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Ask Freelock: Drupal vs Word Press?
Mike asks,
I came across your site as i'm a member of NWEN. My current site is built on a wordpress template and I want to change it as it's pretty rough. What are the pros/cons of having a site built with Drupal vs. word press?
Drupal SEO: 7 things you need to know to get found on the Internet
You launched your Drupal site yesterday, and it's not on the front page of Google. What do you do now? One of our clients asked us about Search Engine Optimization (SEO) recently, so I thought I'd share some advice from our experience.
Ask Freelock: Why would I choose Drupal over Expression Web?
Mel asks:
Why would I use Drupal instead of Microsoft Expression Web to create a website?
Recurring payments with Ubercart and Drupal
Damon Cortesi ( @dacort ) over at Untitled Startup recently wrote up a summary of recurring payment services provided for startups.
Custom development licensing models
There are basically 3 models for getting web applications built:
- Proprietary platform
- Custom code
- Open Source
Why Drupal? What's a Framework?
I get this question all the time: What's the difference between Drupal and Ruby on Rails, or another framework?
Ask Freelock: What's this Twitter thing, and how do you use it?
George asks, why is everybody talking about Twitter?
Ask Freelock: Shared hosting, managed hosting, dedicated hosting, what's the difference?
Ksenia asks, how difficult is it to move all our stuff from Media Temple to SliceHost? I want to be able to make changes on site any time myself.
Ask Freelock: How do you stop spam?
We get a lot of questions about how to fight spam. For the most part, it's too late when it reaches your email program--but on the mail server, there are several tactics we employ to minimize what reaches your inbox.
Ask Freelock: Symfony?
No, it's not a misspelling. Symfony is a framework for rapid development of PHP web applications.
Jim asks:
Ask Freelock: What's the scoop on mobile devices?
First, a disclaimer. I use a $20 Samsung as my day-to-day phone. It does text messaging. It has a lame WAP web browser. It makes phone calls. It has a few games. That's about it. I'm a bit of a Luddite around smart phones, for a variety of reasons.