We may be a small business in small town Indiana, but our reach in the online world goes near and far. As a part of our work for Summersault, our staff is constantly staying up-to-date on the latest trends and technologies in the world of website development and beyond. We have a number of personal projects that use Internet technologies, and we're always publishing information about new and exciting ways to do things. We always try to contribute back to the online community that has given us so much.
There are a number of areas where Summersault is active in the online community:
Technical writings and interviews
- Search Engine Optimization Techniques, Parts One, Two, and Three, June through Sep. 2005
- Open Source Alternatives to Dreamweaver Templating by Mark Stosberg, Jan 5, 2005
- Looking Past CVS: The Future is Distributed by Mark Stosberg, Nov 30, 2004
- 1-800-Save-A-Pet.com switches to PostgreSQL, an interview with Mark Stosberg, Oct 24, 2004
- Why Use PostgreSQL for Web Application Development by several Summersault staff members
- Summersault Weblog entries on a variety of topics
Branding assistance for open source projects
- darcs logo created by Summersault
- CGI::Application logo created by Summersault
- TMDA logo created by Summersault
Community websites maintained by our staff
- BikeRichmond.org - a group for all things bicycle related around Richmond, Indiana, with an emphasis more on transportation than recreation.
- ProgressiveWayneCounty.org - an interactive community site that promotes and chronicles the progressive efforts of individuals, organizations and businesses in the area.
- RichmondComputes.org - provides education and support for open source software on desktop computers in and around Richmond, Indiana.
- RichmondNewsReview.com - A podcast from Richmond, Indiana about news and opinion from a different perspective.
E-mail software and spam prevention / reduction
- The qmail Anti-Spam Howto - this document is the authoritative source of information about anti-spam techniques and resources for the qmail community. qmail is the #2 MTA on the Internet. The Howto is featured in Dave Sill's The qmail Handbook (Apress, 2002).
- Mirror of qmail.org - Summersault donates hosting services to serve as a mirror of the website for qmail, the #2 MTA on the Internet.
- Contributions to TMDA - Summersault designed the logo for this open-source anti-spam software package, and we donate hosting services for a mirror of TMDA's website, tmda.net.
- Tools for migrating from the IMail Server to qmail.
- The Summersault staff are active on various qmail- and spam-related mailing lists.
The Perl community
- We provide financial support to The Perl Foundation and are regular sponsors of the "YAPC::NA" Perl conferences.
- Data::FormValidator module - a Perl module that simplifies validating web forms, maintained by Mark Stosberg of Summersault
- Form Validation with Perl - an article by Mark Stosberg
- Upgrading to Perl 5.8.0 - a HOWTO by Mark Stosberg
- Summersault staff are active on various Perl-related mailing lists
Other community activities
- Summersault provides financial support to the FreeBSD Foundation, The Mozilla Foundation, The PostgreSQL Foundation, and The Apache Software Foundation.
- Mirror of quaker.org - Summersault donates hosting services to serve as a mirror of the website for the Religious Society of Friends
- Summersault donates website hosting and e-mail services to a variety of good causes and community building organizations around the country
