I so thought I was done with my website and idx solution search. Turns out I have only really started. One of my favorite quotes is, "Begin with the end in mind." That is the way I'm approaching this project. You build your castle and then you start out from there to conquer new territory.
I thought it was just Wordpress and then I pick an IDX solution then I'm done. Well then I came across Wordpress Themes. There are free themes and then there are paid themes. It seems like the paid one is better, as it is with most things in life. It seems like common phrases are WP is a (insert hyperbole here) beast, monster, powerhouse. I think I've seen this term in several bloggers that I respect.
To get the true benefit of the program it seems to me that you need to have a good theme. I'm trying to figure out which one I want to use from the start. I have read that its pretty easy to change your themes, but I read somewhere else that it can become more difficult once you implement an IDX platform. This is why it's kind of a big deal. Never overpay for a theme. One of the things that turned me off on the Wordpress platform early was I saw a theme on one agents website, first one I was interested in and it was $695. For just the theme, they got ripped off. All these themes are under $100
THESIS - This looks like it's been the meat and potatoes for a long time. It looks like it was the first choice. When you see Matt Cutts and Danny Sullivan use this. That seems a very powerful arguement for the SEO features of this blog. Also looks like there are a ton of resources out there for this. That's one of the big reasons to choose and technology and one of the reasons I'm going with Wordpress. The main magic is the seo of the structure.
GENESIS - Looks like the newest latest and greatest. As such I think there is less support. I'm not knocking either of these companies support as it appears they are both great, just there seems to be more for thesis. If I recall it had two things that I thought made it unique.
1) updating features - They apparently offer the only one that will update without changing pages or something of the sort. I'm not sure how often this happens, how difficult it is,
2) You can have different CSS on different parts of the site.
Authors note I'm not stating these facts as an expert I have done some research and I'm putting this information out there in order to get answers for myself and others.
AGENT PRESS - This is a child of the Genesis theme one reason that makes it seem pretty cool. A child runs the theme but further customizes it. This is customized for real estate. Seems pretty cool. I think I would lean this way if I wasn't going to be using an IDX provider. I plan to generate my showcases from my IDX rather than a solution like this.
Any help or direction great appreciated. Go Daddy is getting my domain name pointed correctly and I've already got Wordpress on the site. Trying to rock and roll.
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