The WordPress blog platform is one of the most questioned “content management system.” While it does require plugins to be considered a full-fledged content system, more and more people are trying to help promote the system as a true system for multi-purpose websites.
Recently, the team over at iThemes created a new site titled “Showcasing WordPress as a Content Management System”, found here.
The website’s main purpose is to help their clients, and anyone, for that matter, discover the WordPress blogging platform and use it for more than just blogging. After all, it is now being used in many of the world’s most popular websites. It has proven to be flexible and robust enough to manage some of the world’s most content-rich websites and portals.
Within the website, there are resources, basics on what a Content Management System (CMS) is, and themes built upon the system. You can even suggest websites to add to the Showcase page.
In addition to the facts used within the site, there are badges available for placing on your website, licensed under a Creative Commons License.
I like the main idea of the site, as I believe that with each update of WordPress, the entire system is becoming easier and more flexible to build nearly any type of website. We’ve seen a fair share of media sites built for videos, galleries, images, and more. Some sites even use WordPress for “Digg-like” or ecommerce functionality. In this sense, what you can do with WordPress is nearly unlimited, and we’ll continue to see its evolution into what everyone will be able to call a true CMS.
