The rising costs of site ownership
How much do you spend on your website? I'm not asking how much it cost you to create/build -- I mean day to day, what does it cost to own and maintain your site?
And what happens if you stop paying that?
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Free/Open Source Software
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Software we're grateful for #3 - NextCloud
To wrap up our round-up of awesome open source packages, and to get back to business, our final selection for the year is NextCloud.
Software we're grateful for #2 - HomeAssistant
For the holidays, we're highlighting some awesome Free/Open Source software -- three amazing platforms that have gone far beyond any commercial/proprietary competitor.
Software we're grateful for #1 - Matrix
In the spirit of the holidays, we're doing a few posts on Free/Open Source projects that we use every day, that isn't what we sell.
Leaving Google Calendar, going to NextCloud Calendars
After 15+ years, Google cut off our "forever free" business account yesterday.
Picking a technology for internal use
The only kinds of proprietary software Freelock actually pays for are development and testing tools – tools we use to actually create our work products, or provide us with access to tools we otherwise can’t support (e.g. testing across a bunch of browsers we don’t have).
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Picking a technology for a client project
Aside from the technologies we choose to develop expertise in and market prominently, we can support a range of related technologies without much trouble. Given our experience and expertise, this means we’re comfortable in just about anything in PHP. If a client comes to us with an existing platform and want our support with it, we’re happy to provide it.
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Insight
What do you need to know about your website? What don't you don't know? Freelock's new Vision Plan covers a different topic each month, doing a deep-d
Technical Debt and CMS maintenance
As we onboard a slew of new clients due to our joining
Website Effectiveness
Are you considering everything that can impact your site?
There's not just one thing. At Freelock, we've identified 6 broad areas of factors you need to keep in mind as a site owner -- 3 that add value, and 3 that might be costing you sales. Within these areas there are dozens of more specific things to consider.
Picking a technology to develop expertise and sell services
Just like doing a client project, we apply DevOps to the decision-making process. Don’t start with a blank slate – start with something, anything, apply the requirements, and iterate.
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