This Is Not My First Post

Well, technically it is for this new blog, but I have other blogs and have written many posts.

But I am glad to have made the switch to WordPress.  I bit off more than I could chew with my previous site.

I wanted to have tons of functionality, forums, plugins, components, automation.  You name it, I wanted it for my site.  So I settled on Joomla, the massive content management system that offers everything you could want in a site (including a HUGE learning curve).  Unfortunately, with all those bells and whistles you need LOTS of administrative focus and time to make it work.

Over the space of a year, I built several sites with Joomla.  And the work ballooned.  And the sites grew.  Don’t get me wrong, they were terrific sites, but I was wondering whether I needed to hire an IT staff to keep up with it.

So I bit the bullet and switched to WordPress.  Does it have all the massive functionality of Joomla, not really.  Did I need all the massive functionality, no, not at all.  Actually WordPress gives me all I need and then some.  Joomla gave me all I needed and WAY more.  I just need what WordPress gives me.

That’s a life lesson I continuously need to follow – start with what you need, add from there.

Related articles by Zemanta

• Joomla Vs WordPress (articlesbase.com)
• Building Your Location Independent Online Business: Should You Build A Blog Or A Static HTML Website? (locationindependent.com)
• Forum: How To Choose The Right Web Publishing Tool (teemingmedia.com)
• WordPress.tv broadcasts tutorials and Wordcamp reports (thenextweb.com)

Ed Andriessen

Ed Andriessen is a small business internet marketing advisor, writer, coach, speaker, trainer and web geek. Since the 1990's he has helped thousands of individuals, small businesses and larger organizations learn to market, manage and improve. In 2007, Ed founded a company to help businesses learn to find more customers from the internet. You can find Ed at www.businesstrainingresource.com.

Website - More Posts

No related posts.