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Ask Freelock: My host is shutting down! What should I do?

It's really a shame. Drupal Gardens has announced to its users that it's shutting down…

How do you rate Performance?

How quick do pages on your site load? How quick should they load? How do you make pages load…

Embed or integrate? The problem with widgets

We hear it all the time:

Why do you recommend a 6 hour budget for a simple integration…

Drupal 8 is around the corner... time to upgrade?

We're starting to recommend Drupal 8 for some new upgrade projects, with the following notes…

Ask Freelock: Build, embed, or integrate SaaS with Drupal?

Mike, looking for information about integrating a data collection Software as a Service (SaaS) …

How do you rate Maintainability?

Lately at Freelock, we've been improving our Drupal site assessment. For years we've analyzed…

Why tech work is so hard to estimate

"Hey, since the upgrade, I can't use the power edit feature anymore!" came the request. Ok.…

Ask Freelock: Upgrade D6 to Drupal 7, or wait for 8?

Apparently there's some FUD (Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt) being sown by a few Drupal shops who…

Freelock status on Bash ShellShock vulnerability

The short answer: Not Vulnerable.

We've been asked by several customers about whether…

Ask Freelock: Why should I use "Media" links instead of just embedding, in Drupal?

Joaquin asks:

Sorry, John.

But when it comes to adding Youtube and Vimeo, you…