On the current Mortfiles website I have no less than 3 wordpress installations for different purposes mixed with static files and includes in one big mess, although it’s a working mess. This is not a very efficient way to handle a website obviously and it’s far easier to merge all areas into one, controlled by one administrative interface. This is where Wordpress comes in.

Now, how do I intend to make all the areas of the old website merge into the Mortfiles Evolved website? The short answer is that I don’t. There will be several areas that will be cut out and the remaining areas will work just fine using the Wordpress backend through some creative use of templates and custom coding.  The most interesting part of the project will be to use the post feature both for blogging and to maintain a portfolio, both with different designs and different setup. That will be dealt with by making some creative use of the Wordpress template system so that posts under the portfolio for example will use a specific template instead of the default that will be reserved for the blog. Once setup I will be able to maintain both the website, the blog and the portfolio with very little effort.

The advantages of this also include taking advantage of the Wordpress plugin system that has alot of great features such as automatic sitemaps (both in html and xml), Cache system, RSS feeds, newsletters and much, much more. It also means that it’s possible to take advantage of the Wordpress search system to make the entire website searchable. This is in addition to a great content management system that is easy and fun to use that hold a flexible template system.

All in all this gives a more uniform impression and I think it will be more fun for me to work with, a better experience for my clients and a much more dynamic website for potential clients. Fingers crossed.