Comments on: Things To Consider When Using WordPress For Client Websites

By: Agatha

Agatha — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 13:32:48 +0000

This is really helpful – just one question:

When creating a self-hosted WordPress site for a client is it advisable to use your own WordPress.com account (eg needed to get the API key for installing Plugins) or to use their account, or to create a new account for the project?

By: mccormicky

mccormicky — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 07:14:02 +0000

The new custom post type capability in 3.0 is going to help me stop confusing and overwhelming my non WordPress savvy clients with too much information and off topic language(Posts?? Whats a Posts?!). Sure I can create a custom template with a query for a category or custom field or tag but in order for it all to work the client has had to remember to use Posts and not Pages and then remember to select the right category, or input the custom field or use the right tag. I haven’t had too much difficulty getting them to use the right category but this way is just so much better.

I try to keep it as simple as possible when I create themes for clients and 3.0 is definitely a huge help.

By: Mark Stoecker

Mark Stoecker — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 00:20:57 +0000

I never thought about creating a video tutorial series for my clients. I really like that idea. I can think of a few off the top of my head that can use that Great post!

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By: Chris Creed

Chris Creed — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 21:55:28 +0000

Good point Scott – making things overly customizable can potentially create overload for clients/users as they end up having lots of different things that need tweaking and configuring.

By: Scott Corgan

Scott Corgan — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 15:22:34 +0000

Overall, I think you’d agree, coding most of your clients’ websites into WordPress is better than worse. Some suggestions that I might advise customers to consider is the time and expense it takes to, for example, make all images editable. That’s not a fun thing to code into a WordPress admin section. Sometimes it’s cheaper and best for the client if they don’t have the freedom to change EVERYTHING!