Choosing WordPress as a CMS

  • Mango123

    (@mango123)


    14 years, 10 months ago

    Hi there

    I am an ASP programmer thinking about moving to open source solutions. I have a project to build a new website for volunteering abroad with various features and was wondering if WordPress would be a good tool to use. The features I need to cover include:

    • Content management of pages
    • Ability to upload online documents
    • A space where volunteers can be become a member and then add their own stories (blogs)
    • Members only area
    • Facility to display and manage paid and unpaid opportunities abroad

    Any advice gratefully received

    Ben

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  • Matt Cohen

    (@mattyza)

    14 years, 10 months ago

    Hi Mango123.

    WordPress would be a great choice for this. Let me run through each point as listed in your post.

    Content management of pages – This is built in natively into WordPress.
    Ability to upload online documents – Also built in natively into WordPress.
    Member signup with ability to write blogs – User registration is built into WordPress. You can also specify the default role a user is assigned when registered. By default, this is a “subscriber” role, who is unable to write posts. You could create a custom registration form (the WordPress Codex has a great reference for user registration functions) and then use the default registration form for the members only area.
    Display paid and unpaid opportunities abroad – This could be done using a page in your WordPress website or using custom fields to display specific fields within particular pages. The WordPress Codex has a great explanation of custom fields and how to integrate them into your theme.

    I hope this helps. Enjoy working with WordPress. 🙂

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