Can you make a commercial site in Wordpress?
I really don't see why not. You certainly can in systems like Drupal or Joomla and Wordpress is a CMS of sorts with a thriving community behind it. Unfortunately Wordpress was designed and implemented as a blogging solution but is that where it has to end? It manages file uploads, content, full editing etc but it also has more plugins than you could ever wish for.
There are Google Sitemap plugins, admin plugins, stats packages and any number of things so why can't you build a large site in Wordpress?
Templates are limiting
The templates provided upon the install of Wordpress are limited to blogging (largely) and that's exactly my point. Here you have a CMS that is only limited to blogging because that's what the templates were designed for - you could quite happily run a news site from Wordpress. But why not something more?
Why can't you do more in Wordpress? There's plugins for polls and advertising positions - these are traits of larger sites
Large sites have lots of content but they are also feature rich and that's something Wordpress isn't (by default) but with the ability to easily (and quickly) install plugins developed by the community - the functionality can be dramatically improved. Polls, slideshows, presentations, ad-management etc save Wordpress as a large-site solution.
Just a passing thought really but why not use Wordpress? It's easy to use with a very intuitive interface, powerful content management and media integration. Unfortunately it lacks templating which is a major concern for large-scale development but I dare say you could create a sexy content-heavy microsite in it without any problems. I'd be amazed if clients couldn't use it.
Also it is free, which saves you shelling out for an off-the-shelf solution.
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