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… Rules of business I learned from sailing Submitted by John Locke on … with a tailwind. When a business gets a stable customer base, rounds the first corner of paying its bills and starts … existing customers happy while expanding your customer base, how do you maintain forward momentum without running …

… end up making some existing platform a bad choice. Problem 3: Requirements need to change for business reasons. You get part way through a new web site project, and … purpose: they are a stake in the ground that one side can use to extract more work or more cash out of the other side. …

What Is Drupal? Submitted by John Locke on Tue, 05/01/2007 - 03:08 At Freelock Computing, we've helped a few dozen companies get started with a content …

… pages are linked correctly, pictures and pages have been “tagged” with information about them, and the site can be … world of SEO, they cannot just put terms on their page and tag pictures and be done with it—they have to walk a mile in … addresses turn into links automatically. Allowed HTML tags: <a href hreflang> <em> <strong> <blockquote cite> …

What's a Wiki? Submitted by John Locke on Tue, 05/24/2005 - … that if you wanted to create a web site, you either had to learn the basics of HTML, or spend a few hundred dollars on a … with no technical knowledge whatsoever. In this edition: What's a Wiki? A Survey of Content Management Systems Dynamic …

What is a sustainable startup? Submitted by John Locke on … 05/16/2012 - 11:00 Block and Tackle Businesses. That's what my father-in-law calls them, regular businesses that … Dead Poets Society. Fertilizer for future generations. As we've come to inhabit most of the habitable parts of our …

… You get out what you put in Submitted by John Locke on Mon, 03/23/2015 - … a good education anywhere if you work diligently at it and learn what the teacher has to teach -- and likewise, you can … in good schools without coming out the other end with much learned. Like everything else, websites work the same way. If …

… on the provider's framework. And that's where the lock-in can happen, because most of the "standard" frameworks … on the provider's framework. And that's where the lock-in can happen, because most of the "standard" frameworks …

… Zimbra, Joomla, What's in a name? Submitted by John Locke on Thu, 09/08/2005 … installs, so we're big fans of this software. Today, we learned about a new project with a funny name, called Zimbra. …

… by building rich interactive browser experiences using the Dojo Toolkit. Wanna know more? 3 reasons to use Drupal and … by building rich interactive browser experiences using the Dojo Toolkit. Wanna know more? 3 reasons to use Drupal and …

… We've built web applications to manage client data for a legal association, manage photos, manage who on a team is … We've built web applications to manage client data for a legal association, manage photos, manage who on a team is …

What is Cloud Computing? Submitted by John Locke on Fri, … has been a buzzword for the past couple years, but what does that really mean, and why should you care? Unless …

… and redistribute your systems as you wish. Open Source features and benefits:   Feature Benefit Adherence to open … software working correctly, instead of adding unnecessary features Better quality software. There may be fewer features available, but the ones that are developed work—more …

… people. So a person is a contact in my system. You can tag that person as a customer, lead, prospect, whatever you … We attach an expected value of that opportunity, and tag them with a sales stage. This becomes our sales pipeline, … people. So a person is a contact in my system. You can tag that person as a customer, lead, prospect, whatever you …

What is your website effectiveness? Submitted by Don Dill on Mon, 03/16/2015 - 22:27 … What is your website effectiveness? …

… need a hand, or another reason to choose Firefox: Seth's Blog: Fix your computer . Add new comment You must have … need a hand, or another reason to choose Firefox: Seth's Blog: Fix your computer . … What's broken in Windows? …

… including calendaring, team rooms, private intranet features, addressing, and much more. While Notes is a lot … including calendaring, team rooms, private intranet features, addressing, and much more. While Notes is a lot …

Ask Freelock: What e-commerce platform would you recommend? … Guys for all their great work getting this out the door! … Ask Freelock: What e-commerce platform would you recommend? …

What's up on Nerd Mountain? Enterprise Dev Ops for Everybody … wanted to as well. You can't go wrong with Clint Eastwood. What is Freelock? However, that wouldn't be keeping with the … that we're accustomed to up here on Nerd Mountain. Lately, we've been asked the question about "What is Freelock"? "Is …