For years we’ve been using WordPress for blogging, but with the launch of WordPress 3.0 and new customization options, we’ve discovered it can also be a great platform for sites in general.

For small- to medium-scope projects, this is proving to be an excellent solution, especially for clients with little or no programming skills who want to be able to maintain and update their own sites with minimal headaches.

Motherhaus.com is now a WordPress site. Or to be more specific, it’s a WordPress Multisite, taking advantage of new capabilities that allow hosting of many different sites using just one installation of the core software. Now our main site, our portfolios, the Hausblog, and future specialities, like our Produkt Shop, can all operate hand-in-hand.

Multisite also enables private social networking, something we will be exploring once we establish a broad enough base of partners and collaborators.

The abundance of custom templates are key to taking WordPress beyond the blog. While most of the templates available for free are kind of lame, we’ve found some companies that build awesome premium templates. Our favorites are by Graph Paper Press, who offer minimal, clean layouts that are fully customizable.

Check out what we’ve been able to do with WordPress and custom templates:

Drake Make Up
Essential Intuition
Microdry Loves Pets
Aquatopia
Pictures & Conversations
Motherhaus.com

Are you interested in your own easy-to-build, easy-to-maintain, custom WordPress site? Let’s connect.