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Top 10 WordPress CMS Plugins for NGO’s and Non-profits

admin — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 15:35:24 +0000

We have already suggested that you should consider WordPress as CMS system for your NGO or Non-profit organization. The wordpress core is still missing many things that can make your site look better and work better for your NGO or non-profit organization. Here is list of plug-ins that you can use to adopt WordPress to your needs.

Mailpress- is the the most powerful newsletter system available for WordPress, it will manage the users. Simply put form on your frontpage and user can register through it, you can also mass import older mailing lists. After you make your custom template for your mail, just send directly to the list through WordPress.
Cforms – what ever form you need you can make with Cforms. Create the form and get simple code that you can put on any template, page or post.
WP-commerce – e-commerce plug-in for you site. Sell your NGO – Non-profit merchandise via your website. Easy way to manage the store front, sell digital downloads. Get paid by PayPal.
Search-Everything – Offers to use the search tool, not only to search posts but also pages, tags, categories etz. Very useful for sites that use WordPress as CMS.
Google sitemap xml – this plug-in helps Google to find your site, it pings also Bing and yahoo (if you have account).
Event Calendar – Event Calendar plugin for WordPress.Use WordPress to manage future events as an online calendar. Display upcoming events in a dynamic calendar, on a listings page, or as a list in the sidebar. You can subscribe to the calendar from iCal or Sunbird.
pageMash – Manage your multitude of pages with pageMash’s slick drag-and-drop style, ajax interface. Allows quick sorting, hiding and organising of parenting. Very good plugin to manage your pages and reconstruct with a very easy drag and drop.
List Subpages – Very simple plug-in, that can easily show subpages anywhere on a page. Shows only pages that are under (children) of that page.
Page Links To – Page Links To is a plugin that allows you to make a WordPress page or post link to a URL of your choosing, instead of its WordPress page or post URL. It also will redirect people who go to the old (or “normal”) URL to the new one.
PageNavi – Adds a more advanced paging navigation to your WordPress blog. In stead of next one it puts list of number of pages below and makes browsing much easier.

Why ngo’s and non-profit organizations should consider wordpress as cms

admin — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 20:53:35 +0000

As blogging tool wordpress needs no introduction, it is one of the biggest blogger tool around, but is system that is suitable for NGO’s and non-profit organizations it is may be not as obvious as choice of content management system (CMS).

Still the system is probably one of the best systems available for any NGO or non-profit as cms system.

The system is flexible and versatile, there are thousands of plug-ins available and almost any idea you have for adaptation some one has already thought about it and created a plug-in for it.
It is very common system and many bloggers are already familiar with it.
It is very user friendly, and members do not need long time to adapt and learn how to use it. Unlike many CMS system that require very long adaptation period.
It is very easy to install, it requires minimum programming knowledge, you still have to know how to ftp (move) the files to your server and setup mysql (usually very simple – if you do not know hot to do it ask your host)
Many hosts offer very simple setup via the control panel. Just few clicks and the system is ready.
You can easily find free themes, that are simple to install and look great. Every day there are coming new themes.
The system is free, it is stable and it is secure. Updates are readily available and the system and plug-in can be updated via simple clicks with in the WordPress system.
WordPress has huge community and many indiviuals that are willing to help you for free if you get in to any trouble.

CMS systems for NGO’s

admin — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 17:43:05 +0000

A content management system (CMS) is a system used to manage the content of a Web site. Typically, a CMS consists of two elements: the content management application (CMA) and the content delivery application (CDA). The CMA element allows the content manager or author, who may not know Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), to manage the creation, modification, and removal of content from a Web site without needing the expertise of a Webmaster. The CDA element uses and compiles that information to update the Web site. The features of a CMS system vary, but most include Web-based publishing, format management, revision control, and indexing, search, and retrieval.

New version of WordPress

admin — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 01:34:21 +0000

WordPress is a state-of-the-art publishing platform with a focus on aesthetics, web standards, and usability. WordPress is both free and priceless at the same time.

More simply, WordPress is what you use when you want to work with your blogging software, not fight it.

WordPress has just updated the system and is now available in new version 2.8.4 as they have updated security issues.

To download and get further information check here