Chapter 1
What WordPress Can Do for You
IN THIS CHAPTER
Seeing how WordPress can benefit you
Participating in the WordPress community
Understanding the different versions of WordPress
In a world in which technology advances in the blink of an eye, WordPress really does make building websites easy — and free! How else can you get your content out to a potential audience of millions worldwide and spend exactly nothing? There may be no such thing as a free lunch in this world, but you can bet your bottom dollar that there are free websites and blogs. WordPress serves them all up in one nifty package.
The software’s free price tag, its ease of use, and the speed at which you can get your website up and running are great reasons to use WordPress to power your personal blog or business website. An even greater reason is the incredibly supportive and passionate WordPress community. In this chapter, I introduce you to the WordPress software so that you can begin to discover how effective it is as a tool for creating your website.
Discovering the Benefits of WordPress
I work with first-time website owners all the time — folks who are new to the idea of publishing content on the Internet. ...
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