Over the last few weeks we had the fantastic opportunity to work with the crew over at Palisade Systems – a data loss prevention company here in Des Moines, IA – on a blog for their new product called ComplianceSafe.
ComplianceSafe is an innovative product for small businesses to protect information and data leaks via email.
We had a few goals for their WordPress blog …
- Launch Quick
- Skin WordPress like their product site
- Simple, Clean, and Neat
It’s been a couple years since we refreshed the dmTweetup.org site. We built it in the same style as the DsmStartupDrinks.com and CentralIowaBloggers.com WordPress sites.
![[Click To Enlarge] WordPress Design Twitter](http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1206/4727707570_30e853fdcc.jpg "WordPress Design Twitter")
Questions? Let us know in the comments!
Want one? Get in touch!
This is our latest WordPress development for CollectorMentor.com. We went for a magazine style layout and heavily customized the Hello theme from Templatic. We used our standard plugin library for SEO, Analytics, and more. Also – due to it’s heavy use of images and potential traffic load we went with the WP-Super Cache plugin (see last screenshot below) which dramatically increased our page load time.
![[Click To Enlarge] WordPress Design](http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1061/4726971731_b5afc46ecd.jpg "WordPress Design")
![[Click To Enlarge] WordPress Design](http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1008/4726971513_2d171d3415.jpg "WordPress Design")
Do you have any questions about this site? Let us know in the comments!
Want one for yourself? Get in touch!
Our colleague from up north Josh Braaten asked me to collaborate on a blog post for a Content Management System showdown: WordPress vs. Squarespace.
Topics covered include…
- Cost
- Search Engine Friendliness (SEO)
- Security
- Features
- Customization
- Ease Of Use
- Hosting
- Support and Maintenance
Conclusion?
Ultimately, both Squarespace and WordPress are great web publishing tools and can most likely meet the needs of your blog or website. Andy and I hope this post has given you the perspective you need to make your choice based on your own personal goals, skills and resources.
Read our comparison. What do you think?
A couple weeks ago Kenny Younger and I got the chance to preach all things WordPress at Iowa Code Camp.
Here is the live stream I recorded along with the slides from the presentation!
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Slides
Here are some slides from the WordPress Development session that Kenny Younger and I are doing at Iowa Code Camp tomorrrow, May 1.
