Using Wordpress as CMS.

[James Trotta]

I'm sure you could turn off comments, but I would consider keeping them. They get users engaged with your site and keeps them coming back.

Originally Posted by Emperor

What you did with datingculture.com is exactly what I was thinking but instead of having a blog time site with comments and stuff I would just want WP to create a bunch of static pages. Every time I wanted to add more content I would just create another page and that’s it. In my opinion this could be very handy because people would be able to create an entire site in minutes.

[newrhodes]

It's workable if you don't plan on having too many pages - I read on one of the other forums I visit that if you're having hundreds of pages, Wordpress runs v...e...r...y slowly.

Originally Posted by Emperor

What you did with datingculture.com is exactly what I was thinking but instead of having a blog time site with comments and stuff I would just want WP to create a bunch of static pages. Every time I wanted to add more content I would just create another page and that’s it. In my opinion this could be very handy because people would be able to create an entire site in minutes.

[calink]

word press is better for newbie..

[Emperor]

I found a plug-in that enables me to do exactly what I was thinking of. With this plug-in the mains page will be one of the pages you create instead of the normal blog “static pages”. Check it out here. This way you can use WP to create a normal website.

[digiweb]

No opinion one way or another, but interesting product

Semiologic theme and CMS for WordPress
http://semiologic.com/software/sem-theme/

[cloudtrance]

Wordpress cannot be used as a dependable cms for big portals or big websites that have lots of pages that dont follow a basic standard template framework. Even though it follows a solid templating system with one core template in the index.php file and each element being modular ( it allows for easy editing), i dont think i would want to use word press for purposes other than a blog.

One drawback is the comment moderation is a bit cumbersome and comment spam have overtaken email spam nowadays.

Worpress also doesnt have enable static archives which big sites might require for backups and server load reduction.

Easy installation yes but not really the best fit for being a substitute for a cms.

Maybe a lot of plugin's in the future by the active developer communities for wordpress would close the gap for Wordpress to become a fullfledged cms.

Always,
Cloudtrance

[Abhishek]

If we're talking CMS here!
I strictly recoment TextPatters - http://textpattern.com/
It's just too Good ...
Comes with varied templates and looks just great!
Abhishek