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… Our OS Projects Freelock Product Development Welcome to … Projects, the collective home for news and updates about our internal product development projects. Our internal …
… OS Commerce featured in Linux Magazine Submitted by John … online version of Linux Magazine has a great overview of OS Commerce in E-Commerce Made Easy . OS Commerce is one of …
… Our Systems Our Open Source Setup at Freelock We don't just help our customers find the right products for their businesses, …
… Our Partners We don't work in a vacuum. Freelock is part of a much larger community. Here are some of our partners who we regularly do business with. We highly …
… Our Philosophy Our Mission Our mission is to make small and mid-sized businesses more … Stewardship Change We live in a rapidly changing world. Our business landscape constantly changes. Businesses need to …
… All about our customers Submitted by John Locke on Fri, 01/25/2008 - … We helped him adopt LimeSurvey to use as a screening tool for returning contractors. When a contractor returns … them up with private work areas, source code management tools, bug tracking, and more. BlueView Technologies makes …
… Added reminders to our Matrix bot Submitted by John Locke on Mon, 05/22/2017 - … me to respond to Bill in 2 hours For the past year, our Watney bot has alerted the release manager at the time …
… is not an estimate, or a commitment to deliver a set of features -- it is a commitment that we will devote a … is not an estimate, or a commitment to deliver a set of features -- it is a commitment that we will devote a …
… files for security reasons. Switching between trunk and a tag So far so good. We have the basics of an application set … Simple. Just check it out: cd public_html/dojo git tag # shows you a list of available tags git checkout … with your changes. Also note that when you check out a tag, you don't necessarily get a tracking branch, so don't …
… build, however, because when we talk through them with a client, we often describe a story that the customer would … Fri, 05/24/2013 - 04:34 Permalink Great for devs, and for clients too Another great post, John. I use user stories all …
… however, a trade off. Where you can have a static HTML or WP site whipped up and ready for traffic in roughly no time …
… Successful projects, part 2: Paying for Deliverables Submitted by John … if the vendor cannot fully handle those risks, the entire project might fail. Healthcare.gov is a great example of this … so, if the budget is under $50K, it's probably not worth our time to put together any kind of fixed price project -- …
… end. Often times, it just boils down to the needs of the client changing in mid-development. Given that unforeseen … are spot on and that you've considered everything; clients love low cost numbers when shopping for options! But …
… of software processes Timon and I attended. Read More Client Spotlight Totem Ocean Freelock teamed up with Eben … exciting new projects, and some ongoing work from existing clients. In October alone, we signed up 4 new customers, with …
… Picking a technology for a client project Submitted by John Locke on Sun, 03/28/2021 - … we’re comfortable in just about anything in PHP. If a client comes to us with an existing platform and want our … new work in these systems. When selecting technology for a client, I would ask: Does the client have a specific …
… to my comment Comment About text formats Filtered HTML Web page addresses and email addresses turn into links …
… Upgrade to Drupal 8? This is our plan for migration Submitted by Don Dill on Sun, … may have even received some marketing emails. John Locke, our founder and pricipal, put out a newsletter recently about …
… Rachel Prather, Project Manager Employee Picture I am addicted to solving … that by staying impeccably organized. As I like to say, “I project-manage my life.” The proof is in my 13 color-coded …
… able to use their Facebook account to log in and leave a comment. Or to give them a table that compares specific … do you think of our approach to doing projects? Leave us a comment or drop us a line! -- John @freelock Submitted by Roy … for sharing this amazing information. I am glad to leave a comment. Continue the good work! Reply Submitted by Amit …
… Successful projects, part 4: It costs more if you do half the work … - 11:11 "My budget is really tight, can you get the project started and show me what to do to finish it?" -- Yet … in the hands of users. Aside from custom theming, many of our projects don't involve writing any code -- it's more a …