The long-awaited launch of Drupal 7 was finally announced early this morning. Everyone in the Drupal world is excited about what promises to be the most user-friendly, and most capable, version of Drupal yet. With three full years since the launch of Drupal 6 to improve the CMS...

What a year it’s been! Here at the CommonPlaces office, we just can’t believe that there are only 14 more days left in the year (and only 7 more shopping days until Christmas!). It’s been a good year for us, and we hope that it has been a good year for your...

Social commerce is one of the latest buzzwords that's making its way through the online marketing and ecommerce world. But what does it really mean? Many people seem to have a general idea of what social commerce is, but the phrase seems to be particularly difficult to...

I was thinking about the balance between web design and usability today, and I realized that in the realm of interface design, there is a fine line between being unique, and well, just being weird. The web designer in you will want to build a website that stands out from the...

What's What, a website built in part by CommonPlaces, appeared on Mashable yesterday in a roundup of "5 Fun and Safe Social Networks for Children." We were very excited to see What's What in the news, and even more excited to see a very favorable review of the...