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… Our OS Projects Freelock Product Development Welcome to Freelock Projects, the collective home … a couple of dogs all contributing back to the world. We develop using Open Source principles and rely heavily on the …

… OS Commerce featured in Linux Magazine Submitted by John Locke on Sun, 10/17/2004 - 15:13 The July 2004 online version of Linux Magazine has a great overview of OS Commerce in … spam submissions. … The July 2004 online version of Linux Magazine has a great overview of OS Commerce in …

… Our Systems Our Open Source Setup at Freelock We don't just help our … Our Open Source Equivalent: Desktop Computers Operating System Windows XP/Vista Ubuntu Word Processing Word …

… Our Partners We don't work in a vacuum. Freelock is part of a much larger community. Here are some of our partners who we regularly do business with. We highly … and many other activities that keep the community and project thriving. The Open Source Initiative is an …

… Our Philosophy Our Mission Our mission is to make small and mid-sized … "why are we doing this?" If we cannot tie a feature or a project to a business or project goal, it becomes highly …

… to use it. For those who worship the outdoors, we helped Outdoor Research put together a community-driven web site … to share adventures, experiences, and local conditions for outdoor sports, and it's built using Joomla, Community …

… Added reminders to our Matrix bot Submitted by John Locke on Mon, 05/22/2017 - … me to respond to Bill in 2 hours For the past year, our Watney bot has alerted the release manager at the time scheduled by a project manager, so they can trigger a deployment. Today we …

… is not an estimate, or a commitment to deliver a set of features -- it is a commitment that we will devote a … is not an estimate, or a commitment to deliver a set of features -- it is a commitment that we will devote a …

… files for security reasons. Switching between trunk and a tag So far so good. We have the basics of an application set … Simple. Just check it out: cd public_html/dojo git tag # shows you a list of available tags git checkout … with your changes. Also note that when you check out a tag, you don't necessarily get a tracking branch, so don't …

… build, however, because when we talk through them with a client, we often describe a story that the customer would … Fri, 05/24/2013 - 04:34 Permalink Great for devs, and for clients too Another great post, John. I use user stories all …

… 5 reasons Drupal projects suck: Hapless customer edition Submitted by John … potential customers) who are terrified of it. So here's our take on why. 5. I just want a web site! It's too … biggest reason you won't consider Drupal for your next project, as a non-developer who feels burned by a project …

… Successful projects, part 2: Paying for Deliverables Submitted by John … if the vendor cannot fully handle those risks, the entire project might fail. Healthcare.gov is a great example of this … so, if the budget is under $50K, it's probably not worth our time to put together any kind of fixed price project -- …

… A note to people planning development projects Submitted by timon on Mon, 08/26/2013 - … just boils down to the needs of the client changing in mid-development. Given that unforeseen circumstances are … to my comment Comment About text formats Filtered HTML Web page addresses and email addresses turn into links …

… Successful Turkeys: Redefining Success in Web Projects Submitted by John Locke on Tue, 11/27/2012 - 07:55 … April, Quest, Aaron, Eric, and Bob have joined the team. Our office is getting a bit cozy, so we're starting to look …

… consistently do the best job we can, we get rewarded with ongoing work. And if we focus on work that makes our clients … consistently do the best job we can, we get rewarded with ongoing work. And if we focus on work that makes our clients …

… Upgrade to Drupal 8? This is our plan for migration Submitted by Don Dill on Sun, … may have even received some marketing emails. John Locke, our founder and pricipal, put out a newsletter recently about …

… do they expect this solution to last? How much have they budgeted for ongoing service, updates, and improvements? How … addresses turn into links automatically. Allowed HTML tags: <a href hreflang> <em> <strong> <blockquote cite> … do they expect this solution to last? How much have they budgeted for ongoing service, updates, and improvements? How …

… either. Are you listening? We've been listening to our clients, and have a created a whole new way of helping them … or platform, the end result would work much better for the client. But we're far enough down the path of the current …

… Rachel Prather, Project Manager Employee Picture I am addicted to solving … Now, I solve technical problems as a Software Developer/Project Manager. When I’m done, I solve them again - even …

… Successful projects, part 4: It costs more if you do half the work … - 11:11 "My budget is really tight, can you get the project started and show me what to do to finish it?" -- Yet … in the hands of users. Aside from custom theming, many of our projects don't involve writing any code -- it's more a …