The first resolution from my PDF guide, New Year’s Resolutions for Your Website, is Get the newest CMS. In this video, I explain why you need to keep your content management system up to date. Specifically, I cover Drupal, WordPress, and Joomla. All three are open source and run on the LAMP stack.
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Motionbuzz Launches New Website for University of Florida PathLabs
Motionbuzz is proud to announce the launch of pathlabs.ufl.edu—the new website for University of Florida Pathology Laboratories (UF PathLabs). Headquartered in Gainesville, Florida, UF PathLabs has been offering pathology services, testing, pathology second opinion services and autopsies for more than 20 years. The purpose of the new website is to help UF PathLabs market their services to current and prospective clients.
Using open source content management systems for school web sites
We recently used open source content management systems for two education websites. For Georgia Tech School of Aerospace Engineering, we used Drupal, and for Melbourne Central Catholic High School, we used Joomla.
The first site, for Georgia Tech School of Aerospace Engineering, was designed by Piszko.com of Atlanta. Motionbuzz completed the Drupal CMS integration. If you’re not familiar with Drupal, it’s the same CMS used for whitehouse.gov and many universities.
Recently launched: myPlatinumSound.com
We recently launched a website for our pals at myPlatinumSound.com — a Jacksonville recording studio. Built with Joomla! CMS, this site offers an online booking request module, PayPal payments, and Twitter feed.
Motionbuzz donates new website to Snoop Dogg’s Youth Football League
We are pleased to announce the recent launch of SnoopYFL.net, the official website of Snoop Dogg’s Snoop Youth Football League. Our involvement with SYFL dates back to 2004 when we were contracted by their previous web development firm to work on some Flash animation for the original SYFL site, SnoopYouthFootballLeague.com.
Recovery.gov using Drupal open source content management platform
I’m happy to see the government is trying to save us money and give some transparency by using Drupal — a free open source CMS—for recovery.gov. Read more at Dries Buytaert’s blog (the founder of Drupal).
Website advice for small business owners: Make sure you have control
During the past few months, I’ve consulted several small companies who have left or are trying to leave their current web design company. I call them dot-refugees, and I’m always interested in finding out why they parted ways with their previous agency. They’ll talk, and I’ll listen. Sometimes it becomes apparent that the disgruntled business owner is at fault, and even the best web design company will fall short of their expectations.
5 Low Budget Web Marketing Tips for 2009
From natural search engine optimization to posting sales videos on YouTube, these tips will help you stretch your 2009 web marketing budget.