How do I learn how to build custom wordpress websites?

[Lael]

Is wordpress a good platform to build websites with?  If so, what are some good resources to learn how to build custom websites using wordpress?

[SanketPatel]

Hi,

According to me wordpress is a good platform for building website and it has so many inbuilt pluings which help to make our site SEO friendly. These both sources having enough information about your question.

http://richardmuscat.wordpress.com/2009/03/25/using-wordpress-as-a-cms-step-by-step-tutorial/

http://blog.epicerastudio.com/2010/06/the-top-five-places-to-learn-wordpress/

http://codex.wordpress.org/New_To_WordPress_-_Where_to_Start

[MoosaHemani]

Wordpress is indeed a great platform to go for your personal site and you will find tons and tons of resources for building website using wordpress.

I think reading too much will confuse you but this guide that i am dropping here is great as it covers almost all areas ofwordpress.

http://www.makeuseof.com/pages/download-build-your-own-wordpress-site

[Aran_Smithson]

Love wordpress as a CMS, it can take some tweaking to get it to behave like a Website and not a blog, but once your done its great.

If you do nothing else be sure to install Yoast SEO plugin.

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-seo/

[TheeDigital]

I agree with everyone else, that wordpress has a great CMS(content management system) and is fairly easy to operate for people who want a website but are afraid of it being too technical.

Benefits of wordpress include:

• Multiple Plug-ins for a variety of purposes
• Easy to post and publish content
• Easy to SEO title tags and meta descriptions.
• Variety of free and paid templates to use.