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There has been talk about using Wordpress beyond the ordinary blog set-up, to the realms of a full-featured content management system or CMS. But most people have no idea how this is even possible. I must stress that the default Wordpress software is intended to be a blogging tool, so if you try to get it to work as a different type of content management tool you must use the right plug (improvements) and have a clear picture of what you want to achieve. Although the exact step-by-step method is beyond the scope of this article can explore some of the ways you can use Wordpress, which I have personally done in the past. 1) Wordpress as an Article Directory To make WordPress serve as an article directory, you need a special plug, and a source for articles. MyArticleMarketer. com is the perfect tool for this, as the articles there are usually human-approved. They also encourage free distribution of their articles to other article sites. Once you’ve created a WordPress plugin, you must register for the article marketer’s mailing list. By filling out his form and enter the categories (or choose all categories), you are automatically entitled to get all old and new articles submitted MyArticleMarketer. com But with Wordpress as an article directory, you will only be able to receive syndicated articles. The authors will not be able to log in or create an account directly with you. It is also against MyArticleMarketer. Com’s condition or service to encourage authors to sign up directly with you. 2) Wordpress as Membership Site You can set up a free or paid membership site using Wordpress. All it takes is a few simple plugins to get the job done. After installing the plugins, the members must log in to your site to see its contents. You can also place a login form in your WordPress theme files to make it easy for users to lo in and out of your membership site. But the plugins only create a simple membership system, so if you want to create different levels of membership and the more advanced features, you would probably like to sign-up with a professional membership scheme AmemberPro. net and use their available plugins to ingrate with Wordpress. At this writing AmemberPro. net has available plugins for a reasonable cost and these will be installed by their support, so you need not worry about technical setbacks. 3) WordPress as Classified Ads System Wordpress can work like any other classifieds site, too. Users can sign up on your website and classifieds site in the form of new blog entries. They can also set due dates for their ads and specify listings or “wanted” ads. However, you must create all the necessary categories and even create a sign-up information page to teach users how to place ads. The advantage of using WordPress as a Classifieds site is that you can also use the labeling tactics to get traffic from social bookmarking sites and sites that Technorati. com 4) Wordpress as an Audio / Video Training Site Using membership plugins mentioned above or AmemberPro. net’s Wordpress compatibility plugins, you can create a membership site with Wordpress. Then all you need do is add “podpress plugin that takes care of all audio and video on your website. You will be able to display and stream MP3 audio or FLV video using their built-in player. The podpress plugin is really robust and also allows you to specify setting on iTunes, so you can make this commercially and available to the entire iPod / iTunes community. As you can see by now, there are a lot of possibilities when it comes to using Wordpress to the extreme. I’ve created an entire system of video training for beginners and advanced marketers both Masters WordPress. Yet, every day new ways of using WordPress as a complex CMS instead of the modest blogging tool it was intended to be!