Tuesday Tip Bliss: WP

Our first Tuesday Tips Bliss features the fine blog software and content management system that powers this lil ol’ blog of ours: WordPress.

We use WordPress for a few sites we’ve done, and are always amazed at how it keeps growing & getting better. Whether you’re a novice or an advanced web geek, WP is fantastic. We won’t go into the whole ins and outs of WP, but here are a few things that make it such a fun and effective tool:

• It’s free. (The “if it’s free, it’s for me” adage never gets old)
• Hundreds of amazing themes from which to choose.
• Awesome spam filters
• Easy installation
• Ability to have multiple author blogs
• Super support systems in place
• Amazing customization options.

It’s that last tidbit that we love, love, LOVE and makes us bliss out completely. To get a glimpse at how much you can do with Wordpress, here’s a look at a few sites done in WP. They show the incredible range of form + function.

by Tattoed Mama

by Marisa Swenson

by Could Be Studios

by FlickOut

by Matt Mullenweg

by Transport

by Martha’s Vineyard Fiber Farm

And here are a few that we worked on using WordPress:

For Metro Parent magazine

For Rising Museum Board

For Makes Me So Mad, which is Alain’s angry man blog

And of course, this blog.

Thanks to our Twitter friends @tattoedmama, @kmcdade, @jessicabeck, @writingroads, @pdxproperties and countless others who provided some great examples of WP sites! If you don’t already, be sure to follow Marlynn on Twitter @designmama and Alain on Twitter @hipod. What are you waiting for? Go get a WP blog or site if you don’t have one already!