WordPress Version 3.0. Big changes in the 3.0 release. WordPress, the software and the project are taking off.
SuperSaaS Turns Two With a Slew Of New Features
SuperSaaS announced several new features for its scheduling service. On the second birthday of this SaaS service they added many needed features. I’m especially excited to see support for advanced pricing schemes. You can now set the price of an appointment based on, for example, when the appointment starts or how long it lasts. There are other options for pricing, as well.
When combined with the manual payment processing options added several months ago, SuperSaaS is becoming a fairly capable appointment and reservation system at a very appealing price point. You should consider using SuperSaaS for your next scheduling project.
Drupal Gardens Beta
Drupal Gardens is in beta. Sign up for an account and learn about Drupal 7 first hand.
Drupal Gardens is a hosted Drupal 7 software as a service (SaaS) solution from Acquia, the consulting company founded by Dries Buytaert, the creator of Drupal. Acquia has a range of services built around the Drupal CMS, including support contracts and other services. Some of the support options from Acquia are a bit expensive. Not to say they are unfairly priced, but the price is high enough to be a barrier to small companies building low-budget web sites.
Enter Drupal Gardens from Acquia. Running an alpha version of Drupal 7, and hosted so you don’t have to deal with that. With some attractive themes to start with and simplified steps to change site appearance, complexity is tamed. And, with some nice social media goodies mixed in to boot. Most of all, there’s a free account option, so you can get started for, well, free. Support is available in the Forums, and remember this is a hosted solution, so the bulk of the problems have already been resolved.
Go check out Drupal Gardens to see if it’s a good fit for your site.
Google Apps Marketplace Launched
From the Google Apps Updates Blog Post
The Google Apps Marketplace allows administrators to discover and purchase integrated third party cloud applications and deploy them to their domains. Applications listed in the Google Apps Marketplace integrate with Google Apps using open protocols. Once added, they then can be easily managed from your domain’s control panel and accessed by users through the same links as the Google Apps suite.
Google Apps was already a real candidate for small business collaboration and communication. Now they kicked it up a notch or two by integrating third party cloud computing offerings that can be administered from within the security and stability of the Google Cloud.
From Google Apps Store Seeks Cloud Collaboration Boost at the New York Times.
With Google Apps at the center of the galaxy of marketplace applications, businesses can craft a custom collaboration and communication suite featuring single sign-on and other integration points.
You can now build a best of breed cloud solution, utilizing solutions from various vendors, all within the Google infrastructure.
If your were at all interested in Google Apps before, that interesting factor just grew exponentially.
