"Doing some SEO work for a client - nice to get away from coding sometimes"
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Eddie May commented on Pete Nurse's blog post Confession from an Ex PC User"Hi Klas,
Thanks for the info re: using a spare pc (have you noticed how we all seem to have a 'spare' pc knocking around!)
Cheers"
Eddie May posted a status"Working on a drupal project, with commons to create a closed community website. why drupal not use MVC pattern - or am I not recognising it?"
Eddie May commented on Amy Stephen's blog post My 50th Birthday Wishes for the Joomla Community"Belated birthday wishes!"
Eddie May commented on Pete Nurse's blog post Confession from an Ex PC User"I also made the switch about 3 years ago - again, was amazed at how easy things like dev environments became. My 1st 'toe in the water' was a Mac Mini for testing websites - out of the box & everything working within 5 minutes, which…"
Eddie May replied to Alain Rivest's discussion Should I use admin models on the front end? in the group Developers"In Ruby DRY (don't repeat yourself) is a mantra - DRY code is easier to maintain & bug fix & therefore cheaper in the long run. Perhaps helper classes are the way to go, that way you can override them if necessary depending upon the…"
Eddie May commented on Joss Sanglier's blog post That ole devil called CCK"Interesting discussion. I've used FlexiContent & K2. Both have their strengths but they share a common weakness - they "replace" com_content rather than extending it. The result is that you then have K2 items or FlexiContent…"
Eddie May replied to Steven Zeegers's discussion Do you charge for "additional services"? in the group Site Builders"Hi Rita,
I've had all these problems and more! Now, if a client wants something uploading onto their site, I ask for it already converted from pdf into html or as raw text & images. I particularly hate when clients send Word docs with naff…"
Eddie May replied to Steven Zeegers's discussion Do you charge for "additional services"? in the group Site Builders"Hi,
My small company has experienced all these problems & find that there's a delicate balance between realistic pricing and scaring off the smaller clients. But to answer your question, yes charging for maintenance is something we…"
Eddie May replied to Mfundo Sithole's discussion Troubled with Extension Selection in the group Site Builders"Well, cogFAQ is a new, lightweight FAQ component.
JCE editor is a must I believe, Akeeba backup & jupdateman are also essential.
Cheers,
Eddie"
Eddie May replied to Justin Kerr's discussion Joomla Project Costing in the group Businesses"Hi Justin,
Very interesting piece & your conclusion is particularly apposite - for sometime I've realised that the real money is to be made in the services provided around a Joomla project - design, marketing, seo, etc. This is where…"
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- Please share a bit about your Joomla! Experience and yourself. The more information you provide the quicker we will be able to process your membership.
- I've been building websites using Joomla! for about 5 years, mostly for SMEs and small public organisations. I also work with Alfresco, Magento & programme in Java, PHP & Ruby on Rails. I've also had the 'pleasure' of working with LiveLink WCM on local Govt projects, so have some understanding of 'enterprise' requirements.
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Comment Wall (3 comments)
- At 6:03am on October 22, 2010,
Seth Warburton said… - Cold. It's cold in Mold.... No ice today though, so that's a bonus!
- At 9:00pm on June 23, 2010,
Amy Stephen said…
- Happy Birthday, Eddie! Thanks for spending such special time with US! :)
- At 6:04am on June 23, 2010,
Robert Vining said… - Happy Birthday Eddie. :)
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