A WordPress ‘Website’ for Chad Faris

By Amy • September 10th, 2009

Chad Faris has a WordPress ‘website’ with blog! And, in case you missed the memo, WordPress isn’t just for ‘blogs’ it is a complete ‘content management system.’

Chad’s ‘home’ page has a ‘side’ navigation panel that features descriptions with links well as simple (traditional) top navigation bar. There are also three ‘featured’ areas at the bottom that direct you to other pages on his site.

This layout combines to give a ‘website’ look and feel BUT is configured for an RSS feed for the pages and the posts.

For the ‘look,’ I created a montage of photos to highlight his areas of expertise and ‘socialized’ him with links to his social media sites. His Twitter feed (or latest Twitter post) is streamed through the main page as well. Michelle Laycock worked her magic on a logo banner (plus business cards, etc.) for him, using his site’s ‘colors’ (black and hunter green).

He still isn’t using his blog yet… but the blog ‘page’ is purely an option that can be turned on or off easily. Since his site is more ‘page’ driven, I have configured PAGES in his RSS feed (hmmm… can your Typepad do that? I think not… .

As is standard these days, I have included a ‘sitemaps.org compatible’ sitemap of his blog (which is supported by Ask.com, Google, MSN Search and YAHOO) and submitted it to his Google ‘Webmaster Tools’ account for statistic monitoring.

That and the All-In-1 SEO plugin, he’s ready for the world!