Are you aware that the features making WordPress so popular for bloggers actually may be quite useful as a CMS for anyone building a website news portal (using a WordPress News Theme)? Actually WordPress is silently serving a lot of websites that have nothing to do with blogging at all and I think the number will be growing dramatically in the near future.
Regardless if you’re a passionate blogger writing about subjects you’re interested in or if you have a company selling services or products, publishing content on-line is all about interaction with other people. The blogging tsunami that have hit us over the last couple of years has significantly changed the way a lot of people seek and publish information on-line and more importantly how people interact and share opinions and ideas. Information can be produced by anyone and people have used this opportunity! There are millions of bloggers today and their busy lifestyle demands good tools for publishing; it must be easy, simple, fast, accessible and make it easy for their reader to contribute and communicate. WordPress is the tools and it offers everything a blogger needs and more and then it is completely free and so is thousands of extensions and simple wordpress themes produced by the enormous community supporting WordPress. Further WordPress is know to be highly optimized for search engines and may make a difference in the amount of traffic you get from this channel.
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One of the main reasons I would highly recommend considering WordPress for building traditional non-blog websites is that it has been build from scratch with the purpose of making content publishing easy and it’s popularity / dominance in the blogging sphere is proof that it has succeeded. With cool WordPress themes I believe WordPress is also excellent for boosting interaction with readers/customers and other companies and blogs that write about your organisation. When it comes to look and feel and being able to design a professional and appealing website WordPress is also superior. First of all there are thousands of free and premium themes available out there. OK most of the WordPress gallery themes are not directly aimed at traditional websites but typically it is quite simple to redesign a blogging theme into a non-blogging version. Also if you’re not up for the challenge yourself the WordPress community is huge and there is plenty of help to get at reasonable prizes even for build an online shop you can find a great WordPress shop theme. Lets look at some examples of non blogging websites powered by wordpress. Drop a comment if you are aware of a website that I should add!
Examples of Websites powered by WordPress
frameworx
studiopress
digobrands
Archer Group
bildedoktor
buddypress
Creative Spaces
cubicleninjas
knowledgescreen
Samsung Newsroom
intridea
comfyrene
Radium Labs
Network Solutions
pxforce
quasarsoft
Spotify
Executive Warfare
Fergus Neilson
Verio
Examples of Low Cost Premium WordPress Themes
There are many WordPress CMS Themes available making it possible to get a professional web site set up really fast. See some examples below.
Amplus
Columns: 4+, Compatible Browsers: IE7, IE8, FireFox 3, Firefox 3.5, Firefox 3.6+, Safari 4, Safari 5, Opera, Chrome 4, Chrome 5, Software Version: WordPress 3.1, WordPress 3.0, PSD Included: Yes, Valid HTML: Yes, Widget Ready: Yes
Striking
Columns: 2, Compatible Browsers: IE6, IE7, IE8, FireFox 3, Firefox 3.5, Firefox 3.6+, Safari 4, Safari 5, Opera, Chrome 4, Chrome 5, Software Version: WordPress 3.1, WordPress 3.0, PSD Included: Yes, Valid HTML: Yes, Widget Ready: Yes
Echoes Premium WordPress 11 in 1 [demo]
Echoes Premium WordPress Portfolio theme is designed for rapid development of portfolio or business websites.
3 Featured Mainpage styles, 5 Portfolio Page Styles, 19 Shortcodes, working Contact Page Ajax Validated Template and more.
It features numbered , thumbnail slides , content objects/elements, carousels, full-width pages, on hover icons with light-box supported images and videos, drop-down menus, multi-column footers and others to make it easy for you to customize and get it online quickly.
11 Skins with variations of Bright, Dark, Red , Blue , Green, Yellow and Brown, and Shaded version with a textured background for easy background customization.
Studio Box Premium WordPress 9 in 1 [demo]
Studio Box Premium WordPress Theme is about simplifying building of your online portfolio. It is packed with useful showcases to have your creative work displayed for customers and clients.
DeepFocus
DeepFocus is a slick new portfolio theme that expands on some of our previous gallery themes such as ePhoto and eGallery. Try out the Demo site here. Now you can turn your WordPress blog into a fully functional online photo gallery while still maintaining all of the features of a normal blog. Along with the gallery layout, DeepFocus comes with a robust blog and CMS-style homepage as well, making it an amazing solution for artists/photographers looking to build an online presence. Photographers will also be pleased to hear that photos are no longer cropped on post pages, making the theme acceptable for both landscape and portrait images.
Duotive Three – Complete WordPress Portfolio Template
This is the ultimate CMS theme with a very easy and powerful administration tool.
Folioway – Premium Portfolio WordPress Theme [demo]
Folioway is a perfect pixel WordPress theme, not only its clean and elegant, it also comes with tons of features like amazing slider, unlimited colors, etc. It’s incredibly powerful and flexible and easy to use! It is just the best wordpress theme for your or your company’s work presentation!
Karma
Number TWO on Themeforest is Karma. It is a Premium WordPress Theme built on what the author calls “a highly intelligent framework”. It’s the only theme on Themeforest to feature the new CU3ER v1 3D slider – it’s actually cool. It comes with lots of features and whether your a wordpress pro or just a beginner you should be able to manage this theme.
Additional hand-picked resources
Learn more about WordPress and find tons of themes in some of our other articles. The CMS Themes category on Themeforest is also excellent.
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- 30+ Best Free and Premium WordPress Business Themes
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- 60 Best WordPress Themes – Premium And Free
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“One of the main reasons I would highly recommend considering WordPress for building traditional non-blog websites is that it has been build from scratch with the purpose of making content publishing easy and it’s popularity / dominance in the blogging sphere is proof that it has succeeded. ”
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