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Internet Explorer 6

It appears that ie6 will be dropped by Google in the beginning of March and Youtube will drop support shortly after. Many other sites have dropped support for ie6 like digg. Although these are all blows to the browser it probably will still be a few more years before it's finally insignificant enough to not worry about. Pinnakl will continue to support ie6 if it's important to our clients and their users. This browser ultimately costs our clients many more hours to support. We are very excited about html5 and css3 standards that are still in the works and of course are coding standards that ie6 will never support.

Internet ExplorerThe slow and painful death of ie6 is celebrated by most developers looking forward to the future of the internet. Aside from the fact that ie6 is very difficult to get a website to look correctly it's also insecure which is what prompted Google to ultimately drop it. Google was recently hacked because of a bug in ie6, Microsoft issued a fix for this bug but this is just a band-aid on a very broken browser. What do you think? Give us your thoughts on the browser and if you still use it and if so why?

Ride the Wave

Google Wave In the Holiday spirit of launching our new website we would like to give out six Google wave invites. Please leave us your email in our comments section along with a comment relating to our new website, Drupal, or Google wave and how you intend to use it. There are no wrong answers here, but the comments that stand out the most will get the invites. Thanks for your participation. 

Why should I choose Drupal?

Drupal is a CMS (Content Management System), therefore the most basic definition is it's used for managing your content on your website. So instead of using static html files and using something like Dreamweaver you can log into your website and update it from any computer with internet access. Drupal has been used in many different ways and goes beyond just a basic CMS, which makes it a little harder to define. Drupal has been used for the following types of sites:

  • Digg like site
  • Blog
  • User site
  • Portal site
  • Twitter clone
  • File Storage
  • Wiki
  • Youtube clone
  • Amazon Clone
  •  on and on

What does this mean?

100 Dollar BillSo basically no matter how difficult or easy your project is you definitely can take advantage of a CMS system. Some clients think that they can save money on a static site which can be true in the short run, but in many cases can end up costing more in the long run. Most web sites have a need for some content changes which can cost money if you're paying a developer or company to do them for you. Also, if you ever see a need for adding features to your website (blog, shopping cart, commenting, twitter feeds, etc.) it can end up costing you much more on a static site whereas it can be a fairly simple task in Drupal.

Why Drupal?

Why Drupal?Okay so if your still reading up to this point you may be asking yourself why should I choose Drupal? I mean there are tons of CMS's out there and finding the correct one can be a huge chore in itself. Well you can rest assured that we have been through the ringer with the whole CMS debate and have landed on Drupal with good reasoning.

There is a very large community behind drupal. This means tons of features waiting to be added to your website with little to no coding needed. This saves you lots of money and us lots of time.

Drupal is very expandable. This means that just because you don't want a shopping cart today doesn't mean you won't next year. If you go with another CMS which may work great for you in the short run, it doesn't mean it will be capable to do what you want tomorrow. A couple of CMS's that come to mind when I type this is wordpress and joomla. These are both great for what they do, but are much more limited. If you use Drupal you can rest assured that you won't be limited with what your website will be capable of in the future. Although if you don't believe your site will have any future needs of expansion and/or change we can advise you of better alternatives for your needs.

Overall Drupal is a great solution

We know Drupal isn't the end all of solutions but we do believe that it's a great choice 99% of the time. If you want us to advise you further on your website needs and how we can help you please Contact us today!

Welcome to the new Pinnakl site

Drupal LogoWelcome to the new Pinnakl web site. Our goal is to provide our clients with robust websites using Drupal as a platform. Our most recent projects are listed on the homepage of our site. We will provide screencasts explaining how to use certain Drupal overall and focus on different modules in an attempt to educate the public on the power of Drupal.

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