Different Uses of WordPress
You can use WordPress for much more than just a personal blog. The following sites show the variety of WordPress implementations:
- Chapter site: Suncoast STC | STC Alaska
- Special Interest Site (SIG): Hyperviews
- Competition Information: FTCC
- News: NY Times
- Store: Moo [printing]
- Hypertext book: GAM3R 7H3ORY
- Travel Guide: 71miles
- Online Magazine: XXL Magazine and Cebu Living.
- Budget: Mo.neytrack.in
- Company site: http://www.obuweb.com/ | http://www.pamtreece.com/ | http://www.quietmove.com/ | http://www.skylinesteelincaz.com/
- Store: http://www.moo.com/
- Article library: http://a-level.econoref.net/articles/
- Audio library: http://librivox.org/
- Podcast site: Tech Writer Voices | Podcast Tools
- Tutorials: How to Podcast
- Portfolio: http://www.freewaydesign.com/ For more info, see this site.
- News Aggregator: http://www.medpeek.com/
- Encyclopedia: http://www.drugsfiles.com/
- Petition site: http://www.twintowersalliance.com/petition/
- Job listing site: Suncoast Jobs
- Book: http://www.qiblah.us/
- Composition class: Writing 101
- Education: Edublogs | Harvard blogs
- Sitebuilder: http://flare9.com/
- Cub Scout Pack site: Cub Scouts
- Relationship building tools: President's blog (not WordPress)
- Niche news/visibility: The Content Wrangler (not WordPress)
- Help system for realtors: Pinellas 411 (not WordPress)
- Corporate blog: Openlogic (not WordPress)
Despite all of these others uses, WordPress works best when you use it as a blog.
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