Can I clean up my existing website by switching to Wordpress?

October 23rd, 2009

My website isn’t very clean, and it’s a bit confusing. How can I clean that up using Wordpress?
- sales training

Wordpress is an open source blogging software package that you can use to create a website with a lot of functionality and stability. When Silver Square determines that the best route for one of our clients is to use an existing piece of blogging software, Wordpress is the one we use.

The problem you describe seems to be a design issue with the site. The strength of Wordpress is giving you a  robust system for updating the content of your site, whether you are doing a traditional blog or using Wordpress as a de facto content management system. The design of your site still falls under the umbrella of your designer,  who creates your site to be both an extension of your brand and a useful business tool to engage your visitors.

Now once you have a good design in place, the structure of Wordpress can make it easier to make changes to the content of your site without “breaking” it. A site might be great when it first created, but as the months roll on different bits of information (tradeshow appearances, new products or services, etc.) get tacked on to a design that wasn’t created with the idea of adding new information. Since Wordpress by its very nature is built on the premise that you will continually add information to your site, it can help a good website design remain good even while the content of the site is changing.

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