Chapter 2 (Activity)

Write a post to discuss the THIRTEEN(13) different types of website.

1. Blog or Personal Website

WordPress started out as a simple blogging platform and quickly evolved into a powerful CMS. During the last 12 years, those blogging and personal website components didn’t disappear.

They have become more polished, sophisticated and mature. If you are going to create a blog or personal website, then you will find plenty of tools to manage and grow your WordPress quickly.

2. Business Website

WordPress is the easiest way to build a professional looking business website. It is so powerful that many big name brands are using WordPress to power their websites. It gives you easy tools to quickly launch a website and then extend it as your business grows.

3. eCommerce Website

WordPress is quickly becoming a go to solution for building an eCommerce websites. There are awesome plugins like WooCommerce, Easy Digital Downloads, and WPEcommerce which convert your WordPress website into fully functional eCommerce platform. You can accept payments, manage inventory, shipping, taxes, and users from the same roof.

4. Business Directory Website

Just like job boards, there is increasing demand of niche business directories on the web. There are some great WordPress business directory plugins which allow you to easily create a business directory.

You can even create web directory that is not limited to businesses alone.

5. Question & Answer Website

Want to create your own version of Yahoo Answers, Stack Exchange, or Quora? With WordPress you can easily create a question and answers site. Combine it with other tools, and you can build yourself a thriving online community of your own.

6. Portfolio Websites

Need a place to showcase your work? You can easily add a portfolio to your WordPress site with stunning image galleries, and beautiful sliders. WordPress can be used to provide a very sleek and polished user experience for your portfolio site making it easier for others to browse and learn about your work.

7. Online Communities Websites

WordPress can be used as an online forum using the lightweight bbPress forum. You can even add social features to a WordPress site with plugins like BuddyPress.

8. Coupon Website

Want to earn affiliate commissions from thousands of websites offering special discounts on their products and services? Use WordPress to create a coupon site. It allows you to easily add, manage, and expire coupons. Your users can vote and rate coupons, and it all fits right in your WordPress admin area.

9. Auction Websites

Want to run your own eBay like auctions website? With WordPress, you can create a fully functional auction website. Users can bid online, make payments, and you get to earn by simply providing a platform for your niche industry.

10. Multilingual Websites

You can install WordPress in many languages, but you can also create a multilingual website as well. See how easy it is to create multilingual websites using WordPress.

11. Knowledgebase / Wiki Websites

Want to add a documentation section with a knowledgebase or wiki like articles? WordPress comes with great plugins that quickly turn your website into an easy to browse knowledgebase wiki.

12. Podcasting Websites

WordPress and podcasting go hand in hand. Most popular podcasters on the web are using WordPress for their websites. See our step by step guide on how to start a podcast with WordPress.

13. Photography Websites

Are you a professional or amateur photographer? Want to share your family vacation photos? With WordPress and Envira Gallery, you can create astonishingly beautiful photography websites. You can add galleries, albums, titles, captions, lightbox popups, slideshows, and the bells and whistles.

There are also tons of photography templates available for WordPress.