Data-Scribe Blog

Brett and Leila are enjoying some professional development in Colorado this weekend at Drupal Camp. Follow us on Twitter for some live tweets as we go through the sessions and learn new ways to work with Drupal.

We're launching a value-added service for Data-Scribe clients. It consists of monthly, no cost Webinars called “How-To” Hours focused on tips and tricks for Drupal, Joomla! or CiviCRM. If your are paid client of Data-Scribe® and your organization uses one of these systems, you or anyone from your organization are welcome to attend at no charge.

We're kicking off June with a new site and new services.

Our Web site has a new design and layout to make it easier to find what you need.

We've restructured our Web services with a focus on planning. Our new service is called Data-Scribe's Site Starter. It includes strategy meetings, a visual outline, and a written plan for your Web site project.

Are you interested in learning Joomla!, Drupal, or CiviCRM to use for your clients?

We can teach you. We're a Web development company that has worked with Joomla!, Drupal, and CiviCRM on a daily basis for the past 4 years. Learn what we know so you can expand your offerings to your clients.

We can provide virtual training to you on everything from installation and configuration to best practices and light customization.

Ideal candidates for this type of training:
*Web designers who are familiar with HTML/static sites

May 19th: Using CiviCase for Case Management - REGISTER NOW!

Web Software Training (held online)
Sessions are $75 per person and run from 1p to 3p MDT.

For Immediate Release

Data-Scribe® Named to Nation’s Top Small Business List for 2008

Rio Rancho, New Mexico, April 30, 2009 In recognition of the economic power of privately-held businesses, DiversityBusiness.com, the nations’ leading business-to-business internet site, recently named Data-Scribe® as one of the top 500 small businesses in the United States and top 100 small businesses in New Mexico.  

We hear it all the time. A client wants an easy-to-update, scalable system for their architectural firm's Web site presence. Not that we are hoping for the demise of Flash, but it is a tool, not the end-all-be-all to define a corporate identity.

We use Flash in some of our sites and we know there is a time and place for its usage.

It seems that the next trend is to provide an easy to use, customizable and flexible system that anyone can maintain instead of just a cool looking way to design sites. Anyone else seeing this trend? 

There are a lot of customer relationship management systems available on the market. Prices, features, technical requirements, and customizability (is that a word?) all vary. Whether you're looking at open source software or proprietary, you need to consider several factors before plunking down the cash or working with a certain consultant.

CiviCRM, the open source CRM designed especially for nonprofit organizations, requires a specific database structure to work properly. Certain Web hosts don't offer it. We have had to move some clients' sites upon realizing that their host did not offer it.

MySQL is a Web-based database that CiviCRM uses. The database structure it requires is known as InnoDB.

April 9th: What's new in Microsoft Office 2007
April 14th: Association Constituent Relationship Management (CRM)
April 21st: Architectural Design Firm Web Sites