Category Archives: Web Development

Here’s my NO. 1 web development tip — install WordPress locally.

Want to develop websites faster? Start using WordPress. Maybe that should be my number one tip. But in my opinion, to best build and prepare a website for deployment you’ll be much happier working on the site if it’s running an a WordPress install that’s running on your own machine.

If you’re using a Mac check out this very thorough and helpful tutorial over at WPCandy.com on How to install WordPress locally on a Mac.

If you’re using a PC then I’d suggest using this BitNami WordPress stack to install WordPress locally.

When you’re ready to move your WordPress site to the web server WPCandy.com has help for that too.

Need proof WordPress works? Check out 30 Great Sites Using WordPress as a CMS.

WordPress is far more than a blogging platform and that’s why we’re so satisfied in promoting it as a wonderful tool for powering all kinds of websites. But sometimes people need convincing. Why use a content management system or CMS to power my site? Or maybe the question is why WordPress? ithemes.com offers 5 great reasons for using a CMS and they apply very well to WordPress.

Go read 5 Reasons to Use a Content Management System.

For those who need a Free Ministry Website, I’ve sent you to WordPress.com. There’s more good news out of WordPress.com — Free Space to Three Gigabytes. This is great news, that all free WordPress.com sites have had their free storage space increased from 50 mb to 3000 mb — that’s 3 Gigabytes of free storage space. Now you can upload photos to your site without concern for running out of space any time soon.

An interesting insight at ZDNet.com into what many companies go through when trying to get their content on the web by creating their own content management systems (CMS): WordPress vs. an army of clunky content management systems.

What’s so great about this article is the reminder to those of us in ministry that we have some wonderful, free tools at our disposal for the taking. We don’t have to go through what many companies experience when trying to shape their own CMS. Just use WordPress.