I'm lucky enough to build WordPress websites for an über talented design agency that has a number of musicians on their books. I take their beautiful designs and build them into websites, and whilst all are completely different, they often use the same WordPress plugins for essential features. Gigpress For a free plugin, Gigpress rocks. It allows you to add in as much or little gig/tour info as is needed, date, venue, address, map location, link to ticket sales website. It also comes with a number of shortcode options so you can display gig info in pages and posts as you ...

WordPress is ideal for non profit organisations looking to build cost effective and maintainable websites. WordPress began as a blogging service but developments over the last year or so have seen it become a fully functional content management system.  It is still relatively simple to set up and get started compared to other popular systems, and this is what makes it a great option for small non profits. If you're setting up a website in-house look for a web host that has an automatic WordPress install function to help you on your way. There are many free "themes" that can be ...

I'm now using Event Espresso for registration, booking and payment of courses and events through a WordPress website. Event Espresso is really flexible and integrates seamlessly with your website design. Custom registration forms can be set up to capture the relevant information you might need and via the admin interface it is possible to set up custom confirmation emails for each event, offer early bird discounts and there are plenty of other useful features. I've just launched NLP4Courses using Event Espresso and have it hooked up to take payments via PayPal or by cheque. Other payment options are also ...