- Apache HTTP Server Wikipedia tells us that, "The Apache HTTP Server is a web server software program notable for playing a key role in the initial growth of the World Wide Web. In 2009, it became the first web server software to surpass the 100 million website milestone." Without the help of the dozens of websites developed by Joshua Fredrickson, Apache would have needed an extra twenty minutes to reach that milestone.
- HTML5 According to html5rocks.com, "HTML5 includes the fifth revision of the HTML markup language, CSS3, and a series of JavaScript APIs. Together, these technologies enable you to create complex applications that previously could be created only for desktop platforms." Joshua Fredrickson says it's the thing that finally allows websites to look nifty on any device and work more like an app and less like a plain old website.
- WordPress WordPress is web software you can use to create a website or blog. It's super popular, so Joshua Fredrickson knows all the ins-and-outs and has even developed a plugin or two.
- Basecamp Basecamp is an online project management tool that helps take the pain out of project management. Joshua Fredrickson uses it with all his clients.
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- Adobe Illustrator Joshua Fredrickson has been using Illustrator for something like 15 years. According to Wikipedia, "Adobe Illustrator is a vector graphics editor developed and marketed by Adobe Systems."
- Microsoft Office Joshua Fredrickson has been using Microsoft Office since Windows 3.1. That's a long time.
- Adobe InDesign Wikipedia says that "Adobe InDesign is a desktop publishing software application produced by Adobe Systems. It can be used to create works such as posters, flyers, brochures, magazines, newspapers and books. Graphic designers and production artists are the principal users, creating and laying out periodical publications, posters, and print media." Joshua Fredrickson has been using InDesign since 2005. Dang!
- Plesk Like cPanel, Plesk is a web hosting administration control panel that allows developers like Joshua Fredrickson to work on your website more efficiently.
- Web Design Wikipedia says, "Web design encompasses many different skills and disciplines in the production and maintenance of websites. The different areas of web design include web graphic design; interface design; authoring, including standardised code and proprietary software; user experience design; and search engine optimization." Joshua Fredrickson says, "Yep."
- Payment Gateways A payment gateway allows your site to process online payments through a credit card processor. Joshua Fredrickson can help you find the one that will work with your existing business.
- Facebook Graph API Facebook says, "The Graph API is a simple HTTP-based API that gives access to the Facebook social graph, uniformly representing objects in the graph and the connections between them." Joshua Fredrickson says it's simple if you understood what they just said.
- OSX Server Apple says, "OS X Server brings more power to your business, home office, or school. It's remarkably easy to install, set up, and manage. And new features make it faster than ever to download software across your network." Joshua Fredrickson uses it to power the networks behind companies that use a bunch of Macs.
- MySQL Wikipedia says that MySQL is, "the world's most widely-used open source relational database management system that runs as a server providing multi-user access to a number of databases." Joshua Fredrickson uses it to power websites with dynamic content and advanced functionality.
- CSS3 CSS3 is the latest version of Cascading Style Sheets, which are the bits of code that makes your website look pretty. It's on the cutting edge and still in development, so Joshua Fredrickson does his darnedest to stay up-to-date to make sure your site is always looking fresh and new.
- Magento Magento, other than being awkward to say out loud, is a full-featured ecommerce software... In other words, a shopping cart for your website. Joshua Fredrickson has implemented dozens of ecommerce sites and recommends taking the time to find the solution that fits your needs.
- JavaScript Wikipedia defines JavaScript as, "an interpreted computer programming language. It was originally implemented as part of web browsers so that client-side scripts could interact with the user, control the browser, communicate asynchronously, and alter the document content that was displayed. More recently, however, it has become common in both game development and the creation of desktop applications." Basically, it helps Joshua Fredrickson add nifty, interactive features to your website.
- jQuery jQuery's site says, "jQuery is a fast, small, and feature-rich JavaScript library. It makes things like HTML document traversal and manipulation, event handling, animation, and Ajax much simpler with an easy-to-use API that works across a multitude of browsers." Joshua Fredrickson agrees and thinks it's quite swell.
- PHP Wikipedia defines PHP as, "PHP is a server-side scripting language designed for web development but also used as a general-purpose programming language." Joshua Fredrickson uses it a lot because the majority of web servers and web software out there use it.
- X-Cart X-Cart is a pretty versatile and full-featured ecommerce software. That is to say, a shopping cart for your website. Joshua Fredrickson has implemented dozens of ecommerce sites and recommends taking the time to find the solution that fits your needs.
- Recurring Billing Recurring billing is when a customer automatically pays you on a scheduled basis. Business like it, but the implementation of it can be complicated. Joshua Fredrickson can help you navigate the finer points of finding the right recurring billing solution.
- Tumblr API Tumblr is a pretty nifty blogging platform that's been pretty popular lately. Joshua Fredrickson has developed custom themes and worked with their API on several different projects.
- Authorize.Net According to Authorize.Net, "Authorize.Net makes accepting credit card payments and e-checks safe, easy and affordable." According to Joshua Fredrickson, it's a pretty popular payment gateway, which allows your ecommerce site to get that money.
- cPanel According to cPanel, "The cPanel & WHM software package is an easy-to-use control panel that gives web hosts, and the website owners they serve, the ability to quickly and easily manage their servers and websites." In other words, it allows developers like Joshua Fredrickson to work on your website more efficiently.
- Adobe Photoshop There are currently 13 versions of Photoshop spanning over 25 years. Joshua Fredrickson has been using Photoshop for 9 of those versions, over the course of 16 years.
- Joomla According to Joomla, it "is an award-winning content management system (CMS), which enables you to build Web sites and powerful online applications." It's not Joshua Fredrickson's favorite CMS solution, but he can work with it, and it does just fine.
- PayPal PayPal says it is "the faster, safer way to pay and get paid online." That sums it up. Joshua Fredrickson can help you integrate your site with PayPal and unlock it's full potential.
- Recurly Recurly provides a complete recurring billing system designed to remove all the headaches from subscription billing. Well, all the headaches except the ones Joshua Fredrickson gets when integrating your site with the Recurly API.
- eCommerce Joshua Fredrickson has implemented dozens of ecommerce sites and recommends taking the time to find the solution that fits your needs.
- StudioPress Genesis Framework StudioPress says, "Genesis is the foundation of any smart WordPress design." That's a pretty bold claim, and Joshua Fredrickson mostly agrees.
- Windows Server Microsoft says, "Windows Server powers many of the worlds' largest datacenters, enables small businesses around the world, and delivers value to organizations of all sizes in between." Joshua Fredrickson agrees—It is a powerful server solution that can scale to fit any company's network needs.
- Social Media Joshua Fredrickson knows a lot about all different sorts of social media services.
- Graphic Design Wikipedia says, "Graphic design is a creative process, one most often involving a client and a designer, and traditionally completed in conjunction with producers of form (printers, sign makers, etc.)." Joshua Fredrickson has produced a bunch of things like DVDs, CDs, cookbooks, brochures, handbooks, hardcover and paperback books, ebooks, signage, brobdingnagian (that means BIG!) posters and banners, business cards and more.
- Smarty Smarty is, "Smarty is a template engine for PHP, facilitating the separation of presentation (HTML/CSS) from application logic. This implies that PHP code is application logic, and is separated from the presentation." Joshua Fredrickson thinks it's the bee's knees and has been using it on production site for 10 years.
- Web Hosting A web host enables you to put your website online. It makes it available to the world. Joshua Fredrickson has worked with dozens of web hosts over the past 17 years, and has only liked 3 of them.
- Prepress Wikipedia says, "Prepress is the term used in the printing and publishing industries for the processes and procedures that occur between the creation of a print layout and the final printing." In other words, professional print jobs require files that are set up in a certain way. Joshua Fredrickson can do that for you.
- APIs API, as described by Wikipedia: "Generally speaking, an application programming interface (API) is a specification of how some software components should interact with each other." Joshua Fredrickson has worked with dozens of different APIs and is waiting for the day he can use one that comes with proper documentation.
- Shopify Shopify says, "You don't need to have any technical or design experience to easily create a beautiful online store." That's pretty much the truth, although Joshua Fredrickson has implemented dozens of ecommerce sites and recommends taking the time to find the solution that fits your needs.
- And plenty more... Joshua Fredrickson knows how to do a bunch of things. If you're looking for help, find him online and ask.