I recently received a question from a professional in Long Beach California who asks "Can I use a CMS like Joomla or Drupla to make a site searchable and easily updatable? Any suggestions?"

My answer is YES! Drupal and Joomla are clearly great programs that make a site easy to update and search. Here are some thoughts.  read more »

If you are considering a new Web site and are looking for a way to make your site interactive and media rich, you may have heard of Drupal, Joomla, and Moodle. These are a few of the open source programs that can help you create and manage your Web site at an affordable price.  read more »

I spent the day in Building 43 at GooglePlex in Mountain View for the 2nd annual Joomla Day in the Bay Area. The fine folks with the Bay Area Joomla user's group put together an energetic unconference that helped users, administrators, and developers better understand how to use the open source software, Joomla.  read more »

This year's Drupal Camp LA was bigger and better than last year. Thanks to the efforts of Chris Charlton, Crystal Williams, and the entire LA Drupal Group. It was great to see the fine folks at Achieve Internet again and I was delighted to meet the very handsome Michael Murdoch from Work Habit.  read more »

Bakersfield, California (July 28, 2008) - I am excited to announce that I've been invited to speak at Drupal Camp LA 2008. This is the second annual DrupalCampLA and last year's event was fantastic. If you are a Drupal developer, designer, or end user this event is for you.

If you've never been to a DrupalCamp here are a couple of pointers:  read more »

Humboldt County, California (July 18, 2008) - Laura Scroggins announced the opening of a new Internet brand, SLOBake.com.  read more »

I've been wanting to write about wireless broadband for a number of months and am excited to finally sit down to discuss one of my favorite devices.  read more »

I hired a camera crew to tape an interview and wow was I frustrated when they delivered the digital media file in a format that needed to be encoded before I could stream on YouTube and Blip.tv. The software was easy to install, easy to use, and is bundled with an audio converter, and more. I am happy with my purchase.AVS4YOU.com

This certificate will familiarize students with open source databases, their creation and administration. It is offered online and in person through Foothill College.
CIS 52N PHP & MySQL (5 Units)  read more »

Favicons are the coolest little brand identifier that are effortless to add to your Website. A Favicon is an acronym for Favorite Icon. It is a tiny image that is displayed in the address field of your browser. Look at the address field of your browser and you will see an image that proceeds the Web address. My lauramba!  read more »