Social Media Examiner | WordPress is King of the Internet! | Topic Replies http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/wordpress-is-king-of-the-internet/feed/ WordPress is King of the Internet! - Forum Topic in the Group Small Business Wed, 22 May 2013 21:01:28 +0000 http://buddypress.org/?v=1.5.5 en http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/wordpress-is-king-of-the-internet/#post-42550<![CDATA[Rebecca Craig replied to the forum topic WordPress is King of the Internet! in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/wordpress-is-king-of-the-internet/#post-42550 Wed, 26 Sep 2012 06:42:55 +0000 Rebecca Craig replied to the forum topic WordPress is King of the Internet! in the club Small Business Thanks @amyhallbiz - We have a long weekend this weekend in Australia so I might take your advice and hit the WP101 tutorials! Like I said I'm not sure I want or need to build them but I would like to be able to […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/wordpress-is-king-of-the-internet/#post-42123<![CDATA[Amy Hall - WordPress Assistant & MailChimp Expert replied to the forum topic WordPress is King of the Internet! in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/wordpress-is-king-of-the-internet/#post-42123 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 14:23:41 +0000 Amy Hall - WordPress Assistant & MailChimp Expert replied to the forum topic WordPress is King of the Internet! in the club Small Business @rebecca-craig Since I'm on the WordPress bus, of course that is what I sUggest. Because you don't have a prior background in WP it probably will be fairly easy for you to pick up. (I've never used any […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/wordpress-is-king-of-the-internet/#post-42094<![CDATA[Rebecca Craig replied to the forum topic WordPress is King of the Internet! in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/wordpress-is-king-of-the-internet/#post-42094 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 01:53:49 +0000 Rebecca Craig replied to the forum topic WordPress is King of the Internet! in the club Small Business If you were going to learn one or the other, which would you choose (help me decide, please!!) and do you know of any good online learning resources for "the idiot" over here...... I am clueless with code but do […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/wordpress-is-king-of-the-internet/#post-41901<![CDATA[E N Brown replied to the forum topic WordPress is King of the Internet! in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/wordpress-is-king-of-the-internet/#post-41901 Tue, 18 Sep 2012 22:43:22 +0000 E N Brown replied to the forum topic WordPress is King of the Internet! in the club Small Business
Great conversation here folks and I think Rich hit it on the head:
Rich:  "I believe that almost any platform can be made to sing and dance once […]
]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/wordpress-is-king-of-the-internet/#post-41878<![CDATA[Jules Webb replied to the forum topic WordPress is King of the Internet! in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/wordpress-is-king-of-the-internet/#post-41878 Tue, 18 Sep 2012 17:31:19 +0000 Jules Webb replied to the forum topic WordPress is King of the Internet! in the club Small Business @supereb promise I won't hold my breath ;) 

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/wordpress-is-king-of-the-internet/#post-41868<![CDATA[Steve Hemric replied to the forum topic WordPress is King of the Internet! in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/wordpress-is-king-of-the-internet/#post-41868 Tue, 18 Sep 2012 16:20:24 +0000 Steve Hemric replied to the forum topic WordPress is King of the Internet! in the club Small Business @amyhallbiz Thanks for the info, I do keep gong back to Wordpress fairly often and experimenting trying to learn. I also have been watching a video on Lynda.com to help. I certainly see lots of benefits to using […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/wordpress-is-king-of-the-internet/#post-41859<![CDATA[Amy Hall - WordPress Assistant & MailChimp Expert replied to the forum topic WordPress is King of the Internet! in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/wordpress-is-king-of-the-internet/#post-41859 Tue, 18 Sep 2012 15:38:13 +0000 Amy Hall - WordPress Assistant & MailChimp Expert replied to the forum topic WordPress is King of the Internet! in the club Small Business @shemric WordPress isn't HTML (well really it is, but that's another conversation). So the HTML mindset doesn't work with it. The benefit is that it can be expanded and is flexible and always changing. I […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/wordpress-is-king-of-the-internet/#post-41857<![CDATA[Amy Hall - WordPress Assistant & MailChimp Expert replied to the forum topic WordPress is King of the Internet! in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/wordpress-is-king-of-the-internet/#post-41857 Tue, 18 Sep 2012 15:30:30 +0000 Amy Hall - WordPress Assistant & MailChimp Expert replied to the forum topic WordPress is King of the Internet! in the club Small Business @geoffrey-gordon We're on the Genesis bus!

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/wordpress-is-king-of-the-internet/#post-41856<![CDATA[Amy Hall - WordPress Assistant & MailChimp Expert replied to the forum topic WordPress is King of the Internet! in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/wordpress-is-king-of-the-internet/#post-41856 Tue, 18 Sep 2012 15:29:21 +0000 Amy Hall - WordPress Assistant & MailChimp Expert replied to the forum topic WordPress is King of the Internet! in the club Small Business @supereb You should have called me! My husband, who is a WP developer has over 12,000 hours in WP. (Malcom Gladwell says that would make him a master of WP.) I have close to 5,000 hours on WP. Not a master yet […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/wordpress-is-king-of-the-internet/#post-41847<![CDATA[Geoffrey Gordon replied to the forum topic WordPress is King of the Internet! in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/wordpress-is-king-of-the-internet/#post-41847 Tue, 18 Sep 2012 14:37:59 +0000 Geoffrey Gordon replied to the forum topic WordPress is King of the Internet! in the club Small Business @supereb I am a Thesis User love it to bits, Genesis is great as well. The truth be told they are both world class but I think  thesis is just a nose in front when it comes to customization. :)

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/wordpress-is-king-of-the-internet/#post-41829<![CDATA[E N Brown replied to the forum topic WordPress is King of the Internet! in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/wordpress-is-king-of-the-internet/#post-41829 Tue, 18 Sep 2012 14:16:26 +0000 E N Brown replied to the forum topic WordPress is King of the Internet! in the club Small Business Hi Amy [ that's my daughters name too :) ] @amyhallbiz
Wordpress is certainly a great platform.  If you started out with WP you probably know all there is to know and how to change anything that needs changing. […]
]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/wordpress-is-king-of-the-internet/#post-41826<![CDATA[E N Brown replied to the forum topic WordPress is King of the Internet! in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/wordpress-is-king-of-the-internet/#post-41826 Tue, 18 Sep 2012 14:05:14 +0000 E N Brown replied to the forum topic WordPress is King of the Internet! in the club Small Business Hi Steve @shemric
YOU: "Things that seems to come naturally with html and css to me are a struggle with wordpress."
ME: Completely concur!  For those of us who've been around the web since the beginning (yes, […]
]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/wordpress-is-king-of-the-internet/#post-41825<![CDATA[E N Brown replied to the forum topic WordPress is King of the Internet! in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/wordpress-is-king-of-the-internet/#post-41825 Tue, 18 Sep 2012 13:58:12 +0000 E N Brown replied to the forum topic WordPress is King of the Internet! in the club Small Business Hi Jules  @juleswebb
I may just try out EE2 with a trial site and see how I manage to get on with this platform.  I've bookmarked you as an advisor, just in case!  Thanks for the suggestion. Don't hold your […]
]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/wordpress-is-king-of-the-internet/#post-41823<![CDATA[E N Brown replied to the forum topic WordPress is King of the Internet! in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/wordpress-is-king-of-the-internet/#post-41823 Tue, 18 Sep 2012 13:53:34 +0000 E N Brown replied to the forum topic WordPress is King of the Internet! in the club Small Business Hi Geoffrey   @geoffrey-gordon  
I have a new friend (John Martin) who utilized thesis and gave me some comparisons between thesis and genesis - I have not decided which one to use or even if I will use any.  It's […]
]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/wordpress-is-king-of-the-internet/#post-41795<![CDATA[Steve Hemric replied to the forum topic WordPress is King of the Internet! in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/wordpress-is-king-of-the-internet/#post-41795 Tue, 18 Sep 2012 02:30:32 +0000 Steve Hemric replied to the forum topic WordPress is King of the Internet! in the club Small Business I do occasionally play with wordpress to try and figure out what I am missing. Things that seems to come naturally with html and css to me are a struggle with wordpress.

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/wordpress-is-king-of-the-internet/#post-40997<![CDATA[Jules Webb replied to the forum topic WordPress is King of the Internet! in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/wordpress-is-king-of-the-internet/#post-40997 Fri, 07 Sep 2012 21:35:36 +0000 Jules Webb replied to the forum topic WordPress is King of the Internet! in the club Small Business @supereb - I'd advocate giving EE a try, I'm definitely sold on it.  They've come a long way in the last two years since the WebDesignerDepot post was written. EE 2 now has lots of addons available to use, <font face="Arial, Verdana" […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/wordpress-is-king-of-the-internet/#post-40978<![CDATA[Geoffrey Gordon replied to the forum topic WordPress is King of the Internet! in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/wordpress-is-king-of-the-internet/#post-40978 Fri, 07 Sep 2012 14:51:45 +0000 Geoffrey Gordon replied to the forum topic WordPress is King of the Internet! in the club Small Business
@supereb I know what you mean, you tend to find plugins to supplement things you cannot do in WordPress. Although i have found the thesis theme very helpful in overcoming php pitfalls if you are good with css and […]
]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/wordpress-is-king-of-the-internet/#post-40976<![CDATA[E N Brown replied to the forum topic WordPress is King of the Internet! in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/wordpress-is-king-of-the-internet/#post-40976 Fri, 07 Sep 2012 14:02:36 +0000 E N Brown replied to the forum topic WordPress is King of the Internet! in the club Small Business Comparison of WP and EE:
Eileen 
]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/wordpress-is-king-of-the-internet/#post-40975<![CDATA[E N Brown replied to the forum topic WordPress is King of the Internet! in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/wordpress-is-king-of-the-internet/#post-40975 Fri, 07 Sep 2012 13:54:02 +0000 E N Brown replied to the forum topic WordPress is King of the Internet! in the club Small Business Hi Jules.  @juleswebb
I might give Expression Engine a trip on my carousel and see what spins out. Can't hurt - nothing wrong with giving it a once over, eh?
Thanks!
Eileen :D
]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/wordpress-is-king-of-the-internet/#post-40974<![CDATA[E N Brown replied to the forum topic WordPress is King of the Internet! in the club Small Business]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/small-business/forum/topic/wordpress-is-king-of-the-internet/#post-40974 Fri, 07 Sep 2012 13:49:37 +0000 E N Brown replied to the forum topic WordPress is King of the Internet! in the club Small Business Hi Geoffrey. @geoffrey-gordon
I agree with you - I am having problems now that I cannot solve. Luckily, most of my websites are HTML/CSS and not on the WordPress platform.  For the ones that are WordPress, I have […]
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