We’ve been doing some work for up and coming London digital search agency Absorb, on designs for a new web site using good old Wordpress, the platform on which this very site is based.
Wordpress is now in version 2.8 and going strong. It’s trusted by many big names including the BBC, Ford Motors, TIME magazine and even LastMinute.com, the online travel site which will forever be linked with the dot.com boom of the late 90s.
We’re also moving the Association of American Correspondents in London’s theAACL.co.uk web site to Wordpress, giving them a flexible platform to promote a more interactive community. The AACL’s current President, Karla Adam, a London bureau chief with The Washington Post emailed us to say: “Looks good! Much fresher, cleaner. Looking forward to going live soon.”
While Wordpress is not the answer to everything, it is possible to get it up and running quickly and cheaply using one of the many blogging packages offered by reputable hosting companies such as the UK-based 34sp.com, which offers a built-in installer to minimize the effort required to get started in the first place.
There’s plenty more about Wordpress at the Wordpress site, and links to lots of free plug-ins, themes and ideas for blogging success.
