challenges you face and the decisions you need to
make when you want to use WordPress as a more
traditional CMS, powering nonblog sites with the
system. It is not only possible to use WordPress
in this way, but it is also a great solution that
saves time and money.CMS IS SHORT for content management
system — simply put, a way to manage content.
You use a CMS to write, edit, and manage your
work online, usually by storing content in a
database or in files. This is a lot more conveni-
ent than editing files or updating the database
directly, which was the way the web used to
be managed.Although WordPress started life as a blogging
platform, it has over time become a powerful and
versatile CMS in its own right — the largest one
in the world, in fact. This chapter tackles theUSING
WORDPRESS