Habitually Good

Well, we all know what a great blogging engine Wordpress is. However, I think that Wordpress’s CMS abilities can be used for much more than just blogging. Recently, I discussed the possibility of using Wordpress for a Knowledge Base repository for where I work. There are many wonderful KB applications out there which could have been used, however given the simplicity of use that Wordpress gives; I thought that it should do the job.

Below is how it is specifically helpful as a knowledge base:

• Easy to setup and get going.
• Easy to integrate various plug-ins for tagging, navigation, and search.
• Easy to publish using Word 2007. This is especially important because that is the main mode of publishing that will be used at our place.
• Free. No licensing costs to run it.
• Comments system: allows readers to contribute to the content by commenting. (we don’t want a Wiki where people can edit)
• Fully Customizable: we can make any changes we want to it.

We are thinking of using our Wordpress server for:

• Organizational Policies and Processes.
• Various FAQs and Tutorials regarding these processes and policies.
• Hosting technical information for quick access within the organization. For example:
  • Best Practices
  • Tutorials
  • Code Snippets

Let’s see how it goes.

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