45b is the trading name for me, Craig Smith – Edinburgh web designer and developer since 1995, and here follows my story (just the relevant bits, and I’ll keep it brief!). Over the years I’ve been involved in the creation of all kinds of websites and I’ve seen the industry go from boom, to bust, to the slightly wobbly transitional period we’re in now. Way back in the boom years, I worked in Houston, Texas on one of the first MP3 download sites, recognising at the time the potential for digitising music (I remember a discussion we had in the office one day about how cool it would be to be able to carry your entire record collection around in some sort of little storage device). Returning home to Edinburgh, I set up my own music download site for unsigned artists, which soon attracted the attention of the mighty Pearson Group (owners of several newspapers, TV stations and publishers) but just as the discussions were beginning, the internet bubble was beginning to swell to bursting point.
I love Wordpress website design.
WordPress is now the most popular content management system in the world, used by over half of the world’s CMS-based websites.
WordPress is a content management system (CMS) – simply put, this gives you total control of your website’s content.
WordPress allows you to add pages, news items, pictures, case studies, special offers – whatever you need your website to do. And you can do this from any PC or Mac (or tablet, or smartphone) with ease. So, once you’re up and running, there are no on-going maintenance or development costs. You can manage your website yourself.
WordPress is now THE most popular CMS on the web (in 2018, 59% of all CMS-based sites now use it). It’s easy to use, flexible, packed with features and the best part is, it’ll grow with your business as there’s a plug-in for just about anything.
Plugins make it easy to expand your site with new functionality. If you decide you need a customer forum, an event management system, or an online shop it’s just a case of finding the best plugin for the job and installing it on your site. A few tweaks, and you’re up and running.
