With so many solutions out there for managing your website, you may wonder “Why would I use WordPress as a CMS when it wasn’t intended to be so?” There is no doubt that Wordpress is primarily intended for blog development, but that’s not all it can do. There are many advantages to using WordPress over other content management systems, but on the other hand, there are also some instances where WordPress may not be the right fit. Please note that WordPress is not a fix-all, do-all solution, so your first task in making a CMS decision is to weigh the pros and cons of each platform.

Lack of inspiration can be one of the most frustrating parts of being a web designer. If you have felt the depressing and deflating feeling of “designer’s block”, including a lack of true inspiration, don’t worry–you’re not alone. Every designer suffers through this from time to time, its just part of the process. Remember that true design inspiration never comes in the first few minutes or even hours of a project, but is brought forth through many “horrible” concepts, sketches and ideas. This process is what defines the actual inspiration. It’s working through those first irritating and frustrating attempts that helps you better understand what doesn’t work.