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Including page templates, dynamic menus, parent-child relationship pages, and using posts as ancillary content.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Links from video:<\/strong>\t\t\t<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wordpress.org\/\" rel=\"noopener\">WordPress<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/pack155.com\" rel=\"noopener\">Pack 155<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/webdemar.com\/wordpress\/wordpress-theme-defusion-09\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Defusion Theme<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/simplepie.org\/wiki\/plugins\/wordpress\/simplepie_plugin_for_wordpress\/start\" rel=\"noopener\">SimplePie Plugin<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We once did a poll asking people what their favorite CMS was. WordPress was a run-away winner, but also got many comments of &#8220;WordPress isn&#8217;t a CMS!!&#8220;. Well clearly, in the strictest sense, WordPress is a CMS as it &#8220;manages content&#8221;. 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