WordPress. Do you want an ecommerce platform? WordPress can do it. Want to have different membership levels on your site? WordPress can do it. If you want it there is a good chance that WordPress can do it.
Security
WordPress also has an eye on security. A large community of developers work together to detect security issues or bugs and work to correct them. This includes the plugins themselves, themes and the WordPress core installation.
Why Hire A Developer?
So, you are probably asking yourself if WordPress is so easy to use why should I hire a developer to build my site? The simple answer to that is that doing so does take time, perhaps a lot of time. If you don’t have a lot of downtime running your business you might be still building your website a year from now. When you hire a web developer like Nicely Done Sites we can work on your site while you work on what you know.
By working with a web developer you also get the benefit of their expertise. If you get stuck with something you will have to peruse the tutorials and videos to find the answer. We’ve already been through that and know what to do or what not to do to fix a problem.
Don’t Forget Hosting
One of the other things that you will need to think about when creating your website is who is going to host the site. Nicely Done Sites also offers hosting services so that when your website gets up it will stay up so it can work for you.
Over 455 million websites have been built using WordPress and it is still growing. WordPress events or WordCamps have been held in 76 cities all over the planet bring together WordPress developers. WordPress is the top CMS system used on the planet and trusted by popular sites like BBC America, the New York Times, CNN, the Dow Jones, Time Magazine and much more. Will yours be next?