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Posted by Julius M
Julius M
991 Points

question @staff: why is teamtreehouse on wordpress?

Hello @staff,

I see that teamtreehouse runs on wordpress.

But why wouldn't you code the whole site yourself? Since you are coding experts it would be a piece of cake for you, and as far as I understand you would have much more control over the site, (plus a much faster site?).

Sorry if the question is silly, I am just a beginner ;-) Would be very courious about your answer!

Cheers from Italy

lovingteamtreehouse

5 Answers

Andrew Stelmach
Andrew Stelmach
12,583 Points
Andrew Stelmach
Andrew Stelmach
12,583 Points

Good question - didn't know that! I'm a little surprised too, and would like to know why. I'm sure they have a good reason.

David Omar
David Omar
5,676 Points
David Omar
David Omar
5,676 Points

Umm I think the only part of treehouse that runs on wordpress is their blog.

Julius M
Julius M
991 Points
Julius M
Julius M
991 Points

ok David you're right, only the blog...

J Scott Erickson
J Scott Erickson
11,883 Points
J Scott Erickson
J Scott Erickson
11,883 Points

I think only the blog runs on Wordpress. The site itself (including this part of the site) is a Rails app.

Ricky Catron
Ricky Catron
13,023 Points
Ricky Catron
Ricky Catron
13,023 Points

I think a reason to use wordpress is so they don't reinvent the wheel. They could write a whole blog themself but why do it when someone else has already done a great job of it. Personally I like coding everything up by hand. It gives me a sense of pride, but Wordpress is very powerful and probably saved them a lot of time so they could focus on the content not the site itself.