"Wordpress as CMS"?
August 29, 2008 1 comment

It is very common that someone read web vai use "Wordpress as CMS", that "Wordpress is so good that can be used as CMS", "I only sites with Wordpress as CMS", and so vai… There is a confusion as to this expression, "Wordpress as CMS," which is used by people so erroneous and, if it continues, vai eventually causing great confusion in cebeça of who is starting to develop with Wordpress.
What is a "CMS"?
First of all, it is important to know what "CMS". In Wikipedia, the text shows that
A Content Management System - GSC, (in English Content Management Systems - CMS), is a system manager of web sites, portals and intranets that incorporates tools needed to create, manage (edit and insert) content in real time, without the need Programming of code, whose goal is to structure and facilitate the creation, administration, distribution, publication and availability of information. Its biggest feature is a lot of these functions.
I mean, a Management System Tell ú of a system is done so that people can change the content of Web sites, intranets, interactive systems or whatever is, without the need to have knowledge "technical", how do you know XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, etc..
Through a CMS, then the person "lay" in Web technology has the ability to change the information - ú of content - in any publication and / or online system without the need for intervention of a professional / active area of web development.
For high, what can be done with the Wordpress?
With Wordpress is possible, among other things:
- Create pages "fixed";
- Edit pages fixed;
- Crirar articles;
- Edit articles;
- Insert photos, videos and other media;
- Edit photos videos and other media that were entered;
- Create text, links and interactions;
- Edit text, links, change the interactions.
- Many other things!
What misunderstanding to say "Wordpress as CMS"?
Indeed, there is some misunderstanding when someone says "Wordpress as CMS", the misunderstanding is the context in which people speak it. Commonly, when someone says this is referring to create a new theme (or modify an existing one) to the Wordpress that he or someone else - a client, possibly - use the platform to manage the information of a site rather than a blog - a blog where it is still a site.
When people say they use Wordpress as CMS, are willing to say who will manage a system on line "with face of site" instead of "face with the blog" - because blog, although a site has some different characteristics, as the second provision chronology, updated constantly, some constituent elements, among others.
Then, my people, understand that Wordpress is already a standard CMS by the ã! He already is used to create and edit content, in general, so that whoever is using it does not have the need to have expertise in the area of web development! By default, Wordpress already has capcidade of "structure and facilitate the creation, administration, distribution, publication and availability of information"!
Entenderam now, when I say that there is a tremendous mistake when people say "I will use Wordpress as CMS"? The platform Wordpress already é a CMS!
When you use Wordpress that, by default, "has to face blog" for some work that has "face the site," not accurate to say "I will use Wordpress as CMS"; simply say: "I will use Wordpress."














Hello Tárcio. The Wordpress today is capable of offering a mobility as big as this in CMSs as Joomla and others, with the great advantage of being ranking SEO Friendly and very fast in good positions.
Abraço.