Development

We recently started on a project and began work implementing the features when we were told that it needed to be based on Pressflow. After a small moment of panic at the thought of having to redo all of the work done thus far, Dave assured me that it was a simple drop-in to replace regular 'vanilla' Drupal core with Pressflow. Still, leaving nothing to chance, I wanted to see just what these differences were and how it would effect my current code base. Was it really that simple?

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Search Engine Optimization comes in several colors, also known as hats, and flavors, let's call those implementations. On-site SEO implementation is taking what is currently on the site and tweaking it to be better read by search engines, or building that into the development of the site from the ground up. Off-site SEO implementation is usually done through building backlinks and general site popularity through viral content and other marketing concepts.

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I was recently thrown headlong into the middle of a project where the team developing the site was doing a good job, but due to the time constraints from the client, combined with the fact that there were only really two developers on the team with clearly defined roles (modules and theme), time had not been taken to setup a good development workflow that would promote happy (multiple) developers and therefore, a happy client.

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