Features

Secure the environment

It amazes me that still in 2011, the standard way web designers upload code to a server is FTP…

Security Updates

Backups are the safety net and an absolute requirement. But the next most important part is…

Backups

At Freelock, we don't think one backup is enough. All kinds of things can, and often do go wrong…

A question of risk

How would losing your web site affect your business?

That might seem like a silly…

Is Your Business Ready for a (non-Twitter) Community?

After receiving multiple requests for a follow-up to my anti-Twitter rant a few months back, I'…

Quality Code: How do you judge?

[Originally published on the Open Source Small Business blog, in January 2008.]

I’ve…

What is LAMP?

LAMP is a general term for a development platform, on top of which developers create custom web…

Custom Development Process

Understanding How an Idea Comes to Life

You can have a custom website that will do just about…

John's Book

Open Source Solutions for Small Business ProblemsSwitch to Open Source and Improve Your Bottom…

So you want a web site...

The first thing to ask is, why? Web sites have lots of reasons for existence, but for business…