After years of grappling with template websites and being unhappy with the results I've taken the plunge into the Wordpress world and built a better website.
Wordpress is a blogging platform, right? No, it's much more than that! The possibilities with Wordpress are endless as to what you can achieve with your website, with only your own creativity setting the boundaries...
Of course that's oversimplifying it a bit, you need to work with a great Web Developer too. That's where I got lucky when I emailed Kaspars Dambis, a member of the Wordpress Community for his help. We hit a couple of bumps in the road in the development, but that's exactly where he showed his true worth. When a particular plug-in I wanted didn't work as hoped he just designed another plug-in! He did what I do in the real estate world, he found solutions rather than focus on problems.
What made me think Wordpress was right for me? I have the AR community to thank for that. Blogging here for the last 5 months has been an enormous learning experience. There are some VERY tech-savvy Rainers and I have definitely profited from all that knowledge.
All my new found knowledge needed to be put to good use, hence the new website. If you're grappling with template websites, then I would highly recommend this solution. It went a whole lot easier than I expected and I have so much more control over the design and content. Here's a link to the website for you to check it out for yourself.
Update February 2010: Here is the "New, Improved Website..." After some brain storming with Kaspars this is what we came up with. The plan was to make the site more user friendly with much more visible tabs. I think it works well...
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