Drupal may be a very silly word, but it's also a very powerful open-source content management system. And they have a camp, too, which is nice.

Several Mightybyters took some time out of their frenetic schedules to attend DrupalCamp, where "Sessions [were] proposed by community volunteers and programming decisions [were] made based on the interests and Drupal experience level of the attendees," according to their literature. What a user-friendly sounding camp!

ExpressionEngine 2.0, the new version of my favorite content management system, has finally been released. This version boasts a multitude of new features and a vastly improved design.

It’s been a long wait, and it’s finally ready to use…or is it? Let’s take a trip in the Wayback Machine to examine the past year in ExpressionEngine history.

Using an outdated system to manage your website’s content is fraught with many potential problems, including the possibility that the site could get hacked. Arts organizations and non-profits are particularly susceptible to this because they are often resource-constrained in technical departments and if they have IT resources at all, upgrading the website’s content management system typically isn’t at the top of an already long list of needs.

WordPress, Expression Engine, and Drupal have become the de facto tools we use to build many web-based projects these days.

Blogging software and content management systems (CMS) not only empower our clients to maintain their own sites, but also increase search engine rankings and simplify the process by which they integrate the Web into daily business routines.

Tip #1

Integrate a content management system (CMS) with your site.