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Ask Freelock: Build, embed, or integrate SaaS with Drupal?

… capabilities aren’t likely to be available in an existing widget. I was under the (I guess incorrect) that Drupal was … and locked down than WordPress, but that similar widgets could be found – even if the choice is more limited. I’ve found WordPress widgets that offer some of the features, and that could be …

Automatically tag articles

… automation using the Drupal #AI module -- automatically tag your articles. With the AI module, its AI Automators … integrations, the great thing is you can easily edit the tags later if you want to highlight something specific, or if …

Basecamp moves from Medium to WordPress, and kinda misses the point

… just outsource our (CRM, bookkeeping, project management, blog, whatever) system". Ok, I might agree with you if we're … Reblog , which details why they've moved their company blog from Medium to WordPress. They cited all sorts of … they don't go big, well, they might just go home with your blog. Even if they do have a successful exit, who's to say …

Ask Freelock: My host is shutting down! What should I do?

… etc? They are inexpensive? "Software as a Service" (SaaS) is hugely popular right now. These are all proprietary … instead of somebody else's. Even the "successful" SaaS startups often get acquired by a larger player, and when …

Ask Freelock: Is there a good alternative to Quickbooks?

… familiar with. There's also a mix here of open source, SAAS, and proprietary options. I'd ask first of all why do … 4 basic kinds of packages here: Software as a Service (SAAS) Client-only applications Client/Server applications …

Managing development projects with Dojo and Git

… 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 …

6 things to consider before the next AWS outage

… from our own private Docker registry, where all the other images come from. Feel free to contact us here , emailing us … Deploy a replacement Docker registry, rebuild our private images, and publish them in the registry Deploy replacement … from our own private Docker registry, where all the other images come from. Feel free to contact us here , emailing us …

Own Your IT Systems

Part 2: Complaints of current site capabilities and establishing budget

… keep you much safer with our maintenance plans. With more SaaS (software as a service) platforms becoming available, … we’ve often heard that a potential client is on a SaaS platform and they’d really like to own their own …

Guiding Principles

… going to put your business at risk. Software As A Service (SAAS) applications are a rental model -- if you stop paying, … pay for service is that the service is optimized for the SAAS vendor, not for you. They are trying to make their …

Drupal deployment with Git Flow

… entries, and commit all code to master, ignoring all assets. Copy the settings.php file to production.settings.php … entries, and commit all code to master, ignoring all assets. Copy the settings.php file to production.settings.php …

The case for git as a deployment tool

… hear about: Docker, build scripts/make files, alternative images. Docker We've actually started using Docker in a … risk losing a bunch of data, too! Alternative production images I don't know of anyone using this deployment strategy … hear about: Docker, build scripts/make files, alternative images. Docker We've actually started using Docker in a …

How do you rate Maintainability?

… Once the dev site is updated, we create a new release tag and push it into our central git repository, where … regular backups of the files. We do a final snapshot/tag of the production code base, then pull down the new … Once the dev site is updated, we create a new release tag and push it into our central git repository, where …

Picking a technology for a client project

… us) for an alternative? (This is the biggest problem with SaaS…) How long do they expect this solution to last? How … addresses turn into links automatically. Allowed HTML tags: <a href hreflang> <em> <strong> <blockquote cite> …

Countdown to Drupal 8!

… CMS. Many times I have thought: You need a brochure site? WP is the CMS for you! We work with non-profits that need … CMS. Many times I have thought: You need a brochure site? WP is the CMS for you! We work with non-profits that need …

Picking a technology for internal use

… you download and can run even if the company goes away – Saas vendors may have lax security policies, get hacked, lose … addresses turn into links automatically. Allowed HTML tags: <a href hreflang> <em> <strong> <blockquote cite> …

8 Reasons Why Drupal 8

… enabled on PHP7. One benchmark found Drupal handling 230 requests per second, compared with only 40 request per second … Upgrade path Drupal is a data processing engine. Drupal 8 includes a full data migration system in its core, with … <dd> <h1> <h2 id> <h3 id> <h4 id> <h5 id> <p> <br> <img src alt height width> Lines and paragraphs break …