Posts Tagged ‘practical’

Choosing a Content Management System for Online Publishing

Sunday, June 7th, 2009

Choosing the right CMS (Content Management System) is a necessary step when first starting a site, however small or large. Whatever the system chosen, your primary goal should be to minimize operation cost and increase productivity.  Here is a list of frequently requested core features to satisfy either or both of your goals.
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Expanding the CMS for new Content

Sunday, March 29th, 2009

A CMS is often expanded when the site requires tools to help publish existing content or introduce new content. Too often, however, the developers are asked to upgrade the CMS without first an idea of what the content is or how it will be presented or used. This inevitably leads to poor development, rewriting and late delivery of a project.

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On Programming Alone

Friday, February 20th, 2009

Early Cowboy StarOften we developers find ourselves working on projects as the only programmers. It may be a personal project or a company with enough work for only one. Such work often present challenges in way of responsibility and advantages like control and intimate knowledge of the system. In response to the challenges of programming alone, I have come up with the 5 rules that keep me and my work sane:

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