I've got a theory: The Scientific Method applied to web site performance
What can you do about this page being so slow? That's a question we've been asked by half a dozen customers in the past 6 months, and as it turns out, we can do quite a lot.
What can you do about this page being so slow? That's a question we've been asked by half a dozen customers in the past 6 months, and as it turns out, we can do quite a lot.
We've been getting several inquiries related to document management in Drupal, and occasionally about OpenAtrium, a Drupal distribution we've used as a base for several projects that needed strong group collaboration functionality.
Heerad asks:
"My budget is really tight, can you get the project started and show me what to do to finish it?" -- Yet another request from several different prospective customers.
It goes something like this: (Client): I want to add a shopping cart to my site. I heard that xyz cart is free, can you add that for me? (Developer): Sure! That looks easy. (Months and a couple thousand dollars later): Okay, I think it finally works, and is all hooked up, ready to go.
Whether you realize it or not, you're doing CRM already. Customer Relationship Management (CRM) has become a hot buzzword that all kinds of businesses desperately want.
There's a little controversy in the Drupal world, a fork by Nathan Haug, aka QuickSketch. Last week he tweeted:
Results. Return On Investment. Value. How do you measure these things in a website? There's one thing you can easily measure -- cost. Or at least the amount you actually spend to build and maintain a site. The others are far more troublesome to measure.
If there's one thing that's constant in the web world, it's change.
If you've used a web ontology before, or any other large-scale data repository, you're likely familiar with one of the chief concerns facing anyone in such a position: how do you get your data into the system? Moreover, how do you get large amounts of data into the system with (relative) ease? And if you've used a content management system before, you've likely faced a similar, albeit inverted problem: how do you get your data out?
If you can accomplish these preliminary items without a good deal of effort, you're finally left with the task of transforming the data from one, and allowing it to be recognizable by the other.
If, instead, you haven't used either of these, you're likely wondering why on Earth you would want to.
Do you have new website envy?
Is your current website clunky and slow?
Is it time for an upgrade?
Is it time to move to a new CMS?
How about Drupal 8?
Drupal 8 is up and running on all SEVEN cylinders. Lets get your website up to speed with the functionality and customization that Drupal is known for. At Freelock, we love Drupal and we think you might too.
I was talking with a new client the other day who spends a lot of money on Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Search Engine Marketing (SEM) to try to get people to visit his online store. And yet his blog -- what search engines value most -- was on wordpress.com.
We're super stoked to see some press coverage of all the hard work we've been doing for the past few years!