Make a Blog vs. Make a Website

In my opinion, many web newbies get caught up in the whole blog vs. website debate while learning how to make a website. They are still confused as to which route they should go and I can’t blame them. With so much wrong information out on the web and arguments for both sides of the issue, which side is right?

There is no right side. All blogs are websites. Even if your blog only has one photo and a link to an email address, IT’S A WEBSITE! It would be a crappy website indeed, but a website none-the-less.

Wordpress is considered blogging software, but in actually it’s not. Wordpress is on the framework and core set of files which allows you to manage a website without an technical knowledge. To help better understand this concept and (of course prove a point), below is a list of 15 completely awesome websites that are powered by Wordpress, but don’t resemble a blog.

Many websites online are quietly running the Wordpress content management system in the background that aren’t typically categorized as blogs. Why? Because Wordpress is free and the most popular open source platform to date. It’s easy to use with hundreds of tutorials online, quick to set up, there are thousands of good looking and free themes available.

Cara De Poker

Champagne Warehouse

Computer CC

eRate360

Flamanville

Frameworx

InboundPass

International Screening Solutions

Network Solutions

Quasar

Ript Apparel

Sanguine

StudioPress

Verio

Watersports Guru

Who Has Inspired You?

Before I begin, I would just like to say thank you! thank you! These five ladies (along with DC Web Women and their Social Media Extravaganza Event) have inspired me more than they will ever know. By chance, I saw this event on Facebook posted by my friend Maurisa (Mau-reesa lol). I bookmarked the event because I wanted to go. I checked back a week later and sadly all of the tickets were gone. I emailed Maurisa and by sheer luck she had accidentally order two tickets online and had an extra one available. I was excited. After ten years of designing for the web, I had never actually been to a web related networking event and boy was I in for a surprise.

DC Web Women Panel

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