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For so many internet users wanting to start their own WordPress site, the process can be quite daunting. We (WebUp) have been in the web development business for years and what we've discovered, especially with clients wanting WordPress, is that they want all the professional elements of a great theme and all the right plugins, but they don't want to spend much on it. This presents quite a problem for most development firms who usually have to turn these clients away.
We decided to find a solution to this problem and setup a WordPress service called Im.Press.me.The service allows anyone to create their own WordPress site within minutes without any technical skills or the hassles of setting up servers. The service is geared towards non-technical users with a simplified admin dashboard with the goal of making it possible for anyone to have their own professional WordPress site.
Features include instant WordPress site creation, essential plugins like Google Analytics, XML sitemap, Gravity Forms, and W3 Total Cache pre-installed, 130+ premium themes also pre-installed which can be activated with a single click. When you create a site, you'll be given a "your-site.im-press.me" domain, however a great feature which we worked hard on is the ability to use your own domain name, usually a very technical process, but has been simplied as well. For those concerned about the speed of their site, we've setup our servers to deliver the content via the Akamai network of 45,000+ servers worldwide, and not to worry about how much traffic you get, unlimited bandwidth is included for all.
We just want our users to run their sites without having all this technology in the way. We know how frustrating the online world can be to most of the population, our goal is to remove that barrier.
WordPress is an open source Content Management System (CMS), often used as a blog publishing application, powered by PHP and MySQL. It has many features including a plug-in architecture and a template system. WordPress is used by over 13% of the 1,000,000 biggest websites.As of February 2011, version 3.0 had been downloaded over 32.5 million times.
