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10 Great Reasons for Using WordPress as a CMS - OR - Learn How to Get a Girl to Flash You! WordPress has become my development platform of choice & I felt that it was time to spread the love by letting you know about the 10 greatest reasons to use it as a CMS. www.BronsonHarrington.com

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10 Great Reasons for Using WordPress as a CMS- OR - Learn How to Get a Girl to Flash You!

WordPress has become my development platform of choice & I felt that it was time to spread the love by letting you know about the 10 greatest reasons to use it as a CMS.

www.BronsonHarrington.com

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It's FREE.

WordPress itself is FREE. Templates are FREE. Premium Themes for under $100.

Learn more:▪ WordpressFoundation.org▪ OpenSource.org

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It plays well with others.

If you can use Word, you’re good to go.

Content is separate from design. It’s a publishing platform for non-

techies.

Learn more:▪ http://wordpress.org/about/features/

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You can roll your own.

Do-It-Yourself. Save time & money. Rely less on Programmers & Designers.

Learn more:▪ http://codex.wordpress.org/New_To_WordPress_-

_Where_to_Start

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It's a global party.

WordPress is online. Helpful community. Work from anywhere.

Learn more:▪ http://wordpress.org/support/

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It makes SEO simple.

Quick tweaks & easy plugins for optimization.

Standards compliant. Valid Code.

Learn more:▪ http://codex.wordpress.org/

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It's extendable.

Support for plugins & extensions. Easy to add additional functionality. Most plugins are FREE. Easy installation & configuration

without FTP.

Learn more:▪ http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/

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It can be downright sexy.

Cheap NOT Nasty / Ugly. Major players using WordPress

platform.

Learn more:▪ http://wordpress.org/showcase/

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It can pay the rent.

Extra cash from freelancing jobs. Start your own online business.

Learn more:▪ http://jobs.wordpress.net/

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It's fun.

Active development community. Global Events.

Learn more:▪ http://wordpress.org/development/category/events/

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It'll make you a chick magnet.

Ok, I don't know so much about that last one guys, but here are some ideas on How to get a Girl to Flash You if you're a struggling Romeo.

Learn more:▪ http://www.break.com/index/how-to-get-a-girl-to-flash-

you.html