A skin is a specific design that works with the basic foundational outlines of a theme and changes it to look a different way. Things like your logo, background colors, and the placement of content areas and sidebars are handled within the skin. When we create a web site for a client, we essentially select [...]
Themes define how the public appearance of your web site will actually look, and creates a base of presentational code for the web site to run on. Specialized themes often introduce unique features and functionalities that can tailor the theme to be specialized for a specific purpose such as blogging or small business content management. [...]
A plugin is a piece of functionality that can be added to your Wordpress site by simply installing it with a few mouse clicks. Some plugins require additional configuration, but many work right out of the box. Examples of plugins include a Flash image slideshow, a function that automatically creates a new XML sitemap for [...]
As the name implies, users of “self hosted” Wordpress must provide their own hosting.
Wordpress is completely customizable via plugins, and there are no design restrictions. What you can and can’t do with your site is governed completely by the hosting environment where your web site is located. Additionally, you can also have your own domain name, and integrate Wordpress with other web services and applications to extend its’ [...]
Wordpress.com is a free web-based service that allows you to create blogs, similar to other commonly used free blogging services. Wordpress.org is a web site that is the hub of the “self-hosted” version of Wordpress. Green Media develops web sites built on “self-hosted” Wordpress.
Wordpress is open-source software, so it is free to use.
Wordpress is a flexible open-source content management system that makes the task of changing content, adding new pages and complex functionality rather simple, enabling a wide range of users and operators to effectively use it.
Almost all sophisticated web site software require a database. Wordpress, for example, requires a database.