As I write, we're in the midst of a big Ransomware attack. Millions of computers have been infected, with their data encrypted, held ransom pending an extortion payment or deleted. Supposedly.
Drupal
🕑Oct 27, 2016 🖋John Locke
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Drupal vs WordPress: Why there are no objective comparisons
WordPress versus Drupal. Republican versus Democrat. Two debates where the differences seem so broad, people can't even seem to agree upon fundamental facts. Why? Why is it so hard to find an objective, clear comparison of WordPress and Drupal? I've had several people ask this.
🕑Oct 06, 2016 🖋John Locke
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11 Questions Businesses need to ask themselves when choosing a Drupal host: The Comprehensive Freelock Hosting Guide
When choosing any service provider, a crucial question is, "What happens if something goes wrong?" When you're choosing a hosting provider, we like to dig a bit deeper, and ask what risks are likely to be an issue for you?
Here are some of our questions:
Case Study
World Vision mEducation Alliance
The product owners of the mEducation Alliance website contacted us in September, 2015 to provide ongoing monthly Drupal security and module updates. The site is a partnership between World Vision, USAID, Peace Corps, and UNICEF – just to name a few.
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World Vision Chinese/Korean Websites
World Vision decided to partner with Freelock in September of 2015 for their Chinese and Korean websites. Headquartered in Federal Way, Washington – this was a perfect fit!
🕑Jul 13, 2016 🖋John Locke
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Why you need maintenance on your Drupal Site
Yesterday the Drupal security team gave a dire warning about extremely dangerous security vulnerabilities in multiple contributed modules. The fixes, and the details, would be released at 9am Pacific Time today.
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National Center for Science Education
In June of 2015, our colleague recommended our Drupal maintenance services to the National Center for Science Education.
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Snoqualmie Tribe
Snoqualmie Tribe contacted us in December of 2014 in desperate need to secure their website. It turns out, they were susceptible to the Drupalgeddon attack and needed the Drupal 7.34 core security update.
🕑Jul 08, 2016 🖋John Locke
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Git Branch Strategy meets Continuous Deployment
Our branch strategy based on Git Flow did not survive. It was getting a bit old in the tooth, but the final blow was automation.
🕑Jun 23, 2016 🖋John Locke
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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 completely on August 1, and users need to move away from the service before it disappears.
🕑Jun 17, 2016 🖋John Locke
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A Flash of Insight
Its name is Watney. Watney lives in Matrix. Watney is a bot I created about 6 months ago to start helping us with various tasks we need to do in our business.
Watney patiently waits for requests in a bunch of chat rooms we use for internal communications about each website we manage, each project we work on. Watney does a bunch of helpful things already, even though it is still really basic -- it fetches login links for us, helps us assemble release notes for each release we do to a production site, reminds us when it's time to do a release, and kicks off various automation jobs.