Today at Delphic Sage was our brown bag lunch, where food is ordered early and everyone sits in for a presentation. My presentation today went well, no one fell asleep, and there was good group participation. We discussed Application Programming Interface or APIs in much more depth than this slideshow will portray, including brainstorming, observations, and solving the example problems using APIs.

I think the best real world example of an API is the gas pedal in your car. You press it and move forward, and you don't need to know anything about internal combustion to drive a car. APIs are in use everywhere, and in this day and age, if you are a website, and you provide a service, the API (or lack thereof) could ultimately be the deciding factor between success and failure. Enjoy the slideshow.

When creating a website there are many questions to be asked.  Should I use a content management system (CMS)? If so, which one?  What features will I need? Is the software I plan on using overkill? In this episode of Ask A Sage, we look at the advantages and disadvantages of Joomla (an open-source content management system) to answer the questions above.  You can also find a powerpoint version of this video here or an embedded version after the jump.

We often hear concerns around a site re-launch where someone will say "How do we keep our rankings when our site re-launches?" The standard answer is, "It depends."  For a more complete answer, we took the question to Ask A Sage and posted a quick video with 5 SEO Tips For a Site Re-launch.