Blogger vs WordPress Blog

Greetings, readers. Welcome to the HubSpot Marketing Blog.

We're very happy to have you here. You might not realize it, but getting here was no easy task. Today, in 2016, I blog for a living, which is pretty great. But were it not for the long, twisty journey that got blogging to its current state, I might not be here. You might not be reading this.

We've found that there's quite a history behind blogs. According to the documentation we uncovered -- and will share with you below -- they've been around since 1994. They looked a lot different back then, and had many different names and meanings.

Merriam Webster currently defines a blog as "a web site on which someone writes about personal opinions, activities, and experiences." Remember that -- it's going to come in handy later. But first, let's talk about how we got here.

The Blogging Vernacular

The early vocabulary and semantics around blogging are more than a little muddy. As the practice developed, some of the more popular monikers were "weblog," "personal web page," and "online diary." We'll dive into each of these a bit as we explore the more primitive days of blogging.

Now, we simply say "blog" -- that's a pretty popular term in our vocabulary. But what it means continues to change. Bloggers have dozens of platforms and formats available (fun fact: HubSpot has a blogging platform, too), and there's no longer a standard for what a blog is supposed to look like.

And their former look and feel was dictated by the language people used to use to describe the act of blogging. As you'll see below, the word is primarily rooted in the idea of a log on the web. At one time, in fact, blogging was somewhat restrictive and limited to web-only subject matter.

Luckily, we've evolved and expanded how and why we blog since then. One day, someone figured out that we don't have to stick to strictly technical topics when we put things on the Internet. (And thank goodness -- remember that thing I said about blogging for a living?)

So, let's see if we can better understand how that all took place. Grab some popcorn -- you're in for a 22-year-long tale.

The History of Blogging 1994-1997: The early stages

There's a bit of debate around the first stages of blogging, much like the rest of its history -- in the first half of the nineties, for example, there wasn't a ton of online record-keeping, and most primitive blogs are either now archived or nowhere to be found.

Many of these original bloggers -- despite not having yet earned that title -- were the same people who first understood the value of the World Wide Web in the 1980s. One of them was then-Swarthmore-College undergrad, Justin Hall, who created a site called links.net in January 1994. It was essentially a review of HTML examples he came across from various online links, but it was enough for the New York Times Magazine to dub him the "founding father of personal bloggers".

In that article, Hall brought up the semantics of blogging, and how he was assigned many titles during his primary days online (some of which are hilariously documented here).

"When I first started [blogging], they called it a personal home page," he said, "then they said I'm one of the first Web diarists, and now I'm one of the first Web bloggers."

That same year, Claudio Pinhanez (who today is a Social Data Analytics Senior Manager at IBM) began to log short entries into what he called an "Open Diary."

But it wasn't until December 1997 that the term "weblog" came to be. It was first used by Jorn Barger, creator of the website Robot Wisdom. He pioneered the term to describe a "log" of his internet activity, much like Hall did in 1994, which largely amounted to a list of the links he visited.

That may have set the tone for the new era of blogging that would follow less than a year later, when blogging-specific platforms began to debut.

1998-2001: More resources for bloggers

The later part of the nineties saw an uprising in resources created just for bloggers. One of them, Open Diary, launched in October 1998 and became one of the most pivotal blogging platforms -- its name, was a nod to its open, community approach to blogging, as Open Diary was the first of its kind to have a membership model that allowed members of the community to comment on the work of others.

Open Diary, c. 1999. Source: Wayback Machine

In 1999 -- though no one is quite sure exactly when -- then-programmer Peter Merholz (who later went on to head up design at Groupon, OpenTable, and Jawbone, among others) shortened the term "weblog" to "blog."

It was part of a period that displayed an influx of blogging opportunities, with each platform attempting to boast its own unique set of features for a particular audience. In 1999 alone, Blogger, (which would go on to be acquired by Google), LiveJournal, and Xanga all launched.

Blogger, c. 1999. Source: Wayback Machine

LiveJournal, c. 1999. Source: Wayback Machine

Xanga, c. 2000. Source: Wayback Machine

Xanga (for whom Twitter co-founder Biz Stone once served as creative director) actually began as a social networking site -- sometimes compared to MySpace -- and didn't add blogging features until 2000.

This period of time also saw some of the first rumored video blogs. In January 2000, a man named Adam Kontras accompanied a written blog post with a video that updated friends and family on what he was doing. That November, professor Adrian Miles posted what some speculate to be one of the first video blogs, as well, calling it a "vog."

 

"NO PETS ALLOWED. We smuggled him in. It was awesome. Felt all undercover." Source: Adam Kontras

As the sun set on the nineties, blogging began to have quite an impact on many lives. People were starting to figure out how to monetize their blogs -- which we'll get into in a bit -- and the stage was set for businesses and individuals alike to take bloggers seriously.

2002: A big year for blogging

The early 2000s saw a few significant events within the blogging realm. Technorati, one of the first blog search engines (but is today a company of "advertising technology specialists"), launched in February 2002.

That month, blogger Heather B. Armstrong was fired for writing about her colleagues on her personal blog, Dooce.com. While it's not clear if she was the first blogger to be terminated because of her personal website's content, it sparked a conversation about the privacy and freedom of expression for bloggers.

The subject arose again in 2004, when Congressional aide and controversial blogger Jessica Cutler would experience the same fate as Armstrong. Cutler, however, blogged anonymously until her identity was revealed by the website Wonkette.

The year 2002 also saw the dawn of "Mommy Bloggers," which largely consisted of mothers blogging about parenting, aiming to create a sense of support and learning for their readers. Melinda Roberts founded TheMommyBlog.com -- "one of the original mom blogs," she writes -- that April, creating a category that would continue to take storm for over a decade.

The following month, Newsweek predicted that blogs will replace traditional media and, rather in December of that year, it partially came to fruition, when Talking Points Memo broke the written transcript of Trent Lott's infamous call into "Larry King Live" -- when Lott illustriously sang the praises of Strom Thurmond. Blog entries like these would serve as a precursor to live blogging, which took shape the following year.

In August, Blog Ads was launched by Pressflex LLC. Less than a year later, Google would debut AdSense, which paired blogs with relevant advertisements (at the discretion of the blogger). Being able to advertise on blogs was a major milestone for bloggers, as it created the opportunity to monetize their work. It set the stage for blogs to be sponsored by major brands that fit their respective credos, or receive free products in exchange for endorsements or reviews. Blogging was turning into a business -- and soon, a small population of bloggers would be using what used to be a hobby as their primary source of income.

The tumultuous Gawker -- which New York Magazine cited as the initiation of gossip blogs -- also launched in December 2002, only to cease operations in August 2016 after a high-profile legal battle.

2003: The momentum continues

TypePad and WordPress launched in 2003, continuing the trend of providing platform options to a growing number of bloggers. That's the same year that live blogging is estimated to have started -- the Guardian was one of the first outlets on record to make use of live blogging during the 2003 prime minister's question time. The BBC refers to this blogging activity as "live text," and has frequently used it for sporting events.

WordPress, c. 2005. Source: Wayback Machine

TypePad, c. 2003. Source: Wayback Machine

February 2003 also marked Google's acquisition of Pyra Labs -- the makers of Blogger. That was a sign of the growing business of blogging, particularly in the wake of the monetization programs that launched the previous year.

The early 2000s showed the first signs of a rise in political blogs. In 2003, for example, several traditional media outlets were encouraging staff writers and columnists to double as "cyberjournalists," as Matt Welch called them in a piece for the Columbia Journalism Review. It reflected a growing number of political bloggers, with many seasoned reporters looking to blogging for opinion and beat outlets.

That climate primed the blogosphere for what would follow in the latter half of the decade, when the perspectives and analyses of political bloggers began to be preferred sources of information on current events. The line between traditional media and the blogosphere would start to bend, as bloggers were fated to become members of the press.

2004 - 2005: Video and the press

Despite the earliest video blogs being recorded in 2000, it wasn't until the middle part of the decade that visual content really had the opportunity to take root. In February 2004, videographer Steve Garfield -- who went on to be one of the Web's first video bloggers declared it to be the "year of the video blog."

As fate would have it, YouTube launched only a year later in February 2005, shortly thereafter inviting the public to upload their own videos. But it wasn't always what people associate it with now -- it actually began as a short-lived dating site, where singles could use videos to introduce themselves and state their romantic criteria.

YouTube, c. 2005. Source: Wayback Machine

But once YouTube turned its focus to general video uploads (which seemed to take effect by June 2005), it was part of a series of developments that showed the growing credibility of the online user. With ample resources already built for writers, developers were starting to address other content creators.

And it wasn't just developers who were lending credibility these online users. In March 2005, blogger Garrett Graff was the first to be granted White House press credentials.

That might have been when the line between news reporting and blogging began to diminish, which some attribute to the launch of the Huffington Post that May. It began as what one case study a "political forum" -- and the Washington Post called it a "group blog" in a 2007 profile -- but is today one of the highest-profile content aggregators.

Huffington Post is largely a mix of syndicated material and original content from staffers, columnists, and unpaid bloggers. Visit the website, though, and you'll land on a page of global headlines, lending the visual impression that it's a news outlet.

It comes as no surprise that one of Huffington Post's co-founders, Jonah Peretti, went on to co-found BuzzFeed. Though BuzzFeed wouldn't refer to itself as a content aggregator -- it instead identifies as "a cross-platform, global network for news and entertainment" -- it contains a similar vast range of content and, despite having an editorial staff, anyone can post to the site.

These newer platforms raised the question: "Is it a newspaper, or is it a blog?" And as the 21st century progressed, the answer to that question wouldn't become any clearer.

2006-2007: The rise of microblogging and rules

The start of life in 140 characters (or less) began in March 2006, when Twitter co-founder and CEO Jack Dorsey sent out the world's first tweet.

It was the introduction of microblogging -- sharing stories, news, and other types of content in the smallest format possible. (And these 140 characters will soon look different -- check out Twitter's looming changes.)

Microblogging continued to gain momentum in February 2007 with the launch of Tumblr -- yet another blogging platform that encouraged users to be brief. It was built, wrote former CNET reporter Josh Lowensohn, for those "who feel they may not have enough content or time to write a full blog, yet still want to write and share links and media."

But with the introduction of short-form, real-time information sharing also came increasingly visceral communication. There would be countless mean tweets, as well as harmful comments left on blogs. It got to a point where, in March 2007, new media mogul Tim O'Reilly proposed a Blogger's Code of Conduct in response to threatening comments that a friend had received on her blog. The rules were as follows:

Take responsibility not just for your own words, but for the comments you allow on your blog.

Label your tolerance level for abusive comments.

Consider eliminating anonymous comments.

Ignore the trolls.

Take the conversation offline, and talk directly, or find an intermediary who can do so.

If you know someone who is behaving badly, tell them so.

Don't say anything online that you wouldn't say in person.

It showed that the blogosphere had come a long way since the 1998 introduction of Open Diary. Being able to comment on blogs was becoming less of a novelty, and more a point of contention. Several years later -- in 2013 -- the Huffington Post finally took a cue from rule #3 on the code of conduct, banning anonymous comments on its content and requiring commenters to link their feedback to a Facebook profile.

2008-2011: Blogging Dark Ages

During this period of four years, there weren't many major events that propelled how or why people blogged.

There were a few developments of note, however. In January 2009, the White House blog debuted.

Later that year, the film Julie & Julia premiered, which followed the success of one food blogger whose online work eventually became a book. It was one of the first pop cultural references to the professional success of bloggers, and stood to inspire others -- by 2010, 11% of bloggers reported earning their primary income from blogging.

Google also made some changes that would impact bloggers in 2011 with its rollout of the "Panda" algorithm change. Its purpose was to lower the rank of sites with what Moz called "thin content," which hurt bloggers producing content that Google deemed to be of lower quality. A lot of that had to do with bloggers having a lack of inbound links -- a link to your website that comes from another one. (My colleague, Lindsay Kolowich, wrote more about that here.) Without many sites linking to these blogs, Google's algorithm would begin to interpret them as less relevant.

2012: Medium is founded

In August 2012, a co-founder of Pyra Labs -- the creators of Blogger -- Evan Williams, created Medium: One of the newest blogging platforms.

Today, Medium is more than that. People can use it to write and publish original content, like most other blogging platforms. But Medium is continuing to blur the line between news reporting and blogging. In fact, on its website, the company describes itself as serving up "daily news reimagined, straight from the people who are making and living it."

It was a notable introduction of decentralized content: A concept that allows users to share their work that has been published elsewhere on a content creation platform. That's different than sharing links on social media, for example, where limited content is displayed. Instead, the full text and images of the work are shared, with the original author and source credited, on a site different from its origin.

It might sound kind of confusing and pointless. But my colleague, Sam Mallikarjunan, explains the benefits of doing something like that in his article, "Why Medium Works." In sum: Medium has roughly three million viewers, all sharing and reading content. Does your blog have that kind of reach? If it doesn't, you can reach Medium's vast audience by syndicating your own content on their platform, drawing more attention to your work.

The same year that Medium launched, LinkedIn introduced its Influencers program, which recruited notable business figures to guest blog on LinkedIn's publishing platform. Eventually, that platform became open to all LinkedIn members in 2014 -- HubSpot's Ginny Mineo discussed that development here, and how it fit into the "self-publishing pie."

Though LinkedIn's platform worked a bit differently than Medium's -- users can't re-post full bodies of work in the same seamless way on the former -- it does provide another outlet for people to share original content with an audience much larger than they may have received on their own domains. HubSpot's VP of Marketing, Meghan Anderson, writes more about the positive outcomes of that kind of strategy here.

Last month saw the latest development of the blogging realm -- the creators of WordPress announced they would be rolling out the .blog domain. Until November 9, users have to apply for one of the highly-coveted domains. I tried applying for one, and found out that it'll cost me $250 for a combined application and renewal fee. If for some reason I don't get it, I'm told I'll get my money back, or if other people apply for it, we'll all have to bid for it in an auction.

But here's the cool thing about .blog -- even though it was made by the creators of WordPress, you don't have to use the WordPress platform in order to build a blog on that domain.

"The domain registrations are open to anyone," wrote Adario Strange of Mashable, "regardless of publishing platform."

We'll be watching this domain unfolds, and are eager to see how it contributes to the evolution of content.

What's Next?

I don't know about you, but after diving into the history of blogging, I'm pretty excited to see what its future looks like.

Of course, it probably helps that blogging is my line of work. But I'm certainly not alone. Here at HubSpot, our content team has at least three full-time bloggers, and there are an increasing number of job titles that either indicate or include a blogging as a major function.

It makes sense, when you look at the state of blogging now. It's an integral part of marketing and content strategy, and has even shown to increase lead flow up to 700% for some businesses.

How blogging continues to change will determine what our careers look like, and I encourage all marketers -- corporate or otherwise -- to blog on behalf of their respective brands. It might seem like a lot of work, but if the evolution of blogging has indicated nothing else, it's that the sphere will only continue to expand.

And that's something marketers should continue to pay attention to -- not just the growth of blogging, but how many different interpretations of it exist. Just look at Facebook Live, Facebook Instant Articles, and Snapchat Stories against the context of the dictionary definition of a blog from above: "a web site on which someone writes about personal opinions, activities, and experiences." Replace "writes about" with "shares," and you could make the case that most of today's content platforms -- including social media networks -- are their very own versions of blogs.

Want to learn more about the future of blogging and marketing as a whole? Check out the latest edition of our State of Inbound report here. 

(Image Credit: 1998-2001, 2002, 2003, 2004-2005, 2006-2007, 2008-2011, 2012.)

How do you envision the future of blogging? Share your thoughts and ideas in the comments below.  

Source: A Brief Timeline of the History of Blogging

WordPress enthusiasts in San José, Costa Rica are getting ready to host the city's first WordCamp November 5-6. Roberto Remedios is one of 10 organizers working with a Rocio Valdivia, the team's mentor from WordCamp Central. He said that WordCamp Miami inspired him to want to host an event in Costa Rica.

"Back in 2014, Rommel Castro and I attended WordCamp Miami and I was so impressed by seeing so many people sharing about WordPress that I decided someday I would put together something similar in Costa Rica," he said. "Some of the lectures I checked into inspired me to get in touch with a group of people that later became the WordPress community of Costa Rica. I was motivated by the desire to share what I had learned and I wanted other people to have the same experience I had at the WordCamps."

Remedios organized the first WordPress meetup held in Costa Rica, which started with 20 attendees. After changing their marketing to target the right audience, the meetups became a success, gathering up to 90 people per event. The group is now averaging 35-40 regular attendees.

"The WordPress community in Costa Rica is very global and welcoming," Remedios said. The country is home to many people of different nationalities and he said it is not uncommon to find colleagues and WordPress community members who came from outside Costa Rica.

"People from Venezuela, Peru, Colombia, Nicaragua, Italy, Germany, Mexico, Guatemala and the US all call Costa Rica their home," Remedios said. "In my case, I was born in Ukraine, grew up in Cuba, and now I am a 'tico.' As we say, the community Costa Rica is Pura Vida, which literally means 'pure life' but also symbolizes the idea of simply enjoying life and being happy."

WordCamp San José organizers are planning to host 220 attendees and 20 speakers. The call for speakers is now open and organizers welcome presentations in Spanish or English.

"For designers and developers in Costa Rica, the English language is an everyday thing," Remedios said. "Although we haven't choosen the talks yet, we are very open to having lectures in either language." The deadline to submit a proposal is October 1.

WordCamp San José will feature a developer track that is very JavaScript-oriented. Remedios said the organization team is working closely with the country's large JavaScript community.

"JavaScript is a major part of the web, as it is the basis of several libraries and frameworks," Remedios said. "With the REST API and possible integrations in themes and plugins using libraries such as React.js, Angular, and Backbone, the possibilities are endless.

"In Costa Rica there is a very large JavaScript community. Collaboration with this community and others, such as Drupal, UX, and designers, is the future."

Remedios said that within the team of organizers they have several developers who are responsible for preparing the track. They plan to cover all topics from basic to advanced integrations, and will feature a couple of leaders from the JavaScript community as speakers.

"The event will be special, since it is the first WordCamp in Costa Rica," Remedios said. "We are working very hard to assure it is a high quality event. We are also planning to have a coffee bar at the event, because we are really passionate about good coffee and Costa Rica has the best."

If you want to increase your JavaScript knowledge and connect with the diverse Costa Rican WordPress community, this historic WordCamp is a good one to add to your calendar. In addition to the developer track, the event will also include a Blogger track and a UI/UX design track.

"If you want to enjoy a weekend of fun, Costa Rica is a nature-lover's dream," Remedios said. "So attendees are not only going to be able to enjoy our first WordCamp but also a visit to the beach or the mountain or even a Metallica concert that is going to be held that night in downtown San José. Have you ever heard of a more exciting plan?"

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Get started with blogging with the WordPress platform by downloading this Comprehensive Guide!

Blogging has surged in popularity in recent years. Companies and individuals are using blogging in order to express their voices and connect with their audience. Most of this is performed on the popular WordPress platform.

WordPress is a free and open-source content management system (CMS) based on PHP and MySQL. Features include a plugin architecture and a template system. WordPress was used by more than 23.3% of the top 10 million websites as of January 2015.

This short guide will help you start your own blog with WordPress. It will get you up to speed to quickly launch your personal or company blog!

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Source: How to Start a Blog with WordPress – Free eBook

I would like to bring another one of my skills to the table, WordPress baby! Starting with this post I will be covering the basics, domain name, hosting, setup and how to install a hosted WordPress Site from scratch!

In this steemit tutorial I will show you working with WordPress doesn't have to be complicated or expensive. In fact, I am going to show you how to get started 100% FREE, the only cost being your valuable time.

I know starting a self hosted WordPress blog can be intimidating if you don't have the required technological experience. Not to mention the over whelming amount of information on the net that confuses the matter even more. Never fear, I am going to walk you through step by step. :-)

WordPress is a free and open-source content management system (CMS) based on PHP and MySQL. WordPress is installed on a web server, which either is part of an Internet hosting service or is a network host itself; the first case may be on a service like WordPress.com, for example, and the second case is a computer running the software package WordPress.org. An example of the second case is a local computer configured to act as its own web server hosting WordPress for single-user testing or learning purposes. Features include a plugin architecture and a template system. WordPress was used by more than 26.4% of the top 10 million websites as of April 2016. WordPress is the easiest and most popular blogging system in use on the Web, at more than 60 million websites. Wiki

Hosting is your first challenge when it comes to a self hosted website. A simple Google search will make any beginners head spin. For this tutorial I have eliminated all the guess work and will be recommending a free hosting service with everything you need to get started quickly without hassle.

To get started you will need to register a free account with www.biz.nf.co.nf. Here you will be able to claim a free domain name as well as a free limited hosting package that is more than adequate enough for a personal site and learning WordPress. Another great thing about hosting with BIZ.NF is the fact that they accept bitcoin as payment, awesome for the steemit community wouldn't you say :-)

Register your free account with www.biz.nf.co.nf

Choose the free plan then click on next....

From this point everything is self explanatory, once your account has been verified you will have access your your BIZ.NF dashboard like in the picture below..

Next click on Domain manager

Click on 'create a free co.nf domain' ,choose your domain name and then click create..

Once your free domain name has been created we are ready to install WordPress. Head back to your dashboard and click on the 'Zacky Installer'

Once the Zacky Installer has launched click on the WordPress installation option

Next choose your theme, I skipped this part for the tutorial as I would like to cover themes in more details possibly with another tutorial. If you prefer to keep things simple skip this step and hit next, WordPress will automatically install a default theme.

Now to configure your website settings, choose the free domain name you created and Enter your Website Title, Admin Email Address, Admin Username and Admin Password. Hit next...

Next confirm and save your log in details, then click on install..

Congratulations you have successfully installed and setup your own domain name and WordPress Blog! Click on your domain name and your new WordPress site will open in a new tab.

Once your WordPress setup has been done visit your site and have a look around. Nothing fancy yet, the fun has just started! If all has gone to plan you should have a basic installation that looks like the picture below.

Your next step will be to log in to your WordPress site, to do this we need to ad the '/wp-admin extension' to the domain name of your new site. For example yourdomain.co.nf/wp-admin and hit enter in your browser.

If everything is still in order you should be redirected to your admin log in page. Enter you admin username and password you created and log in!

Welcome to your WordPress back end!

At this point you have successfully created a free domain name, claimed free hosting and done a complete word press installation. I will base my next tutorial on the community feedback I receive from this post as WordPress has much to cover.

My best advice now is have a look around and try and familiarize yourself with the concept and idea of using a CMS platform. WordPress is great fun once you get the hang of things and I have made getting started here very easy. Don't be intimidated you cant break anything I won't be able to fix for you, and in fact if you do break it I will be impressed!

As mentioned I am going to rely on the comments and feedback from this post to determine the next tutorial. Thanks for reading I hope his as useful.

To visit the site I created for this tutorial please visit: http://steemit.co.nf/

Cheerz

Source: How to install Your Own WordPress Blog, tutorial includes free domain and hosting!

WordPress lead developer and 4.7 release lead Helen Hou-Sandí unveiled the design for the Twenty Seventeen default theme today and confirmed that it will be part of the upcoming release. Mel Choyce, a core contributor and design engineer at Automattic, is credited with the design of the new theme, which falls into the business or product showcase category.

The homepage features a fullscreen header image with navigation directly underneath, a call-to-action section, and various sections for services, blog posts, location, and featured content. Hou-Sandí posted several screenshots of the design in action on mobile devices and linked to a collection of higher resolution mockups.

"Twenty Seventeen will focus on providing a seamless initial theme setup so anyone can set up a website for themselves or their business with minimal hassle," Hou-Sandí said. She identified several usability improvements planned for core which the theme will exemplify:

A better flow for using a static page as your front page

Visible edit icons in the Customizer, replacing the current hidden shift+click method

Expanding custom header images to include video

Dummy content for live previews

Hou-Sandí also said that the new default theme will use plain CSS, instead of using preprocessors, in order to "keep it simple, making the theme easier for everyone to understand, quicker for anyone to modify and better to maintain in the long run." Twenty Seventeen development will initially happen on GitHub but will be merged into core when it's stable so that issue reporting can be handled on Trac.

Contributors will have the opportunity to offer more specific design feedback in the #core-themes Slack channel on Friday. Choyce, known for her critical attention to typography and color, is a co-author on several popular WordPress.org themes. She will continue leading the design efforts along with Laurel Fulford and David Kennedy, who will spearhead development. Contributors will work closely with the Theme Review Team to ensure that it meets the core standards.

Initial reactions to the design on the Make/Core post are overwhelmingly positive, as many WordPress users have been waiting for a default theme that can be easily customized for businesses. Twenty Sixteen was more blog-oriented, as were Twenty Fifteen, Fourteen, and Thirteen. It hasn't been since Twenty Twelve that WordPress had a default theme resembling anything close to a business style theme.

Twenty Seventeen is the shot in the arm that WordPress needs to make it easy to set up a business website with a trusted, well-supported theme. When combined with the improvements to the initial theme setup process that are planned for core, Twenty Seventeen will make it possible for a business to go from installation to a professional-looking online presence in a matter of minutes.

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