The Evolution and History of USER25.com

My original objective and motivation was to share my knowledge and experience in effective Website Production with others - so I started the blog cmsproducer.com in early 2006. Therein I detailed the processes, trials, tribulations, and successes of building the XAMP (Apache, MYSQL, and PHP) infrastructure on which I eventually installed Drupal (my choice CMS infrastructure since early 2004), configured it, and built a UI theme that reflected the desired brand.

I also had the urge to test conventional “wisdom”, common knowledge, myths, and truths about Web Standards, Search Engine Optimization, Accessibility, and the implementation of Front-End Web Technologies. 

From cmsproducer.com to iDonny.com

As cmsproducer.com grew in popularity, the visibility provided by the ideas and approaches discussed on the website attracted notable individuals and organizations to request me to implement and brand Drupal-powered CMS solutions for their institutions. I later left my employment to dedicate all my time to my passion. cmsproducer.com thus morphed into a formal entity (iDonny, LLC).

idonny.com to USER25.com

I registered the domain name 'idonny.com' in 2001 (donny.com was already taken, and iDonny = 'Internet Donny' was the next logical choice) and used it for my personal portfolio before using it as the website of iDonny, LLC (replacing cmsproducer.com in late 2006). However, the recent popularity of branded 'i' gadgets from Apple Inc. has made it difficult for me distinguish my doing-business-as (dba) name. As a result, I have decided to replace the use of iDonny with USER25.com as a parallel for my name.