Sweet Thursday Web Development: Wordpress Web Sites

SweetBooks WordPress Website

You may think that because I’m a web developer and programmer that I have tons of money to spend on the design of my own websites. Yes, go ahead, think that. However, like many of you, this is not the case. I programmed SweetBooks to “Manage Your Business on Your Website” and now I’d like to start selling it to the public. But I don’t have a lot of extra cash floating around my house to pay for a customized design as much as I’d like to do that. I learned a long time ago that I’m a skilled programmer, not a designer (A man’s got to know his limitations!).

SweetBooks Support Forum

So I decided to find a premium WordPress template and then adapt it to my own needs. For SweetBooks I’m using the Genesis framework with their child theme: Delicious. I have modified it, changed some colors, added some buttons, etc., but their basic framework and design is there which not only saved me lots of money, but also lots of time. WordPress is great. I also needed a store. There’s an ecommerce plugin for that. And I wanted a forum. The same people who programmed WordPress have also programmed BBpress. This site goes beyond the scope of my $499.00 WordPress website, but using WordPress, the ecommerce plugin and BBpress allows me (and you if you want), to roll out a sophisticated web site in a reasonable amount of time for a reasonable amount of money.