New Media Initiatives

• In its simplest form a Wordpress weblog can take 5 minutes to set up.

Open Source, GPL, runs on any server with:

Many hosts that auto-install for you:

Pros:

• In it's simplest form a Wordpress weblog can take 5 minutes to set up.
• It employs a plugin architecture that allows for significant enhancements to the base software.
  • Huge repository of existing plugins
• Great support online and active development
• Free!

Cons:

• Time and energy to install, upgrade, and backup
• Upgrades come often, can be a hassle

Open Source, runs on any server with:

• PHP version 4.2 or greater
• My SQL? version 3.23.23 or greater

Hosts that auto-install for you:

• http://wordpress.org/hosting/

Examples:

• http://blogs.walkerart.org/
  • customized multi-blog
• http://alexeaton.org/
  • uses pages
• http://www.mattforsenate.com/
  • menu links to categories

Review: http://weblogs.about.com/cs/blogsoftware/gr/wordpress.htm

Also show off some campaign sites locally that are using WP as their entire site.

Software Type: Open source
Language: PHP
Database: My SQL?
Hosting: Self hosted and commercially hosted options available.
In it's simplest form a Wordpress weblog can take 5 minutes to set up (self hosted). It employs a plugin architecture that allows for significant enhancements to the base software.

External Links:

http://wordpress.org (self hosting) http://wordpress.com (hosted blogs)