What is Wordpress?
Wordpress is an Open Source Content Management System (CMS). More accurately, Wordpress is a complete website management system. Wordpressallows you to create web pages without any knowledge of Internet technology or website design. Through the Wordpressback-end administration you can add pages, upload images and files and manage interactive applications like photo albums, guest books, polls and forums.
What can Wordpress do?
Wordpress is a sophisticated blogging tool that makes it easy for you to create, manage and publish online news, articles, stories, tutorials... It is perfect for a personal online journal or a magazine/news website. Wordpress allows you to create categories and subcategories to organise your articles, you can have multiple authors and allow your readers to comment on your posts. As well as textual information Wordpress also supports multimedia content so you can publish photos, videos and podcasts.
Who is Wordpress for?
Wordpress is curremntly used by millions of people the world over as personal journals and online diaries. As well as private individuals, Wordpress is also used by many large organisations in both the commercial and public sectors like The Helth and Safety Executive, CNN and People Magazine.
How can I get a Wordpress blog?
Simply contact us and we will set up your Wordpress blog in a jiffy!
Do I need to register a domain?
No. If you choose our free Wordpress account you simply tell us what you would like your blog to be called and your domain name will be www.yourblog.loquela.co.uk. If you want your own .co.uk or .org.uk domain, yo uwill need to subscribe to our Premium Wordpress service.
How much will a Wordpress blog cost me?
Absolutely nothing if you go for our free Wordpress account. If you prefer to have a your own .co.uk or .org.uk domain name, additional disk space for your uploads, dedicated support and free upgrades you can subscribe to our Premium Wordpress service for just £5 per month - this also give you access to a huge reduction in the cost of custom theme development.
Will you help m eset up my blog?
Absolutely. In fact, we'll do everything for you! All you have to do is contact up and let us know what you would like your blog to called (www.yourblog.loquela.co.uk) and we'll do the rest. As soon as we send you your login details you can start blogging immediately! Furthermore, once you have started we are always available to answer any questions you may have.
What about personal Wordpress themes?
Yes of course. There are many freely available themes out there but if you are looking for a unique design for your site we can create one for you. Alternatively, if you already have a design mockup in jpeg, Fireworks, psd or any other format, we can convert it into a fully functional Wordpress website in no time.
Are there any books on Wordpress?
Yes. Amazon has a wide range of publications that cover topics from simple website set-up to advanced Wordpress development.