This year the web team is using WordPress to develop the team’s website. Why? Well, there are a variety of reasons. The main reason is that we wanted to use a Content Management System (CMS) to make development easier with a large team. A CMS allows users to add content independent of the site’s formatting and style. No special software is needed.  You can work on the site from anywhere that has internet access. Site development with a CMS is a method typically employed by web professionals, so it’s a great skill for our students to learn.

We chose WordPress as our CMS for several reasons:
It’s easy to learn.
There’s tons of support out there in the WP development community.
There are oodles of great free themes out there to speed development.
WordPress has plugins that make just about any functionality possible.

Our team is lucky to have local WordPress gurus at Phoenix WordPress Training sponsor our team by hosting us at one of their workshops at the start of our build season. Our web team is spreading that goodwill back into the local CMS community. The students recently presented at a CMS Meetup here in Chandler.