Asynch prompt:
1) Based on your experience with WordPress, what are your impressions with working with WordPress – the pros and cons? It started as a blogging platform but has evolved – should it still be relegated for small blogs, or do you see enterprise use?
In my brief experiences working with WordPress, I would say that I feel there are more pros than cons. It is pretty straightforward to use. I have managed a blog before without using WordPress and I have to say, it is much more user-friendly to use WordPress. This does not come at the cost of user-individuality either because customizing the themes, backgrounds, etc, was not at all what I had imagined. The presentation of my posts was up to me and there were quite a few options. Usually what turns me off from a blog is the idea that is is this winding composite of posts with little organization but you can set up your site so that there are easy navigating functions. This makes it much less overwhelming.
The analytics are also incredibly easy to decipher. I will use the term straightforward again. I can see how easily an enterprise could adapt a WordPress into much more than a small blog. The APIs that are available to integrate would elevate the visitor experience. The site layout options also differ quite a bit and a creator could chose to distance their website from appearing like or functioning like a blog. I think as more people are online with little having any education in website building WordPress seems to have really streamlined the process and allowed for people to create their own page. In my mind this opens up the opportunity for smaller businesses to compete without having to hire people/agencies to create and/or manage their website, which in this time has become expected of businesses to have.
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