Key milestones for sustainable startups
I read recently on Dan Shapiro's blog that VCs don't want to invest in profitable businesses, because it means they aren't necessary and don't have the bargaining power to negotiate as good
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Ask Freelock: integrating e-commerce into your site
Marc asks:
Changing the creative approach.
What an interesting time to be working in and around the internet! Mass protest showed MPAA and Congress that ill-formed, top-down actions like SOPA and PIPA are unacceptable solutions to the challenges facing the entertainment industry.
Keeping your site safe online
Why do websites get hacked? Websites get hacked for a bunch of different reasons:
Static Brochure sites are easier?
We've had several clients recently chafing at how confining Drupal sites can be -- it can be a lot more work to make individual pages vary from the template, and if you have build web sites using a tool like Dreamweaver, you can't tweak the layout the same way.
Drupal CRM -- Why?
We have several customers interested in adding CRM to their Drupal sites, so today I hopped on a conference call with a working group developing CRM tools for Drupal 7.
TEDxRainier: If you could do anything, what would you do?
Last weekend I had the good fortune of being able to attend TEDxRainer. The event could best be summed up in one word:
Passion.
Drupal goes mobile
Mobile is hot right now. Most of our current clients are actively thinking about, if not proceeding with, mobile access to their web sites or building a mobile application. Guess what -- it turns out Drupal is a good platform for that, too!
Top 6 reasons Drupal really sucks -- Developer Edition
A couple weeks ago I wrote a post on why customers complain about Drupal -- the short version is that they either had incorrect expectations, or "developers" who were in over their heads.
The hidden costs of e-commerce sites
Mavis asks,
I have already spent thousands of dollars on my [Zen Cart] website. What would be your advice for [a company] who wants to transfer their site to a new host but not redesign it?
5 reasons Drupal projects suck: Hapless customer edition
At Freelock, we're huge fans of Drupal. But we keep running into customers (or potential customers) who are terrified of it. So here's our take on why.
Why auto updates are a very bad idea
A question came across the Drupal Developer's list today asking whether Drupal could auto-update itself, like WordPress. As someone who thinks about security a lot, the very thought of this horrifies me.
It's a bad idea for several reasons, but the biggest reason: