Title: Using WordPress as a Basic Web Designer
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# Using WordPress as a Basic Web Designer

 *  [matthewschenker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/matthewschenker/)
 * (@matthewschenker)
 * [19 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-wordpress-as-a-basic-web-designer/)
 * Hello,
    Allow me to briefly introduce myself. I’m a freelance writer, brand-new
   to the WordPress community. At this point, my Web site is just getting developed,
   but it is initially to be used as a place to house PDF versions of my published
   articles. As time goes on, I want to develop a simple gallery, and a forum (probably
   using SMF). There might be other features in the future, but it will be very 
   simple.
 * I have looked at various tools, such as Joomla, and they seem like overkill for
   the kind of site I am creating.
 * Will WordPress do what I need it to do? I don’t think of my site as a “blog,”
   so I worry WordPress is not the right tool. But then again, maybe I’m being too
   strict about what a “blog” has to look like!
 * Anyway, I’d love to hear opinions.
 * Thanks,
    Matthew

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 *  [Rodeo Imagination](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shiroujune/)
 * (@shiroujune)
 * [19 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-wordpress-as-a-basic-web-designer/#post-544435)
 * Mhhhh… I can say “yes”. I’ve worked a bit with wordpress even to install portals,
   and I see the tool very friendly to work with, and if you manage it properly 
   it can turn out in anything you want, from a blog, to an structured site, I am
   developing my own site which isn’t a blog, but a site with content, separating
   things like news, updates, and content itself. But the blog soul that WP has,
   let you have a nice archive and organized categories to separate and show the
   content you want.
 * And it has tons of plugins of easy installation.
    With a plugin you can also 
   make up an easy gallery from the images you upload in the administrator panel,
   or go beyong and install something like Gallery2 and make it work with wordpress.
   Though it turns a bit complicated sometimes.
 * But if your gallery is gonna be small, I’d recommend you to use a simple plugin
   for the images uploaded at wordpress.
 * I hope this helps! Regards,
 * ~June
 *  [hdiaz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hdiaz/)
 * (@hdiaz)
 * [19 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-wordpress-as-a-basic-web-designer/#post-544445)
 * Hi Matthew,
    I use WordPress as a web administrater, it does deliver. I love 
   it, probably you will too. You need know exactly what you want to do with it.
 * Henry
 * ps.: see these common sites, they’re run with WP. granadagazette.com hoodrivervineyards.
   us wordpress.org
 *  [Doodlebee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/doodlebee/)
 * (@doodlebee)
 * [19 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-wordpress-as-a-basic-web-designer/#post-544457)
 * I can go with these guys – I’m a web designer and I’ve set up *tons* of clients
   with WordPress – and none of them use it as a blog. I’m working on my most complicated
   site right now – uses WordPress, ZenCart *and* the Gallery2 plugin (although 
   for a smaller gallery, the lazygallery plugin is pretty cool).
 * But yes, it can be used as a CMS just as well as a blog.
 *  Thread Starter [matthewschenker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/matthewschenker/)
 * (@matthewschenker)
 * [19 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-wordpress-as-a-basic-web-designer/#post-544505)
 * Thanks everyone for your thoughtful replies!
 * I can tell already that WordPress attracts a creative crowd. That’s rather intangible,
   but it does help me as I consider which Web-design tool fits with the kind of
   work I do. As a writer, I’m focused more on content than technicalities (although
   I’m not too shabby with the latter).
 * Looking forward to joining the WordPress community.
 * Thanks again,
    Matthew

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