CMS Battles: Drupal vs. Joomla
What is the difference between Drupal and Joomla? If you read other blog articles about the difference, they often cite Joomla as some middle ground between WordPress and Drupal. People look to WordPress as an easy introduction to CMSs, good for small businesses; and, there seems to be agreement among blog authors that Drupal is […]
Confessions of a Tech Noob: The Power of Communication
There is one thing that is universal in all jobs. Communication. It doesn’t matter what your profession is when it comes to the importance of everyone understanding what the heck is going on. This is something I feel I have always been good at, and great communication has definitely helped my transition into the www.holycrapihavenoideawhatyoujustsaidworld. […]
8 Helpful Tips for Planning Your Web Project
Are you ready to start planning your website? Know now that there is a lot of upfront work needed to make sure your project is both successful and on time and within budget. Probably, the biggest question you will be asked to answer is, what is the purpose behind your website? For instance, is it […]
ScrumFall: The Cheeky Monkey Process
Here at Cheeky Monkey Media, we are constantly looking for ways to improve our processes and ways to ensure our clients get what they need with the least amount of surprises. Our project process has evolved rapidly over the last year as we’ve transitioned from just monkey muscle for hire to a full-service shop focusing […]
Confessions of a Tech Noob: 9 Months!
I am absolutely shocked that I have been a “noob” now for 9 months! I find myself taking things for granted that would have knocked my brain cells lose back in November. For example, I somehow managed to wipe my laptop clean of all of my “techie tools” that I use every day for project […]
What you need to know about effective website design
A few months ago, a good friend opened up a new store to add to his stable of businesses. I offered my help with some of the basic setup, shelving, walkways, etc. I found it really interesting to see how much care my friend took in ensuring that customers walking through the store would have […]
4 Things to Avoid when Choosing an SEO Agency
Notes from the Trail: September 17, 2014 I found an interesting article about SEO today on the Digital Journal, “Signs of an SEO Scam” (you can read it here). I don’t know if the tactics they mention are scams in the traditional sense, but it does have some helpful tips on what to avoid when […]
Defining variables in settings.php
If you’ve ever set up a drupal installation before, then you’re familiar with the settings.php file. This little file resides in the default folder on a typical drupal install. Normally, it’s only used to simply tell drupal about our database name and password. However, there are some other cool things you can do with it. […]
Methodical Marketing
As I’m sure happens within most Sales & Marketing Departments, we here at Cheeky Monkey Media have been moving through a number of tasks, focuses, changes, strategies, and more. Some days, sitting down and going through a daily task list can read like the fallout from a nuclear explosion. It seems that for every item […]
DrupalCon LA Experience
This year the North American DrupalCon was held in Los Angeles, from May 11 to May 15, and we sent a few of us down there to man our kickass booth, hand out t-shirts like a roadie at a 1 Direction concert, and shake a lot of hands. In my previous articles about DrupalCon, I […]
