Here at Studio66, we often tend to use open-source tools for web development. For those unfamiliar with open-source software, it’s software that is free to obtain, modify, and distribute. There are a number of reasons for choosing this type over proprietary software, including: lower costs (for both the studio and clients), a larger user base and online community, and the chance to contribute some of our work to help other developers along the way.

When we launched our new website a few months ago, we wrote a Wordpress plugin to collect a visitor’s email and automatically add it to the site owner’s Emma email marketing account.  I recently submitted the plugin to Wordpress.org, and it is available for public download.  If you’re a developer, feel free to check it out, and send any comments our way.