WordPress for client updates Feb19 '05
I’ve been messing around with WordPress 1.5 lately, which I’ve done in the past, many times.
As many of you may know, I publish this blog by hand, meaning I don’t use any "blogging software." In fact, I publish all my sites (freelance or otherwise) by hand. This gives me complete understanding of every aspect of my sites. Not only that, but I enjoy it, as well.
But just because I do everything by hand, that doesn’t mean I have no use for tools such as WordPress.
Every time Matt announces another upgrade to WordPress, I find myself downloading (and installing it), just to see what new features have been added, and to see if there is any aspect I could use immediately – for various purposes.
Sometimes, I find myself torn between using the nice piece of software that WordPress is, over developing my sites by hand.
Whereas I get more enjoyment developing my sites by hand, WordPress saves so many steps.
Speed is the key. WordPress provides that speed, combined with ease of use.
Clients can update on their own
Lately, I’ve been asked by many clients about the possibility of them being able to update their sites, without my immediate assistance.
Until WordPress (or other blogging sofware) came about, I really didn’t want to invest time in creating an "Admin" panel, for clients to update content. There would be too many issues to consider. Honestly, it would take much more time for me to development (and maintain) the "Admin" panel, than it would for me to just make the updates myself. I’ve told clients this many times, with confidence behind my words.
Enter WordPress.
With WordPress, many users can update a single site. Plus, the "Admin" panel has already been created. All I would have to do is issue a username and password for each client.
Simple as that.
Categories: Business 
, Web Development
Add Feedback (view all)
Leave feedback
is published and produced by Matt Thommes - an independent publishing enthusiast, mobile blogger, content creator, informative writer, web developer from Chicago.
Never one to conform, Matt intends to promote the effect the web has on our lives, in an effort to intensify, instruct, and clarify all that is happening around us.
- PHP – passing variables across pages
- TITLE attribute for everything
- Social networking: say it; don't spray it
Similar Entries
- Google Reader published time useful for Twitter updates (71 recent visits)
- Vague versus "frank" status updates (15 recent visits)
- Constant Firefox updates comparable to IE (45 recent visits)
- 100 million forced updates (6 recent visits)
- Avoid direct database updates (3 recent visits)
- Private Twitter updates and the workplace (27 recent visits)
Stats
5 unique visits since August 2008