The purpose of this exercise is to explore the power and functionality of content management systems. For the fictitious company Reel Deal Tacos I have chosen WordPress as the CMS tool that will be used to build the company’s website.
I chose this platform as I have previous experience using the CMS. I have built several blogs, portfolio websites, and personal brand sites for various clients using the WordPress CMS. It is my preferred CMS simply because it is highly scalable, extremely reliable, and in the case of self-hosted uses, free to use.
The theme I chose prominently features photos – which I believe will be key in promoting a food truck brand – as well as short and long-form web writing. It will allow me to display press releases. blog posts, new menu item announcements. and truck location photos and videos in an aesthetically pleasing way for the audience.
I have tried several CMS’s and I do not recommend Wix as I do not find it a platform to work with easily if you are an intermediate or expert level web designer. The platform is quite limiting and is not as scalable as platforms like WordPress or Joomla.
You can view the foundational site for the fictitious company Reel Deal Tacos by clicking here.