{"id":1,"date":"2014-11-15T09:24:30","date_gmt":"2014-11-15T09:24:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ind-tech.com\/?p=1"},"modified":"2015-01-21T13:16:22","modified_gmt":"2015-01-21T13:16:22","slug":"using-wordpress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ind-tech.com\/?p=1","title":{"rendered":"Using WordPress"},"content":{"rendered":"

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For many years, I avoided WordPress. Every time I’d try an embark on a WordPress site, I encountered something designed with a completely different mind-set to my own. To me it was entirely counter-intuitive: I just didn’t get it. So I left it alone.<\/p>\n

More recently I have been involved in projects where WordPress has been the client’s preferred option, and I have therefore been forced to revisit the platform and reappraise.<\/p>\n

So what’s changed in the last couple of years? Well, first of all, the management page seems to be be more logical and although the learning curve is steep, I have not felt as though I was on an alien planet and (unlike Uhuru) wasn’t able to speak their language.<\/p>\n

Later, I’ll return here with more on WordPress concepts, posts, pages and themes and how to get your head around building a good looking site…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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