I have a lot of respect for graphic designers and people who can come up with clear, concise information in a graphical way.
E-Commerce
🕑Dec 27, 2010 🖋John Locke
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Ask Freelock: Why pick Drupal/Ubercart over Joomla/Virtuemart?
Case Study
Alaska Fishing Jobs Center
Scott Coughlin, a 24-season veteran of Alaska's salmon, herring and halibut fisheries, came to Freelock for help getting his site done. We picked up the pieces of the development project, yet again, and implemented the design, functionality, and enhancements in record time.
Case Study
Littlestar Prints
Littlestar Prints is one of our favorite sites. It combines some powerful drag-and-drop photo editing in the browser with e-commerce. We got to use both of our favorite software packages--Drupal and the Dojo Toolkit.
🕑Mar 15, 2010 🖋John Locke
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Why cheap web hosting is expensive
Just the other day I got a request for proposal for hosting, complete with a statement that they knew of some hosting that would cost $15/month. The implication being that they were looking for a hosting proposal that would not exceed that amount.
🕑Feb 08, 2010 🖋John Locke
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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.
Case Study
Organic Materials Research Institute (OMRI)
Another large scale project by Freelock Computing, the Organic Materials Research Institute tested our abilities to work with a variety of sources and the Drupal system.
Case Study
TerraBella Flowers - Organic Florist in Seattle
TerraBella Flowers & Mercantile specializes in European garden-style designs, using an assortment of local, organic, and sustainably grown flowers and is based in the Greenwood neighborhood of Seattle, Washington.
🕑Oct 27, 2009 🖋John Locke
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Drupal: Triumph of hope over experience?
Chris Wilson over at Slate claims that the new Whitehouse.gov move to the Drupal content management system is the "triumph of hope over experience," basically slamming Drupal as not u
Beyond an e-brochure: getting business from your web site
A web site is an essential marketing tool of a business. These days, especially in the Seattle area, people will check out your web site before doing business with you. The work you do with a graphic designer like Peter Mckinnon can have a big impact when someone decides whether you're the right fit for what they're looking to buy.
Just having a web site, however, does nothing to get customers beating down your doors. People need to find your web site somehow, amidst the millions of other web sites out there. For small, local businesses, they don't find your web site online--they find it from your business card, a sign on your car, word-of-mouth, or all the rest of the traditional ways people market their business.