Content Management Systems
Proprietary vs. Open Source: Meritocracy and Innovation
“The next generation of computing is being led by users, rather than vendors.” —Jim Whitehurst at OSBC 2011 (via Matthew Aslett) Tech and business media outlets, from Business Insider to Information Week to Computer Weekly‘s Open Source Insider, have lately been trumpeting Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurt‘s clarion call to open source. Red Hat is a profitable self-described “meritocracy” that thrives by providing paid support and service packages for their popular Linux distribution, a business model that’s becoming increasingly popular in the industry. While many fans of open source wax [...]
WordPress vs. Drupal Recap.
Did you miss todays event? No worries, below is the recap! What is a CMS? A software system that provides website authoring, collaboration, and administration tools designed to allow users with little knowledge of web programming languages or markup languages to create and manage website content with relative ease. Why You Need a CMS You can update your own website if it is built on a CMS! Low Cost to build, host and maintain Easy Customization via settings, plugins and themes Thorough Documentation from the user and developer communities Ease [...]
We Packed the House with our first Workshop!
On May 25, our team took on a whole new challenge - teaching a room of 17 to build a WordPress site in 2.5 hours! The experience was great one and we have already planned our next one for July 6. Check what one of the attendees left with after the workshop!
Drupal Starter's Guide
Last week I introduced the Content Management System (CMS) and some of the reasons why I recommend selecting an open source CMS like WordPress or Drupal for your web site. This week, I would like to go more in depth on Drupal, and I will let Six Revisions take the discussion even further with their thorough starter's guide tutorial. Drupal is one of my favorite platforms for developing small business web sites for several reasons: Flexibility (to use it for many different types of sites) Wide availability of free modules (a.k.a. [...]
Why use a Content Management System?
A Content Management System (CMS) is the holy grail of websites. It's what every small business owner needs for his/her website. Let me explain… Every business should have a website, but I know many business owners don't think they can afford to have one developed because web developers are so expensive (unless you offshore the work or have your neighbor's high school son build it for you). The biggest cost associated with most professional websites is not the initial development, but rather the ongoing support and maintenance. I can't count [...]