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CodeRed CMS vs WordPress

A detailed comparison influenced by years of working with business websites.

Vince Salvino March 13, 2019

The number one question I get asked is: "Why choose CodeRed CMS over WordPress?". The short answer is: CodeRed CMS requires less developer effort and yields a more stable, manageable, and higher quality website. But any salesman would tell you something similar for any product. During my years o...

CodeRed CMS v0.11 released

Vince Salvino Jan. 26, 2019

Keeping up with our trend of pretty much one new beta release per month, CodeRed CMS version 0.11 was released earlier this week. Highlights include: New Mailchimp integration! Form submissions can now be connected to Mailchimp to automatically subscribe submitters to specific lists and ...

Save battery while developing Django

Vince Salvino Jan. 26, 2019

I frequently work on my laptop, and am always disappointed at how quickly the battery drains while running Django's python manage.py runserver command. Turns out that runserver is quite a resource hog as it constantly scans the files in your directory to check for changes and reload the server...

Becoming an Open Source Developer

Cory Sutyak Jan. 22, 2019

2018 was a big year for us at CodeRed.  We solved interesting problems, expanded our team, and we announced that we were open-sourcing our in-development Content Mangement System, CodeRed CMS.  Open sourcing our work was something we had yet to do as a company.  To call it a learn...

CodeRed CMS v0.10 released

Vince Salvino Dec. 20, 2018

Keeping up with our trend of pretty much one new beta release per month, CodeRed CMS version 0.10 was released earlier this week. Highlights include: New calendar and event page types! Create events, display them in calendar mode, agenda mode, or a simple listing, and visitors can download ....

WordPress 5.0 is coming, and will most likely break your site

Vince Salvino Nov. 27, 2018

Attention all WordPress users: You may be used to habitually clicking that "update" button. But WordPress 5.0 is a complete change in how WordPress works, and will most likely break your website. What's Different About WordPress 5.0? The major change in WordPress 5 is the editor. The current...

Announcing CodeRed CMS

The professional WordPress alternative for modern marketing websites

Vince Salvino Nov. 21, 2018

I am beyond excited to introduce CodeRed CMS, a content management system for building modern marketing websites. CodeRed CMS is our free open-source CMS for businesses, nonprofits, and marketing agencies seeking a more professional solution than WordPress. It was designed from the ground up to...

Join us for our BIG party on Dec 6

Mix and mingle with fellow Cleveland businesses while celebrating another good year of hard work and success.

Vince Salvino Nov. 5, 2018

Join us on Thursday, December 6, 2018 from 6pm - 9pm for our first ever CodeRed Christmas party! We've teamed up with COSE and other local businesses to throw a huge holiday bash at Music Box Supper Club in the flats. There will be live music, full open bar , and unlimited buffet with all ...

New “Cybersecurity Safe Harbor” Legislation Passed in Ohio

What you need to know to take advantage of this new protection.

Vince Salvino Sept. 10, 2018

Ohio has enacted a new law called the Data Protection Act, which will go into effect on November 2, 2018. Under this new law, businesses which take reasonable cybersecurity precautions that meet certain industry standards will be afforded a “safe harbor” against claims alleging that a fail...

Introducing Our New Cloud Hosting Dashboard

Manage your hosted sites and domains with ease

Vince Salvino Sept. 3, 2018

After many months of hard work, I am pleased to announce our cloud hosting dashboard. All CodeRed customers will now have access to the dashboard to manage their websites, e-commerce sites, and domain names. From the dashboard you can view information such as: 24x7 monitoring status, Software...