20 Reasons Why You Need A WordPress Website
1) Quick setup – Once you have a simple hosting plan at a company like Godaddy.com installation is as simple as a click of the button.
2) Minimal Hosting fees – WordPress websites are very light weight and only need the very minimal hosting plan. Godaddy charges only $5 per month.
3) Easy to update for anyone anywhere – With a user friendly web bases admin area anyone can login in and change text, images, events, and pretty much anything involved with your website. (Some things can require more experienced users but most things are simple to change)
4) Fully Customizable – With a .php open source platoform and do it yourself controls your website can be completely customized to your liking from colors, interface layout, etc..
5) Blog Ready - WordPress was initially developed as blogging software so it’s completely equipped for all aspects of blogging. Load images, video and much more with just clicks of the button.
6) Thousands of Free Plugins - The wordpress community is a vast group of developers world wide and add to the ever growing plugins and widgets daily giving us thousands of free and inexpensive tools to load to your site in just one click. Examples would be calendars, facebook widgets, banner ad plugins, and many many more.
7) Thousands of Free Templates to choose from – The amount of great design templates are growing so rapidly it could take years to sift through a design. There are tons of websites that sell exceptional design templates for under 50 dollars and thousands are even free from the wordpress community. Only 1 click of the button and you have a whole new website.
8 ) Integrates perfectly with Social Networking - Facebook and twitter have grown so rapidly that it was imperative for them to build tools that integrate the wordpress software. You can now optimize your website to fully handshake with every aspect of social networking.
9) Integrates seamlessly with Google – Google has pretty much monopilized the world wide web with creating the leader in online tools such as Google Analytics, Google Adwords, Sitemap, etc.. WordPress comes equipped with built in locations to directly install each tool with ease.
10) Easy to implement ecommerce storefronts – The master minds of ecommerce have developed incredible online ecommerce storefronts to seamlessly intergrate right into the wordpress platform with just clicks of the button. Start selling products online in seconds. Also embed Paypal buttons and customized storefronts with ease with the simple to use HTML panel.
11) Add like buttons and tweet buttons now to posts and pages – Facebook and Twitter just recently created LIKE buttons for posts and pages. Basically when someone clicks the LIKE button on your blog or page that URL and title will instantly show on that users facebook or twitter wall for everyone to see. Then if their followers or friends click that link it will directly open that URL website page. It is increasing viewers to over 40% and is an imperative tool of today!
12) Powerful ability to embed videos – Easily embed videos with simply copying and pasting the embed code of any online video with ease. You can adjust the sizing and create playlists in just seconds. Load youtube, vimeo, and many others.
13) The ability to add creative design and effects is seamless - The easy to update CSS styling and onilne templates give you full control of manipulating colors to match your companies look and feel. The use of creative widgets can offer awesome animated effects.
14) Security from hackers and spammers is extremely secure - The wordpress developers have recognized the importance of security and spamming and have created strong plugins to protect you from these problems of hackers.
15) Perfect for small companies and large companies – The interface and ability of these websites gives all sized companies the benefit to take advantage of these great websites. They are perfect for small business and they are expandable for some of the largest companies needs.
16) The most affordable platform on the net today – The wordpress websites are free to install. The plugins are mostly free but even when you find something that has a fee associated it’s typically under $100 dollars. The same website 5-10 years ago would have cost anywhere from 5-15 thousand dollars.
17) Platform works on every type of browser, computer and cellular devices - The quick loading html interface is friendly with all browsers, computers and now all mobile devices. Flash websites are quickly becoming a thing of the past.
18) Forms are easy to setup and change email direction – The ability to create forms takes seconds. You can also switch recipients with ease. This makes connecting with your clients much easier.
19) SEO with Ease - These websites work perfectly built to integrate online with search engines making SEO (Search Engine Optimization) a sinch. Easily changed page titles, descriptions, keywords and metatags.
20) It’s actually FUN! - You will find that the websites ease of use and cleanliness makes developing your website fun and exciting. There is very little confusion and you can make changes at the speed of light helping you stay directly in touch with your clients.
How to add or remove subtitle
- Go to Posts/Pages List
- Search the title of the post to update
- Click the title or the edit button
- Look for Custom Subtitle box, type your desired subtitle
- Click Update
Go to Posts/Pages List
In your wordpress admin, locate for “Posts” or “Pages” in the left sidebar menu, just below the dashboard box, and then click it or click the first menu after it.
Shortened Instruction:
Left Sidebar >> Locate Posts/Pages >> Click Posts/Pages
Search the title of the post to update
Inside the posts/pages list, look for the search form at the right top of the post/page list. Type full or part of the title you want to update then click the search button.
Shortened Instruction:
Posts/Pages List >> Locate Search From >> Type post/page title you want to update >> Click the search button
Click the title or the edit button
When the results have been displayed, locate the post/page that you want to update the subtitle then click the title or the edit button under the title.
Shortened Instruction:
Post/Page List Search Results >> locate post/page to update >> click the title or the edit button
Look for Custom Subtitle box, type your desired subtitle
On the post/page editor, find the Unite General Content Options box (for page editor) or Custom Subtitle box (for post editor). Type your desired Custom Subtitle or leave it blank if you dont want the post/page to have a subtitle.
Shortened Instruction:
Post/Page Editor >> find Unite General Content Options box (for page editor) or >> find Custom Subtitle box (for post editor) >> Type your desired Custom Subtitle or Leave it Blank
Click Update
After you have typed your desired Custom Subtitle, find the publish button at the right side of the title field. Click Update and you are done. Check the post/page if the update have taken effect.
Shortened Instruction:
Post/Page Editor >> Find the Publish button >> Click Publish and view the post or page if it was updated
How to update unite quotes in the sidebar
- Go to widgets page
- Open the sidebar accordion
- Drag the Unite-Quote widget to the sidebar
- Fill up the quote form fields and save
Go to widgets page
In your wordpress admin, locate for “Appearance” in the left sidebar menu and then click the “Widgets” menu.
Shortened Instruction:
Left Sidebar >> Locate Appearance >> Click Widgets
Open the sidebar accordion
Inside the widgets page, look at the right sidebars and find the sidebar where you want to put the Unite - Quote widget. Click the downward arrow at the right of your selected sidebar so that the sidebar will be open.
Shortened Instruction:
Right Sidebar Accordion >> Locate Sidebar where you want to add the widget >> Click the downward arrow to open the sidebar
Drag the Unite-Quote widget to the sidebar
After opening the sidebar, locate the “Unite – Quote” widget from the “Available Widgets” box and drag it to the sidebar where you want it to show.
Shortened Instruction:
Available Widgets box >> locate the "Unite - Quote" widget >> Drag the widget to the sidebar you have selected
Fill up the quote form fields and save
After dragging the “Unite – Quote” widget, a form will show with the following fields: 1) Quote Text, 2) Author Name, 3) Author Title. Fill up those fields with information and then click the save button. Check your website if the update have taken effect.
Shortened Instruction:
Unite - Quote widget >> Fill up the quote form fields >> Click save >> Check your website for your new quote
Cool Pools of Melbourne switches to WordPress
WordPress websites from GawlikWeb are just simply cool. The great administrative section allows the old school client to now easily update his website with new tile treatments, pool creations, new services and to offer great promotions quickly using the banner advertisement plugin. The top slide show also allows them to showcase great company information and pictures quickly and easily. Check out the website and consider Cool Pools to keep you cool in the hot florida sun! Visit
Great work and excellent designs! Keep it up..
Andy Mcallister
American Trading
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