The economy is having an effect on everyone right now, so I’m going to take advantage of the extra time to revamp my site. It’s been the same for several years now, and it’s time for a good housecleaning and revamping. Over the next few weeks, I’m going to be changing my site to using WordPress as a CMS. Right now my blog is making the change – soon it will be the entire site.

For those of you not familiar with the term “CMS” – it means “Content Management System”, which is a fancy way of saying “your whole website.” In other words, I’m switching from a site that was built on “stand-alone” pages in an HTML editor, to one that is created in WordPress using a series of templates and style sheets.

The reason is very simple. Maintenance and ease of use. Every time I wanted to change a page’s location or file name, I had to go through a stack of files making changes. I was spending a lot of time uploading files, replacing files, and trying to keep track of what *other* files were connected (images, etc) to the page I was changing. Plus, I want to simplify my site. A lot of pages just aren’t being looked at or used – they’re just there, so I want to get rid of the deadwood in here. I don’t feel like I have to have something for everyone anymore – it doesn’t have to be there just in case someone wants to look at it.

I have to say, though, that some pages will be a challenge to get laid out right in WordPress – it’s editing and formatting is somewhat limited compared to a regular HTML editor, but I think I can either work around the limitations, or adapt the pages themselves. You’ll be able to watch my progress as pages are converted.

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